Using a coolfocus.com flash applet on a page

[LewisMoseley]

New to this.  I have a working installation of the current downloadable version from a couple of days ago.  I have installed several pages, images & etc and the system is working as expected.

I want to add the coolfocus.com PictureShow flash applet on a page.  Using the INSERT FLASH button on the toolbar doesn't enter enough data to make the applet work.  The coolfocus.com directions specify:

Copy-and-paste the script below into your web page. The code can be placed anywhere in the page, in the head or body, before or after the applet.

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<__script__ LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
function PictureShow_DoFSCommand(command, args){
if (command == "status") window.status = args;
else if (command == "satellite" && window.document.Satellite) window.document.Satellite.SetVariable("item", args);
}// --></__script> <__script__ LANGUAGE="VBScript"><!--
on error resume next
Sub PictureShow_FSCommand(ByVal command, ByVal args) call PictureShow_DoFSCommand(command, args)
end sub
--></__script>

and

Copy-and-paste the HTML code below to your web page, in the position you want the applet to appear:

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<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"
width="200" height="150" id="PictureShow">
<PARAM name="flashvars" value="Copyright=(c) Cool Focus [www.coolfocus.com]">
<PARAM name="movie" VALUE="/uploads/flash/PictureShow.swf"> <PARAM name="loop" VALUE="false"> <PARAM name="menu" VALUE="false"> <PARAM name="quality" VALUE="best"> <PARAM name="scale" VALUE="noscale"> <PARAM name="salign" VALUE="LT"> <PARAM name="bgcolor" VALUE="#FFFFFF"> <PARAM name="wmode" VALUE="window"> 
<EMBED src="/uploads/flash/PictureShow.swf" flashvars="Copyright=(c) Cool Focus [www.coolfocus.com]" loop="false" menu="false" quality="best" scale="noscale" salign="LT" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" wmode="window" width="200" height="150" swliveconnect="true" name="PictureShow" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED>
</OBJECT>

I edited the page, switched to SOURCE view, pasted this stuff in.  I have also uploaded the necessary parameter file to the Flash directory (which is where it is supposed to be).  I changed the path to the applet to match its location in the /uploads/flash directory.

When I submitted this and tried to load the page in another browser, the page hangs.

When I reedited the page, the editor had eaten about 1/2 of the HTML code.  The entire EMBED section disappeared.

Questions:

1.  Any idea what the javascript and VB script is supposed to do, and do I need it?

2.  The core question... what code do I put, and where, to make the applet work?