Flash outside border in Dreamweaver?

Hi,
I'm currently working on a website (html) and want do add a pop-up menu using flash.
The menu is set to about 35 px high and when it pop up its about 200 px high. To avoid an empty area above the menu (it's set to pop up upward) the flash-file is saved at 35 px high (as swf-file).
The problem is that when it pops up it won't extend itself outside the borders of the swf-file. I remember a long time ago that this was no problem (I believe I was using GoLive back then). The main site is build using a table so the swf should be inside the table as well.
Is there an easy sollution to this or do I have to get used to the empty area above the pop-up menu?
Thanks in advance for all help I can get
AceOfFLash
PS!
I'm working with CS4.

If you are embedding the Flash in a web page, the contents of the stage are all that will be displayed. YOu would need to create the menu/stage to the fully extended size. You don't necessarily need to have empty space above the 35 pixel section. You could fill it with the content that is already filling that area and just have the menu work on layers above it. Or you could try using CSS to and the window mode of the Flash and set the Flash to sit absolutely positioned somewhere above the page content (z-wise)... though I've not gone this route and cannot offer more than the idea.

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Hi everyone!
I hope someone will be able to help me: Ok here is the
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I created a photogallery in flash by creating a blank movie
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c2design wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> I hope someone will be able to help me: Ok here is the
situation:
> I created a photogallery in flash by creating a blank
movie clip and naming
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with thumbnail photos.
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> It works perfectly in flash! Then when I import the swf
file into the
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up, but they no longer
> bring up the image inside the movie clip. AHHHHH!!!! So
basically I click on
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