Flash Movie with transparent bg ?

[One Drop]

Does anyone know how to make a flash movie with a transparent bg so I can launch it as a top layer in an html page???

[Kostas Zotos]

Hello,

Publish your flash, and then open the html file and add an extra parameter
("wmode") as follows (I also include an example of a div layer):


... ...
<div style="position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px;width:1024px; height:768px; z-index:1; visibility: visible;">

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0"
width=100% height=100% id="TransparentBG" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain">
<param name="movie" value="TransparentBG.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
<param name="bgcolor" value="#225566">
<embed src="TransparentBG.swf" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#225566"
width=100% height=100% name="TransparentBG" align="middle"
allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">
</embed>
</object>

</div>
... ...
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Notes:
1) I set this movie size to full screen on browser (width=100% height=100%) maybe you want it with yours dimensions, just give yours (eg. width="550" height="400")
2) Maybe you will need a different value in your "z-index:1;" property in the div layer Style (in order the flash movie to be infront of all your elements in page, just try greater values)
3) Transparency seems to not work in Opera browser (ver. 7)..

Kostas