Spry navigation covers flash movie element, why?

i have a spry navigation bar with a flash movie underneath,
and when i hover over the navbar and the submenu pops down it
covers the flash movie, but it doesn't cover the .jpg image that is
next to the flash movie. how can i fix this? thanks.

mediastream13,
> i have a spry navigation bar with a flash movie
underneath,
> and when i hover over the navbar and the submenu pops
> down it covers the flash movie, but it doesn't cover the
.jpg
> image that is next to the flash movie.
What you're seeing is the result of the default WMODE
setting for Flash
Player, which you can change. Keep in mind, Flash content
isn't something
any browser natively supports. It requires an ActiveX
component or plugin,
and as a result, is processed outside of the browser's
composition buffer.
This lifts Flash content (and other active content, like
QuickTime, Java
applets, and so on) from the context of its surroundings. To
change that,
you can configure a SWF's WMODE setting for transparent or
opaque, as
described here:
http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/how-to-position-flash-beneath-other-content
Be aware that any WMODE setting other than the default has
been known to
cause usability issues as described in the articles/blog
entries further
linked from the above URL.
David Stiller
Co-author, Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers
http://tinyurl.com/2k29mj
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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next to the flash movie. how can i fix this? thanks.

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> 1. The drop down menus from my navigation bar fall
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>
> 2. The flash movie contains interactive content, but you
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