Stop player via javascript.

I am opening a flash player into a floating div. Works almost
perfect, except that when I close the div, the movie contines to
play. I can hear it even though I cannot see it. Is there a way to
stop the movie from playing via javascript when I click on the
div's "close" button?

hello there
look for ExternalInterface class on flash's documentation.
basicly it allows you to define functions in JS that call
functions inside flash and vise versa

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