SWF won't play on my website
Hey all,
I have created and published a flash movie for my website using Flash CS3 that I inserted into the website using Dreamweaver CS3, I did this by choosing insert, media, flash within DW.....upon upload of the site, it will not play, although I can play the html file and the swf file as a standalone, it will not play within my website....any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks in advance
Allen
ahhh...that was it....
Thank so much Booya!
YOU DA MAN
Allen
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