Using Flash with an HTML Editor
Introduction
Flash's Publish feature is a quick and easy way to publish an HTML document for
running a Flash movie in a Web browser. The Publish command creates a simple
HTML document that inserts the proper tags for displaying the Flash movie.
However, it's often necessary to incorporate Flash movies into an existing HTML
document, either to insert additional content or to maintain overall site design
and organization. This document outlines three basic methods of inserting Flash
content into an existing HTML document.
Inserting Flash files into an HTML editor
Using Macromedia Dreamweaver:
Macromedia Dreamweaver is a visual HTML editor with built-in objects that allow
you to easily insert Flash content. The required HTML tags are automatically
inserted by Dreamweaver.
1 Use Flash to create a Flash movie (SWF) file.
Copy this file to the same folder as the Dreamweaver HTML document, in your root
directory.
2 In Dreamweaver, select the location of the page where you wish to add the
Flash content (including inside a table cell or frame).
3 Click the Insert Flash button in Dreamweaver's Object palette, or choose
Insert> Media > Flash. Browse to and choose the SWF file.
4 Upload both the SWF and HTML files to your Web server, placing them in the
same directory.
Editing the Flash-created HTML page in another HTML editor
1 Use Flash's Publish feature (File > Publish) to create both a Flash (.SWF) and
HTML (.HTML) file.
2 Copy both the SWF and HTML files to the root or current working directory of
your HTML editor.
3 Open the HTML page in your HTML editor and make any desired changes to layout
or format of the document.
FrontPage users: See note at the bottom of this TechNote.
4 Upload both the SWF and HTML files to your Web server, placing them in the
same directory.
Copying Flash-created tags to an existing HTML page
1 Use Flash's Publish feature (File > Publish) to create both a Flash (.SWF) and
HTML (.HTML) file.
2 Open the Flash-created HTML document in a text or HTML editor, and copy all
content between but not including the <BODY> tags. This should contain the
<OBJECT> and <EMBED> tags.
Note: This should copy all of the object and embed tags for the SWF file.
3 Open your HTML page, and paste the text into the desired location in the body
of your document. This can also be pasted into a table cell or frame.
4 When uploading documents to the server, ensure both the SWF and your HTML
files are uploaded to the same folder. The Flash-created HTML page is no longer
required.
Manually adding the proper tags to an existing HTML page
Use Flash to create the SWF file, and then manually insert the <OBJECT> and
<EMBED> tags into your existing HTML page. For complete information on using
this method and to see the proper OBJECT/EMBED tag syntax see:
Flash
OBJECT and Embed Tag Syntax (TechNote 4150)
When complete, upload the HTML and SWF files to the same folder on the Web
server.
Information for FrontPage users
Opening and editing HTML documents that contain embedded Flash movies (SWFs) in
FrontPage can cause unexpected results. If you use FrontPage, the suggested
method for inserting Flash movies into an HTML document is to copy and paste the
required OBJECT and EMBED tags, as discussed above. Also, do not double-click
the Flash movie in the FrontPage WYSIWIG editor, which will cause FrontPage will
replace the pasted information with proprietary tags that won't work correctly
when viewed in a Web browser.
Source : Macromedia, Inc.