Fixed height, none fixed width

I have an object which needs to be fixed in the same part of the screen (so that it does not move when the screen is scrolled)
the page is designed with a vertical blank column so that the object is always in this column but no content ever gets moved in behind it.
my page uses a wrapper div which is centered using margin left+right:auto;
the problem is if I use position:fixed I also have to fix the objects left property.
however because the main content is centered the correct left value (in ether px of %) is different for each user depending on the browser resolution.
and obviously when i use position:relative the object does not stay fixed in the same part of the screen when the user scrolls.
Is it possible to fix this problem without resorting to javascript?
If i do have to use javascript would the best way be to use window.innerwidth to determine the window width, calculate the correct left value of the object, print this into the document using getelementby('ID').innerHTML and put the whole lot in a function that is constantly triggered by setinterval (so that it stays correct even if the users resizes the window)
yes i did just say i would use getelementby('ID').innerHTML and not getelementby('ID').style, i use this as a work arround for IE not working when you set/change the style in this way.

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pziecina wrote:
Hi
iPhone and other apple i devices do not support flash but can do so by packaging the flash as an app for these devices, (a little more complex than that, but!).
The improvements to DW CS5.5 include the jQuery-mobile framework which enables you to produce a mobile friendly web site that also supports these devices, without having to package them as an app. You do not require CS5.5 to use the jQuery-mobile framework though, see - http://jquerymobile.com/.
PZ
Thats not what i meant
with flash you have to compile your work when you have finished.
two options which have existed for a long time are to compile to a SWF file so that it can be embeded in a HTML document and compileing to a file which acts like an EXE file that can run directly within windows.
in flash CS5 you can compile flash programs as iphone applications.
these are not flash files which the iphone is not able to run by default, these are programs compiled for the iphone as an aplication which were created useing AS3
my question was
are the updates in cs5.5 anything more than a HTML equivilant of the function cs5 introduced for flash?
and
has flash been upgraded let developers compile their aplications for other devices such as android devices?

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