flash .swf not playing in IE6

Help!

[portishead]

I've been trying to figure this out. My flash clip plays beautifully in every other browser except Explorer. Can someone explain to me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks

[SuzyUK]

is the <embed> element in your code?

IE needs <embed> while other browsers use <object>.

[BlobFisk]

Other way around Suzy! Firefox needs the embed tag while IE needs the object tag!

[BlobFisk]

Here is a Macromedia/Adobe TechNote on the subject:

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_4150&sliceId=2 [kb.adobe.com]

[rocknbil]

Maybe grasping at straws, but . . . .

Does it have the gray line around it, and when you click it does it start working/playing?

This is an old issue having to do with a law suit between MM and MS. Google for SWF Object and use this library to incorporate Flash.

Not only does it make the gray line go away in IE, it also gets rid of the whole <object> <embed> issue (<embed> is a deprecated element that won't validate anyway.) With SWF Object, it will automagically display alternate content for SE's and non-Javascript browsers.