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It has nothing to do with *Flash* or *Flash MX* (unless your visitors are not among the 98% using FP v. 6 or higher). Transparency in swf files has been supported since FP v. 6. The problem is that most browsers don't support swf transparency. IE happens to be the exception and I believe it will work in the newer versions of Gecko based browsers as well. Opera doesn't support swf transparency and has no plans to do so.

Plus, you need to insert specific code in your swf parameters for it to work. I don't have it handy but will be happy to look it up if you're interested. I personally don't use it 'cause I know it's not supported universally, thusly don't know the code off the top of my head.

Edit: Here's an example of code that has worked for me when I was testing this way-back-when:

< OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" WIDTH=376 HEIGHT=270 >
< PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="housefade_31.swf" >
< PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high >
< PARAM NAME=wmode VALUE=transparent >
< PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#000000 > < EMBED src="housefade_31.swf" quality=high wmode=transparent bgcolor=#000000 WIDTH=376 HEIGHT=270 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" > < /EMBED >
< /OBJECT >

~JCK