Menu Overlap when Using Flash methods

When rewriting your embedded swf code to connect to Flash methods from a scripting environment such as javascript often introduces a new bug especially when you have a menu situated on top of the embedded object. Most often than not, the menu would be hidden underneath the swf.

Normally, the workaround to that is by adding a param "wmode" and setting it to either "opaque" or "transparent" but I have found out that while I have rewritten the code so that I can use the Flash methods within my js file, the wmode doesn't work as planned.

After scouring the net, I have come across this post from Drupal's forums.

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="urfront2" align="middle" height="180" width="550">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain">
<param name="movie" value="urfront2.swf"><param name="menu" value="false"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><embed src="urfront2.swf" menu="false" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="urfront2" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="180" width="550"></embed>
</object>

Ajax Loader

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SWFObject Library

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Flash Object and Embed Attributes

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Flash Methods: Scripting with Flash

A useful reference for interacting with Flash from a scripting environment ie.Javascript

http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/publishexport/scriptingwithflash/index.html