AS3.0 Question dealing w/ the stage

I had a question if there is a way to set the stage as not visible? Meaning the .swf stage is transperent and takes the properties of the bg image of the bg of the page its laid on? I'm trying to steer away from just using flash for the site and using a mixture of flash elements in a css site but I can't seem to get the stage to be transparent. Any help on this would be great. Thanks in advance.

What if we add
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
I meant, inside html where you publish your swf.
<object classid="clsid:bala" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="250" height="50">
<param name="movie" value="bala.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
<embed src="bala.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="50"></embed>
</object>

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