How to Center Align SWF in Browser

I used the publish feature of flash but it does not seem to center the SWF in the browser. Why is there a centering feature on the publish settings under HTML tab if it does not center the SWF? It only works if you set Dimensions to Percent but that exposes the area beyond the stage and i don't want it to be seen. In addition that causes some movieclips to be improperly positioned. The Flash Alignment should have been disabled if the Dimensions is not set to Percent. Does anybody disagree? Can somebody help me solve this issue? Perhaps a simple script that centers my swf file in a browser... Any help highly appreciated.

Thanks a many for your help! I tried not using the swfobject.js and tried commenting out the object instantiation in the html file and it still works, why? Is it really needed? What exactly is the purpose of the swfobject.js. I remember i read something about Geoff Stearns creating that .js file to solve a particular problem but i forgot what exactly that was.

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