Thanks everyone who commented.
I got them done and they are working well. Client loves them.
Now we will see if the code I wrote will work for the hosting company.
Thanks again for the advice!

Best,

Karl DeSaulniers
Design Drumm
http://designdrumm.com



On Mar 16, 2014, at 8:13 AM, Paul A. <p...@ipauland.com> wrote:

> If you don't have control of the html page where the ad is being hosted, 
> there will be a flash API supplied with whatever ad system is being used to 
> support such ads, so a generic approach won't be suitable in such cases.
> 
> Essentially you make a Flash design for the larger size, but mask it to fit 
> the smaller add display. When you wish to expand the ad you can expand the 
> mask to cover the larger area after calling the advertising API to tell it to 
> expand the HTML element that encloses the flash area.
> 
> I did this last year and it worked via a series of callbacks, but will vary 
> according to the ad system being used.
> 
> Paul
> 
> On 16/03/2014 05:25, Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
>> Oh!? I am not sure if they are being hosted with those systems. I will need 
>> to check with the client. Thanks for the heads up. Do you happen to have a 
>> link to these specs? If not I'm sure I can google it up. Thanks again.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Karl
>> 
>> Sent from losPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 15, 2014, at 11:43 PM, Roger Persson <ro...@radiergum.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Karl,
>>> 
>>> Don't know if this is the case for you but if your banner is to be hosted 
>>> by a network like Google Ads or AdForm they will have some specific code 
>>> you need to use for the expanding to work.
>>> 
>>> Best regards
>>> /roger
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Karl DeSaulniers skrev 2014-03-15 23:39:
>>>> Can anyone point me in the right direction for expandable banners? To be 
>>>> honest I am looking for an example or some script I can just use, but 
>>>> would take tut or doc links as well.  Expandable banners with inset video 
>>>> to be exact. Also, correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't Javascript handle 
>>>> the expansion part?
>>>> 
>>>> TIA.
>>>> Best,
>>>> 
>>>> Karl
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from losPhone
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