flash in XHTML valid document

[gwx03]

I've been using flash in my HTML document but the XHTML validator refuses to acknowlege the page as validated just because of the tags Flash uses, such as <embed> <object> and <quality>,etc. I searched the net and it came up with the javascript method. Not only am I unclear with how it is done, I was wondering, "What if someone had j/script disabled?". Designing a site which requires javascript for bare minimum functionality is dysfunctional at best. Any alternative methods?

( note, thanks to some bugggy code, I cannot show you the validation page. well do it manually : go to http://validator.w3.org/ and enter in http://www.gwx.biz/KnowledgeSpace/ into the box and press "Check" )

See the validation:
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[url]http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gwx.biz%2FKnowledgeSpace%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=%28detect+automatically%29[/url]

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

[Webforumz Staff]

I don't think there is a valid way to do this, but I wouldn't worry about it - Most companies that use flash don't validate because of this, but every browser I've ever used has supported it.

[Webforumz Staff]

This is XHTML valid code for embedding flash. I got it from an article at http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/ and it's been working well for me.

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	<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="images/home.swf" width="653" height="153">
		<param name="movie" value="images/home.swf" />
		<param name="loop" value="false" />
		<param name="menu" value="false"/>
		<param name="quality" value="high" />
		<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
	</object>

[gwx03]

I'll look into that. But its like some sort of a 'hack' which does not work sometimes in IE 5.xx ( though the author claims it does ). Also, going to so much trouble... lolx... nvm. I'll get back when I read it. Thanks anyway!