How to make SWF active without clicking on it?

Hi-

I am embedding an swf into an html page using the same code that flash outputs when you publish your movie. I want to be able interact with the movie without clicking on it but it seems that I HAVE to click before I can interact via the keyboard.

This is happening when I view the automatically generated HTML page in FireFox v. 3.0.6

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!