# SWFObject\_helper Plugin

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/swfobject-helper-plugin/129950>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 22, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/swfobject-helper-plugin/129950 "2008-02-22T23:17:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![liberte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/9e8a1a/32.png) [@liberte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/liberte)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/swfobject-helper-plugin/129950/1 "2008-02-22T23:17:16Z")

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Some time posted a question here about any plugin for helper content  
flash. I find the  
Flashobject\_helper plugin, but it uses the library flashobject  
javascript to  
embed the flash in html and sincerely think this library is horrible.

Then decided to make a helper to use swfobject that is the best  
how to put flash content on your page and it still leaves  
compatible with the W3C validators, in addition to allowing you  
use the expressinstall to update the player to appropriate version.

Swfobject the future will be the standard way to add flash adopted by  
Adobe.

The plugin is ok and ready to install using the line:  
script/plugin install  
[http://swfobjecthelper.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/swfobject\_helper](http://swfobjecthelper.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/swfobject_helper)

To use the plugin is:  
\<% Swfobject\_tag = “/ source / of / your / flash.swf”: div\_id  
=\>“id\_of\_div”%\>

Anyone who wants to access the page of the plugin on google code is:  
[Http://code.google.com/p/swfobjecthelper/](Http://code.google.com/p/swfobjecthelper/)