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Flash Behavior Design Required-linking To External Html File
Hi peeps,

I'm aiming to build a flash (mx 2004) library of behaviors to make my life a little easier. I need just a few little scripts... that I will pay upto each £50 for.

My first requirement:

I need a custom behaviour designed in Flash for calling up external html content. The way I envisage this behaviour is that you can apply it to a dynamic text region. From there you will need to define some simple parameters via a menu:
1)HTML file source

2)Style sheet source (I want the styles to be controlled externally via a CSS, although I should be able to apply styles and link to external stylesheets from within the html file)

3)…and any other parameters that you think is necessary.

Just reply to this thread or mail me at:
hassan@thecroc.com

Thanks
Hass

Flash Html Code Linking To External File.
Hello,
Im just curious if this is even possible.

What if I wanted to like my embeded object to an external swf file on a different server. Kinda like linking an image to a separte location but just doing it with flash in the embeded html code.

this is an example what Im trying to do.

Quote:

<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/s...rsion=7,0,19,0" width="255" height="175">
<param name="movie" value="file:http://www.trinitymicrodesign.com/example.html" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<embed src="file:http://www.trinitymicrodesign.com/example.html" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="255" height="175"></embed>
</object>

Any insight would be great
Thanks

Linking To External HTML File With Embedded Swf Files
How do I link from one swf file to 6 swf files embedded in an HTML file?

Flash Design Project , Designer Required
Hiya , I require someone to create a Training Aid for me, All it will be is a moving screen with a Aircraft wing , it is a sort of game but has more of a challenge to it. To score points you have to keep the wing level in a box floating along side the aircraft and you score points for how long you keep it their.
Please Email me for more details or to say that yes i will do that for you At Johnpartridge24@hotmail.com.

Many Thanks
John
Virtual Red Arrows

Linking A Flash File In Html
Hi i have a problem with linking a flash file in html.
I dont want to make the link IN flash but with code .

i have the following code ant it isn't working

<a href="www.LINK.NL">
<object onClick="window.location.href=LOCATION" classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="234" height="60">
<param name="movie" value="MOVIE URL.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high" >
<embed src="MOVIE URL.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="234" height="60"></embed>
</object></a>

i realy hope some one know how to make it work i surfed for hours and found nothing,

tnx!

[HLP] Odd Behavior When Loading External File
Hi, folks,

i'm starting my A.S. 3.0 path.... I wrote this lil code to load external imgs (or swf) for a "slideshow"....

what's happening here is:
1st. Only the last img loads (or maybe they're one in top of the other)
2nd. The image load offset from the Mc center (the holder is centered on the thumb)...

so, my question is:
How can i place all the images in the center of each movieclip generated by the loop? So they're all shown and on the right spot.

here's the code

Code:

var _xThumb:Number = 120;
var _yThumb:Number = 120;
var _thumb:Thumb;
var arrayReq:Array = ["01.jpg","02.jpg","03.jpg","04.jpg"]
var _thumbReq = new URLRequest();
var _thumbLoader:Loader = new Loader();
var conta:Number = 0;

for (var i:Number = 0; i < 3; i++) {
_thumb = new Thumb();
_thumbReq = new URLRequest(arrayReq[conta]);
_thumbLoader.load(_thumbReq);
addChild(_thumb);
_thumb.loader_mc.addChild(_thumbLoader);
_thumb.x = _xThumb;
_thumb.y = _yThumb;
_xThumb += _thumb.width +20;
trace(conta);
conta ++;
}
some explanation:
thumb is a "square" movieClip with some animation(i made into a class)and with a Mc inside called loader_mc (supposed to be the external file holder)... The reason is to have some animation on the over, out when hovered....

THANKS A MILLION for your patience,

cheers,

mr_n00

Linking To External Flash File? Help Plz...
Hello,

I am having a problem linking to an external flash file (one that is not hosted on my server). It wont play when I load up the page in my browser. Is there any trick I should know about when doing this? This is my code:

<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="600" height="74">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.urltofile/file.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="http://www.urltofile/file.swf" width="600" height="74" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>
</object>

I put http://www.urltofile/file.swf in place of the actual url to the file. I created this in dreamweaver and put the correct url in the URL box and its just not working. It works with flash files that are on my server though.

Thanks for your help.

Linking Flash Index.htm To A Regular .html File?
I have a flash intro and once it is done I want to link the "enter" button and "skip intro" button to a regular .html file called Main.html. how would I go about doing this in actionscript?

I dont want the .html file to open inside flash or anything, just a new window.

Link Behavior From External Text File?
I am dynamically loading external text into TextArea components, and it works fine. I have links within the text whose look and states are controlled by an external style sheet. I am using simple unicode txt files.

The problem comes with what can be accomplished with the text link. I can open web pages, but what I want to do is tell the flash file to perform an action such as moving to a specific frame. For example, on rolling over a link, I want the movie to go to frame 10.

I've tried all kinds of code, but have yet to be successful. My latest code attempt:

<a href="on.rollOver('webfiles/flash/mm01/mm01_04.swf(gotoAndStop(10)');">link text here</a>

Any suggestions would be welcome. If this just can't be done let me know as well. Thanks in advance.

Linking A Flash To A Locally Saved File Or Html Document
hey there guys im doing my final major poject for college in media and were making a set of films and making a flash interface to go with them i was just wondering how can i make links in flash that either link to a an localy saved Html document or a localy saved .mov? i know how to link them to a website but not a locally saved file?

i would much appricate the help has this is the most important of my projects.

so thanks in advance

Matthew

Mysterious Behavior Loading External File In IE Vs Firefox
Hello !!!

I've an issue that has been giving me grief. Thought all you coders out there may have an idea. The site in question is www.frankieman.com on IE. It works fine on Firefox. The problem you will see is automatic loading of the external file for the first page (home) is flashing (stuck in a loop) in IE, but not in Firefox. All text files are external. I have a onLoad call on the clip in question and a condition that stops the load and moves to a different frame based on the results of a preloader. I've traced and tested locally, which is kinda of not really represenative of the situation cause you cannot test online.

IE sucks.

Any ideas are greatly appreciated,

lisa

GURU REQUIRED Updating Colour With External Text File
Hi folks,

Can i give you a brief (and simplified) version of what im trying to do and you tell me if theres a way to do it please? Any samples you can point me in the direction of, or send me would (as always) be much appreciated.

All i want to be able to do is create a flash movie which simply has 2 coloured boxes on the screen. Each of htese two boxes has a different hexidecimal value to start with.

Each box gets the value of its colour from an external text file (both boxes in the same text file.

All I want to have to do to change the colour is simple upload an update text doc (with a new hex value for each box)to the server via FTP adn this wil change the flash movie (well the colour of the boxes anyway)

Is this possible folks? And if so how would i do it? I sit simple?

I will need to have about 30 different values because there will be 30 different objects (its colours for different areas of a vector map ive drawn) on the screen.

Any help much appreciate

daz

COMPLEX Required DESIGN PATTERN
hello friends
u pls help me out in retriving the required shape.
there will be say 3 coloumns LETS ASSUME EXAMPLE FOR HEADPHONES
1) first coloumns consists of say 17-20 rows( rows must be varied)
<<ITEMS>>
ex:SONY
PANASONIC etc....
2)second column consists of CATEGORIES OF related ITEMS
ex:WIRED
WIRELESS (CATEGORIES MAY VARY TOO)
3)in the third column consists of DESCRIPTION OF CATEGORIES AND IMAGE OF CATEGORIES RESPECTIVELY. In description we may have 3 -4 fields such as TITLE,PRICE,DESCRIPTION,SHIPPING PRICE.

NOTE: ALL THE DATA SHOULD BE DYNAMICALLY READ FROM OUTSIDE.

COMPANY............CATEGORY............DESCRIPTION

SONY...................................TITLE:
PANASONIC..........WIRED...............PRICE:
KOSS...................................SHIPPING PRICE:
...................WIRELESS............DESCRIPTION :
.....
.....
.....
.....

All the data should be read dynamically .if we add data in the notepad externally the program should be able to create or delate the records itself. here we should not go to the flsah program once again.
HERE I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE SCROLL-BAR TOO.

PLEASE HELP ME TO DESIGN THIS AND PLS GIVE ME THE ACTION SCRIPT TOO.

Bizzare Behavior - Html And Flash Mix
Posted a couple of pages to my site, nothing out of the ordinary, very basic. Check them for operations with a browser. Here is the weird behavior.

From a flash button I use the following code
code:
getURL("http://www.mydomain.com.... blah,blah,blah

A network password dialog box pops up asking for login and password. Don't know where its coming from. The page I am requesting is there, but won't display because of this login bx.

I deleted the button the last time this happened and I think it solved the problem, but can not say for sure. But it is now back after modifying the page. Just like to know what happening.

Thanks

HTML Form-like Behavior In Flash
Hello,

I'm looking to find a reference that can help me in the creation of Flash user input screens that behave in a manner analogous to an HTML form. Specifically I'm concerned with error checking and data validation. For example, if a user is creating a new record or editing an existing record and they choose to navigate away from the page, the code should check for data changes, and on finding any offer the user an option to save the data. Once the offer is made and responded to the flow of the application should proceed appropriately.

In an HTML form this type of behavior would be accomplished with an appropriately worded JavaScript "confirm" dialog. This dialog allows for a synchronous interaction between the user and the flow of the JavaScript code in which user choice results in how the code flow proceeds. With Flash, such a synchronous event is not inherently possible (to the best of my admittedly limited experience). Without this type of "confirm" dialog, one must create a custom messaging system to communicate with the user, and must also structure the code in such a way that everything is able to achieve the desired effects in an asynchronous manner.

I've tried searching this forum but I don't know how to phrase my search in order to find good results. If anyone has any ideas, links to resources, links to threads, or any other items that might help in my quest to build fully optimized and robust user input forms in Flash CS3, I'd really appreciate the help. Thanks in advance for any advice!

Regards,
Dave

Linking To An Html File
This should be so easy! I created a header with Flash. I want to incorporate the header into my html files. When I click on the flash buttons it should link to an internal html files. Hence, the About Us button will go to Aboutus.html. I know how it can be handled with URL request, but I don't want to include the http:// and so forth into the link. If I can get help with this code, it will be great.

[F8] Linking To An External HTML Page
Hello,
I am trying to create a button in my Flash movie so that when the user clicks on the button it will take them to an external .asp (or html) page. I am using this code
Code:
on (release)
{
getURL("http://page.com/CExam.aspx?CourseID=2", "_blank");
}

It works when I publish it as a .swf file but the minute I have the .swf file opened with an HTML file, it doesn't work. Please any suggestions would be helpful. Thank you in advance.

How We Can Load External Html Or Php File In Flash?
Hi there,

I want to show my php's file desing in flash..

i m getting data through database in php file and it has table... so I want to show that data in my flash movie...

Please help me ..

How can I load external html or php file in flash?

If any other way is there then plz tell me.....

thanx

How Can I Load External Html Or Php File In Flash?
Hi there,

I want to show my php's file desing in flash..

i m getting data through database in php file and it has table... so I want to show that data in my flash movie...

Please help me ..

How can I load external html or php file in flash?

If any other way is there then plz tell me.....

thanx

Linking A SWF File Through HTML Code
Is there a way to link an SWF file as it were a JPG file in HTML. I had a method of doing this but it is not working for me right now. I have an invisible button but I have a link that changes for every person using this particular banner. I need a way to define the link in the HTML code itself.

ALL HELP is greatly appreciated!

Linking A Html File Having Bookmarks
Can any one tell me how to link a html file having various bookmarks through a flash file. I am using Get URL method....but when i link a page..e.g.http://page1.html#abcd
the page loads at the top instead of going to a bookmark.

Linking To External Text Files In HTML
Sorry to post another HTML related thread, but you guys are just so helpful .

As my site will eventually have a huge amount of pages, but all with the same template I was wondering if it was possible to link to source from a .txt file. I would place this where the main content of the site is and all the headings and links around the outside of the page would stay the same. It would contain the small bit of html coding that actually does change each time. Could this be done using javascript in a way similar to how text is loaded into a dynamic text box?

I know I can do something like this using frames, but I would like to keep to the layout I have created in tables and I would rather not clutter my space with tons of .html files that are all nearly identical.

Thanks for any help.

How To Creat An External _txt.html File For Flash
Having trouble to loaddata into flash text field, have no idea how to creat an external home_txt.html file for the flash template. Having tried all I know - very little - with no result for a few days, please help! Thanks a lot!

Flash 8 & Dynamic Text Using External HTML File
Hi,

I have just been given this url as a possible source of much needed help on a problem I encountered today.

I have been working through teaching myself Flash 8 along with some Actionscript 2 - yes this is probably gonna be a predictable noob question.

I have been working with text and have been looking at linking a text file into a Dynamic Text area via actionscript. The text file that is formated with the simple HTML commands that Flash recognises <li> etc.

The dynamic text area has a simple Var - name

the actionscript that calls the external text file is - loadVariables("textFile.txt", this);

When using Device fonts the text file displys perfectly within the .swf file on publishing. When editting the text file in isolation to the .fla file the swf picks up all the changes without a hitch.

I have noticed though that when I try to embed the font in order use anti-aliasing and to control how my project is displayed on computers with the same device fonts problems start to arise.

If the embedded font is embedded as a regular font (ie no bold or italic) then the font variants (bold and italic) do not display properly, in fact they do not display at all, this results in the swf file displying only part of the externally referenced text file. If I then embed the bold variant of the font the exact same thing happen eg the regular variant and italics do not display.

I have read on the net that this is because, to quote the macromedia site -

"...When embedding a font, Flash does not include the entire font family automatically. Only the plain font is embedded without the bold and italic variants. Because of this, HTML formatting that uses bold or italic formatting may not display..."

What is the easiest work around for this, I have read that creating text outside of the Flash stage to force Flash to embed those characters has an effect but it seems a very scrappy solution.

Help is definately needed

TIA

Loading External File HTML Tags Into Flash ?
hello all

i am trying to load an external .txt file that containes HTML tag into a dynamic text field (with scroll bar).

i used all of the code previously posted on this forum and my final code is:

ActionScript Code:
loadText = new loadVars();statement.html = trueloadText.load("../Photos/199805032.txt");loadText.onLoad = function() { statement.htmlText = this.message;};

statement is the instance name of my text field the problem is that all the text in the txt file that is included in HTML tags such as is not showing when the movie is running

while the text which is not included in any text field is showing properly.

Help Required With Flash For Pdf File
I wish to place my flash 6 swf into a pdf using Adobe Indesign.
The problem I have is that the a.s. used in the file only works when saved as a v6 file but the pdf requires me to use a v5 swf.

The a.s. is:
onEnterFrame = function () { FLUID._y = (_root._ymouse/1)+0;};

It basically makes an instance of a blue box (fluid) follow the cursor in a vertical manner as the user moves the cursor. See fla attached.

Could anyone either change my a.s. in the file attached so that it still works in a v5 file. I have attached an fla file.

Thankyou

Linking To Anchor On Same .html Page But Not In .swf File
i've just gotten a request to modify an existing flash file thrown at me and have no idea how to --or if i even can--do this.

i'm new to flash (just installed it, actually) and am being thrown in head first--

the .swf is a simple graphic with rollovers, etc., and now they want to link to various anchor points on the same .html page outside the movie. can this be done, or does the whole page have to be contained within the .swf?

i know how to do this using image mapping, but they already have a flash graphic they want to use so i need to alter the behavour on that if possible.

any help or advice is appreciated :-)

Linking To An External File
i am trying to link a button in my movie to open a .pdf file.

does anyone know how?

please email me: janey420@hotmail.com

Linking To External File
Hi peeps,
I'm using Flash 5 and am trying to make a button link to a file (outside of Flash). It's an mp3 and I just want the user to be able to download it in a similar way to a right click if thats possible.
Any ideas?

Cheers
SA

Linking To An External File
Hi guys,

This seems a silly question, I've got a word doc which I'd like to link to and be able to open from my flash movie. I've done this with a general HTML site, having the word doc sittting in the root file and linking to it.

what actionscript would i put onto the button link?

ooh one other thing, would the answer be the same for linking to all external files

thanks very much

Linking To External File
Hi everyone,

I am very new to flash and thought it would be a good idea to purchase a few flash games and customize them to help become better acquainted with the program.

Currently, I am trying to link to an external file. I've been told that w/ Flash you need to be very specific on how you reference files you are wanting to reach. So, I have the "play again" button scripted as:

on (press) {
.getURL(http://www.mysite.com/folder/file.html);
}

NOTE: the "file.html" page has the .swf embedded. I was also told that this is the easiest way to change files.

The end goal is that when the user presses "play again" that the action really pulls a different version of the same game (or different_file.swf).

Thanks in advance for any help!

Linking To External .mov Or .swf File
hi! can I create a flash file with a button that when clicked can load an external .mov or swf. file into a placeholder movieclip? can I do this with both .mov and .swf formats? what is the button script for this?

Linking URL's From External TXT File
Is there a way to Link Buttons to URLS via .TXT files? This way it will be easier to update the buttons URLS. (just edit the .txt file, no need to open flash, anyone could update the links)

Formatting Text Loaded From External Txt File As Html In Flash
I need to format and display a large piece of essay in flash. i feel the best way is to create a txt file with html formatting then declare it as a variable in the txt file, then laodvariable into the flash file calling for the txt file, while refering the flash textfield to the variable declared. The problem is, after saving the large piece of essay in html format using either word, or dreamweaver, it contains A LOTA crap/useless tags that will not be recognized by the flash engine, thus screwing up the field, rendering nothing to be displayed. If I take out those tags such as then it will work fine. However, as I mentioned this is a large piece of data it is literally impossible to do it manually. While I want to preserve the "italics" (actually this is the only format I wanna preserve) I need to get rid of the other junk, is there an easy way to do this?

Thank you for your time

Linking From An .swf File To An .html File
Hi, I have a flash file as part of my html website. I am trying to do a hyperlink from the flash page back to my html document, but no matter how I link it, it gives an error of URL not found. I've tried:

http://www.xxxxx.com/folder/[file name].html
[file name].html
folder/[file name].html

and none of them work.

Does anyone know the correct way to link??

Thanks
Kim

Good Flash Knowledge Required - Html Import Question
Do any of you know if it is possible to import html files
into flash, (text and images).
I´m creating a web page that has a block of text, (scrollable),
in each page that needs to be regularliy updated.
This text will include links to other parts of the flash document
aswell as a few small images.
As I´d prefer to create the site in Flash 5 I would like to find
a solution where the client can chamge a series of .html files
and upload them rather than having to edit the original flash
documents everytime.
I know you can do this with .txt files but I´m not sure if its
possible to use images, plus using special characters such as
©, á, ñ, is difficult this way.

Thanks,

L.

Linking Button To URL From External .txt File?
Is there a way to Link Buttons to URLS via .TXT files? This way it will be easier to update the buttons URLS. (just edit the .txt file, no need to open flash, anyone could update the links)

thanks!

External File Linking Problem
hi,

I have a button within a movie clip, which is placed on the main scene.

This button is linked to a .pdf file.

The code for the button is as follows:

on (release) {
filename = "../pdf/ktris.pdf";
fscommand ("exec", "start " + filename);
fscommand ("exec", "cmd /c "+filename);
}

The .swf plays perfectly fine. i.e the PDF file is opened properly.

But when I place the .swf in a HTML file and then Open it in the Browser, the link is not functional, i.e the .pdf does not open.

The path of the .swf and the .pdf file is as below:

Within the Main site is folder "pdf"
Within "pdf" is "s.pdf"

Within the Main site is folder "invert"
Within "invert" is "a.swf".

I have no clue as to what isgoing wrong and where...

Can any body help me? Please?

Thanks,

Swapna

Linking A Text Box To An External Php File
I am working on a site for a friend and i had another person setup a self-update system which will transmit to a php page. I need help linking the text window in my FLA window so that it will show up like a plain text file.

Please help.
thanks!

Linking To External Video File
I have 2 files one *.mov in quicktime and one *.avi in windows media player. What I am wanting to do is create a link or button that when you click on it the movie will open in it's orginal format in a seperate window. I have tried on release "Get URL" (*.mov,"_blank")and nothing happens when you click the link. Does anyone know how to link an external video file to a button in flash????? Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ashley

Linking To External File In ActionScript 3.0
Hi I am new to ActionScript. I need a help.

I am making a DVD which will be autorun when DVD is inserted. Autorun will execute/load a .exe file which was created by Adobe Flash Pro CS3. The .exe file is supposed to be include several links for loading web URLs, files from the DVD (Movies, Audios, SWFs), and directory from DVD. For example when a button is clicked, it will open diectory window for DVD's sub folder. Also for loading Movies, I don't want it to be embed into the .swf/exe. I want the movie to play as a separate entity in appropriate media palyer, for instance windows media player.

Can someone provide me the actionscript for handling these issues ?
Thanks

Linking Button To External .wma File
Hello. I have a button. When you click it I want it to link to an external windows media player audio file. Can anybody help me? This is beginning to give me a headache!

Linking To An External Swf File Problem
I have one flash presentation which contains a movie clip button with all three events (onRelease, onRollOut and onRollOver) which links to a video which is contained in another swf. The button appears to be temperamental with the onRelease event. It will work sometimes and only when the browser is opened before hand. If its not the browser just opens with a blank screen. Both swfs are in the same directory and the onRelease event.

I have tried IE and firefox.

Any ideas are appreciated.

p.s The AS uses a getURL syntax

Linking Buttons To URL From External .txt File?
Is there a way to Link Buttons to URLS via .TXT files? This way it will be easier to update the buttons URLS. (just edit the .txt file, no need to open flash, anyone could update the links)

Thx!!!

HTML Page Opens Flash Site, Loads External Swf File
Ok, this is probably the weirdest question, and I have searched, but can't really find what I'm looking for...

I have an HTML page with buttons.
Each button needs to have a getURL to open the Flash site, but then somehow, needs to also load the appropriate swf into that Flash site...

My reasoning is because I have some scripts under my site that need to be in HTML (or PHP) for search engines, that way I don't have to do the whole site in HTML.. I hate having a HTML index page, but it's the only solution I could come up with. So, when a visitor selects any of the navigation buttons, I don't want them to have to select that button again, when the Flash site loads.

Anyone know how to do this for Flash 7 / AS 2.0? Or if there are any posts here about it?

thanx flashers!!!

Making Buttons Show Certain Text, Or Linking To An Html File
This is what I have so far: http://www.iambland.com/mainflash.html

What I want to happen, is when a button on the left is clicked, I want text to show up in the faded box. It needs to be scrollable, also. I'm not sure if I want to do this in flash, or have a separate html file with the text in it that the flash can reference. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

New To Flash, Not HTML - Template Customization Pointers And General Guide Required
Greetings all

Taking my first foray into the world of Flash and I've purchased this template and have a few Qs regarding making it my own.

How much of what do I have to learn in order to be able to customize the template and include my own content

My experience with Flash is limited (running Flash 8) so I'm starting from scratch but I know my way around HTML quite well.

In relation to the template:

How do I make the hyperlink buttons actually link to something?

How do I create scroll bars for text content?

Hyperlinked popop windows with pic/text content?

Thanks