Delay SWF's start on long HTML page?

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alkalinexhysteria

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Delaying the swf's until they are in view is really tricky,

delaying them you could use a tid bit of javascript to slow down them when they load

the only solution i see is using a javascript event such as onfocus or onmouseover, and having them load once one of the events happen
 
I'd like to have multiple SWFs on a long, HTML page. How do I delay each SWF so that it only plays when in view?

10 pts. Thanks in advance.
And if it helps at all, I'm using Dreamweaver CS3.
Looking for straight solutions, not suggestions. I intend to use anchor links. Thanks.
 
Let me give you some professional advice.

Done make long web pages with multiple flash clips running. First of all, long web pages are a bad design idea. You're better off dividing your content up among multiple pages and providing links to each content page. This is nothing more annoying than having to scroll down a long page to find something, and you'll lose visitors, quickly.

As for the video, if you have multiple clips running on one page, it's going to eventually bog the visitors system down, and could cause browser crashes. You're better off placing thumbnail images of the clips on the main page and linking to a separate page for each clip.
 
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