Flash :: How Can I Link A Button To An Acrobat File?

Opening PDF File In Acrobat Using SWF?
I spent the whole day figuring out the floating SWF menu on top of Adobe Acrobat. Unfortunately, on some computers (I can't figure out why) when I click on one of the items in the SWF menu (in this case a .PDF file), the PDF file opens in its native application (err: Adobe Acrobat). However in some computers which has almost identical programs installed (Winxp, acrobat 7, etc), Acrobat opens up in Internet Explorer.

Is there a way such as an action script to where the link will ALWAYS open PDF in Acrobat and not in Internet Explorer?

Thank you very much in advance.

Launching An Acrobat File From Flash
I need to be able to Launch a pdf from an swf file, but not in a new browser window (ie:NOT through the getURL script).

Is it possible to have flash launch the file from Acrobat???

Please help Much thanks!

bill-

Linking To Adobe Acrobat PDF File
Hi--
Can you tell me how to make a button open a PDF file from with in a Flash movie?
Thanks!

Down Loading An Adobe Acrobat File
hi, thanks for the quick reply,

The combo box works well when the links are simply to another site, but i would ilike to have a button, that when is pressed, you start to download an adobe acrobat file., all this within a combo box.

thanks again to the person who replied, cheers

[F8] Embedding Movie File In Acrobat PDF
Not sure if this is a question for Macromedia users or Adobe users but I need to embed a SWF file into an Acrobat file as an introduction and I've gone to the tutorial that Adobe provides explaining the process

http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/tutorials/flashpdf/

but I wondered if there is a setting I need to do on it in Flash before publishing it because I'm not getting some of the options it mentions:

(Deselect Snap to content proportions.
Select Embed content in document.
Select Retrieve poster from movie.)

Which I am guessing are important to get the movie to show up in there. These options are grayed out.
Thoughts? Thanks!

Opening An Adobe Acrobat File
Hello Everyone

Does anyone know how to open an adobe acrobat file from flashmx?
Thanks in advance for any help

*

*Sparkling the World*

File>Print With Acrobat = Bitmaps Turn B&w
I am creating PDFs with Flash and Acrobat.

mostly, File>Print and choosing PDf format works great

but one file has color bitmap art on top of vector and Acrobat keeps turning it Black and White.

help!

Sound Problems Importing Swf File Into Acrobat
I have imported my swf moive into Adobe Acrobat 6.0. I am creating a slide show presentation so there are several slides. My swf file has sound that is streamed. If I move to the next slide before the swf movie has finished the sound will keep playing. Can anyone help me get around this?

Launch Acrobat With Button Release
I have a button that i want to launch acrobat and download a pdf, when the user clicks on it, anyone done this before?

or on (release) can i make it ask the user if they want to download the file or open the file?

right now i'm just using getUrl but it just opens it in the browser, It needs to be downloadable

Can I Link A .swf File To A Button?
Can I like a seperate .swf file to a button, and how do I do that? Thanks!

Link A Button To Another .swf File
Hi

i want to import another swf file into my movie. i want when i clik in the button to import the .swf file into my movie at the place that i want......

can anybody help me?

thank you!

Link For .dat File From Button
hi u all,

suppose i give a link from a button to a .doc file (getURL action),
then it's working fine....but when in the getURL field i mention abc.dat, it's not working....

would anyone plz. help me out.....

thanx

[F8] Button With Link From XML File
Hi there i have this code i have everything work but the simple thing i cant get to work no more. When i click the read_btn button nothing happens, any idea.

Code:
var ssx:XML = new XML();
ssx.ignoreWhite = true;

var currentIndex:Number = 0;
var header:Array = new Array();
var urls:Array = new Array();
var story:Array = new Array();
var dateadd:Array = new Array();
var links:Array = new Array();

ssx.onLoad = function(success){
if (success) {
var ss:Array = ssx.firstChild.childNodes;
for (i=0;i<ss.length;i++) {
header.push(ss[i].attributes.header);
urls.push("images/" + ss[i].attributes.url);
story.push(ss[i].attributes.story);
dateadd.push(ss[i].attributes.dateadd);
links.push(ss[i].attributes.links);
}
holder_mc.loadMovie(urls[currentIndex]);
header_txt.text = header[currentIndex];
story_txt.text = story[currentIndex];
date_txt.text = dateadd[currentIndex];

}
else
{
trace("XML file failed to load");
}
}

// Load the external XML File
ssx.load("featured.xml");

// Next Button Function
function nextFeature() {
if (urls[currentIndex + 1]) {
currentIndex++;
}
else
{
currentIndex = 0;
}
holder_mc.loadMovie(urls[currentIndex]);
header_txt.text = header[currentIndex];
story_txt.text = story[currentIndex];
date_txt.text = dateadd[currentIndex];
}

// Prev Button Function
function prevFeature() {
if (currentIndex == 0) {
currentIndex = urls.length -1;
}
else
{
currentIndex--;
}
holder_mc.loadMovie(urls[currentIndex]);
header_txt.text = header[currentIndex];
story_txt.text = story[currentIndex];
date_txt.text = dateadd[currentIndex];
}

// Press the prev and next Buttons and execute the function
next_btn.onPress = nextFeature;
prev_btn.onPress = prevFeature;

// Press the READ ALL Button and go to URL
read_btn.onPress = getURL("http://www.mydomain.com/artilce.php?ID=" + links);
Please anyone has some help, thanks in advance.

Button Link To File Help
hey i was wondering if anyone knows how to just make it so the button links to run another swf file

How To Link A Button To An .exe File
hi guys..

anyone can help me to link a button to an exe file. i try the following script and it doesnt work at all.for your information im using flash MX.

hope someone can help me to solve this problem

script:

on (release){
fscommand ("exec","c:mydocument ryfile.exe")
}

there is no error when i try to run it but the thing is it cannot be link to an exe file.

Flash Button To Link To Pdf File
Hi,
I was wondering how in my flash document I can link a button to an external file. Link to a pdf document? It is to be on a cd. I am doing the interface in flash but text and info in a pdf documents. Thank you

Sybz

Link In A Flash Button From A .txt File
Hi!
I'm really really ignorant in action script, so maybe this is a stupid question, anyway....

I have a movie with a bunch of simple buttons. Originally I use the following code to make the links in these buttons:

code:
on (release) {
getURL("http://www.saladeconferencia.com.br/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?action=mlall");
}

The problem is that now other people will be maintaining it and maybe they will need to change this URLs, but without edit it in Flash.

So I thought that the best solution would be store these links in a .txt file and call these URLs when people link at these buttons.

Something like the following:

code:
on (release) {
getURL("CALL XYZ.TXT FILE, LINE 2");
}

It is probably a very stupid and impossible example, but any other code that make the same thing is ok.

Is it possible?

Thanks!

Button Link To Open A PDF File
Is it possible to create a button that will open a PDF file?
on (release) {
getPDF ("this.pdf");
}
Sure would be nice!!
Thanks for any help on this
Tim

(F8) How Do I Make A Button That Gets It's Url Link From An Xml File?
Hey all you people better than me with xml and flash.

I have this project in which I need to change the links of certain pictures, meaning flash buttons, pretty frequently. I thought it'd be easier if the button got it's url link from an external xml file dynamically. I couldn't find a tutorial for this. If you know one, or if you can help me with a solution it'll be most appreciated.

-Jarkko

[F8] Button Not Working With Link From XML File
Hi there made this code i have everything working but the simple thing i cant get to work no more. When i click the read_btn button nothing happens, any idea. Here is the AS 2.0 code:

Code:
var ssx:XML = new XML();
ssx.ignoreWhite = true;

var currentIndex:Number = 0;
var header:Array = new Array();
var urls:Array = new Array();
var story:Array = new Array();
var dateadd:Array = new Array();
var links:Array = new Array();

ssx.onLoad = function(success){
if (success) {
var ss:Array = ssx.firstChild.childNodes;
for (i=0;i<ss.length;i++) {
header.push(ss[i].attributes.header);
urls.push("images/" + ss[i].attributes.url);
story.push(ss[i].attributes.story);
dateadd.push(ss[i].attributes.dateadd);
links.push(ss[i].attributes.links);
}
holder_mc.loadMovie(urls[currentIndex]);
header_txt.text = header[currentIndex];
story_txt.text = story[currentIndex];
date_txt.text = dateadd[currentIndex];

}
else
{
trace("XML file failed to load");
}
}

// Load the external XML File
ssx.load("featured.xml");

// Next Button Function
function nextFeature() {
if (urls[currentIndex + 1]) {
currentIndex++;
}
else
{
currentIndex = 0;
}
holder_mc.loadMovie(urls[currentIndex]);
header_txt.text = header[currentIndex];
story_txt.text = story[currentIndex];
date_txt.text = dateadd[currentIndex];
}

// Prev Button Function
function prevFeature() {
if (currentIndex == 0) {
currentIndex = urls.length -1;
}
else
{
currentIndex--;
}
holder_mc.loadMovie(urls[currentIndex]);
header_txt.text = header[currentIndex];
story_txt.text = story[currentIndex];
date_txt.text = dateadd[currentIndex];
}

// Press the prev and next Buttons and execute the function
next_btn.onPress = nextFeature;
prev_btn.onPress = prevFeature;

// Press the READ ALL Button and go to URL
read_btn.onPress = getURL("http://www.mydomain.com/artilce.php?ID=" + links);
please let me know if anyone has some idea or even can point me in the right direction, i am making a news module, but i still miss a few things.

- read me button (not working)
- autoplay (not working)
- soft transiations (not working)

Thank you again and i hope someone knows.

[F8] How Do I Link A MS Word File To My Button?
i need help. i'm very confused.

i'm trying to link a ms word document to a button one of my web pages. this is the code i've been using:

msword_btn.onRelease = function(){
getURL("http://www.normamontgomery.com/newsletter.html/TulakesNewsletterIss#2084BE.doc", "_self");
}

am i doing this correctly? do you still use the geturl part in the code or is it something else since it's a word document? does anyone know?

URGENThow To Link Button To .exe File
Anyone know how to link a button to an .exe file.Wat action script to be include???Thanks for reading this or replying....

How To Link Button To Another Flash File (swf)
hi guys, can u please help me out here on how to link a button to another flash file in the same page? can anyone help me please. Thank you so much.

How Do I Link .fla/.swf Files To A .fla File Button?
How do I link .fla/.swf files (three games for a school project)to a .fla file? I have made an intro, but I can't seem to link the three games to buttons. Please help, it is urgent!!!

How To Use Button To Create A Link To The Local File
How to use button to create a linkage to the local file such as "c:login.htm" file? Thanks

Email Link And Quit Button In Exe File
hi everyone,

i always feel good to pop by 'cos there's so many thing to learn here.

i have a question concerning the "link" button in an executable flash exe file. Usually we link button to open up another website, email etc. So how do i do it if my flash has to be an executable file.
That is, to link up with other website through this executable file and also to send email and very importantly, how to implement the "Quit" button where the flash file will close.

i'm doing a project whereby the dateline is looming very fast!

i'll appreciate very much if someone would help me on this.

thanks a million in advance!

Lawrence.

EMail Link And QUIT Button In EXE File
hi everyone,

i always feel good to pop by 'cos there's so many thing to learn here.

i have a question concerning the "link" button in an executable flash exe file. Usually we link button to open up another website, email etc. So how do i do it if my flash has to be an executable file.
That is, to link up with other website through this executable file and also to send email and very importantly, how to implement the "Quit" button where the flash file will close.

another thing is how to disable the menu bar at the top of the exe file, so that the menu bar do not show when the flash is playing.

i'm doing a project whereby the dateline is looming very fast!

i'll appreciate very much if someone would help me on this.

thanks a million in advance!

Lawrence.

Setting A Link In A Button By Referencing A Txt File
I have a couple of projects where the clients would like to be able to edit the links in flash files without opening flash. So I need to be able to reference a txt file and have that txt file populate the getUrl link in a button.

I tried doing a search on this several times but the server seems to be timing out. So I apologize if this was posted before.

Thanks

How Do You Have A Button In One Swf Link To A Frame In A Different Flash File
how do you have a button in one swf link to a frame in a different flash file

How To Link The Button Of Flash Mx 2004 To A .pdf File
hi,

erm, I'm still beginner in flash, so please guide me slowly please bare with me ...because I'm really not good with programming things...

I would like to ask how to link a button of flash mx 2004 to a .pdf file?
I have done lots of research on tutorials, but so far only can find 1 tutorial that the coding is : getURL ("filename.pdf", "_blank");
(assuming the flash file is in the smae folder with the .pdf file)

after i tried it, it doesn't work...
i tried:

on (release)
{getURL ("filename.pdf", "_blank");}

what is "_blank" for? i put " 1", but also cant...is it must put something like that?

or that coding is wrong?
please help me...needing helps as soon as possible ;p

Thank You.

Clickable Link/button To An External PDF File
I know it must be doable...I want to have a table of contents in a flash movie
that has links/buttons that open .pdf files on the same CD for more detailed
explanations. I have buttons but can't seem to add the actions to them for
some reason - either a button or a peice of text that can do this function is fine...

I wasn't able to find anything on the search that seemed to fit.

macb

Editing A Fla File Trying To Remove A Button/link Please Help
Hi!

i I purchased a flash template a little while ago that I want to edit.
The template has too many links in it and I would like to remove one of them.

I am capable of editing the fla file in flash and know the basics of what to do even so much as using actionscipt
but being a novice i am stuck at how to remove one of the links.

I have tried to edit it using the free transform tool but this puts the following buttons out of place.

Here is a screen shot of the flash file now with all 6 buttons (I only want 5)
http://i44.tinypic.com/kbaooz.jpg
The RED BOX is the link/button i want to remove.

Here is what happens when i try to edit the buttons layer using the free transform tool.
http://i41.tinypic.com/2645555.jpg

As you can see by the red boxes the dividers are out of place and the buttons are messed up.
Also the green box highlights that the button is still there.
So obviously Im not doing it right. As I said.. Novice

I would be greatful if someone could maybe tell me or show me how to edit this flash file so I can remove the last button/link and only have 5 buttons perfectly aligned to blue box above it. (where the car is)
Im sure you know what I mean.

If someone knows how to do this and you think it is sooo easy to do (always is when you know how)
Then I would be happy to send them the .fla file to edit for me so they could send it back to me so I can save it as swf myself. That would be great!

I would even happily pay someone to do this for me.
It is going to be on my companies website and I will include a link for you on my site if youd like as well.

Thanks for the help =]

oh just to add this is how i want my links
HOME BUYERS SELLERS ABOUT CONTACT

Adding A Link To A Button From A Text File?
Hi,

I want to be able to add a URL to a button dynamically from a text file if possible.

On the actionscript I have the following:

Code:
loadText = new LoadVars();
loadText.uniq= Math.floor(Math.random()*10000000);
loadText.sendAndLoad("flashstrip.txt", loadText, "GET");
loadText.target = this;
loadText.onLoad = function() {
this.target.Image.loadMovie(this.Image);
this.target.Button.html = loadText.BUTTON;
};

Whilst "flashstrip.txt" is as follows:

Code:
Image=fla_match.jpg&BUTTON=http://www.google.com
However all is not well.

Anyone got any suggestions? - Thank you kindly in advance.

How To Insert A Link To A Button To A File In The Hard Drive?
I have created a button and I would like go to a specific file (e.g. a word document, or html file) that store in my hard drive by clicking the button.

Help Help!!

Making A Button Link To An Excel Or Word File?
Hi,

I have made a webpage. I have also made an Excel file. I want to have a button on my webpage which, when clicked, will load up my Excel file. I think that i would want my file to appear in another window.

Please help me . I might also make some word documents which i would like people to access. I have looked high and low and have found nothing.

This is what i have used. Is there anything i need to add?

on (release) {
getURL("myexcelspreadsheet.xls");
}

Might i need to add the whole address like. c/MyDocuments/Kristian/.....

or something..

or might i need to use a totally new actionscipt??

please help me

Flash Button - Link To Anchor In HTML File?
Hey all, this may be way to simple but I can't figure it out.

I have a button with the following code:

on (release) {
getURL ("test.html#two");
}

I'm trying to link to the file called test.html, which is no problem. test.html has about 5 anchors throughout the page, I'm simply trying to link to anchor 2 which is about half way down the page.

When I click flash button all that appears in the URL is 'test.html', and it completely drops off #two. I can tell the # symbol is causing the problem, but I'm not sure how to get around this.

THanks,
Jan

OK What's The Trick?: GetURL: "filename.pdf"... Opening File In Acrobat
Here's the scoop... I'm creating a CD with a flash interface...

I am able to link to a .pdf file and open/launch it in acrobat reader successfully, but each time I click on the button, the browser also launches with a blank window.

This is the code I am using on my button: ...getURL: "filename.pdf";...

My question is:
How can I have the pdf file open in acrobat WITHOUT the browser launching at all? this also happens when I link a button to an email address.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions and help.

Laurie

Button Link Inside Movie Clip Link To Slide #
First let me say I am a very new to ActionScript and Flash, but have a pretty good understanding of the web and a basic understanding of object oriented scripts from CSS and a few other languages.

I have a navigation menu which is a movie clip containing buttons inside it and have a slide presentation as my main content. I am trying to make the buttons link to a specific slide # in a different part of my flash presentation.

You can see the page here: http://brhpc.ericlevay.com

The nav menu is a downloaded source and the slide show is the default canned one from the Flash templates directory.

I was hoping to use the gotoandStop (slide#) to make the connection between the nav button and the slide but it does not do anything.

I will provide the source if needed...

Thanks!

Text Flash Link - Button Mouseover & Link
Hi - I'm a basic user of flash mx - I'm redevloping my design site. How do you make text links and how do you do mouseover scripts in flash MX.

Thanks for your help

How To Give Link To A Flash File In Html File
hi i have a problem in flash buttons,i had made a flash button and saved as swf file now i imported that swf file in html page,now iw ant to give link that swf file in htmp page,i know we can give link in flash it self but i want to use the swf button as button in my html page if i gve link in flash means it will open in the whole parent page itself but i want to gve link to frames so can anyone help me give link for swf file in html page

Acrobat PDF's
Is ther any way to open a pdf into acrobat reader at a specific page from a button within a Flash document?

Is There Any Way To Link To A Swf Instead Of An Html File From A Text File?
I know I can do an ahref in a text file and link to a wbesite, but in a text file, can I link to another swf in myt movie? lIKE A load movie function thing?

<a href="movie6.swf"> or <a href="loadMovieNum (file.swf, 5);

????

Link From One Swf File To A Specific Frame In Another Swf File
Hi, I am a beginner actionscript coder and am in a quandry about how to link a small swf file (just a button, in fact) on an html page to the final frame of another, independent flash movie. This is so that the user won't have to view that movie to get to the menu at its end. The whole project will be distributed on a CD. Thanks for any input and please explain as simply as possible. Much appreciated!

How Do I Link A External As File To A Swf File Externally.
Hello everyone,

I was hoping someone could help me. I have a flash file and the action script, for this file, is saved out on a external file from the flash movie.

I need to have the 'movie.swf' in one folder on the server and the 'sample.as' file in another folder, so how would I link them together.

Before they shared the same folder, but I need to seperate them up on the server, so I would just input the name 'sample' in the (Document class) in the poperties window of the 'movie.fla'. so now I need the correct way to link swf file to the AS file.

I appreciate any Help.

Thanks,

BD

Acrobat Files
I'm making a flash presentation to be burned on a CD. The client wants the flash presentation to launch an acrobat viewer to display a pdf file. The pdf will also be burned to the CD. Is this possible?

Acrobat And Flash MX
Sorry to post this again...but I left off the icon

On a CD presentaion, with the Flash movie exported as a EXE. I'd like the user to be able to open PDF's (also on the CD) in Acrobat. I've been told I'd have to go through a browser window, that is also open a browser and then launch the PDF's in the window

Can I just get Flash to open Acrobat directly?

How Can I Launch A .pdf In Acrobat From A .swf?
Hi.

Need some help here. I created a Flash animation intro that will be seen on a CD-ROM. Once the .swf animation ends, a button is seen that, when pressed, should launch a .pdf file in Acrobat.

My problem is that when the button is pressed the .pdf launches in Explorer (and underneath the .swf). My question is can I make the .pdf launch solely in Acrobat (and launch above the .swf as well)??? If so give me a run down of what the actions should be in the Flash button.

Thanks for you time and help in this matter.

~hexler98

How Can I Link A Button To An Acrobat File?

..so that it opens up the acrobat filethanks

..so that it opens up the acrobat file
thanks