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Linking To External Swf
i am working on a page with an animated intro, and then 2 buttons allowing users to 1) access the web interface or 2) play a movie that is an external swf.

SO....my question is how do i make an external swf play onclick of a button in Flash MX????

i'm an architect, not a flasher, and this is for a future client of ours. please help!!

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External Linking
^^^^ http://www.krausefamily.com/aj/images/donna.swf how would I link this to a page outside of the images folder?

or how can I make that show up on the boards even?

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Linking External Txt
is it possible to make a movie clip, when clicked on, to load an external txt file into a dynamic text field?

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[CS3] Linking To External SWF
I've got a problem with a presentation I'm trying to create. I have an opening animation for my presentation, which then has a button which takes you to a menu. But on this menu, I want to open an external SWF file, in a new window (if not possible, then it doesn't matter) but the coding I've found on the internet does nothing. Is it possible to import swfs into Flash to link as a movie clip?
My SWF in question was built in a seperate document, and when the file is copied over to my main animated presentation, it doesn't work.
Thanks

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External Linking
I am trying to link my pages into a movie clip with an instance name of pageHolder_mc. I am trying to load them in on click from the links and the code is in an external class file called links. I recieve a 1009 null error when clinking the links. Does anyone know why or of a good tutorial on loading pages this way. Thank you
attached the AS file if it helps

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Linking Between External SWF's
Ok, heres my problem

Ive created a flash movie, that has been broken down into individual swf's
The idea is that the index page or 'parent.swf' will not change, but contains a menu which when an item is selected it will call upon and load one of these external pages into the movie eg. 'topic_1.swf'.
This is working fine, and i can have all of the menu items loading these swfs with the loadMovie actionscript.

The Problem is however this:
I would like to place a text link inside 'topic_1.swf' so that when it is clicked it will link to 'topic_2.swf'.
This may seem simple, but what it needs to do is tell the 'parent.swf' to unload 'topic_1.swf' and then load 'topic_2.swf'.

I don't know how to get the child movie to talk to the parent and tell it to relaod another topic on clicking this text link.

Any suggestions on solving this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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Linking From External Swf's
Help!

I have a main swf as the whole movie, with one section linked as an external swf. How do I get back from that external swf to a specific part of the main swf (to a specific scene?)?

Many thanks to anyone who can help!

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Linking Out From An External Swf
I am loading a swf into a web page from an external server and I can not get the buttons that link out to work.

Example:
I have a swf with a square button at http://mixxncompany.com/button.swf. When you click on this button it opens a new window for google.com. But when I load this swf (by pointing to http://mixxncompany.com/button.swf) at http://dreamlifemedia.com/button.html, it does not open the link.

ActionScript used:
myButton.onRelease = function() {
getURL("

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Linking To External Swf
Hello!

I have an problem with my flash homepage..

I have two flash movies, with name (head_menu.swf) and (fokus.swf)
When I press a button on (head_menu.swf) I would like to open a Scene in (fokus.swf)

So what I would like to have is the Actionscript to the button in (head_menu.swf)

I´m not so good at English, but I hope someone understand me

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Linking To External SWF's
Ok, there's go to be an easy way to do this, i have three HTML pages each conataining a SWF.
I need to link the three pages together, so for instance from the front page i need to link via a button to another SWF file that is contained within square.html. If i go to the button in question and then type in the following actionscript:

on (release) {
gotoAndPlay("square.html");
}

I was hoping this would open up "square.html" and then play the SWF, can somebody please tell me where i'm going wrong with this?

Thanks.

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Linking From External SWF
Well, I'm back, and with a new question for you gurus out there.

I am trying to use an external SWF that will have links inside of it that will allow the main timeline that it is loaded into to be altered.

Basically, if I have a "clients" link on my main nav menu, I also would like to link to this page from a content page (an external swf loaded into a blank movie clip named "contents"), so they could both load the correct swf into the movie clip "contents."

Do any of you have any experience with this or have any suggestions as to how I might be able to accomplish this?

I also would like to be able to make use of this by basically creating a link to a portfolio page which loads work that was done for various clients into another blank movie clip. I would like to have links active in that movie clip, maybe name the movie clip "sidebar_nav" and have the links inside the external SWF of "sidebar_nav" be able to load external SWFs inside the movie clip "contents."

Hope that made sense. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the consideration.

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Linking External Swf's
hi, i have created a flash site, where i load the menu into an swf with:

ActionScript Code:
_root.menu_display.loadMovie("menu.swf");

and in the menu i want to link another external swf into the main one.

So basically i want to load an external swf into the playing swf from an external swf...

a bit hard to explain...

i used:

ActionScript Code:
on (release) {_root.right_display.loadMovie("links.swf"); }

but then i realised i am linking from an external swf...
can what i want to do be done or not?

thanks for any help you can give me...

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Linking To A External FLV?
Hi Folks,
I have a page that has three video thumbnail buttons that I would like to link to three different flv's outside of the swf, so not to bog down the page with 3 flvs. Is there a way to have each FLV popup into its own window using the FLV playback component?
Any help would be awesome...
Thanks!

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Linking External Mp3s
i'm building a psuedo-jukebox. i ideally want to dyamically import mp3s into my flash movie using the loadMovie function, having the title being pulled from a .txt file. however, i'm using mysound.attachSound("idName")to control all my audio. since the sounds will not originate in the fla's library, i cannot set them for export in its symbol linkage properties.

is this possible to link and control the sounds once they're imported into the swf? rephrased: how do i give an imported mp3 an "idName?"

i can build invid swfs that contain the linked mp3s, but this is removing one level of dynamic control, so is a less desired solution.

thanks

JWT

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Linking External Video
Hi;

I had a question regarding using FLV files. I've been using Squeeze to create flv files, and have been importing them into flash MX as an embedded video file. Can flv files be externally linked? I know quicktime files give me an option to embedd them or link them, but flv files are automatically embedded. The reason I want to link them is to save on the file size of the flash file. My other option would be to load the video files as external flash files and unload them, once they are not needed. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks;
John

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Linking External Data
I am developing a promotional cd-rom for my webdesign company with Flash MX, and I wanted to include something like, "Your Pictures". What I am doing is taking 5 "promotional" pictures for them at the event, and they will be able to view their pictures through the cd-rom. What I am thinking, is I want to stick "filler" pictures that are in a folder external from the flash library into the places where their pictures will be. That way I can just place their pictures into the folder, with the same names as the "filler" pictures. Now, is this possible to do? I'm not sure if I am just confusing myself enough that I can't figure this out. If this is possible, how would go write the actionscript for it? And, would have to publish the movie everytime.. or once and just have it linked? (If that is possible)

Can someone please help me! If you have anymore questions about my very confusing post, you can leave a reply to this post, or e-mail me at shannon@xkko.com. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Shannon

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HELP Linking To External Files For CD
I've tried, I've tried. <hangs head, bangs on desk>

Situation: Developing CD-ROM (for Windows) with a Flash Menu. I've got two .mpg files and a .pdf file that I'd like (read: been told) to have open in Adobe Acrobat and Windows Media Player, respectively.

Used the "Get URL" commmand to link to the .pdf file (off a button), and the first time I tested it, it did indeed open up in Acrobat. Since then, it opens up a browser window.

As for the .mpg files, they only open in a browser window, showing quicktime-and as a broken film!

I've searched and read some of the relavent threads, and have tried this and that-with no success.

What am I missing? What am doing wrong? Any suggestions/help would be wonderful and much appreciated.

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Linking To External Sites
Hi,

I have a body of text. Within this text, I would like to link a certain few words to an external site. I highlight the text, then type in the URL in the properties bar, but when I export, it opens up explorer, but does not link to the site. Can someone give me a hand with this? Is there a way to do this without using getURL?

Thanks in advance.

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Linking External Images
Hello,
a few days ago i asked this question and got an answer, but i couldn't get it to work. I want to link to the images in my flash file rather than embed them. this is the code I received, but It's not working, what else do i have to do.

_root.createEmptyMovieClip("logo", 5);
_root.logo.loadMovie("amadeusMenu2.gif");
_root.logo._xscale = 50;
_root.logo._yscale = 50;

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Linking To External .mov Files
hi | i'm just a little confused but am using a flash book as my guide. in my flash piece, which will live on a cd-rom, i have several external quicktime files that i'm working with. my teacher doesn't want me to bring the video into flash; he wants me to link to the external .mov files. but it seems that the book says that in order to link to it externally then you have to, at least, import all the quicktime files into the library --- which i have done.

what is the next step? when they are in the library, i double-click the icon [a video camera] and see the path to that file. should i then drop this icon into a movie clip? i don't think so because that would be embedding the video directly in flash. not sure what to do. any ideas?

thanks, matt.

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Linking To External Files
I'm not really new to Flash, but I can't seem to figure out how to do this. I am using Flash 5, and I have a couple of files that I want to link to outside of my flash file. One is a Quicktime movie, and I want that to open independently in just the regular quicktime viewer (I tried doing "get URL" and that will open the movie in a browser window, but it takes forever to open). The other is a website--I want it to open in its own window, but I have the files locally, not online, so I can't type "http://" etc. I tried typing in the file path, but it still says it can't find it. The other problem is that I am sending this to someone on a CD, so that path will be different on a CD, depending on what their drive is named (won't it?). Is there a way to make a relative reference, like you can with links to pages on the same server?
Thanks!!!

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Linking To External Files
I am going to try to post this to this forum too--I am not sure what forum is the best category for it. I can't seem to figure out how to do this. I am using Flash 5, and I have a couple of files that I want to link to outside of my flash file. One is a Quicktime movie, and I want that to open independently in just the regular quicktime viewer (I tried doing "get URL" and that will open the movie in a browser window, but it takes forever to open). The other is a website--I want it to open in its own window, but I have the files locally, not online, so I can't type "http://" etc. I tried typing in the file path, but it still says it can't find it. The other problem is that I am sending this to someone on a CD, so that path will be different on a CD, depending on what their drive is named (won't it?). Is there a way to make a relative reference, like you can with links to pages on the same server?
Thanks!!!

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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

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External Image Linking?
What i would like to do is have a folder with a number of Pictures that i can have linked to my Flash. This is what im trying to do. I have an large menu umbrella. It starts off with 5 menus, one of those 5 have 10 more links then one of those 1 has a picture and some informatino about the picture. I would like to have them linked externally because they wont need to load all like 100 pictures just the ones they want to see.

Basically similar to Dynamic Text linking only with like pictures. I hope i have explained this well enough. Please help me out if you can. thanks in advance.

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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

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Linking To External Data
Hi,

I know how to link to a text file & load the variables into a dynamic text field ok, but when I change the data in the text file the flash movie will not update without being refreshed.

My movie is to be exported as a .exe file as a desktop application that reads the txt file from an external server.

Is there a way to update the data displayed without closing then re-opening the application via a text file? Or does it require a more complicated method.

Thanks

Mick

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External Movies And Linking
I have this flash movie on the default level 0, and I'm loading multiple other movies on layers 1 and above. I'm using the following code to load my external movies:

Code:
loadMovieNum("Flash/nav.swf", 6);

Is it possible to have a movie loaded onto level 6 control a movie clip in the flash movie on layer 0? What I'm trying to do is have have a control that will allow the user to change the background of the flash movie, but to be able to see the controls I have to load the background controls on a higher level than level 0...Which is where the background is located...I know it's not a very effecient way of doing things but it works nicely with what I'm trying to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

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Linking From External Text
hi guys..

iam using flash mx.. and i have this external html text and i want to add a link to it..

now the normal way of doing it would be..

<p>text text text <a href="http://www.abcd.com" target="_blank">click here</a></p>

the problem i have is with the link...

its basically something like this:

<p>text text text <a href="http://www.abcd.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=623" target="_blank">click here</a></p>

iam not too sure but i think its probably because of the "&".. but there should be some way out.. the link just doesn't show up in flash...

thanks

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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

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Linking To External Objects
Hi folks, I was hoping to get help with a problem I'm having at the moment.

Basically I need to find the code that will allow you to click on a button within my flash movie and it then opens a director projector file. The director file isnt inside the movie timeline at all, I just need to get the button to start the director file playing.

Would anyone know how this is done?

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Linking To External Images?
Hi everyone,

I was wondering if it is possible in flash to link to images on a different website and have them appear in the movie? If so, is there an example movie I can download somewhere? I have searched but haven't found one yet.

Thanks,

Mark

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Linking External Swfs Together
hello. i am new here so please bare with me.

in my flash site i have everything broken up into many swfs. the main.swf. what i need done is open content fron one external swf to another external swf all on top of the "main.swf."

here is the breakdown.

once my "main.swf" begins, i click on a button to load an external swf, called "external-01.swf." this "external-01.swf" contains a button. when i click on this button it opens another external swf, called "external-02.swf." "external-02.swf" contains a button, that when clicked i want it to open something up on "external-01.swf." what i want it to open on "external-01.swf" is a movieclip(a popup) called "popupwindow" with an empty movieclip inside that i use as a loading container called "container-print." what i want to load to "container-print" is "external-03.swf."

the problem i need solved is a script that links the button on "external-02.swf" to "external-01.swf" and opens my external-03.swf into "container-print" inside "popupwindow." please keep in mind that all this is on top of "main.swf."

thank you very much for your help in advance. if you can help me with this it would be a tremendous help.

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[F8] XML Linking To External URL Problem
Hi, can anyone help me with the following problem:

An SWF is embedded in an HTML page. The SWF links to an external URL via a button. The external URL is defined in an XML file, so that it can be easily updated on a regular basis.

However, if the SWF and the XML file are not placed in the same directory as the HTML page, the call to the URL doesn't work.

Code to load the XML:

Code:
var destinationURL:String;
var externalData:XML = new XML();

externalData.ignoreWhite = true;
externalData.onLoad = parse;
externalData.load("targetURL.xml");

function parse(success) {
if (success) {
destinationURL = String(this.firstChild.attributes.address);
if (destinationURL == "") {
destinationURL = "http://uk.yahoo.com";
}
} else {
trace("XML document not loaded");
}
}
Code for the button:

Code:
this.clickBtn.onRelease = function() {
getURL(destinationURL, "_self");
}
Code in the XML file:

Code:
<destinationURL address="http://uk.news.yahoo.com"></destinationURL>
I would really like to be able to place the SWF and the XML file together in their own directory, discreet from the HTML page into which the SWF is loaded.

Can anyone help me by explaining how I can achieve this?

Many thanks in advance.

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Help Linking To External Images
I am trying to link to exernal images, but cant' get it to work. I have the following action script:

about_btn.onRelease = function() {
_root.heading.text = "About Asma";
_root.dest.text = "Anna is a leading Mehndi text text text......";
_root.main_mc ="images/021_21.jpg";
}

Please help.

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[F8] Linking To External HtmlText
I need some help linking to an external txt file and rendering the text as html so I can code it easily.

I've tried using Loadvars but I'm obviosly not doing it right. Here's the AS I've tried to use.

myData = new LoadVars();
myData.onLoad = function() {
_root.dest.html = true;
_root.dest.htmlText = this.mainVariable;
myData.load("mehndi.txt");};

mehndi_btn.onRelease = function(){
_root.dest.htmlText("mehndi.txt");
}

Thanks in advance.

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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!

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[F8] External Linking - Serious Newbie
Hi all,

I am extremely new to Flash and find myself working on customizing a few pre-structured Flash games to try to become more familiar with the program. I am trying to use the "play again" button in the game to launch a different .swf file (same game, different theme/version). In a different chat room, the very nice "jAQUAN" posted this message:

Quote:

Originally Posted by jAQUAN
If you want to load a different .swf into the running flash movie, you use loadMovie() or the more advanced movieClipLoader object.

All you need is a target movie clip on the stage with an instance name applied. It's contents will be replaced by the .swf you import.

If your target clip was named myTarget_mc and you wanted to load different_file.swf the script would be.

Code:
on(release){
myTarget_mc.loadMovie("different_file.swf");
}

I've copied the quote here so that maybe someone in this "newbie" chat might be willing to show me a bit more grace and help me understand what seems to be GREAT help.

thanks in advance.

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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?

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Linking To External Movie
hi! I posted to the 'newbie' section but am wondering if this section may be more appropriate..

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?

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Linking From One External Text Doc To Another
I'm working on a project that has multiple links that open up in one dynamic text box. The client is requesting that we make links from one external text doc, to another.... ie, you would click on a link within the current text you are viewing and it would load/open the other linked file in the same dynamic text box, overriding the other text link... is this possible? If so, what is the code that I should use? Thanks so much in advance!!

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[F8] Linking Using When External SWF Movies
hi guys, long time user, first time poster

using Fl.CS3, AS2.0

i'm building a site for a friend of mine, and i'm using externally loaded swf movies.

my problem is that i have no idea how to link to/from movies when using external swf files. when everything is in the same swf, i've got no problem, but i've been wanting to do this for a long time to make things load quicker & whatnot.

i'm using loader components for this, and movieclip loaders w/ listeners for preloading.

sample button actionscript

button.onRelease = function()
{
myMCL.loadClip("external.swf",loader);
}

question 1)

button in my main swf affects the externally loaded swf (changing location on timeline or whatnot).

i tried doing

button.onRelease = function()
{
loader.gotoAndStop("frame");
}

but that didn't work, as its just a loader and doesn't really have any frames within it, right?

is there something that could be like

button.onRelease = function()
{
loader.currentClip.gotoAndStop("frame");
}

question 2)

the inverse--button in externally loaded swf affects the main swf.

i've read up on using something like this

button.onRelease = function()
{
X.gotoAndStop("frame");
}

where X could either be _root, _parent, or _parent._parent, or _global. neither one of the latter 2 i've used.

i also read up on using this.lockRoot(); so that when you write _root, it refers to the root timeline of the external swf, and not the main timeline

hopefully i've explained everything sufficiently clear, if you've got any concerns or questions, feel free to ask

thanks in advance!!

-D

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Linking To External Page
Hi
I am very new to Flash and need some advice. Is it possible to link using a button to a Dreamweaver page and then back to the flash movie?
I have created an intercative map in flash and want to link to a web page containing a javascript puzzle.I then want to link back to the intercative map or is it possible to put the jvaascript into flash?
Many thanks, I need this information quite quickly

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Disabling External Linking By SWF
I have an issue with my user-submitted content site, where a few bad apples are embedding flash content that redirects users to another site when they click the object. The external site is malicious, and as of yet, nobody's using this feature for any legitimate reasons, so I was hoping there's a way I can totally disable flash content from linking to an external site.

Is it possible? I know MySpace was doing something similar at some point(and may still be), but I can't seem to figure out how they did/are doing it. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Linking To External Script
Is there a way to do this in actionscript? i can't seem to find anything. Something similar to 'include' in php, vbscript etc. so i can keep a library of functions externally.

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XML Linking To External URL Problem
Hi, can anyone help me with the following problem:

An SWF is embedded in an HTML page. The SWF links to an external URL via a button. The external URL is defined in an XML file, so that it can be easily updated on a regular basis.

However, if the SWF and the XML file are not placed in the same directory as the HTML page, the call to the URL doesn't work.

Code to load the XML:

Code:
var destinationURL:String;
var externalData:XML = new XML();

externalData.ignoreWhite = true;
externalData.onLoad = parse;
externalData.load("targetURL.xml");

function parse(success) {
if (success) {
destinationURL = String(this.firstChild.attributes.address);
if (destinationURL == "") {
destinationURL = "http://uk.yahoo.com";
}
} else {
trace("XML document not loaded");
}
}
Code for the button:

Code:
this.clickBtn.onRelease = function() {
getURL(destinationURL, "_self");
}
Code in the XML file:

Code:
<destinationURL address="http://uk.news.yahoo.com"></destinationURL>
I would really like to be able to place the SWF and the XML file together in their own directory, discreet from the HTML page into which the SWF is loaded.

Can anyone help me by explaining how I can achieve this?

Many thanks in advance.

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Still Stuck On Linking External Swf
Well It has been some time, and my question has been buried by the others posted here.

I still need help PLEASE!!! I cannot figure this out. What I need is the button on release to load an external swf from same folder (the swf has not been imported to original library) ontop of the previous level. Hope that all makes sense

on (release)
{
if (_root.p != 3 && _root.pl != 0)
{
_parent["b" + _root.p].gotoAndPlay("p2");
_root.p = 3;
_root.play();
_root.m_gal_o.gotoAndStop(_root.m_gal_n._currentfr ame);
_root.m_gal_n.gotoAndStop(4);
_root.m_gal.gotoAndPlay("p1");
} // end if
}
on (rollOver)
{
if (_root.p != 3)
{
gotoAndPlay(2);
} // end if
}
on (releaseOutside, rollOut, dragOut)
{
if (_root.p != 3)
{
gotoAndPlay(11);
} // end if
}

I had made some progress previously, where it would load the first frame and then stop. (I have uploaded a different button than the previous one asked about, but the theory is the same)

Thanks for your time, This has been very frustrating!!

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Linking In External Files
I have a main flash file (movie.swf). In movie.swf, I externally load file1.swf.

Here's the problem that I am having:
In file1.swf I have a bunch of buttons, and I want them to link to different places in movie.swf.

I know I need to use something like gotoAndPlay(_root.60) or something like that because that doesn't work, and that's not the correct syntax.

If someone can help me, that would be greatly appreciated.

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