Re: FLASH: Flash and DHTML

[Gil Kruger]

Disney.com used to have a balloon that would "crash" right into the screen, it

was on the top layer of a series of layers.


Jason Nugent wrote:


>         It isn't possible (yet) to have plugins in layers that aren't "on

> top".  Hopefully this will be corrected in a future version of Netscape,

> but for now I think you're stuck.

>

>         Jason

>

> On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, xtian . wrote:

>

> > Hi there

> >

> > Can anyone help me with a problem I am having in Netscape?  I am trying

> > to use a flash animation as a backdrop to a web page.  'Simple' I

> > thought - bung the flash into a layer with a lower z-index than the

> > layer with the page HTML.  However the flash layer always appeared on

> > top, no matter what z-index I gave its layer.  In IE4 this was solved by

> > changing the 'wmode' parameter to 'transparent'.  With Netscape 4.05

> > this doesn't work.  Is there a way to change the flash animation to have

> > a transparent backdrop in Netscape?  Is there a different parameter or

> > setting somewhere?  I am using the <div> tag with inline styles for the

> > layers (ie I am using Dreamweaver).  Any help would be greatly welcomed

> > 8)

> > Christian

>

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