====== swfObject Plugin ====== 

Embedding Flash into a website can be pain - especially if you need an alternative image when Flash is being blocked or non-existing. The OpenSource project [[http://code.google.com/swfobject|swfObject]] offers a clean way for almost every browser to insert Flash objects - with an alternative in case Flash is not installed. 

%%(c)%%

===== Usage =====

  <swfobject %SWF%[?%OPTIONS%]>
  %ALTERNATE_CONTENT%
  </swfobject> 
^Variable^Content^
|%SWF%|your flash-media file, eg. :wiki:my_flash.swf|
|%OPTIONS%|see link below|
|%ALTERNATE_CONTENT%|any content renderable by DokuWiki|

Please see the following [[http://inetsoftware.de/other-products/dokuwiki-plugins/swfobject#options|page]] for information on the swfObject plugin.

===== Example =====

<code>
<swfobject :wiki:plugins:winkdemo.swf?width=640&height=480>
Demo cannot display.
</swfobject>
</code>

<swfobject :wiki:plugins:winkdemo.swf?width=640&height=480>
Demo cannot display.
</swfobject>

===== Using swfobject to display Flash =====

To display a Flash (.flv) file using the swfobject plugin, you need the [[https://wiki.cse.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/_media/:wiki:plugins:player.swf|player.swf]] file from [[http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player|JW FLV Player]] which is an swf file that can display flv files.  You need to upload the player.swf to your Wiki, and then you can do something like:

<code>
<swfobject :wiki:plugins:player.swf?width=1024&height=768&file=https://wiki.cse.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/_media/wiki:plugins:your-flash.flv>
additional content
</swfobject>
</code>

===== External Links =====

  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWF|Wikipedia on SWF]]
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLV|Wikipedia on Flash]]
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWFObject|Wikipedia on SWFObject]]