Hi guys
Apologies for the late reply to this. thanks so much for your help,
all useful information I didnt know - hope it will also be useful for
others too.
I now have a slightly strange thing going on though...
The wmode (in my case using <object>) works to stop the flash redraw
on the main pop up window, its background - and any overlay images...
however if another Flash element is visible over the chosen flash file
on the page underneath - the flash file seems to 'rise to the top' and
become visible again (the whole banner - not just the redraw regions)
this may sound a little confusing - let me just clarify the context. I
have made a banner chooser. a user goes to a 'page setup' area where
they can choose a banner to be displayed on that page. when the user
selects 'choose' - a lighbox esque pop up appears showing all of the
available banners. when they choose the banner to use - the banner is
then pulled into the main page - showing it has been selected. the
problem then occurs if the user wishes to select a different banner.
bringing up the chooser for a second time (to select a different
banner) will then show all the available banners, but the flash banner
now displayed on the page beneath the popup (the pop up window is semi
transparent) now 'cuts through' the window ONLY when it is directly
below a flash banner - i.e. it only seems to happen if the flash files
are kind of touching ('dont cross the streams!' - Dr. Egon Spengler)
sorry if this is over egging the pudding so to speak, just wanted to
clarify the problem as its really getting on my nuts now!!
L
On Mar 28, 9:28 pm, "Alexandre Plennevaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> good point Karl, it's typically the wmode that has to be set to transparent.
>
> Be aware that it will make your flash file more resource-intensive on
> low spec computers. but if it's just for running ads, it shouldn't be
> a problem.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Lewis,
>
> > It could be a z-index issue, but you probably have to also set wmode
> > to transparent for the flash object.
>
> > If you're using swfObject, you can just use:
> > so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");
>
> > for embed, you add the attribute: wmode="transparent"
> > for object, you do <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
>
> > hope that helps
>
> > --Karl
> > _________________
> > Karl Swedberg
> > www.englishrules.com
> > www.learningjquery.com
>
> > On Mar 28, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Lewis wrote:
>
> > > Hi
>
> > > i have a problem where im calling a JS pop-up overlay (is a custom
> > > script not adapted from the various lightbox plugins around ) but when
> > > the overlay is over the page - the redraw sections of the flash
> > > banners are cutting through the js window showing the banners
> > > animating content.
>
> > > is this a z-indexing problem - or is there something in Jquery i need
> > > to call to eliminate?
>
> > > if anyone has experienced similar problems and resolved it, drop me a
> > > line - or if you might have a solution and need some more info -
> > > lemmie know as im stuck :(
>
> > > thanks
>
> > > L
>
> --
> Alexandre Plennevaux
> LAb[au]
>
> http://www.lab-au.com
