no problem - and yes it is quite frustrating - you mention below about "the flash" that appears when page loads - In different cases I have hidden ugly with layers - since that won't work in flashes case - a possibility is loadMovieNum -
Create an empty shell - with a pretty background or graphic or block of color - place a wait here type timer script - or a loading pseudo animation - You can time it fairly accurate to delay - and when the rest of the page is loaded - simply load in a new .swf - no one will know - it will chop off most likely serious k at load time - and it will help you control the look a bit. not sure if that is relevant - but when you mentioned that flash -that's what I thought of good luck jay miller Ben Doom wrote: >: No - flash always takes the top layer - what wmode="Transparent" does >: is drops the background color of the flash movie so it is transparent. > >Wierd. Seems, um, fairly useless. > >: The ONLY physical way you can get flash to appear below something is ... >: find another way. > >Yeah. Looks like now we'll use 2 iframes, one on top of the other, and >hide/reveal the one on top to make it "pop in and out." > >: You can get creative wtih layers and CSS and JS with positioning and >: move the flash movie on and off the stage - but you can't have things >: appear above flash in both browsers. >: >: As for the scenario you are talking about -YOU can take a snap shot of >: the Flash movie - embed that behind the iframe or layer - when the >: iframe or layer is supposed to pop up - set teh flash movie's position >: off stage - replace it with teh "snap" shot of the flash movie and it >: will appear as if you have done it. >: >: then when iframe or layer disappears - you reset the falsh movie back to >: it's original position. >: >: hope that helps > >It didn't really help per se, but it gave me more info than I had before. >And it will give me cogent arguments for the client. > >I'm working with developers who don't like the 'flash' they get when pages >get loaded. God help me, art people make my head hurt. > >In any case, thanks for the assist. > >--Ben > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
