# Flash as a background in a table?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-as-a-background-in-a-table/25855
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 17, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-as-a-background-in-a-table/25855 "2003-07-17T01:00:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Zeep](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zeep)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-as-a-background-in-a-table/25855/1 "2003-07-17T01:00:53Z")
Hi folks,
I know this is sort of a weird question, but does anyone know if it is possible to use a Flash piece as the background of a table?
Basically I have a web site I am working on where the pages expand in width to fill the user’s browser window, no matter what it’s size. I want to create a horizontal strip where the flash resides (and make the Flash piece around 1048 pixels wide) and then if someone has a large browser window, they simply see more of the Flash piece than someone with a smaller browser window (but without side scrolling in either case) - the height of the Flash piece needs to remain constant.
Can anyone let me know if this is possible - and, if so, how I would go about tackling it?
Many thanks inadvance!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-as-a-background-in-a-table/25855/2 "2003-07-17T15:24:52Z")
what i would do is have a background image that extends from your flash movie, this way the screen’s width is always covered with your background image
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-as-a-background-in-a-table/25855/3 "2003-07-17T15:38:24Z")
Ok, I guess that would work wouldn’t it? Very cool - I’ll give it a shot - thanks Digitalosophy!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-as-a-background-in-a-table/25855/4 "2003-07-17T15:45:00Z")
no problem, probably layout your desing in photoshop and take a thin piece of the background image. then in DW just make is a horizontal repeating background image
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-as-a-background-in-a-table/25855/5 "2003-07-17T16:16:38Z")
yep - here is the layout i am working with:
[http://home.flash.net/~zeep/brightdream/](http://home.flash.net/~zeep/brightdream/)
so it’s not really a repeating background (just a really, really long one)
🙂
sort of weird, i know, but I want to have some Flash in there so I can fade text in and out around the floating rock, etc… Thanks again for your help!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-as-a-background-in-a-table/25855/6 "2003-07-17T16:45:19Z")
dude thats a cool bg image. not too sure how i would do it, ill take a look later, im a little busy here right now
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-as-a-background-in-a-table/25855/7 "2003-07-17T17:32:20Z")
no sweat - thanks for the feedback - i’m open to any and all suggestions!
i’m sort of a newbie when it comes to Flash, but I’m getting a decent handle on it (i feel like i’ve still only scratched the surface though - so much more to learn - i’m psyched!)