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To get one Flash movie on top of another movie, put both movies in a separate div layer with z-order specified, and with a transparent background (w-mode).
This test movie has a top menu in a div, on top of a content movie in another div. The content movie has a 'gap': a transparent area where the underlaying HTML is visible. View test
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Problems
| OS | Browser | Menu folding out | HTML content | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacOS9 | IE | Works, but when going up leaves a dark red color | Does not work | As stated by MM is not supported, and transparent backgrounds become solid filled backgrounds |
| MacOSX 10.3 | Safari | Works | Visible, but link not clickable | |
| Windows | Mozilla 1.5 | Works | Visible, but link not clickable | |
| Windows | IE 6.0 | Works | Works |
More information
- How to make a Flash movie with a transparent background
- The following browsers currently support windowless mode:
- Windows and Mac OS X
- Internet Explorer 3 or higher (Windows)
- Internet Explorer 5.1* and 5.2* (Macintosh)
- Netscape 7.0*
- Mozilla 1.0 or higher*
- AOL*
- CompuServe*
- * Macromedia Flash Player version 6,0,65,0 (Windows) or 6,0,67,0 (Macintosh) or higher required for this feature.
- The following browsers currently support windowless mode:
-- ArthurClemens - 13 Jan 2004
- layer_test.html: HTML test file
Attachment:  | Action: | Size: | Date: | Who: | Comment: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 testmenu.swf | action | 385 | 12 Jan 2004 - 18:55 | ArthurClemens | |
| testcontent.swf | action | 1052 | 12 Jan 2004 - 18:56 | ArthurClemens |