Hoorah!!
The jQuery.swfobject plugin came to my rescue. http://jquery.thewikies.com/swfobject/ My jQuery script has been modified like so: // changes the value of the object data attribute to fetch an XML file for the flash billboard jQuery('h3.toggler a').click(function() { var id = this.href.substring(this.href.lastIndexOf('#') + 1); var theswf = '/sites/pod_billboard.swf?XMLsrc=/Managexml/flash.aspx?pageid='+id; // jQuery('#billboard object').attr('data',theswf); var flashvars = false; var params = {menu: 'false', wmode: 'transparent', quality: 'best'}; var attributes = false; jQuery.swfobject.embedSWF(theswf, 'billboard', '500', '400', '8.0.0', '/sites/expressInstall.swf', flashvars, params, attributes); }); -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Change-the-data-attribute-of-flash-object---works-in-FF%2C-not-IE-tp20949312s27240p20969875.html Sent from the jQuery General Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com.