Stylesheets - hiding part of a Flash image

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hiding part of a Flash image

Haines Brown

2006-08-17, 6:44 pm

I'm trying to use a Shockwave Flash file as is except for a line of
text that it displays. I'd like to hide that line of text, and so I
tried to create a black mask to do it. However, I can't move the mask
over the text.

This is the idea:

<div id="inside">
<embed>...</embed>
<div id="mask"></div>
</div>

With the style:

embed { z-index: 1; }
#mask { width: 400px; height: 40px;
background-color: black;
position: relative; left: 380px; bottom: 30px;
z-index: 2;
}

The mask appears to slip under the Flash image regardless of z-index.

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David Stone

2006-08-18, 6:34 pm

In article <87bqqj70nj.fsf@teufel.hartford-hwp.com>,
Haines Brown <brownh@teufel.hartford-hwp.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to use a Shockwave Flash file as is except for a line of
> text that it displays. I'd like to hide that line of text, and so I
> tried to create a black mask to do it. However, I can't move the mask
> over the text.
>
> This is the idea:
>
> <div id="inside">
> <embed>...</embed>
> <div id="mask"></div>
> </div>
>
> With the style:
>
> embed { z-index: 1; }
> #mask { width: 400px; height: 40px;
> background-color: black;
> position: relative; left: 380px; bottom: 30px;
> z-index: 2;
> }
>
> The mask appears to slip under the Flash image regardless of z-index.

I know this is a silly question, but why don't you just
remove the offending text from the flash file?

Nije Nego

2006-08-18, 6:34 pm

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:33:58 -0400, David Stone wrote:

> In article <87bqqj70nj.fsf@teufel.hartford-hwp.com>,
> Haines Brown <brownh@teufel.hartford-hwp.com> wrote:
>
>
> I know this is a silly question, but why don't you just
> remove the offending text from the flash file?

Obviously, offending text is somebody elses logo.

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Haines Brown

2006-08-18, 10:45 pm

Nije Nego <"nije\"nego"@net.hr> writes:

> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:33:58 -0400, David Stone wrote:
>
>
> Obviously, offending text is somebody elses logo.

A reasonable guess, but not the case in fact. The two Flash files were
purchased by my wife for her web page (and it was I who paid for
them). However, for her site's splash page, the original designer
also incorporated a hot text into the Flash file to link to the next
page. I felt it better to have the move automatic (meta refresh)
rather than require a mouse click. So I needed to hide the hot
text. Is there something about Flash files that they don't respond to
stacking with z-index? Is there some place on line where I can find
out about Flash parameters and attributes?

I would have liked to recreate the animationed effects from scratch,
but I would prefer not to use javascript, and the animations may be
too complicated for it: a) a text that encircles the globe which
emerges from a point, b) a star that likewise emerges, c) a text
that does the same. What are my (non-proprietary) options for creating
such effects?

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Gus Richter

2006-08-18, 10:45 pm

Haines Brown wrote:
> Nije Nego <"nije\"nego"@net.hr> writes:
>
>
> A reasonable guess, but not the case in fact. The two Flash files were
> purchased by my wife for her web page (and it was I who paid for
> them). However, for her site's splash page, the original designer
> also incorporated a hot text into the Flash file to link to the next
> page. I felt it better to have the move automatic (meta refresh)
> rather than require a mouse click. So I needed to hide the hot
> text. Is there something about Flash files that they don't respond to
> stacking with z-index? Is there some place on line where I can find
> out about Flash parameters and attributes?
>
> I would have liked to recreate the animationed effects from scratch,
> but I would prefer not to use javascript, and the animations may be
> too complicated for it: a) a text that encircles the globe which
> emerges from a point, b) a star that likewise emerges, c) a text
> that does the same. What are my (non-proprietary) options for creating
> such effects?

<http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash...h-other-content>

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Spartanicus

2006-08-19, 3:34 am

Haines Brown <brownh@teufel.hartford-hwp.com> wrote:

>However, for her site's splash page, the original designer
>also incorporated a hot text into the Flash file to link to the next
>page. I felt it better to have the move automatic (meta refresh)
>rather than require a mouse click. So I needed to hide the hot
>text.

Get a Flash editor, change the Flash file.

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Sherm Pendley

2006-08-19, 6:40 pm

Haines Brown <brownh@teufel.hartford-hwp.com> writes:

> A reasonable guess, but not the case in fact. The two Flash files were
> purchased by my wife for her web page (and it was I who paid for
> them). However, for her site's splash page, the original designer
> also incorporated a hot text into the Flash file to link to the next
> page. I felt it better to have the move automatic (meta refresh)
> rather than require a mouse click. So I needed to hide the hot
> text.

Why not simply open up the .fla file in a Flash editor, remove the link,
and export a new .swf?

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Haines Brown

2006-08-20, 10:34 pm

Sherm Pendley <sherm@Sherm-Pendleys-Computer.local> writes:

> Haines Brown <brownh@teufel.hartford-hwp.com> writes:
>
>
> Why not simply open up the .fla file in a Flash editor, remove the link,
> and export a new .swf?

sherm,

I don't have the original .fla file. Do you think the developer who
sold my wife the resulting .swf file is obliged to hand it over to his
client? I should think so, but don't know. If I had that file I could
use f4l (Flash for Linux), which I've installed, to rebuild the swf
file with the changes I need.

I tried out Flare (Linux), but it only produces a .flr script file,
not the original resources. If I can't get the fla resources from the
original developer it seems I have little choice but to pay to have
the two swf files decompiled.

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Haines Brown
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ET1(SS) U.S.S. Irex SS-482