Make a random flash file (swf) fully clickable

[Vitabiz Productions Ltd]

I have a customer page with an administrative section.
In this section, the customer can upload all kinds of files (.gif,
..jpg, .swf) and add as information an url to each file. All this is
stored in a database.

Now, I want to create a page where at random one of those files is
showed (as banner), and when a user clicks on it, a new asp page
stores something in the db (banner x was clicked) and redirects to the
page corresponding with the banner.

Everything works fine, except for the flash files of course! I found a
lot of questions about this on the newsgroups, but never found an
answer:
How can I make a flash file appear on a webpage, and make it
clickable.
(I already tried with z-index and two layers, transparant clickable
images, ... but the flash is always on top!)
I don't have the opportunity to change the flash files!!

Vitabiz

[googly]

Dunno if this will work because i haven't tried it myself, but...
have you tried putting the flash pieces into a table and making the table
the clickable object?

cheers
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: I have a customer page with an administrative section.
: In this section, the customer can upload all kinds of files (.gif,
: .jpg, .swf) and add as information an url to each file. All this is
: stored in a database.
:
: Now, I want to create a page where at random one of those files is
: showed (as banner), and when a user clicks on it, a new asp page
: stores something in the db (banner x was clicked) and redirects to the
: page corresponding with the banner.
:
: Everything works fine, except for the flash files of course! I found a
: lot of questions about this on the newsgroups, but never found an
: answer:
: How can I make a flash file appear on a webpage, and make it
: clickable.
: (I already tried with z-index and two layers, transparant clickable
: images, ... but the flash is always on top!)
: I don't have the opportunity to change the flash files!!
:
: Vitabiz

[Vitabiz Productions Ltd]

I have tried this.
I also tried:
- Making two <DIV>s, one with a clickable transparant image, another
with the flash. Using z-index, I put the image on top. Unfortunately,
Flash is ALWAYS on top.
- Using the <A> tag around the <OBJECT> tag of the flash
- Adding OnClick event on <OBJECT> or <EMBED> or <PARAM>

Since it's not possible to change the Flash, I can't use an Event
Handler in Flash. It has to be done by HTML.
I noticed that sites like [url]http://www.msn.com[/url] also use Flash banners,
but there it's done with an advertising server. Somebody knows how to
do this?

Vitabiz


"googly" <googly@nospam.com> wrote in message news:<KEu_a.179907$hOa.177820@news02.bloor.is.net. cable.rogers.com>...

> Dunno if this will work because i haven't tried it myself, but...
> have you tried putting the flash pieces into a table and making the table
> the clickable object?
>
> cheers

[Blu_Matt]

Create a Flash file with a clickable transparent button in it (you could
set the URL using FLASHVARS) and then load the other Flash movie in a
lower level using LoadMovie (again telling the movie which one to load
using FLASHVARS)

HTH,
Matt

Matt Burns
Freelance Web/New Media Consultant

googly wrote:

> Dunno if this will work because i haven't tried it myself, but...
> have you tried putting the flash pieces into a table and making the table
> the clickable object?
>
> cheers
> "Vitabiz Productions Ltd" <vitabiz@hotmail.Com> wrote in message
> news:a98183ea.0308122345.2f505e8c@posting.google.c om...
> : I have a customer page with an administrative section.
> : In this section, the customer can upload all kinds of files (.gif,
> : .jpg, .swf) and add as information an url to each file. All this is
> : stored in a database.
> :
> : Now, I want to create a page where at random one of those files is
> : showed (as banner), and when a user clicks on it, a new asp page
> : stores something in the db (banner x was clicked) and redirects to the
> : page corresponding with the banner.
> :
> : Everything works fine, except for the flash files of course! I found a
> : lot of questions about this on the newsgroups, but never found an
> : answer:
> : How can I make a flash file appear on a webpage, and make it
> : clickable.
> : (I already tried with z-index and two layers, transparant clickable
> : images, ... but the flash is always on top!)
> : I don't have the opportunity to change the flash files!!
> :
> : Vitabiz
>
>