Embedded SWF problems in IE

I have used DW 'Insert', 'Media', 'Flash' to put a SWF into
my page.
Works fine on most browsers but on one version of IE it has a
white box around it and the message "press SPACEBAR or ENTER to
activate and use this control" which is annoying.
Can anyone suggest a way to stop this happening?
Thanks in advance.

What version of DW do you have? The updated insertion should
have created a
link to a Scripts folder with a JS file in it .. did you
upload that folder
and file to your site?
Nancy
"bluesinlondon" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:g26gld$krb$[email protected]..
>I have used DW 'Insert', 'Media', 'Flash' to put a SWF
into my page.
>
> Works fine on most browsers but on one version of IE it
has a white box
> around
> it and the message "press SPACEBAR or ENTER to activate
and use this
> control"
> which is annoying.
>
> Can anyone suggest a way to stop this happening?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

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