FLASH: is this possible or is it wish list?

[Rachel Bachman]

If I could have anything in the world right now,

it would be this...


I want to be able to define the outside perimeter

of a flash file so that I can create an .swf with a

unique shape. I want to do this so that I can create

a remote control object that "floats" on the user's

desktop. For example, I want to say to Flash, 

"Hey, use this circle as the shape of the file you

will output." Then, I could have a link from an HTML

page that would pull up circle.swf. This circle.swf

could be moved around on the screen. 


I know this is a crazy monkey idea but would that 

not be cool?


I was thinking that perhaps there was a way to

do it with dhtml. My initial questioning of our

dhtml experts tells me that it probably won't work

like that. 


I know I could place an .swf file in a popup window

but i dont' want to see the browser at all so that is

not a solution for me.


I know I could create the site entirely in Flash and

do it that way but I believe I will not have the option

of building the entire site in Flash.


Anybody have any thoughts about how one could 

accomplish something like that? And yes, ideally

it would be a multi-platform solution.


Thanks, 

rachel




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