This post is in reponse to the article titled “Flash Satay: Embedding Flash while Supporting Standards” by Drew McLellan.

In Conclusion…

Use _root.loadMovie(_root.path,0); for Flash MX and below. Use _root.loadMovie(path); or loadMovieNum(_root.path,0); for Flash 8.

The Satay method works in Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Netscape as stated by Drew. The article has no mention of this working in Safari but it should. I’ll test that shortly and update with the findings. Big thanks to Drew for coming up with this method, ensuring xhtml validity while embedding flash!