Transparent backgrounds

[vcherubini]

Hello:

Is there a way to get the background of a Flash movie to be transparent? Say, for example, I have a Flash movie with drop down menu's that is 600px wide by 300px tall. I want the flash menu to be placed on a layer, but the place where the drop down menu's will be, I want that to be transparent so that the content below the menu's will be able to be seen.

I have seen this before, so any help is appreciated. This can be done in either Flash 4 or 5, so I would like any and all help.


Thanks in advance.

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[19]

Alright mate,

This one is pretty easy here's how you do it.

<param name=&quot;wmode&quot; value=&quot;Transparent&quot;>

You want to hard-code this in your web page that your putting flash into, do this bit of code before this tag starts:-

<embed src....

Then Bob's your uncle you have transparent flash!

 

[oldnewbie]

In IE only! Won't work with NS!

;-)

 

[coldfused]

why not just set the background of the dropdown menu to alpha 50% or whatever works for you..select the background>insert> convert to symbol>graphic..then just set the transparency to the level you want..

just a thought..

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