<mx:Canvasxmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" width="400" height="300"> <mx:TextAreawidth="300" height="300" backgroundAlpha="0"> <mx:htmlText> <![CDATA[ <img src='../assets/fries.jpg' width='100' height='100' align='left' hspace='10' vspace='10'> <p>This is the text that is going to appear above the swf.</p><p> <img src='../assets/test_swf.swf' width='100' height='100' align='left' hspace='10' vspace='10'> Here is text that is going to be below the image.</p> ]]> </mx:htmlText> </mx:TextArea> </mx:Canvas>