flash (macromedia): so i know VERY little about website design and html/css/flash blah blah - but i
was wondering if anyone knew if it's possible to create a .swf flash file and
use it as a background on a webpage - i.e. put links and text over it using
html and such rather than creating them in flash. am i talking crazy?

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not talking crazy just talking impossible :)
You just can't make Flash as html background.

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Actually I have to disagree with urami_ on this one. <div
id="flashcontent"></div><div id="maincontent"></div>

Set the two divs to have either a postion of relative or absolute. Set the
z-index of the maincontent to 1 and set the z-index of flashcontent to 2 and
you have now layered your maincontent on top of your flash content.

I'm not sure why you would want to do this but it can be done.

----> dangit! ok, so how hard is it to make a search bar in flash that will
search an otherwise html page?

Well to quote urami_ "not talking crazy just talking impossible :)"

cinemaguy;
Actually that will not work without also specifying the wmode parameter
& attribute for the swf to be opaque or transparent as well, and it may
bring other problems... If the OP meant to use a flash swf as a background
image for a div or table etc, afaik Urami is quite correct in reporting that
as "impossible"... -Tom Unger