Flash not transparent

Hi there,

I am having trouble with making a flash file transparent in Opera (7.23) and
Netscape 7.2. I have no trouble with IE 6. Any ideas would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Michael Tucker

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:16:48 +0200, Michael Tucker <michael (AT) qualit (DOT) co.za>
wrote:

Hi there,

I am having trouble with making a flash file transparent in Opera (7.23)
and
Netscape 7.2. I have no trouble with IE 6. Any ideas would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Michael Tucker

There is not such thing as transparency for non-IE browsers. I think there
was a label somewhere on the dialog saying that transparency option is IE
exclusive.

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Michael Tucker wrote:

I am having trouble with making a flash file transparent in Opera (7.23) and
Netscape 7.2. I have no trouble with IE 6. Any ideas would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Not sure what problem you're seeing in NN7.2, but it's simply not
possible in any version of Opera, nor is it possible in any browser on a
Mac prior to OSX.


Gary

There is not such thing as transparency for non-IE browsers.

Not so. Flash transparency is available in Mac IE and Safari, at least
(provided you have OSX) and in Netscape 7+, in addition to Win IE 5.5+. I
haven't tried Opera, but your Netscape shouldn't be an issue.

Can you post a URL?


David
stiller (at) quip (dot) net
"Luck is the residue of good design."

Yes, a basic example is www.qualit.co.za/retail.htm Check it out in ie. That
is what it should look like. In Netscape the flash background is black and
the picture "below" it is not visible. Thanks.

"David Stiller" <stiller-NO-SPAM- (AT) quip (DOT) net> wrote

There is not such thing as transparency for non-IE browsers.

Not so. Flash transparency is available in Mac IE and Safari, at least
(provided you have OSX) and in Netscape 7+, in addition to Win IE 5.5+. I
haven't tried Opera, but your Netscape shouldn't be an issue.

Can you post a URL?


David
stiller (at) quip (dot) net
"Luck is the residue of good design."

Is the transparency only available using Mac?

"David Stiller" <stiller-NO-SPAM- (AT) quip (DOT) net> wrote

There is not such thing as transparency for non-IE browsers.

Not so. Flash transparency is available in Mac IE and Safari, at least
(provided you have OSX) and in Netscape 7+, in addition to Win IE 5.5+. I
haven't tried Opera, but your Netscape shouldn't be an issue.

Can you post a URL?


David
stiller (at) quip (dot) net
"Luck is the residue of good design."

Michael,

You have incorrectly added the wmode attribute.

<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0"
width="600" height="300" align="absmiddle">
<param name="movie" value="/future.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="/future.swf" width="600" height="300" align="absmiddle"
quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>
<param name=wmode value=transparent>
wmode="transparent"
</object>


.... in the <object> tag, a new <param> tag is required, which you have done
correctly:

<param name=wmode value=transparent>

.... but the <embed> tag (which is what Netscape uses) needs wmode as an
attribute. That "wmode='transparent'" needs to reside inside the <embed>
tag, like the other attributes (width, height, align, etc.). Follow suit
with those and you'll find success.


David
stiller (at) quip (dot) net
"Luck is the residue of good design."