# Force focus

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/force-focus/259768>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 8, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/force-focus/259768 "2008-05-08T15:41:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![paulcybulski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@paulcybulski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paulcybulski)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/force-focus/259768/1 "2008-05-08T15:41:35Z")

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closed…

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**Author:** ![paulcybulski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@paulcybulski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paulcybulski)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/force-focus/259768/2 "2008-05-09T20:51:15Z")

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ok so according to the adobe documentation…I can do this through javascript…

```auto

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" onLoad="window.document.movieID.focus();">

```

where the movie id is the mame given to the object:

```auto

<object classid="..." codebase="...."
    width=550 
    height=400 name="movieID">

```

however, I am using swf object and therefore do not have an object name…how can I refer to the swf object so that it gets focus?

please help

here is the adobe documentation…  
[http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn\_15586&sliceId=2](http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_15586&sliceId=2)

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**Author:** ![glosrfc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/glosrfc/32/8334_2.png) [@glosrfc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glosrfc)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/force-focus/259768/3 "2008-05-09T21:13:25Z")

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The ID is the second argument when you create the SWFObject, in your case it’s “EXPOCAD FX 1.0” which may not work with the spaces and period. I’d suggest making it something like “EXPOCADFX\_1\_0”

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**Author:** ![paulcybulski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@paulcybulski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paulcybulski)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/force-focus/259768/4 "2008-05-09T21:24:32Z")

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cool thanks a lot man…that helped!