frame busting / crossing help?

[greengrassbrian]

big emergency....i developed a flash animation for a web developer, but it needs to be placed under a drop down menu done with Dhtml or javascript...

anyway, the drop down menu won't drop over the flash file...i believe what needs to happen here is called framebusting or framecrossing...anyone know how to do it, and if it will work for all browser types?

many thanks!!

 

[oldnewbie]

Movie has to be transparent...

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/wmode.htm

As for does it work in all browsers? See the list in the above!

 

[greengrassbrian]

that seems to certainly work if I want dhtml content to be visible under the flash, but is it possible to make the dhtml or javscript menu drop down on top of the flash plugin content?

 

[tviman]

I've never tried this but it sounds like it should work...

Put your flash movie in an HTML div tag and give it a negative layer value with CSS. Theoretically, this should place the flash movie beneath other content on the site.

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

 

[greengrassbrian]

that sounds good....how exactly is that done?.....i'm not programming the html, so i'm having to forward any ideas....

 

[oldnewbie]

Reverse of this?

Just put the dhtml menu in a higher layer/div...

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/dhtmlflash.htm

 

[tviman]

Something like this:

<div style="z-index:-1">
<embed> your flash movie </embed>
</div>

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

 

[greengrassbrian]

thanks for all the help....i'll see if i can get it to work......does anyone know of any actual websites that i can use as examples?

 

[greengrassbrian]

check this site out...exactly what i want...anyone see any magic scripts in there?

http://www.landrover.com/us/en/default.htm