Links in Flash and HTML files

Hi,
I hope someone can help me - it is probably a simple thing,
but have searched the help files etc.
I have a flash document with 3 buttons, each with links. When
I publish the file, the links in the SWF file work fine, but those
in the HTML file don't (all other actions are OK).
I doubt this important, but I have Flash CS3 on an offline
computer.
Please help!!
Mark.

This is the html code - it is just copied from the file which
is published in CS3.
Thanks.
<noscript>
<object
classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0"
width="775" height="160" id="TPmenu" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" />
<param name="movie" value="TPmenu.swf" /><param
name="loop" value="false" /><param name="quality"
value="best" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#003366" />
<embed src="TPmenu.swf" loop="false" quality="best"
bgcolor="#003366" width="775" height="160" name="TPmenu"
align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain"
allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
/>
</object>
</noscript>

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