by all means that should work.. however!!
-----begin code snippet-----
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="800" height="150" id="siteheader" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="<{$xoops_imageurl}>future.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<embed src="<{$xoops_imageurl}>/themes/7dana-Xred/images/siteheader.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="800" height="150" name="siteheader" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>
-----end code snippet-----
<param name="movie" value="<{$xoops_imageurl}>future.swf">
& <embed src="<{$xoops_imageurl}>/themes/7dana-Xred/images/siteheader.swf"
if i'm not mistaken, should these be pointing to the same file?
ie the code from mine is this, it was a hotbox in a custom block, but works fine as a header with changes to the width etc..
<table width="140" border="0">
<tr>
<td><object classid="clsid
27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="140" height="100">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.clubithard.co.uk/banners/frantichotbox.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="http://www.clubithard.co.uk/banners/frantichotbox.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="140" height="100"></embed></object></td>
</tr>
</table>
note my param value and the ember are the same file.. i dunno if this is relevant..