I am trying to place a swf in a Wordpress template that calls an xml file to populate a datagrid. The swf loads fine but does not draw the xml in. I am not an expert w/ swfobject and don't know if the code is the problem.
Where are you specifying the XML location? Is the URL baked into the swf? If so, you should check that the path you are specifying is actually valid/accessible from your swf location (if it is a relative path, then check it is correct with the BASE param you specified).
Also, as you appear to be implementing SWFObject 2.0, you should post your questions on the Google Code Group for SWFObject: http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject .