Swf file transparent in Directo MX

Hello:
Do you know how to get an animation in Flash with background
transparent?
If I put ink:background transparent does not work.
Thank you

If you set the "direct to stage" cast member property to
false, then you
can apply inks to a Flash sprite. With "direct to stage" off,
the
playback of the Flash sprite may suffer.
Rob
Rob Dillon
Adobe Community Expert
http://www.ddg-designs.com
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Swf file transparent in Director MX

Hello:
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You need to make sure your Flash sprite is not set to 'Direct
to stage',
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I have a SWF file in my Dreamweaver site, that plays correctly. The problem is that the stage is white and we would like it to be transparent. Searching the archives the following advice was given:
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Yes, change this to "transparent" in ALL the places where wmode is shown
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Opaque
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How to make transparent SWF files ???

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hidden,,, is that possible ??????
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??? for example i want to make a flash movie in the shape of a
circle ,, so when any one open the swf file just the circle appears
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On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 08:17:13 +0000 (UTC), "Ghost Of Death"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi all, plz i have 2 questions ,,, First, how can i
remove the title menu from
>the swf file
I don't remember exactly, but you need to find a doc about
fscommand
paramers. There is such doc somewhere at Macromedia / Adobe
websites.
I saw it some time ago. The is a parameter like "mainmenu" or
so,
which can be "true" or "false". As far as I remember there
was such
thing.
> Second, Is it possible to export a transperent flash
movie ???
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background shape
is used. It is another question how to make Flash Player box
to be
transparent. Web browsers support so called windowless mode,
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Hi There,
I'm posting a new thread here as I saw a post that seemed similar to my little dilemna, but not quite...
I've made a flash file in Flash CS5.5. I have published the file to the root directory of my website that is located on my hard drive. I have inserted the swf file using Insert>Media:SWF into the body of my html. When I hit the play button under the properties bar, the swf file executes as I planned. When I hit preview in browser (Firefox) nothing appears, save for a box that is perhaps the size of my flash file, however, I cannot tell as it blinks for a nanosecond then is gone.
I don't know if this is related, but when I set the window mode to transparent windowless, the file sill plays in dreamweaver design tab with whatever background the stage was when published. The code seems right, but again, no transparent background.
Are these two things related or seperate problems? I read somewhere that if you are running a Windows XP 32 bit that you could run into problems...
I'm inserting the code to see if anyone can assist. I would send a website link, but seeing as nothing is showing up on preview this would not be helpful.
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Rachel

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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
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<body>
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<param name="expressinstall" value="scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="flash/blueboxalone.swf" width="550" height="400">
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<param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
<param name="swfversion" value="11.0.0.0" />
<param name="expressinstall" value="scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
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                    <param name="menu" value="true" />
                    <param name="devicefont" value="false" />
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<object
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<param name="movie" value="flash/chillifire.swf" />
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<param name="expressinstall"
value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />


<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
data="flash/chillifire.swf" width="760" height="150">

<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="swfversion" value="6.0.65.0" />
<param name="expressinstall"
value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />

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on the last frame in the banner file you can use the
ExternalInterface class to call a specific JS method, and even pass
data if needed.

.swf files not functional in Acrobat X pro

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I've found that if I revert back to the Flash Builder 3.6 SDK and construct the files with the same basic content the import into Acrobat is successful... Has anyone else had issues with FB 4.5 to Acrobat X compatability?

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