Change bgcolor param value on mouse over?

Question

I have a .SWF email submit form. The background color is set via:

`<param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />` 

and in the embed:

`<embed src="FILE.swf" flashvars="STUFF" quality="high" **bgcolor="#000000"** width="260" height="32" name="WidgetMailBlack" align="middle" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />`

Is it possible either on mouse over of the Object or a containing div to change those values? i.e. to #ffffff

many thanks!

Answer 1

Not in the markup. You would have to call the movie again with the new values.

Answer 2

It would be possible, also it is possible to change the containing div color.

Flash has it's use, but Forms, unless in a proper RIA, would probably be best left in HTML/JS. Here are a few handy resource to make pretty forms:

1. Prettier Accessible Forms - a bit old, but good
2. Nice Forms - a really nice js library that makes styling forms easy.

HTH, George

Answer 3

Set the wmode parameter to transparent, get rid of the bgcolor parameter and use CSS to set a background color on the object instead. E.g.

<param name="wmode" value="transparent">

<embed src="FILE.swf" ... wmode="transparent">

And the CSS:

embed, object { background-color: black }
embed:hover, object:hover { background-color: white }