Control DHTML layer from flash

I am working on my portfolio site www.pandadesign.com and in
the "book" section I want to call a DHTML layer with a flash button
but alas I do not know how to do this...So here i am asking the
Flash gods of the net for a little help..
alos i know there is a way to have the flash UNDER the dhtml
element, something to do with the embed tag...
Thanks
Ramachan

Not considering myself a flash god :-) but I maybe can help.
In the good old days you would use fscommand -- in Flash 8
there is a new way to do this with externalInterface. Anyway, you
would need to have a javascript function in DHTML that reacts on
the call from Flash and does everything necessary in DHTML.
There is no way to have Flash (or any other active-x object)
UNDER dhtml, by definition. You may find that setting the z-index
will work on some browsers, but not always and everywhere.
Some people help themselves by setting WMODE=transparent, but
even that is known to cause problems in some browser
configurations.
If you specify what exactly you want to do, and what version
of Flash you're using, I might be able to help you a bit more
constructively. :-)
Good luck
Wolf

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