new "popup windown" from flash - how to do it? 1

[orangejuice2]

Hi all,

I have a client who would like me to copy an effect he has found on several banner ads online. These ads effectively double the space you pay for on a page by expanding when a viewer mouses over or clicks on the ad to show more detail. Examples can be found on

http://www.unicast.com/gallery/gallery_inpage.asp

Anyone have any idea on the code behind these? Obviously the usual javascript tricks for popup windows aren't what's used here... Any suggestions will be helpful!

Thanks...

 

[oldnewbie]

If they expand over some existing underlying html or other content, they're most probably transparent Flash movies, embedded on a higher layer/division...

Transparent Flash movies...

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

And this somewhat explains the rest...

http://www.designnewz.com/2003/0523.html

 

[orangejuice2]

Thanks oldnewbie! Thats exactly what I was looking for and it works perfectly...

Thanks so much!

 

[oldnewbie]

So a valuable post then?