Makes sense - except something isn't working with what I did. I hope you don't mind straightening me out.
I am calling this code in my cfm file: <OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab##version=6,0,40,0" id="myMovieName"> <PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="appFlashPrep.cfm"> <PARAM NAME="quality" VALUE="high"> <PARAM NAME="bgcolor" VALUE="#FFFFFF"> <EMBED href="appFlashPrep.cfm" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" NAME="myMovieName" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"> </EMBED> </OBJECT> Then the appFlashPrep.cfm is this: <!--- retrieves the binary data from the BLOB in Oracle ---> <cfinvoke component="cfc.msr_promotions" method="getPromoImage" returnvariable="qPromoImage"></cfinvoke> <cfoutput>#qPromoImage.promoFlash#</cfoutput> <cfcontent type="application/x-shockwave-flash" variable="#qPromoImage.promoFlashFile#"> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:327299 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

