Question about Flash

[MaxxFusion]

I have a flash header on my site. I implemented a Peel Ad and it seems that since both use flash they are running into each other. The Peel Ads works great but when it peels back it goes under my Flash header.

Now I did a google on this but didnt find any good info on it. I found one blog about wmode and setting it to transparent but it didnt go into much detail.

Can any of the Flash gurus shed some light on this?

thanks,
Frank

[MaxxFusion]

I found the answer.

How to make a Flash movie with a transparent background

The background of a Flash movie can be set to transparent. This allows the background color or image of the HTML page that contains the Flash movie to show through and allows the layering of Flash content with DHTML content.

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.

Note: Mac Classic is not supported for this feature. Transparent backgrounds are also not possible in a Flash standalone projector.

Note: If windowless mode is used, performance can be affected to some degree. If fastest performance is a top priority, you may consider other design options.
Preparing the HTML page to make the Flash movie transparent

Three methods of creating an HTML page with the correct code are outlined below.
Publishing from Flash

The HTML for a Flash movie can be created using the Publish Settings feature in Flash. The Publish Settings dialog box provides an option to affect the WMODE setting. The options selected in the Publish Settings will be added to the HTML source code automatically:

1. Choose File > Publish Settings. Select the HTML tab.
2. Choose "Transparent" in the WMODE setting to make the Flash movie's background disappear in browsers which support this feature.
3. Publish the document.

Using Dreamweaver

Follow the below steps, and Dreamweaver will insert the correct HTML code automatically.

1. In Dreamweaver, insert the Flash movie into an HTML page.
2. Select the Flash movie in the Design View.
3. In the Properties panel, choose Parameters.
4. For the Parameter, enter "wmode" (without quotes). For the Value, enter "transparent".
5. Save the document. The HTML page is complete.

View a demonstration of these steps.
Editing HTML code manually

To edit an existing HTML page, add the WMODE parameters to the HTML code.

1. Add the following parameter to the OBJECT tag:

<param name="wmode" value="transparent">

2. Add the following parameter to the EMBED tag:

wmode="transparent"