Question

In the below code, what are all the parameters and attributes used, why are all these used and what’s their meaning here?

What parameters and attributes are recommended and what are not to use with a Flash tag in a HTML page?

<object id="vf_flash" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" width="630" height="400">
      <param name="movie" value="/videos/swf/3fun.swf" />
      <param name="FlashVars" value="id=72" />
      <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
      <param name="loop" value="false" />
      <param name="menu" value="false" />
      <param name="quality" value="high" />
      <param name="wmode" value="window" />

      <embed name="vf_flash" src="/videos/swf/3fun.swf" FlashVars="id=72" width="630" height="400" allowScriptAccess="always" loop="false" menu="false" quality="high"  wmode="window" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>

Answer 1

The Adobe website has clear and concise explanations of all of these tags, including which are optional and which are required.

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/127/tn_12701.html