Flash Animation Blocks Drop-Down Menu

I added a simple flash animation (slideshow) to a site I am
working on which is located under the navigation bar that has a
drop-down menu (created in Fireworks). When I preview the site in
Firefox or Internet Explorer on a PC, the drop-down menu is behind
the flash animation and all of the links cannot be seen. Is there
an easy solution to this problem?
Thank you,
Troy

"FlineCo" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I added a simple flash animation (slideshow) to a site I
am working on
>which is
> located under the navigation bar that has a drop-down
menu (created in
> Fireworks). When I preview the site in Firefox or
Internet Explorer on a
> PC,
> the drop-down menu is behind the flash animation and all
of the links
> cannot be
> seen. Is there an easy solution to this problem?
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>
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> please help. I've created a horizontal drop down
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