Flash Pop-overs

[rintrah]

I need to be able to add some notifications to users of my site (download status etc...).

I'd like to do this in flash rather than a popup, liek I've seen in many ads.

How do I get a flash movie to float over a page?

Thanks

[jeremy goodrich]

Flash movie to 'float' over a page...hm, interesting question. When you add an swf file to a page, it's 'embedded' in the content, yes?

I believe the whole 'floating' thing, is created with javascript which causes the 'window' to appear floating over the window that the user is viewing when the ad launches. Or perhaps DHTML.

I do know you could create that with javscript in IE when a user has the flash plugin & javascript isn't turned off - just launch a new window with the swf file, and strip the window of everything related to navigation, borders, toolbars, etc - so that it appears the swf is the only thing there is to see there.

[waldemar]

Sorry, this is not a direct answer to your question, but:

Please consider (if possible with your Client) neither using flash (kind of 'odd' that one needs flash to get information on the download status) nor popups. Download status windows/popups are usually handled by the client/browsers themselves.

[korkus2000]

Jeremy is correct. You use layers to move them around the page. It is usually done in dreamweaver. I would also warn you that they are not liked by users.

[rintrah]

Can anyone point me in the direction of how such a java script would be constructed?