JavaScript Menus Appear Behind Flash

I am creating a page with a flash file embedded below a navigation bar with
drop-down menus. The nav bar was created in Fireworks and imported. The
problem is that the drop downs are appearing BEHIND the embedded Flash file so
you can't see them. I have been looking all over for a solution to this
without much success. If anyone has any ideas I would be appreciative if you
share them.

Regards,
Andy

All Active content on a page will always rise to the top, so to speak,
including Flash, certain form elements, Java applets, and Active X controls.
This means that each of these will poke through layers. There is not a good
cross-browser/platform reliable way to solve this issue, but if you can be
confident in your visitors using IE 5+ or NN6+, then you can use the Flash
wmode parameter (however, Safari does not support this properly!).

PVII article:
http://www.projectseven.com/support/answers.asp?id=127



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"andrewmcgibbon" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I am creating a page with a flash file embedded below a navigation bar with
drop-down menus. The nav bar was created in Fireworks and imported. The
problem is that the drop downs are appearing BEHIND the embedded Flash
file so
you can't see them. I have been looking all over for a solution to this
without much success. If anyone has any ideas I would be appreciative if
you
share them.

Regards,
Andy

I have followed the instructions on the page you directed me to and am still
having them popping up behind the Flash. My code is below. Interestingly
enough, when I add the wmode="opaque" to the embed source, Dreamweaver no
longer color codes that code (this seems to happen when you have incorrect
code. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Andy

<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent(
'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#
version=6,0,0,0','wmode','opaque','width','461','h eight','20','align','left','sr
c','ticker2','menu','false','quality','high','wmod e','opaque','scale','noscale',
'pluginspace','http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Ve
rsion=ShockwaveFlash','movie','ticker2' ); //end AC code
</script><noscript><object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"

codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
rsion=6,0,0,0"
width="461" height="20" align="left">
<param name="movie" value="ticker2.swf">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="wmode" value="opaque">
<param name="scale" value="noscale">
<param name="wmode" value="opaque">
<embed src="ticker2.swf" wmode="opaque" width=461 height=20 align="left"
menu="false" quality="high" wmode="opaque"
scale="noscale" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"

pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Vers
ion=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>
</object></noscript>

In this instance, the solution is this:

<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject("slideshow.swf", "gallery", "785", "119", "6",
"#000000");
so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");
so.write("flashcontent");
</script>