The object tag contains many attributes to modify the way the multimedia is displayed and to describe the type of media to be displayed. Below is the cookie cutter HTML code you can use to insert a flash file into any HTML page, assuming that both this HTML file and Flash file are in the same directory. Note: The only pieces you need to change are value and src, which specifies the name and location of your Flash file and height and width, which specify the dimensions of your Flash file.

To insert flash into your HTML files you must use the HTML tag object, which is used to place multimedia items like music, movies, and now Flash files onto web pages. We will assume that the name of your flash file is "example.swf" for this lesson, but you should rename it to the actual name of your flash file.