Setting Stage to Transparent

[pdxwebhead]

Hi,

I have been trying to set the stage background to transparent, so that the rotating image can float above the page - it has gradient that I can't match in the Stage color picker.

I have followed the instructions from this link, but it always publishes a black background..

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/view...4201&sliceId=2

I have also found a reference to this tag, but I am not sure where to embed it, and, if it is the appropriate tag.

<PARAM NAME=wmode VALUE=transparent>


Any help with this would be much appreciated. I love this Image rotator!

[pdxwebhead]

I am using Flash CS4...

Anyone?

[pdxwebhead]

By way of update...

Other things I have tried to change the background...

1) remove the background definition from the #flashcontent and #flash elements
2) added this var command to the embedded <script>
so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");
3) removed the background from the flash main.fla

Anything else I am missing?

[Adrian]

Could you post the html code here ? From what you described, it should have worked. Also, some browser cannot display flash as transparent. Check the web if your browser or browser version supports wmode=transparent.

[pdxwebhead]

Hi Adrian,

The working site (with a gray background) is here: WaterCloset Media - Ad Gallery --

I wasn't aware of the browser limitation... Thanks for the heads up!

[Adrian]

Oh, you have a little problem here:

var so = new SWFObject("main.swf", "flash", "675", "350", "8", "none");
		so.write("flashcontent");
		so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");

You need to swap the last 2 lines. First you set the wmode and then you write the flash.

var so = new SWFObject("main.swf", "flash", "675", "350", "8", "none");
		
so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");
so.write("flashcontent");