Remote Targeting A HTML Table Cell From A Separate SWF Button
Hi,
I have multiple SWFs loaded into a tabled HTML Page.
One of the SWFs is a Nav Menu.
I am trying to remotely target a particular table cell in the middle of the page to load an SWF on this page when the Flash Nav Menu Button SWF is clicked.
I have named the table cell "main".
When the SWF Menu Button is clicked I want to load a Flash SWF into the selected table cell named "main" on the same HTML page.
I am working in Flash CS3 and Dreamweaver CS3.
One thought was to create a blank shell or starting SWF to go into the "main" named table cell. Then some how through actionscript call to that SWF to load the external SWF into it.
Another idea is to create the SWF for that tabled cell with all the individual areas built into it so when the user clicks the menu buttons then it just goes to those areas.
The main issue is being able to control or call the separate or external SWF from the Nav Menu SWF to load or change to another frame on the timeline remotely.
Any suggestions on how this can be achieved?
Thank you for your help it is appreciated.
Joseph Wraith
FlashKit > Flash Help > Flash Newbies
Posted on: 08-27-2008, 03:43 PM
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