Spry menu over flash and Macintosh

Hi,

I’m not sure if this is a Spry question or a Flash question.

I’m building a site that has an embedded .swf file that is interactive once you roll the mouse over it. Above the .swf on the page I have a Spry drop down menu that I created in DreamWeaver.

The problem I’m experiencing is this: when the drop down menu crosses over the flash file the swf acts as if it’s been moused over. This only happens on Macs. In windows the drop down menu stops flash from detecting the mouse.

I’ve used a couple of javascript calls into the swf to control the interactivity but it only works while the mouse is on a button when you move to another button in the menu there is a jarring moment when the swf is interactive until the mouse is over the next drop down button.

Does anybody know if this is a problem with the Spry Menu and Mac? Would a different Javascript drop down menu behave like this? And lastly is there any way to make a flash file non-interactive with Javascript or CSS?

Thanks for any advice.