some sites i look on, you have to click on the flash component before it becomes active on the page.

how is it possible to embed a flash object in a page so when the page loads the content is already "active".

this may be a browser specific problem, i've not monitored it in detail. does anyone have links to what im talking about?

many thanks

You might check out Get Rid of Active X Box around Flash file (http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=135440)

ah that's exactly what i was after! thank you very much!

:)

And the newest version of DreamWaver has built-in tools to habdle that problem automatically...