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slim___shady
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From: canada
Insane since: Aug 2002

IP logged posted posted 09-07-2002 05:48 Edit Quote

how do I get my .swf file to show up behind a dhtml layer. I have tried iFrame and z-index and both don't work.
Anyone got anything on this - link, code, whatever?

Slime
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Massachusetts, USA
Insane since: Mar 2000

IP logged posted posted 09-07-2002 07:24 Edit Quote

To be honest, it's unlikely that anyone comes by this forum that doesn't come by the other one you asked in =)

GRUMBLE
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Omicron Persei 8
Insane since: Oct 2000

IP logged posted posted 09-07-2002 11:42 Edit Quote

afaik, objects or embeds (like flash) dont have such a thing like a z-index.
my tip: make the whole page in flash, then you dont need dhtml anymore.

Steve
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Boston, MA, USA
Insane since: Apr 2000

IP logged posted posted 09-07-2002 22:02 Edit Quote

I saw it done once to great effect in the concept car section of the VW site, but when I went back to check they've changed things. They used it to integrate quicktime movies. At that ppoint Flash couldn't display QT movies, so they set a dhtml layer with the movies in register with the Flash movie. Turned visibility on when you clicked a button in Flash. Very neat. Darn - wish it was still there.

Anyway - indications are that Flash and dHTML can work together, but I don't know enough about dHTML to tell you how. Don't give up!

Slime
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Massachusetts, USA
Insane since: Mar 2000

IP logged posted posted 09-08-2002 22:00 Edit Quote

It's likely that that worked only because it was a quicktime movie, which has an even higher preference than flash.

So, like, DHTML will always be behind Flash which will always be behind Quicktime. Probably.

LiKwiD
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: NJ
Insane since: Mar 2002

IP logged posted posted 09-19-2002 20:31 Edit Quote

put the .swf on a div, then set z-index for the div? i know you said you tried using z-index but did you try it that way? i'm pretty sure it'd work if you put it in a div and then set the z-index for the div

GRUMBLE
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Omicron Persei 8
Insane since: Oct 2000

IP logged posted posted 09-19-2002 21:20 Edit Quote

nope, doesnt work.
embeds/objects simply are "embedded" in the document. no matter where they stand.



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