Thread: FLASH background color?

Is there anyway to allow the user to choose the backround color, for example transperant?
Right now users have the ability to resize the swf file. I'm really kind of a newbie when it comes to Flash code, but could it have something like this?

BG color is changed in Flash not on the web, to my knowledge. And also to my knowledge you can't make a flash BG transparent. My original idea for my clan's Sigs was to have the game characters "pop out" of the Sig, but I couldn't do that because I couldn't make the BG transparent.

Originally Posted by Adretheon

BG color is changed in Flash not on the web, to my knowledge. And also to my knowledge you can't make a flash BG transparent. My original idea for my clan's Sigs was to have the game characters "pop out" of the Sig, but I couldn't do that because I couldn't make the BG transparent.

You can change the Flash backround color via HTML, and also make it transperant by adding a parameter in the HTML.
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
I have made an example of the background changing on the exact same Flash file, just by changing the HTML.
http://www.frigginclan.com/bg_test.html

I'm more than willing to help with code. Just let me know.

I think I'll rephrase the question.

Could someone please add the option for transparency in Flash?
Thank you

OK, so I had the same issue in our website forums. Never realized it till now.
I got ours to work, just made the default background transperant.

It was an easy fix, just added this line of code to our templates that have the flash object.
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
One of the files was an attachment template, and another a code template, and that was it.

Making it default will allow the users more flexibility in their designs, and it prevents you from having to create a color chooser or mess with the PHP.

I'm willing to help if any of the admins need it.

BUMP