Importing Flash Menu in to Dreamweaver

Hello
I've created a drop down menu in flash using this
instructional tool:
Everything looks great but now I need to get it into my
dreamweaver page. It needs to be inserted into a long, horizontal
bar which will contain other drop down menu buttons just like it.
When someone rolls over any of the drop downs, the actual drop down
area of the flash file needs to lay over the content that is below
the horizontal bar.
I don't know how to do this. All I know how to do is import a
flash file into dreamweaver somewhere on a page, which just pushes
everything down, instead just showing the main button area of the
flash file, with the drop down section of the flash file laying
over the content on the dreamweaver page... not shifting it.
I'm not the best at explaining these things so I hope someone
understands and has some help!

Please post a link to your problem page
"this instructional tool" ??????
"Cineaste_grrl" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hello
>
> I've created a drop down menu in flash using this
instructional tool:
> Everything looks great but now I need to get it into my
dreamweaver page.
> It
> needs to be inserted into a long, horizontal bar which
will contain other
> drop
> down menu buttons just like it. When someone rolls over
any of the drop
> downs,
> the actual drop down area of the flash file needs to lay
over the content
> that
> is below the horizontal bar.
>
> I don't know how to do this. All I know how to do is
import a flash file
> into
> dreamweaver somewhere on a page, which just pushes
everything down,
> instead
> just showing the main button area of the flash file,
with the drop down
> section
> of the flash file laying over the content on the
dreamweaver page... not
> shifting it.
>
> I'm not the best at explaining these things so I hope
someone understands
> and
> has some help!
>
>

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with a lot of flash
> objects. For examlpe I'm making a flash menu, wich is
the hole problem!
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> to
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