Can you use Flash in the Portal of a forum?

[ash_jarratt]

hi, i have created a countdown SWF file - found here - if link doesn't work, here it is written out - http://www.freewebs.com/ifcaracing/Spec_countdown.swf - and i want to use it in the Portal of our forum - found here

In a customised subsection (you can see the different sections on the portal page) - where HTML is able to be used, i dropped in the basic coding of

Code:

<embed src="http://www.freewebs.com/ifcaracing/Spec_countdown.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="165" height="25"></embed>

and i have also tried the 'full' coding

Code:

<script src="http://www.freewebs.com/ifcaracing/test/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','165','height','25','src','Spec_countdown','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','Spec_countdown' ); //end AC code
</script><noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="165" height="25">
  <param name="movie" value="Spec_countdown.swf" />
  <param name="quality" value="high" />
  <embed src="http://www.freewebs.com/ifcaracing/Spec_countdown.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="165" height="25"></embed>
</object></noscript>

...but neither will work

the result is a white box in the shape of the flash, but it hasn't loaded

can anyone help at all? Im not new to html or flash, so am somewhat puzzled....

[ash_jarratt]

ok, new dillema

i got it working, but only when i have clicked on the original source file uploaded to the web - then and only after has been pre-loaded by me clicking on the file link - will the flash appear in the forum

can anyone explain this? Why doesn't it show the file automaticaly, and not when you've had to pre-load it?