Can Flash be used to swap a static image?

Question

I'm working on a web site for a shopping mall that has a
Flash store directory. Hovering over a section of the floor plan
displays the store name and phone number. Clicking on a section of
the floorplan displays a photo and details at the bottom of the
Flash. It all works fine.
The rest of the website is HTML and CSS. This includes a
sidebar which is used for static promotional images. The client
wants to use one of these promotion images to be a store photo and
swap out with whatever is being moused over in the Flash. Is that
even possible?

Answer 1

Hello,
Yes it should be possible. You'll need to implement
javascript into your flash files and show and hide divs on roll
overs and mouse outs. The javascript you add should look something
like this:
<script language="JavaScript">
function getElement(id) {
return document.all ? document.all(id) :
document.getElementById ? document.getElementById(id) :
document.layers ? document.layers[id] : null;
function vislayeron(id) {
var el = getElement(id);
if (!el) return;
if (el.style) el.style.visibility = 'visible';
else if (el.visibility) el.visibility = 'show';
function vislayeroff(id) {
var el = getElement(id);
if (!el) return;
if (el.style) el.style.visibility = 'hidden';
else if (el.visibility) el.visibility = 'hide';
</script>
The code you'll need to add into your flash file would look
something like this:
on (rollOver) {
getURL("javascript:vislayeron('divshow_image')");
on (rollOut) {
getURL("javascript:vislayeroff('divshow_image')");