Why is this swf's background black?

**emmab** · 05-24-2010, 07:55 PM

Hi all, i embedded a swf into a page recently. I got it outsourced as i dont know my flash

but the guy sent it to me like this..

Code:

 </head>
  <body bgcolor="#000000">
    <center>
      <object
        classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
        codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0"
        id="Winning_small"
        width="156" height="98"
      >
        <param name="movie" value="Winning_small.swf">
        <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000">
        <param name="quality" value="high">
        <param name="wmode" value="transparent">
        <param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false">
        <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="samedomain">
        <embed
          type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
          pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"
          name="Winning_small"
          width="156" height="98"
          src="Winning_small.swf"
          bgcolor="#000000"
          quality="high"
          wmode="transparent"
          seamlesstabbing="false"
          allowscriptaccess="samedomain"
        >
          <noembed>
          </noembed>
        </embed>
      </object>
    </center>
  </body>
</html>

..which didnt look great. so i used swfobject and now i have this:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript">
    swfobject.embedSWF("Winning_small.swf", "logo", "156", "100", "9.0.0");
    </script>

</head>
<body>
<!-- Header -->
<div id="header">
  <div class="shell">
    <!-- Logo -->
   <div id='logo'>
         <a href="http://www.winninghealthsolutions.co.uk" title="Gyms in Southampton - Winning Health Solutions"><img src="/css/images/gym-southampton-logo.jpg" height="100" width="156" alt="gym in southampton - Winning Health Solutions gym Southampton" /></a>

       </div>
<!-- End Logo -->

however, the logo was then black in the background. which was really annoying, cause i'd asked for a transparent background and now i had a black one which didnt match the gradient of the header of the page.

so i went back to the logo designer and i asked, he didnt know how to make the background transparent with this new code i've used. So, i asked him to make a new one with the gradient in the background. he did, and there are still black bits to the side of the logo..

so i thought best to come to a knowledgeable place and ask - how do i set the background for this embedded swf as transparent??
the page is here:

http://ameliealden.com/winninghealth/

thankyou so much!

**samac1068** · 05-25-2010, 07:49 PM

If the background of the source FLA is all a single color and you've set the wmode to transparent, then when you stack it on your site, it will ignore its background.

**emmab** · 05-26-2010, 03:58 AM

Originally Posted by samac1068

If the background of the source FLA is all a single color and you've set the wmode to transparent, then when you stack it on your site, it will ignore its background.

sorry.
i really dont understand anything you just said..

do you know what code i have to use to make this background transparent please

**samac1068** · 05-26-2010, 03:32 PM

Okay, what is the background color of the FLA file?

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