# Transparent backgrounds
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-backgrounds/21200
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 18, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-backgrounds/21200 "2003-05-18T19:33:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@chris9902](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chris9902)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-backgrounds/21200/1 "2003-05-18T19:33:54Z")
i have a .swf but am using a random background java code
how do i make the background of my .swf Transparent so it does not effect my java
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-backgrounds/21200/2 "2003-05-18T21:23:44Z")
go to your publish settings
in the flash tab, change the Window mode, to “transparent Windowless”
that should do the trick
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-backgrounds/21200/3 "2003-05-18T21:27:36Z")
This only works on IE on Windows machines. Any other browser and/or operating system will show the background color of your movie.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-backgrounds/21200/4 "2003-05-18T21:28:22Z")
thx for the backup lostinbeta, didn’t knew that
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-backgrounds/21200/5 "2003-05-18T22:38:39Z")
is there a way to change it
sort of takes the point out of it
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-backgrounds/21200/6 "2003-05-18T23:33:51Z")
Nope.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-backgrounds/21200/7 "2003-05-18T23:50:34Z")
ok thanks
i have a way around it, there is a timed script for flash that i think it can use, then just match it to the timed java. that should do it:cowboy:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-backgrounds/21200/8 "2003-05-19T03:15:57Z")
You could set a variable in the javascript (javascript is way different from java btw so I recommend not calling it java) and use loadVars or something to read that variable.
Server-side scripting isn’t my best subject though, so if you want to do that I don’t think I will be of much help.