Flash object will not play

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My flash object will not begin to play when loaded into an html page, even using

param name="play" value="true"

I am making a scrolling banner like the html <marquee> tag that loads text from a .txt file. Here is what I have so far:

Frame1

var formatObj = new TextFormat();
formatObj.size = 15;
formatObj.color = 0;
formatObj.font = "Comic Sans MS";
formatObj.bold = false;
loadVariables("news.txt", this);
text[undefined] = undefined;
read_txt.setTextFormat(formatObj);

Frame2

stop ();
var x = read_txt.textWidth + 10;
this.createTextField("display_txt", 0, 631, 0, x, 30);
display_txt.text = read_txt.text;
display_txt.setTextFormat(formatObj);
onEnterFrame = function ()
{
    display_txt._x = display_txt._x - 2;
    if (display_txt._x <= -x)
    {
        display_txt._x = 631;
    } // end if
};
2

Hope these help -
http://flash-video-player.blogspot.com/2009/04/flash-object-and-embed-tag-part-two.html

3

i belive the stop(); command is stopping the animation.

I am confused why it only works with the stop command and how can i make the marque scroll automaticlly by starting the timeline with the play(); command?