Flash :: [F8] Please Help Linking From Flash...

Questions Regarding Making Flash Smaller, And Linking Flash Movies
http://creativemods.com/banner.swf

hello all. at the above link, you will find a very simple flash movie i made.

so its still quite tall. is there any way i can resize it so it looks the same, but only shows whats inside of the mask? there are two large white margins on the top and bottom that are not supposed to be there

also, how do i link this movie to a website?

Linking Movies V.s. Linking Levels (swf's)
I was reading about the different types of sites that can be created with Flash. Two of those struck me as very interesting- linking movies (which is supposed to be useful for actionscripters) and linking levels, or swf's. I was wondering what are the pros and cons of both of these methods, since I haven't decided which one I will use for the development of my future site. Thanks in advance.

Image Linking - Text Linking
Hi everyone

I need some help in what probably is simple a function.

I want to be able to make someone else change texts and picture on a flash-based homepage.

1) I want them to be able to upload a .txt-file and then it should change the text in a specific textbox.

2) the same thing with images

How do I do this?

i've been trying to use an empty movieclip and then I guess he sript should be something like:

empty_movieclip.load ??? ("text.txt", 1);
}

and

empty_movieclip.load ??? ("image.jpg", 1);
}

can someone clearify this?

I can't make it work...

best regards,
Skaatar

LINKING FLASH
OK, I'VE GOT DREAMWEAVER 4 AND FLASH 5, I'VE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS BEHIND MY COMPUTER TRYING TO FIND OUT ONE THING. HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU MAKE A FLASH FILE A LINK? I MEAN I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING AND THE ONE THING I DID GET TO WORK, LOADED THE FILE WRONG......I JUST WANT TO MAKE A CLICKABLE FLASH FILE TO TAKE YOU TO A LINK OR LOAD INSIDE A FRAME....PLLLLLLLLLLLLEASE HELP ME......

SUPA

Linking In Flash
i have three words on my flash page, they are:'my fave movies', they are not in a straight line and what i want to do is, when you place your mouse over one of the letters a link to one of these movies appears with a line to that respctive letter, and the film. i think this can be done with javascript, but i dont know that and was wondering how to do that in flash.

thanx

any help would be appreciated

Linking In Flash MX
I have a question regarding linking a button in Flash MX.
How do I do it! I need to make it go from one scene to another, and it has to land on a certain frame number. Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks

Linking Flash With Sql
is there a way of linking an sql database with flash, to write and read entries. if so is there any tutorials or can anyone help me please

Linking W/ Flash MX
does anyone know how to link a whole movie, so people can click on it. Such as a banner.

thanks

Linking Within Flash Help
Hi,

I'm pretty new to Flash, but I'm familiar with the studio environment (4 - MX). I need some help with linking around from a flash file.

In this case, I've taken a pre-made navigation menu, made in Flash MX. I'm not saavy enough in flash to know exactly how it works, but it uses movie clips to show the animation of the buttons, and a customizable piece of actionscript (an array) to customize the categories and subcategories.

Here's my problem. Whenever you click on one of the categories, the menu "opens up" the way it should, to visibly show the subcategories. When you click on one of the subcategories, the link that you specified in the above-mentioned actionscript opens up correctly, but in an external child window.

What I want to do should be pretty simple to figure out, I just dont have the time to do the research (thus the forum post). I need to figure out how to make the link open up in the parent window, so no new windows are opened (meaning the page will simply refresh, with the new content. that's actually a bit misleading, a new page will be opened, but in the same window, with the menu and everything else getting refreshed.)

Can anybody help me? The menu is freeware, so if the problem requires me sending you the .fla, let me know, I have no problem with it. This is a deadline issue for me, so any help would be massively appreciated.

Thanks!!!

Brian

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ADDED AS OF 1:52PM EST :

If it makes it any easier to help me, let me simplify the question further : Where in a flash file would you tell the movie how to open up a link? Whether it opens a new window with the link or does it on the same page? THATS what I need to change.

Linking From Flash
I am trying to have a button in flash link to an html document where it opens a new browser window that is a particular size.An html pop-up box. I have all the code to make it work, including the javascript I need to size the popup with no register bar, no scroller, etc, but how do I get the button in flash to read the javascript it needs to open the new window properly? Is there a way to do this?

Mike

Help With Linking The Whole Flash
Can anyone tell me the code for linking the whole flash movie so that it opens a new webpage on the same browser that ur on?

Ex:
There's a Flash Banner and you want people to click on it. When clicked on, it will open a new website but on the current browser ur on.

Linking A Flash SWF
Hello..
I am trying to have a little swf file on my website that people can link to and have the same little movie play on their site. Kind of like a banner ad I guess. How do it so they can just place some simple code on their site that will play without them actually downloading the SWF? I want to make it so I can update the SWF on my server so it changes on everyone who linked it.
Can this be done? Does this make any sense?
Thanks,

Zac
www.folkphotography.com

Linking Asp In Flash
i'm not familiar with how asp works but would like to know if it would or would not make sense to link a flash button to asp? why or why not?

Linking Flash .EXE's To Each Other
I'm doing a big project that needs seperate files to keep it ordered and neat and i want them in .exe form, i also need these to connect to each other, for example selecting a menu option from 1.exe that opens 2.exe within the same window. like the way u can do it with the .swf format. please help, im really stuck with this.

Linking A Pic In Flash.
Is there a way to link a pic to a web location instead of embedding it in the swf. So it will change when the pic is changed. Thanks.

Linking In Flash.
I read some of the other posts about this, but I can't seem to get it to work.

I have two scene's. I went to my second scene and changed the label name (in the properties menu [did i do this wrong?]) of the first frame.

I went back to my first scene and put the code on the button layers action.

on(release){
_level0.gotoAndPlay("players");
}

'players' being the label name I gave for my second scene. I then tested it and clicked the button, but nothing happened. What am I doing wrong?

I have another question while I am at it.

On another scene I am going to make it'll have ALOT of writing. It'll have more than the heighth of the movie. Is there anyway I can create a type of iframe in flash? If I can't, what's the best way to do that?

Thanks in advance.

Linking A Swf Outside Flash
Hi,

Is there a possibility to link a swf-file without using a button in flash... I've tried putting the flash withing <a href> </a>, but that doesn't seem to work...

Any other ideas?

Grtz,
-- Barry

JS Linking In Flash
Hello,

I am rather new to flash but learning quickly. My question is I have link to my live help and the link is embedded in my flash header. The HTML Code to link is
Code:
<script language="javascript" src="http://www.domain.com/visitor/index.php?_m=livesupport&_a=htmlcode&departmentid=0"></script>
Now if I just simply link to that I get code. How can I make flash open that link properly?

Help With Flash Linking
Hi all, i have been helped alot by flashkit so here was the logical choice for this question.

I have a website that has been created in Flash with 5 componants all linked and working fine. but when i upload the .FLA's after i edit the movie(s) and re-upload, the changes wont take effect on the net???

here is the site, WWW.INIQUITYCLOTHING.COM

go into the catalogue page and see the list of catagories, none of the links work however when i view the site in the local directory on my HDD everything works tip top, all the catagories link fine all the audio works. I haved double checked that all my files have been uploaded and they have so What am i doing wrong? is there something within flash, an actionscript perhaps, that says "link locally but not when uploaded"?? I am somewhat of a n00b when it comes to flash and actionscripting, so please help!
Thank You,

OMG My Flash Is Not Linking
ok i need some major help here, I CANT FIND OUT HOW TO LINK! if some can send me a screen shot of were the lil devil can be i would greatly apprecitate it =]

Linking In Flash
Hey there,

I am new to flash and I'm trying to make a website and was wondering how you link to a url as I am having trouble with this actionscript at the moment and I have done lots of searches but have not been able to succeed so far.

Thanks in advance,
Zooaloop

[F8] Linking In Flash 8
Hi im thinking of setting up a full website in flash 8... i was wondering if its possible... i can use the different flash techniques ands tuff but i was wondering if i could so im gona try.. although i wanted to know how do u link in flash 8?? is it the getUrl action... although what else do i need to type in??

Thanks in advance

Linking In Flash
My flash file is located at:
E:Website ProjectCSS

I want to link a button i made which will open:
E:Website ProjectElizabeth - PenguinPenguin - Elizabeth Story.htm

However i want to do this more dynamically, for example
..Elizabeth - PenguinPenguin - Elizabeth Story.htm

How do i do this? When i use getURl method it does not link correctly.

Flash 8 And Linking
Hello,

I was wondering if you can help me figure out how to create a link to a object that is in my library

I know how to create a link to an url just can not figure out the other way I am sure it is simple

Linking PDF To Flash
I got a LOOOng PDF document....
thus for a presentation i need to make a flash INDEX screen n link jumps to various pages in the pdf through the flash index Screen.....i know it can be dun in PDF itself but i want to make a SLICK FLASH index to boring PDF kontent........any tips on how to do it ??.....

URGENT ..!!!:-p

thanx neways

Himanshu

LINKING OUT OF FLASH
1. I have a flash index page
2. I want the links to go to my main site which is seperate from the flash site
3. When I click to the main site a new window opens and the said site appears as it should
4. However, the flash site remains as does the music

5. How do I get the flash site to close and the music to stop.

Basically there are 2 sites; 1 is a flash site, the other is dreamweaver. I want them to link together.
I purchased these ready made.

Thank You

Linking In Flash
i have created a menu using flash, and i converted the pictures to buttons but i don't know how to link it t fronpage files. i want when for example i press on the home button it opens a frontpage file that i've created.

how do you do that?

Flash Linking
Hi im having trouble linking a button on my flash game to open a page on an unpublished website or another flash movie. This is for a college project and i cannot publish the website untill they are confident the links work. the version of flash i am using is MX 2004 Profesional.

thank you for your help

Flash CS3 Linking
Hi,

I am extremely new to creating websites, I knew nothing three weeks ago. The site I have built is www.alecq.com the problem I am having is that after much trouble I managed to create a button in flash CS3 and export it to Dreamweaver CS3. The links work, however when pressed they open in a new window. How can I do this so that when a link is pressed it opens in the same window.
I hope this makes sense. Below is the code I used in Flash for one of the buttons:

import flash.events.MouseEvent;
var getportfolio:URLRequest = new URLRequest("Untitled Document");
addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,pclick);
function pclick(event:MouseEvent):void{
navigateToURL(getportfolio);
}

I will now show the relevant code from dreamweaver:

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="

Linking From Flash?
Hey,

A couple of similarly themed questions for you:

1. I have a links page which basically consists of a movie clip with a dynamic text box, loading text from an externa .txt file. Can i make links in the text of the textbox that open a new web page? If so, how?

and.....

2. What is the AS for using the javascript openWindow command? I've done the obvious getURL("javascript: openWindow('whatever');"); but i get a 'need object' error in my JS.

Many thanks in advance,

Hypnotoad

Linking A PDF In Flash
I have a flash site and I want to allow users to click a button and BAM! they can download my pdf file. Also can I make it so that if a user clicks a button it automatically opens their email client so they can send me an email?

Thanks in advance,
Michael

Linking Within Flash
Right,

I'm currently redesigning my outdated and almost negligible excuse of a site and the ideas are coming thick and fast. I've more or less finalised the design I want to use but there are a few things I want to figure before I start coding. All of my code is modular so I can make edits easily but just in case...

1. Is it possible to have the address bar of a browser change everytime the user goes to a different part of the Flash site without reloading the flash? i.e. When the user clicks on 'info' the address changes to www.mysite.com/info

2. Carrying on from the above, is it possible to type www.mysite.com/info and land in that spot within the Flash site?

3. The site will be accessing a MySQL db but I also want to provide an X/HTML version, what's the suggested way (if there is a suggested way) of storing the data? As in, should it follow XML format or should it be stored as HTML and read into a Dynamic textfield for Flash or...?

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated!
Sins

Linking To Mp3 In Flash
I am using the following code to link to an mp3, without any sucess.

<a href="http://sentinelsynthesis.com/Website/import/BGF.mp3" target="_blank">BGF</a>

I can see the file at the location above on the server using ftp and 1and1's webspace viewer.

What am i doing wrong?

my site is: www.sentinelsynthesis.com

any help would prevent me from going bald!

Linking In Flash
I want to make a flash site...i did the tutorial but i still don't get it! I have the picture that I made in 3D Studio Max.

Now i want to make the site! Please help!

Flash Linking Help
I am trying to get my link to target the mainframe, but it just ends up making a new window... Any help?

This is the code I have been using -

Quote:

on (release) {
getURL ("news.html", "mainFrame");
}

Linking In Flash
Here is my problem, hope you can help.

In my flash program, i have different buttons, it is like an intro to the rest of my html site. I dont know how i make the buttons inside of the flash script load an internet page. Hope you understand what I am asking..

Brandon

Linking In Flash 5
I am having problems linking within my site. I am trying to make a button that opens up a new web page with a page that is situated within my site directory, in a subfolder that is within the folder that the original document is in.

I have made the button, used the get URL action and put url: subfolder/document2.html

then used _blank as the target. However, when I publish and preview in browser, it can't find the file.

Please help, I have scoured websites but don't seem to be able to find anything.

Linking In Flash
OK, I'm a complete newbie to flash, but when I link a button symbol with:

on(release) {
getURL ("http://www.urgames.com", "_self");
}

It comes up with the following error when testing in flash:

**Error** Scene=Starting Screen, layer=Layer 5, frame=1:Line 1: Mouse events are permitted only for button instances
on(release) {

Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1

What have I done wrong?

Linking Flash Flv's Together
Does anyone know how I can take three flv's and make one long flv out of them?
Thanks.
R

Linking From A Flash
I've been doing some experimenting with some things in redoing my site as a Flash presentation. I was going to do the whole thing by converting everything to Flash but then I got off on a side track.

What I'm working on now is to build a flash navigation bar that runs along the bottom of the presentation. What I'd like to do is put the nav bar at the bottom of the page and then link each of the elements so that they open a page in the top part.

The question is this: First, what sort of layout should I use? Two frames?

Second, can I do remote linking like that and is there a tutorial or something that will give me the basic idea how?

Thanks!

http://www.kylebellamy.com

Linking In Flash 8
Hi there. I'm as new as they get to AS i flash.

Right now i'm working on a project where i need to link to another URL and also to load a nother swf into the curent movie.

when i use the command loadMovieNum(url,level) it wont open the swf file insede the curent timeline. instead it opens the the swf in another browser window. Instead i have tried to use the loadMovie(url,target) and loaded the swf into an empty movieclip on the maintimeline. That works okay.
But besides from the swf movie that i want to be able to load on the maintimeline, i also want movie clip to link to an http:// URL. Here i'm using the getUrl(url,method) this link only works when i'm trying my movie in the flashplayer, if i preview in a browser the getUrl link dosn't work.

I checked the public settings and found a setting for flash saying Access Network only or Access local files only.

here is my dilemma: If i export in "Access network only" my getUrl link works, but my loadMovie don't, then if i exprot in "Access local files only" the load movie works fine, but the getUrl dosn't!?!?!

I'm using flash 8.

I'm thanking for anyone taking the time to help me. My english isn't very well, so please ask me for further explaination.

Best regards from Denmark!
Flashger

Linking Flash To Asp?
hi.. im winston, im a computer student. we have a special project in school and its an interactive computer trivia game just like "You dont know Jack" game from jellyvision but we will be using flash mx. where and how will i store the trivia questions? my classmate said that i can use asp and access database. what will you suggest and please give me a sample code for this. thank you very much...

Flash- Linking Thru XML
Hello

We have designed a website in Flash which has been driven by XML for content and image changes.

New navigation links can also be added thru XML.

Problem area:
a) User adds a new navigation link say Portfolio Item 8.
b) And for Portfolio Item 8 page -- user adds the Content and portfolio image.
So the page in front of the user is like;
-- Navigation link on the left
--Portfolio image and content on the right

How do I link "Portfolio Item 8" link on the left to the content on the right thru XML in Flash?

For your reference, xml file for portfolio link is pasted below:

<mainTxtBox1>
<page lg="EN" no="1">
<txt23><textformat leading="8"> <li>Portfolio Item 1</li><li>Portfolio Item 2</li>
<li>Portfolio Item 3</li><li>Portfolio Item 4</li><li>Portfolio Item 5</li><li>Portfolio Item 6</li></textformat></txt23></page></mainTxtBox1>

Awaiting your reply.

Thanks,
Bithika

Linking Flash And PHP?
How do you do it?

Linking Director 8 And Flash 5
I want to link Director 8 to Flash 5 to play a video with audio within Flash 5. I have put the video in .swf format in my flash file, but the quality is lacking. I have seen that others have done this before I just need the actionscripting for it. I know that GetURL is how you are supposed to do that, but beyond that I lost as to how it should be completed in Director so that it can be played in Flash. I am familiar with Lingo, but I have not used it in a long time. Any and all help is appreciated.

Anyone Ever Try Linking To A PDF From Inside Flash..
Hello

Have yu ever tried linking to a PDF from inside a SWF.
What happens? and what would be the best way to get people to download a PDF from inside flash?

cheers,

nigel

Linking A Flash Movie
I made a flash banner and I have no clue as to how I'll be able to link it to a website.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Linking Html W/ Flash...
Hi, I need a bit of a hand, what I have is a list of names, written into my webpage via html, I also on that page have a place for a flash file.

What I need to do, is when I click a particular name, it loads a particular flash file correspnding to that name into the place for the flash file.

e.g, click vortex (webpage), flash file loads "vortex.swf"

I need to do this without creating extra html file...

Any suggestions?

[F8] Please Help Linking From Flash...

Hi. I am having a problem.I would like to create a flash button that when clicked opens up a URL, and then 10-15 seconds later that URL to automatically close. Is this possible?Like say I have a button and when pressed it opens up Flashkit.com and then 10 seconds later it closes it by itself.

Hi. I am having a problem.

I would like to create a flash button that when clicked opens up a URL, and then 10-15 seconds later that URL to automatically close. Is this possible?

Like say I have a button and when pressed it opens up Flashkit.com and then 10 seconds later it closes it by itself.