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I have been given a build structure that is essentially a shell swf, which I have full access to, and it loads in swf content from Articulate, Presenter, Quizmaker and Engage.

Unfortunately all of the above do not allow a transparent background option on export - so I'd either really like to be proved wrong about that, or alternatively be directed on how to make the output swfs have a transparent Stage/background.

My shell swf has access to those swfs once they're loaded... so I figure that's where I'd do whatever I need to do.

cheers, d

danjah
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  • Are you trying to put your swf in a HTML page? If so, set the wmode to transparent. You can't set the stage to be transparent from AS or in the Flash IDE. – robertp Jan 12 '11 at 00:21
  • Ayup, thats set, still no joy, see comment to Lars.. pretty sure thats happening :/ – danjah Jan 12 '11 at 03:26

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The stage is transparent by default, kind of. If you set wmode="transparent" in the HTML for the Flash Player plugin, only the content of the swf, like MovieClips and graphics, are visible, the stage is not.

Edit: same goes for the swf's you load into your shell swf, they won't have a visible stage rectangle, only the content will show.

Lars Blåsjö
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  • Yeah, I'm thinking the proprietary formats are exporting with backgrounds in them, which is incredibly annoying. I wonder, is there possibly a way for me to target something like that and switch it off? (assuming its in a targetable movieclip..) – danjah Jan 12 '11 at 03:25