# Transparent background?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-background/21725>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 25, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-background/21725 "2003-05-25T17:54:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sanman918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@sanman918](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sanman918)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-background/21725/1 "2003-05-25T17:54:27Z")

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Is there anyway I can publish flash where there is no BG? So I can place it on top of something else outside of flash?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-background/21725/2 "2003-05-25T17:56:37Z")

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[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/transparency.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/transparency.htm)

It only works in IE on Windows. So pretty much any other browser and operating system will show the background color and IE on Windows will be transparent so I don’t recomment it unless you want to restrict your viewers to IE on Windows (not a smart idea).

Other than that… nope, I don’t think theres another way.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-background/21725/3 "2003-05-25T17:58:29Z")

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u mean publish in swf or html or exe?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-background/21725/4 "2003-05-25T18:28:56Z")

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I have a flash, and I need to publish it out so it can be transparent on a PHP theme. So it will be right over top but everything under it will show