How do I set the background color in swfObject?

Question

I am using swfobject to display some Flash content (please don't tell Steve Jobs) and I need to set the background color of the swfobject content to black so it blends nicely with the black page it is on.

I tried using the following code but it didn't change anything:

<object id="flash" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="900" height="600" bgcolor="#000">

What is the correct way to set the background color to #000000?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I got some help over at the swfobject group on google.

The key is to add this to both sections of the object code and it solved the problem:

<param name="bgcolor" value="000000" /> 

Answer 2

if you want to set the flash background colour then you have to use the bgcolor setting in embedding, or add it to swfObject with the 6th value ( see here ). if you are using a transparent flash etc then the colour is defined by your html/CSS content. have a check of your background or background-color settings for the div you are embedding it into.