function flashContent(sPath, iWidth, iHeight, sName, sId, bTransparent, sFlashVars, altHtml){
	var sHTML = '<object id="' + sId + 
		'" name="' + sName + 
		'" width="' + iWidth +
		'" height= "' + iHeight +
		'" data="' + sPath +
		'" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">';

	if(bTransparent){
		sHTML += '<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />';
	}
	if(sFlashVars){
		sHTML += '<param name="FlashVars" value="' + sFlashVars + '" />';
	}

	sHTML += '<param name="movie" value="' + sPath + '" />';
	sHTML += '</object>';

	document.getElementById("side_navs").innerHTML = sHTML + document.getElementById("side_navs").innerHTML;
	addMenu(sId);
}

function addMenu(sId) {
	var flashMov = document.getElementById(sId);
	var sideNav = document.getElementById('side_nav');
	var newSideNav = sideNav.cloneNode(true);
	var oParent = sideNav.parentNode;
	oParent.removeChild(sideNav);
	flashMov.appendChild(newSideNav);
}

//sample call:
//<script>flashContent('/ui/flash/logo.swf','210','400','nav','nav', true, "pageId=${param.pageId}")</script>