Having a Transparent background

I am currently making a presentation file in Authorware and I
have used some Flash Movies. But I can come across a problem. When
viewing the presentation on slower and older machines the Flash
movies dont run properly (all jitery and jumpy). I have had some
advice from the Authorware Forum, but I was wondering whether or
not you can actually set the background to transparent? If anyone
has any experience using Authorware then you will know that there
is a feature called 'Direct To Screen'. This makes the Flash Movies
run how they should, but it shows the background of the Flash Movie
which I dont want. You can set it to transparent but as I just said
on older computers it causes they Flash Movies to run very slow and
are very jumpy.
So, finally is there a way of getting around this?? Can I
have a transparent background??
Thanks.

search the forum for "WMODE" or "transparent background" -
heavily discussed for years - lots of
pros and cons (possibly may find more cons).
-chris
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PaulD. wrote:
> I am currently making a presentation file in Authorware
and I have used some
> Flash Movies. But I can come across a problem. When
viewing the presentation
> on slower and older machines the Flash movies dont run
properly (all jitery and
> jumpy). I have had some advice from the Authorware
Forum, but I was wondering
> whether or not you can actually set the background to
transparent? If anyone
> has any experience using Authorware then you will know
that there is a feature
> called 'Direct To Screen'. This makes the Flash Movies
run how they should,
> but it shows the background of the Flash Movie which I
dont want. You can set
> it to transparent but as I just said on older computers
it causes they Flash
> Movies to run very slow and are very jumpy.
> So, finally is there a way of getting around this?? Can
I have a transparent
> background??
> Thanks.
>

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