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WMODE

Value

`Window` | `Opaque` | `Transparent`

Template variable:`$WM`

Description

(Optional) Lets you take advantage of the transparent movie, absolute positioning, and layering capabilities available in Internet Explorer 4.0. This tag works only in Windows with the Flash Player ActiveX control.

| `Window` plays the movie in its own rectangular window on a Web page.
| `Opaque` makes the movie hide everything behind it on the page.
| `Transparent` makes the background of the HTML page show through all the transparent portions of the movie, and may slow animation performance.

The default value is `Window` if this attribute is omitted. Applies to `OBJECT` only.