Flash content renders above everything else

This is something that has been happening since even way before I upgraded to Safari 5. Every page that has any flash content renders the flash on top of everything else.
Example: a site with a dropdown menu and a large content slider made with flash, the flash covers the dropdown menu making it impossible to click the links. Or heres an example that I have a screenshot of:
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5820/flashk.png
Here the flash covers only part of the content but its annoying especially on sites built with large flash areas. Is there a fix for this? This has been happening for as long as I can remember.

Honestly I cannot find any other sites, I know there are many out there I just cant remember the name. Regardless this happens no matter what, for some reason my Safari renders Flash the top layer in ANY instance. I can try to explain another site I remember distinctly: The site had a header much like the Apple site here except that the menu was a CSS dropdown menu. Right below the menu was a sort of "headlines/highlights" section which spanned the full width of the webpage design and it was build purely with flash. Now, every time you hover over one of the menu items they drop down, right below the flash so I couldn't read the links or even click them because Flash was stacked on top.
Another example I can think of is sites that use a javascript/jquery image viewer where you'd click a thumbnail and it would pop it up full size (like Gizmodo does with their galleries). Now if there is a banner ad on the side and I click an image it will come up full size but it doesn't cover the whole page like it should, it covers everything but the flash.

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   // In IE you cannot properly cancel a loading SWF file without breaking browser load references, also obj.onreadystatechange doesn't work
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    obj.style.display = "none";
    win.attachEvent("onload", function() { obj.parentNode.removeChild(obj); });
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/* Functions to abstract and display alternative content
function displayAltContent(obj) {
if (ua.ie && ua.win && obj.readyState != 4) {
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   // In IE you cannot properly cancel a loading SWF file without breaking browser load references, also obj.onreadystatechange doesn't work
   var el = createElement("div");
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   el.parentNode.replaceChild(abstractAltContent(obj), el);
   obj.style.display = "none";
   win.attachEvent("onload", function() { obj.parentNode.removeChild(obj); });
else {
   obj.parentNode.replaceChild(abstractAltContent(obj), obj);
function abstractAltContent(obj) {
var ac = createElement("div");
if (ua.win && ua.ie) {
   ac.innerHTML = obj.innerHTML;
else {
   var nestedObj = obj.getElementsByTagName(OBJECT)[0];
   if (nestedObj) {
    var c = nestedObj.childNodes;
    if (c) {
     var cl = c.length;
     for (var i = 0; i < cl; i++) {
      if (!(c[i].nodeType == 1 && c[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "param") && !(c[i].nodeType == 8)) {
       ac.appendChild(c[i].cloneNode(true));
return ac;
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function createSWF(attObj, parObj, id) {
var r, el = getElementById(id);
if (typeof attObj.id == UNDEF) { // if no 'id' is defined for the object element, it will inherit the 'id' from the alternative content
   attObj.id = id;
if (ua.ie && ua.win) { // IE, the object element and W3C DOM methods do not combine: fall back to outerHTML
   var att = "";
   for (var i in attObj) {
    if (attObj[i] != Object.prototype[i]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries, like Object.prototype.toJSONString = function() {}
     if (i == "data") {
      parObj.movie = attObj[i];
     else if (i.toLowerCase() == "styleclass") { // 'class' is an ECMA4 reserved keyword
      att += ' class=" + attObj[i] + "';
     else if (i != "classid") {
      att += ' ' + i + '="' + attObj[i] + '"';
   var par = "";
   for (var j in parObj) {
    if (parObj[j] != Object.prototype[j]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries
     par += '<param name="' + j + '" value="' + parObj[j] + '" />';
   el.outerHTML = '<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"' + att + '>' + par + '</object>';
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   r = getElementById(attObj.id);
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   var e = createElement("embed");
   e.setAttribute("type", FLASH_MIME_TYPE);
   for (var k in attObj) {
    if (attObj[k] != Object.prototype[k]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries
     if (k == "data") {
      e.setAttribute("src", attObj[k]);
     else if (k.toLowerCase() == "styleclass") { // 'class' is an ECMA4 reserved keyword
      e.setAttribute("class", attObj[k]);
     else if (k != "classid") { // Filter out IE specific attribute
      e.setAttribute(k, attObj[k]);
   for (var l in parObj) {
    if (parObj[l] != Object.prototype[l]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries
     if (l != "movie") { // Filter out IE specific param element
      e.setAttribute(l, parObj[l]);
   el.parentNode.replaceChild(e, el);
   r = e;
else { // Well-behaving browsers
   var o = createElement(OBJECT);
   o.setAttribute("type", FLASH_MIME_TYPE);
   for (var m in attObj) {
    if (attObj[m] != Object.prototype[m]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries
     if (m.toLowerCase() == "styleclass") { // 'class' is an ECMA4 reserved keyword
      o.setAttribute("class", attObj[m]);
     else if (m != "classid") { // Filter out IE specific attribute
      o.setAttribute(m, attObj[m]);
   for (var n in parObj) {
    if (parObj[n] != Object.prototype[n] && n != "movie") { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries and IE specific param element
     createObjParam(o, n, parObj[n]);
   el.parentNode.replaceChild(o, el);
   r = o;
return r;
function createObjParam(el, pName, pValue) {
var p = createElement("param");
p.setAttribute("name", pName);
p.setAttribute("value", pValue);
el.appendChild(p);
function getElementById(id) {
return doc.getElementById(id);
function createElement(el) {
return doc.createElement(el);
function hasPlayerVersion(rv) {
var pv = ua.pv, v = rv.split(".");
v[0] = parseInt(v[0], 10);
v[1] = parseInt(v[1], 10);
v[2] = parseInt(v[2], 10);
return (pv[0] > v[0] || (pv[0] == v[0] && pv[1] > v[1]) || (pv[0] == v[0] && pv[1] == v[1] && pv[2] >= v[2])) ? true : false;
/* Cross-browser dynamic CSS creation
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function createCSS(sel, decl) {
if (ua.ie && ua.mac) {
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var h = doc.getElementsByTagName("head")[0], s = createElement("style");
s.setAttribute("type", "text/css");
s.setAttribute("media", "screen");
if (!(ua.ie && ua.win) && typeof doc.createTextNode != UNDEF) {
   s.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(sel + " {" + decl + "}"));
h.appendChild(s);
if (ua.ie && ua.win && typeof doc.styleSheets != UNDEF && doc.styleSheets.length > 0) {
   var ls = doc.styleSheets[doc.styleSheets.length - 1];
   if (typeof ls.addRule == OBJECT) {
    ls.addRule(sel, decl);
function setVisibility(id, isVisible) {
var v = isVisible ? "inherit" : "hidden";
if (isDomLoaded) {
   getElementById(id).style.visibility = v;
else {
   createCSS("#" + id, "visibility:" + v);
function getTargetVersion(obj) {
     if (!obj)
         return 0;
var c = obj.childNodes;
var cl = c.length;
for (var i = 0; i < cl; i++) {
   if (c[i].nodeType == 1 && c[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "object") {
       c = c[i].childNodes;
       cl = c.length;
       i = 0;
   if (c[i].nodeType == 1 && c[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "param" && c[i].getAttribute("name") == "swfversion") {
      return c[i].getAttribute("value");
return 0;
function getExpressInstall(obj) {
     if (!obj)
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var c = obj.childNodes;
var cl = c.length;
for (var i = 0; i < cl; i++) {
   if (c[i].nodeType == 1 && c[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "object") {
       c = c[i].childNodes;
       cl = c.length;
       i = 0;
   if (c[i].nodeType == 1 && c[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "param" && c[i].getAttribute("name") == "expressinstall") {
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return "";
return {
/* Public API
   - Reference: http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/SWFObject_2_0_documentation
registerObject: function(objectIdStr, swfVersionStr, xiSwfUrlStr) {
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   var regObj = {};
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   regObjArr[regObjArr.length] = regObj;
   setVisibility(objectIdStr, false);
getObjectById: function(objectIdStr) {
   var r = null;
   if (ua.w3cdom && isDomLoaded) {
    var o = getElementById(objectIdStr);
    if (o) {
     var n = o.getElementsByTagName(OBJECT)[0];
     if (!n || (n && typeof o.SetVariable != UNDEF)) {
         r = o;
     else if (typeof n.SetVariable != UNDEF) {
      r = n;
   return r;
embedSWF: function(swfUrlStr, replaceElemIdStr, widthStr, heightStr, swfVersionStr, xiSwfUrlStr, flashvarsObj, parObj, attObj) {
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    return;
   widthStr += ""; // Auto-convert to string to make it idiot proof
   heightStr += "";
   if (hasPlayerVersion(swfVersionStr)) {
    setVisibility(replaceElemIdStr, false);
    var att = (typeof attObj == OBJECT) ? attObj : {};
    att.data = swfUrlStr;
    att.width = widthStr;
    att.height = heightStr;
    var par = (typeof parObj == OBJECT) ? parObj : {};
    if (typeof flashvarsObj == OBJECT) {
     for (var i in flashvarsObj) {
      if (flashvarsObj[i] != Object.prototype[i]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries
       if (typeof par.flashvars != UNDEF) {
        par.flashvars += "&" + i + "=" + flashvarsObj[i];
       else {
        par.flashvars = i + "=" + flashvarsObj[i];
    addDomLoadEvent(function() {
     createSWF(att, par, replaceElemIdStr);
     if (att.id == replaceElemIdStr) {
      setVisibility(replaceElemIdStr, true);
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    setVisibility(replaceElemIdStr, false);
    addDomLoadEvent(function() {
     var regObj = {};
     regObj.id = regObj.altContentId = replaceElemIdStr;
     regObj.width = widthStr;
     regObj.height = heightStr;
     regObj.expressInstall = xiSwfUrlStr;
     showExpressInstall(regObj);
getFlashPlayerVersion: function() {
   return { major:ua.pv[0], minor:ua.pv[1], release:ua.pv[2] };
hasFlashPlayerVersion:hasPlayerVersion,
createSWF: function(attObj, parObj, replaceElemIdStr) {
   if (ua.w3cdom && isDomLoaded) {
    return createSWF(attObj, parObj, replaceElemIdStr);
   else {
    return undefined;
createCSS: function(sel, decl) {
   if (ua.w3cdom) {
    createCSS(sel, decl);
addDomLoadEvent:addDomLoadEvent,
addLoadEvent:addLoadEvent,
getQueryParamValue: function(param) {
   var q = doc.location.search || doc.location.hash;
   if (param == null) {
    return q;
    if(q) {
    var pairs = q.substring(1).split("&");
    for (var i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) {
     if (pairs[i].substring(0, pairs[i].indexOf("=")) == param) {
      return pairs[i].substring((pairs[i].indexOf("=") + 1));
   return "";
// For internal usage only
expressInstallCallback: function() {
   if (isExpressInstallActive && storedAltContent) {
    var obj = getElementById(EXPRESS_INSTALL_ID);
    if (obj) {
     obj.parentNode.replaceChild(storedAltContent, obj);
     if (storedAltContentId) {
      setVisibility(storedAltContentId, true);
      if (ua.ie && ua.win) {
       storedAltContent.style.display = "block";
     storedAltContent = null;
     storedAltContentId = null;
     isExpressInstallActive = false;
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There is no Flash player version 15... as in your code:
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For some reason Adobe thought it would be a good idea to target a Flash player version (15) as default.....which may be out a couple years in the future. Go figure!!!
If you don't like player version 9, change to 10 or 11.... just not 15 (yet).
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Adninjastrator

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Solved!
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My company standard is IE7
I'm charged with developing flv that will auto play on PC from a removable thumb drive.
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I'm using CS4 Flash and Dreamweaver
developing on a Mac.
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I've worked everything out on a Mac.it works fine in Mac environment.
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thanks in advance for any time you all spend on this.
M
To the moderator I apologize for an earlier "test" post I was unaware nay ignorant of a test forum . . .

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