Hi,
I'm new to web development and I need help to change the wmode of a flash object on the fly. The reason for this is that accessibility doesn't work when the wmode is set to 'opaque' or 'transparent', and on the other hand, I need the wmode to be in 'opaque' mode when a popup DHTML dialog is shown.
In short, I need to find a way to switch back and forth between the wmode. Re-rendering the flash object (thus restarting the flash movie) is totally acceptable in my case.
I have tried to change the wmode using javascript like this:
var el = newwindow.document.getElem
el.wmode = "window";
and the parameter did change when checked with "alert(el.wmode);", but the object won't actually change unless it is re-rendered using the modified wmode
There's a similar question discussed here:
http://www.experts-exchang
and it says it is possible to do this by cloning and replacing the flash object, but I don't know how to do that either...
The flash object is embedded like this:
<embed type="application/x-shockw
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!!
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your function is not what I exactly I wanted since removing the flash object is not an option, but you've proven that re-rendering the flash object is possible by removing and re-adding it (and showed me how). Thanks a lot! :)
This raises another issue though. After reloaded, the flash stopped playing and you have to do a right click and select "Play" to restart it. Is there any way to make it play automatically after putting it back to the page?
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by: mplungjanPosted on 2008-01-11 at 01:33:55ID: 20635064
What happens if you do
<div id="flashPlaceHolder"><emb
type="application/x-shockw
and in the page have
var saveFlash = "";
function toggleFlash(divId) {
var content = document.getElementById(di
if (saveFlash=="") saveFlash=content; // save it first time
document.getElementById(di
}
then in the dhtml menu have
toggleFlash('flashPlaceHol
If you need a flag, you can do
var saveFlash = "";
function toggleFlash(divId,on) {
var content = document.getElementById(di
if (saveFlash=="") saveFlash=content; // save it first time
document.getElementById(di
}
and do
toggleFlash('flashPlaceHol
toggleFlash('flashPlaceHol