To ensure the best results in both Internet Explorer and Netscape, Dreamweaver inserts Shockwave movies using both the OBJECT and EMBED tags. (OBJECT is the tag defined by Microsoft for ActiveX controls; EMBED is the tag defined by Netscape for plugins.) Double-click a Shockwave movie to view the following properties in the Property inspector.

See also Inserting Shockwave movies.

The Property inspector initially displays the most commonly used properties. Click the expander arrow in the lower right corner to see all properties.

Name is the unlabeled field on the far left side of the Property inspector. Enter a name to identify the movie for scripting. You can enter any name you like.

W and H specify the width and height of the movie in pixels. You can also specify the following units: pc (picas), pt (points), in (inches), mm (millimeters), cm (centimeters), or % (percentage of the parent's value). The abbreviations must follow the value without a space, for example, 3mm.

File specifies the path to the Shockwave movie file. Enter a value or click the folder to the right of the box to browse.

Tag determines the tags used to identify the Shockwave movie. You can choose OBJECT and EMBED, or either tag separately. The default value, OBJECT and EMBED, is recommended.

Align determines how the movie is aligned on the page. See Alignment options for a description of each option.

BgColor specifies a background color for the movie area. This color also appears while the movie is not playing, (while loading and after playing).

ID defines the optional ActiveX ID parameter. This parameter is most often used to pass information between ActiveX controls.

Borders specifies the width of the border around the movie.

V Space/H Space specifies the number of pixels of empty space above and to the side of the movie.

Alt Image specifies an image to be displayed if the user's browser does not support ActiveX controls or Netscape plugins.

Parameters opens a dialog box in which to enter additional parameters to pass to the Shockwave movie. The Shockwave movie must be written to receive these parameters.

Quality (Flash only) sets the QUALITY parameter for the OBJECT or EMBED tags that run the Flash movie. See the Flash documentation for a description of the options. The choices are Low, Auto Low, Auto High, High.

Scale (Flash only) sets the SCALE parameter for the OBJECT or EMBED tags that run the Flash movie. See the Flash documentation for a description of the options.

Autoplay (Flash only) makes the Shockwave Flash movie play automatically when the page loads.

Loop (Flash only) makes the movie loop indefinitely.