Hi Lyn
Try to add this parameter to your flash animation:
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
So your code:
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="670" height="450" title="slideshow - battery families">
<param name="movie" value="/xml_demo.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="SCALE" value="exactfit">
<embed src="/xml_demo.swf" width="670" height="450" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" scale="exactfit"></embed>
</object>
Should look like that:
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="670" height="450" title="slideshow - battery families">
<param name="movie" value="/xml_demo.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="SCALE" value="exactfit">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<embed src="/xml_demo.swf" width="670" height="450" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" scale="exactfit"></embed>
</object>
Sorry for the "grin"-smileys. That gets converted automatically by WA