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Simple Dynamic Text Link Question
The problem I am having is very amature I'm sure but I can't seem to find a simple solution. I have a flash applet that is loading variables from a coldfusion page which is being used to query a database. One of the database fields contains the caption that I'd like to have displayed in a dynamic text box in the flash applet and another field contains the URL that I'd like the caption to link to. I am able to read the information into flash dynamically but I can't get the dynamic text being read into the text field to link up to anything even when I plug in a static URL. Any suggestions?

Can Dynamic Text Have An Embedded Link? Or HTTP Link?
I'm using the Flash scroll bar componet, which uses dynamic text, and I want to link part of my dynamic text to a specific frame in my moive. - Is it possible?
- I've tried and it doesn't allow the 'Go TO' funcion.

so,

I created another HTML page and SWF to display the specific SWF screen that I want to show up - now I'm trying to link my dynamic text to '_self' so that when the link is clicked it will look like it is in the same site.

When I use the dynamic text and create the link, it appears to be ok/workable in the Properites panel, but when published, it doesn't work.

:yikes: Simple Dynamic Link?
From an array I can't seem to get a link or "gotoAndStop" to work. All I get is a link to a URL. How do I make this dynamic link to go to a frame on my main stage?
Here is what I have: In one frame I have this line that is trigered from a click on a button.

__root[nome1].links = links[a]

In another frame I have this array:

links = new Array();
links[0] = gotoAndStop("sf zoo");
links[1] = "";

What am I missing?

Simple Dynamic Link Not Working
Hello-

I have an issue that I can't seem to figure out, although it should be so simple to see what is going wrong.

I have a dynamic text box with a list of standard links to PDF forms, all linked using the link field in the property window with _blank links (very standard). The issue happens when viewed on the web. In FireFox, it will take multiple clicks to open the links. Some will work right away, others not. In Safari, some will work right away, others will take a long time and open mulitple instances of the link. I have tested this on PC as well, and the same issues exist.

See the problem here.

Any ideas?

Thanks so much.

Link Simple Text To URL
Hey Gang, I am building a Flash Intro page.All I want to do is link some simple text to a URL. I type my text which in this case is "Enter" use the arrow tool to select the entire box, right click on it and convert it to a button. I copy and paste the URL I want in the properties panel, and no matter what I do, when I preview it in the browser, it imeadiatly goes to the site that my text is linked to. It won't even let me click on the link. Again, all I want to do, is create a simple link, using the word "Enter" no underline, to get into the main site. Any suggestions?

Simple Text Link In A Paragraph
Hi,

It looks like I should just be able to slect "Dynamic" and "html" and "selectable" from the text options panel, and then just type in an href. But Flash is displaying the html instead of becoming a link.

I'm trying to just make a single word in a large paragraph a link. What's the best way to do this?

Thanks a million,
Your new biggest fan,

Charlie

Simple Text Link To Word.doc
Hey all, now I know that this question has been asked many times before, but how can I link to a word document, excel document, etc in my flash site? I have searched the forums and all I have found solutions for are buttons (get url function). I am using simple html text in actionscript to link to documents:

Quote:

text = "<a href="http://www.site.com/folder/word.doc" target="_blank">document</a>";

However, when I click on the links, all I get is a blank page. I have checked the pathing and all is correct. Also, I dont understand why .pdf files open up the correct way and microsoft files dont. Thanks for the help.

Simple Static Text Link
Greetings --

I fully realize this is probably a stupid question, but ...

I have a simple piece of static text. No movie clip, nothing, just static text. I'm trying to put a link in the link field of the properties tab. I preview/publish, and the link doesn't work. I get the button cursor and everything, just no action on the link.

Anyone have any pointers? Many thanks in advance --

Simple Text Link Question
This is probably something really simple, but I can't figure it out, for some reason... I have some paragraphs of text, and I need some of the words to be links to other parts of the Flash movie - without having to make symbols out of the text. I know I can just write URLs in the link area of the properties inspector when text is selected, but I don't want a URL, just a different frame - is there any way I can make a selection of text have like a "gotoAndStop()" action, without making it a symbol?

Thanks!

How Do I Create A Simple Text Link In A Text Box ?
so i am using a template to design a site and a each section has a "text= "___" area to input the relavent text into . how do i input the text so that some of the text are LINKS to other sites ?

thanks
s.

Loading External Text File Into Flash Using Links From Dynamic Text Field Link?
I am using a dynamic text field to load in .txt files with html tags. I have a couple "click here" type links that I would like to use to load a different .txt document into the same dynamic text field instead of a url link like it does default. Is this possible? I'm sure I could put a button over the text since its not long enough to need a scrollbar but I would like a more dynamic and flexible way to do this if its possible.

Thanks

Dynamic Text Link Problems (text Shifting)
Hello Forum

I'm struggeling with dynamic text fields containing html text from XML data. The data contains <a href="..."> tags that display not correctly. When the user rolls over the link the spaces left and right of the link shift to the left or the right. This appears to be the problem only when I set the antiAliasType property to "advanced". The problem doesn't happen with "normal."

Anyone else experienced this problem? Any workarounds? Am I missing something else when setting all the properties? Perhaps the order of setting the properties?

Any leads or thought much appreciated.

thank you

Stephank

Attach Code

Textfield creation class:
///////////////////////////////////////////

_movieClip.createTextField("txtMC", 1, 0,0, 1, 1);
_movieClip.txtMC.autoSize = "left";
_movieClip.txtMC.type = "dynamic";
_movieClip.txtMC.border = false;
_movieClip.txtMC.background = false;
_movieClip.txtMC.backgroundColor = 0xFFFFFF;
_movieClip.txtMC.borderColor = 0xFFFFFF;

_movieClip.txtMC.password = false;
_movieClip.txtMC.multiline = false;
_movieClip.txtMC.html = false;
_movieClip.txtMC.embedFonts = true;
_movieClip.txtMC.selectable = false;
_movieClip.txtMC.wordWrap = false;
_movieClip.txtMC.mouseWheelEnabled = false;
_movieClip.txtMC.condenseWhite = false;
_movieClip.txtMC.restrict = null;
_movieClip.txtMC.variable = null;
_movieClip.txtMC.maxChars = null;
_movieClip.txtMC.tabIndex = undefined;
_movieClip.txtMC.antiAliasType = "advanced";

_movieClip.txtMC.multiline = true;
_movieClip.txtMC._width = ConfigData.FAQS_ANSWER_TEXT_WIDTH;
_movieClip.txtMC.wordWrap = true;
fmt.font = "Verdana";
fmt.size = 10;
fmt.color = 0x222222;
_movieClip.txtMC.styleSheet = InstanceManager.STYLESHEETS;

_movieClip.txtMC.html = true;
_movieClip.txtMC.multiline = true;
_movieClip.txtMC.htmlText = _str;
_movieClip.txtMC.setTextFormat(fmt);
fmt.kerning = true;

STYLESHEETS:
/////////////////////////////

a:active,
a:link {
font-family:Verdana;
font-style:normal;
font-weight:normal;
text-align:left;
leading:10;
font-size:10;
letter-spacing:0;
color: #666666;
}

a:hover {
font-family:Verdana;
font-style:normal;
font-weight:normal;
text-align:left;
leading:10;
font-size:10;
letter-spacing:0;
color: #333333;
}

URL Link In Dynamic Text?
I need help with putting a URL link inside a dynamic text field. I tried to check the HTML box in the dynamic text tab and then I set the variable I was using for the text to have the html in it and then nothing came up. All I want to do is have a varible capable of setting itself to a different link according to a variable definition earlier. Help!!!! I don't know much about putting HTML in dynamic text boxes with variables.

Link In Dynamic Text
Hello, is that possible to make a variable contain a link and then load it into a text field?
I've tried the following :
VarText = "<a href="http://www.site.com>Site</a>"";
But that didn't work because of the second " that end the variable.
Is that possible to have a variable containning a "? Maybe theres a character that I can put in front of the " to tell that it's not the end of the declaration and that I want the " in my variable?

What I want to do is insert a dynamic link into a text field, anybody knows how to do it?

Dynamic Text Box Link?
ok i've data coming from a data base onto this page:

http://ijsr32.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~10214.../dj_names.html

some names have links to mixes ont hem, e.g DJ Ryan

What im wondering is can i make the data in the text box a link? automatcially,

E.g : when u click on DjRyan his mix is a link, but when you click on JamesL his mix becomes a link

u get me? any help will be great!

thanks!

Dynamic Text Link?
ive got a dynamic textbox with a web url in it

can i make a button which grabs this link and uses it in a geturl statement?

Dynamic Text Link
hi,
I'm try to make a link inside a dynamic text box, box have the option render as html and i use this code:

... funcionamento em <A HREF="situação"></A HREF> de rotina, ocasional ... (not english, sorry), but the word "situação" must be a link (open a external movie), why this dont work?

help me pls

Link Within Dynamic Text...
i load my text from external txt files, but they're quite big. When loaded, is there a possibility to use buttons that link to specific point of the loaded text so that the user doesn't have to scroll all the way down to the point they want...

Dynamic Text With Link
i have a dynamic text box and i want to add a link to just a few words...i want the link to open a new window with pixel height and width that i determine...i know thats javascript but i can never really figure out how to do it right and this time i have no idea how to add that sort of script to a peice of dynamic text...i hope thats clear..please help

How To Link Dynamic Text
Hi. Very new to Flash - using Flash 8 Pro. I have a meeting this afternoon to throw around some ideas for using Flash on a website, and I'm in a crunch to figure out something that's probably pretty basic.

If you take a look at the .swf, my country map currently serves two functions:
1. rollover button displays some text information in a dynamic text box, when you mouseout it disappears.
2. clicking on the button takes you to the corresponding website.

My idea is to keep the mouseover/out as it is, but when you click on the button, it will keep the text visible in the dynamic text box, and the name of the school (text) will be the link instead. So once you click on the button, you can mouse over the text link and go to the website. (the button will also stay in it's green clicked state until you click on another button.)

My main question is how to make the text I'm sending to the text box in action script a link. I'll keep searching on here (just found out why my HTML pages don't load locally with Player 8), but if anyone can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.

Thanks!

[CS3] Dynamic Text URL Link
Thank you for your interest in my post!

My problem is trying to create a url link within my .txt file that loads dynamically into my Flash movie. Is there some html coding involved? If this is possible, will it be possible to do dynamic e-mail link too?

Thanks!

[F9] Dynamic Text URL Link
Thank you for your interest in my post!

My problem is trying to create a url link within my .txt file that loads dynamically into my Flash movie. Is there some html coding involved? If this is possible, will it be possible to do dynamic e-mail link too?

Thanks!

Dynamic Text Link
I have this text file:

&gallery=There are three sets available to view in this section.
I am going on an expedition in Central America and will be bringing back more prints to be displayed, these images

are expected at the end of 2004.
<br>
Meanwhile please enjoy the sets available.
Set 3 is available to view in <a href="http://www.telfordswarehouse.com"><font color="#006699">Telfords

Warehouse</font></a>, in Chester.

The thing is I want this page to load up in a new window, how do I work the code, I know its _blank, but i'm not sure of the correct syntax.

How Do I Link Text To A Dynamic
How do i link text to a dynamic text box ?? can u help me?

Link In Dynamic Text
How can create a link into dynamic text, which been loaded on stage?

Link For The Dynamic Text
Hi buddies...

Here i got stuck with a prob... i think it's simple, but still im not clear...

I need to link my dynamic text...
That data is comming from an array...
Is that possible to do...

Thanks in advance.......

Link In Dynamic Text
I am using Flash MX 2004 7.2 and the text I want to link is inside of a dynamic text box that has the scroller on it.

My problem is that I need to know how to make a link in a box of text that will go to another part of the flash movie. You can see the scolling box of text on the home page of this website: http://www.meridiantulsa.com/meridian.htm

As you will find, I've been able to make an external link, but what I want to do is make the "contact us" later in the same scrollable text link to jump to the contact us area of the flash movie.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!
- Mike

Dynamic Xml Text With Link?
Hello everyone.

I have a very simple xml file.

Code:
<article>
<link>
<site>Click for transfering to: <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>.</site>
</link>
</article>
I successfully load the xml into the stage,although the part <url= "http://www.google.com">Google</url> doesn't appear.Do I have to create a unique script in order that part of dynamic text to become a link?

Thanks in advance.

Dynamic Text Link, Via Xml
Hi All,

I have searched and searched, with no joy; I want to create a dynamic text link, where the URL is specified with a XML file. I am using Flash CS3 AS3.

Just a simple click on this text will send to user to the specified location defined via the XML file.

Anyone acheived this?

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Boxing Boom

How Do I Link Text To A Dynamic
How do i link text to a dynamic text box ?? can u help me?

Link Into A Dynamic Text
I would like to put a link inside a dynamic text that will call a frame label.

Ex:
dynamic text name : news.txt (loaded on timeframe inside a mc)
code:
loadText = new loadVars();
loadText.load("textes/news.txt", "_root.news");

frame label name : special
link inside my dynamic text to call special???

I tried: a href="home.swf" target="special"

but didn't work.

Does somebody can help me with that one. Thank's, CK

Link Within Dynamic Text
I have a dynamic text box that I made scrollable. I wish to add a link; however, when I make a text link, the entire context of the text box becomes a link. Is there a way around this?

If it helps, here is my code:

stop();

//ABOUT US SCROLL BUTTONS\

this.scrollDown.onPress = function() {
scrollDirection = "down";
scrollText();
}
this.scrollUp.onPress = function() {
scrollDirection = "up";
scrollText();
}
this.scrollUp.onRelease = function() {
delete _root.onEnterFrame;
}
this.scrollDown.onRelease = function() {
delete _root.onEnterFrame;
}
function scrollText() {
_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (scrollDirection == "up") {
newsInfo.scroll -= 1;
} else if (scrollDirection == "down") {
newsInfo.scroll += 1;
}
}
}

Dynamic Text Then Using Javascript On Text Link
I have looked for this in the search but may not be naming it correctly.

My problem is that I can load dynamic text into my flash movie using notepad. Can I then have a text link in notepad that uses Javascript to open a sized window?

I have tried but cannot figure this one out.
Thanks for the help.
viner1

Text Link To Swf File In Dynamic Text Box
Hello, I would like to know if it is possible to create a text link in a dynamic text box (scrolling text) to another .swf file in the same flash site?

Link Inside Dynamic Text Box
I've got a dynamic text box and i wish to put some links inside here.. but when i put the link with the html tag it just shows up as typed not with the actual link. I've go HTML ticked in the text options. So what am i dooing wrong?

Dynamic Text Email Link
hi everyone,

I have a dynamic text box on my stage in _level1, named "textcontent" that scrolls.

I have this code for its content:

_level1.textcontent = "blablalbablalabalbaablablablab

balbalbablablablablablablaaalablabl
AUBREY@AOL.COM ";

on _level3.

I don't know how to make the part of the code that says, "Aubrey@aol.com" actually mailto:Aubrey@aol.com.

Also I would like to make all the text white except "Aubrey@aol.com" which I would like to be blue.

How is this possible? thanks

Link In Dynamic Text File
Hi all!

I'm loading in a dynamixc text file into a text field in Director 5. Is it possible to open a browser window with a javascript action in the dynamic text file?

thanks!

miakazi

GotoAndPlay Link From Dynamic Text
I am building a site for a client and I am using dynamic text boxes for the main body of text in each scene. There is a menu system at the top of each scene, but in one particular text box (loaded dynamically from a simple *.txt file with "Render text as HTML" turned on) I need to create a "link" from a few words in the text to another scene in the movie.

I know how to create an HTML link (using A HREF) in the text file, but in this case I am actually trying to use actionscript (namely a simple on release gotoAndPlay two liner).

Any help would be awesome. I'll go see if I can find anything on Macromedia's Flash TechNotes now, but if you have a solution, I may not find one on the Macromedia site.

E-mail Link In Dynamic Text
I'm using a pop-up window to display a static text (.txt) file. Is there any way to insert an e-mail link into the static text and have it show in the pop-up window??? Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated.

FlashGuy

Controlling A MC From A Dynamic Text Link?
I tried searching for this, but the search keeps timing out. huh.

Anyway, I have a music bed going on a page, and then I have a link in a dynamic text box that opens a new pop-up that also plays music. I'd like to be able to stop the music bed on the page when that link is clicked. In order to do that, I need to tell on of my movie clips to go to a certain frame. Can I do all of that from a dynamic text field link?

http://www.tcurranmusic.com/work
(check the music page)

Thanks!

Link Properties In Dynamic Text
forgive me, gurus, if this is self evident.

is there a way to apply styles to link properties in dynamic text loaded from external text files?

i want the links to correspond to user choices: active link, visited link, etc.

tia

Dynamic Text Link Pop-up Stopallsounds?
Is there a way I can perform a StopAllSounds from a link within a dynamic text that ALSO launches a pop-up? You can see my problem if you go to the music page (click on the 2nd icon dwon on the right) at this site:

http://www.tcurranmusic.com/

The problem is that once thepop-up launches, I'd like to be able to play a sample of music, but the loop is still playing on the page that launched the pop-up.

Any help is much appreciated, this is really the last thing to do before we launch the site to the public.

Thanks!

Email Link In Dynamic Text
is it possible? using standard html tags in the text didn't work...how do you accomplish this?

Email Link On Dynamic Text
Hope some one have done this. I did search through this board but couldn't find an answer.

I need to add an email link to a selected text on a dynamic text box. (scrollable)

Appreciate if some one can give me an answer.

Thanks!

Placing A Link In A Dynamic Text Box
Anyone know if it's possible to insert a simple <A HREF> tag onto a word within a dynamic scrolling text box? IF so, what's the code?

I tried but it won't work. Pls help!!

Placing A Link In A Dynamic Text Box
Anyone know how to place a simple <A HREF> tag on a word within a dynamic,scrolling text box?

When I try the regular HTML command/tag, I get a script error. Pls help!!

Dynamic Text And Link Problem
Hi ~ if anyone has any ideas on this problem it would help me out a lot!

I currently am using a text file with text and links that are read into flash with the appropriate variables. Everything works fine technically...I can see the text and when i click on my text it goes to the appropriate link. However, when using the dynamic links, it is very hard to "catch" the text. I have a rollover effect on my text box (that i turned into a button) that changes colors on the 'over' state. However, when i run my mouse over the text, its very hard to find where the mouse has to go to "catch" the rollover text. This only happens when I define the link dynamically in the text file. It works fine when i use the get_url action script and attach it to the button, but I can't use that function because i need to be able to update the links in the text file dynamically. Any idea why it does this? I hope I explained the problem okay...PLEASE HELP! any suggestions would be great

thanks!!!!!