FLASH: Using a CGI to choose a SWF

[Bill]

I am trying to modify a CGI that creates on the fly HTML to display a 

selected picture, music etc - a greeting card CGI sort of.


The syntax to display a still picture is


<IMG SRC=$BASEURL/$fields{'pic_select'} HEIGHT=250 WIDTH=175 BORDER=0>


where $BASEURL/$fields{'pic_select'} creates the path to the image or 

SWF. It works great for images, but I cannot get it to work for a 

Flash movie.


If I use  <embed src=$BASEURL/$fields{'pic_select'} quality=high type 

= "application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="300">


If I use:


<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" 

codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swfl 

ash.cab#version=4,0,2,0" width="300" height="300">

    <param name=movie value=$BASEURL/$fields{'pic_select'}>

    <param name=quality value=high>

    <embed src=$BASEURL/$fields{'pic_select'} quality=high 

pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1 

_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" 

width="300" height="300">

    </embed>

  </object>


It does not work either (The general Internal Server Error)


I realize this is a complex issue. But... What info in the above HTML 

is necessary for a Flash 4 movie to play?


TIA,


Bill Blank



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