# Starting Flash movie at a frame

Use "STARTFRAME=" parameter in OBJECT and EMBED tags in HTML code. For example to start the animation at Frame 3 use the following syntax:

`<PARAM NAME="MOVIE" VALUE="menu.swf?startframe=Frame 3">`

The following example file "3-menu.sfd" can be found in examples folder:

To start the animation at the beginning don't use "startframe=" parameter:
`<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="320" CODEBASE="http://active.macromedia.com/flash5/cabs/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0"> <PARAM NAME="MOVIE" VALUE="menu.swf"> <PARAM NAME="PLAY" VALUE="true"> <PARAM NAME="LOOP" VALUE="true"> <PARAM NAME="WMODE" VALUE="opaque"> <PARAM NAME="QUALITY" VALUE="high"> <EMBED SRC="menu.swf" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="320" PLAY="true" LOOP="true" WMODE="opaque" QUALITY="high" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"> </EMBED> </OBJECT>`

To start the animation at "Europe" submenu use "startframe=Frame 3" parameter. Open example file "3-menu.sfd" to verify that "Europe" submenu is placed on "Frame 3".
`<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="320" CODEBASE="http://active.macromedia.com/flash5/cabs/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0"> <PARAM NAME="MOVIE" VALUE="menu.swf?startframe=Frame 3"> <PARAM NAME="PLAY" VALUE="true"> <PARAM NAME="LOOP" VALUE="true"> <PARAM NAME="WMODE" VALUE="opaque"> <PARAM NAME="QUALITY" VALUE="high"> <EMBED SRC="menu.swf?startframe=Frame 3" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="320" PLAY="true" LOOP="true" WMODE="opaque" QUALITY="high" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"> </EMBED> </OBJECT>`