# Annoyed with the SWFObject

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoyed-with-the-swfobject/251044>\
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**Created:** [February 4, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoyed-with-the-swfobject/251044 "2008-02-04T21:45:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![lorelei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@lorelei](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lorelei)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/annoyed-with-the-swfobject/251044/1 "2008-02-04T21:45:37Z")

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I’ve been trying to make the SWFObject detection work and it’s not working. I followed the instructions on here: [http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/](http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/)

But nothing is happening! In the tutorial he also doesn’t say where in your page you’re suppose to paste the code into.

```auto
<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
		
<div id="flashcontent">
  This text is replaced by the Flash movie.
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
   var so = new SWFObject("movie.swf", "mymovie", "400", "200", "8", "#336699");
   so.write("flashcontent");
</script>

```

I find the whole tutorial a little confusing. I am going crazy with this, can’t get it to work!

Anybody know of a more descriptive tutorial on how to make your browser auto install the correct, missing flash plugin?