Flash :: Target Frames

Target Swf In Frames
I'm using Dreamweaver 4. Suppose you have two frames, a navigation (swf) on the left and a main frame on the right containing a different swf. I have no problem targetting different htm pages in the main frame from the flash navigation. But now I want to use one swf in the main frame. How do I target from the navigation swf to different points in the timeline in the main swf? I hope I made myself clear. Thanks.

Target Frames
I have the following code in my button script. The first link is opening in the correct target frame but the second link is opening in a new window. Someone please tell me how to fix this to work properly.

on (rollOver) {
gotoAndPlay(55);
}
on (press) {
getURL("http://www.your url.here", "name of target frame", "main");
}
on (press) {
getURL("http://www.your url.here", "name of target frame");
}
on (rollOut) {
gotoAndPlay(22);
}

Web Frames Target
how can i load a certain html document into an iframe on the same page as the movie?

Target? Frames?
hey everyone! nice forum you have here!

what i am trying to do is split my site into frames, like in basic html code.. when i press a menu button i want the contents of the page to load in a frame next to it... how do i do this?? (pls tell me its easy enough to do, i dont have the power to go through another tuturial!! )

and one more thing.. can the contents of the file to be loaded be in .htm so they are easier to edit without using flash?? (im pretty sure this must be a stupid question, but im really just a newbie with too much faith in my powers!! )

tnx a looot!! kisses
anna

Target Frames & IE5.5/IE6.0
Can anyone help?

I have a frames page with a vertical split. The left half has a Flash menu, and each menu item opens a new Flash page in the right half. I've named the right frame "Main" and targetted the menu items accordingly using getURL.

It works in IE6.0, but not in IE5.5 (or below I imagine) - in 5.5 it seems to open in the _self frame instead, which means my menu page disappears.

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks

Help - Frames Target
Can anyone please tell me why this won't work and a possible solution?
////////
on (release) {
getURL ("/ScopePhase/index.html", "_top");
gotoAndStop ("concept");
}
////////
In the index.html page that I am loading, there is a movie called Scope.swf, in that movie there is a frame label called "concept" that I want to go to but it will not work!!

Thank you for your time.

This Is How To Target Specific Frames In Swf From Another
Hey there everyone,
I have seen lots of posts asking how to target a specific frame in another swf from an original swf. I've personally wanted to know how to do it for the last 3 days and I've finally firgured out a way!!!!!

it basically involves 3 swfs not 2.
start.swf
one.swf
two.swf

The first movie, start.swf is _level0
this contains nothing but an action on the first frame saying
loadMovieNum("one.swf",2);

ie; load movie "one.swf" on level 2

"one.swf" is loaded. It contains a button that when pressed goes to a specific frame in "two.swf"

on the frame before the frame that contains your button in "one.swf", put a frame action saying
loadMovieNum('two.swf",1);

ie; load movie "two.swf" on level 1

This loads "two.swf" on the level underneath the one your currently looking at. This will be loading before the user presses the button on the next frame to tell "two.swf" what to do next.

on the next frame of your movie "one.swf", the frame that contains the button,
put a action on the button saying

on (release) {
_level1.gotoAndPlay("framelabel");
}

ie; on release tell _level1 (the one that contains "two.swf" to go to and play whatever frame label you want it to.

Then on the that frame(the one you've just told _level1 to go to and play in 'two.swf"
put a frame action saying
unloadMovie(2);

and the movie on level 2 ie "one.swf" will be removed so you can see "two.swf" which has been waiting underneath.

Hooooray, just thought it might be helpful to people!!

laurag

Target->frames For A Link
I have a flash menu bar (_navframe) in one frame and want to load the pages in a another (_mainframe) how is this accomplished?

i have tried:

on (release) {
getURL ("URL", "_mainframe");
}

but it loads the url in a new window

please advise

One Button: Target Two Frames
I have the following code in my button script. The first link is opening in the correct target frame but the second link is opening in a new window. Someone please tell me how to fix this to work properly.

on (rollOver) {
gotoAndPlay(55);
}
on (press) {
getURL("http://headlines.agapepress.org/users/rapionet/rapionet8.asp", "main");
}
on (press) {
getURL("http://d99881.u23.smartwebinc.com/html/index/left_nav.html", "left_nav");
}
on (rollOut) {
gotoAndPlay(22);
}

Target Frames And Flash
Hey Guys,

I have a slight problem with Flash in that I have flash menu (menu.swf) in a top frame (topwindow) of an HTML doc, and I would like the getUrls in the actionscript of the menu.swf file to be opened in the frame below (mainwindow). The problem can be found at:

http://home.kooee.com.au/nickbal/athenas/index.htm

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Nick

Target Movie Frames?
how do i target movie frames?
I know how to load a seperate movie but it starts on frame 1. I want the movie to start depending on what button was pressed in the main movie.

eg, lets say i have 4 buttons in my main movie. all buttons point to a movie (that has to load) but i want the movie to start on different frame numbers....
in other words, button A starts on frame 1
Button B...frame 2
Button C...frame 3
Button D...frame 4 etc.

any help please?

Any Way To Target Movies In Other Frames?
is there any possible way to give command to a separate movie in a different (html) frame?

I have a menu (html) frame with a flash menu, and a header (html) frame, with a flash header... i want to trigger (flash movie) frames in the swf plugin in the header html frame from the menu movie.

i hope this makes sence. thanks for any help. i ask because i have seen people use codes in the url line to trigger things in flash.

How Do I Target A Series Of Frames?
Hi,

Can someone help me--I need the user to click the mouse during a specific series of frames (5-8) of a running 20 frame timeline of a movieclip. If the user clicks during that series of frames, the textbox will read "Good Job," or something. However, if the user clicks before (1-4) or after (9-20) that series, the textbox reads "You Missed," or something.

The event handler is a simple button set to On Release.

Thanx for any help.

Caremerger

How To Target Buttons In Frames ?
I have trouble with buttons, slides and frames in my scool project. I made a Flash that should change banner picture by each button choise - but i dont get the behaviors to open the right page in main window at the page. Its going to be a simpe tourist web - and pictures is essential.

The basic choise is _self _parent ... and I need to open the page in mainwindow (hoved in norwegian)

When I try, Ill loose the banner effekt and the window opens in the banner window instead.

Here is the url to my page: http://www.mereteweb.com/webprosjekt/

And my flash menu lookes like attached...

Merete

Sorry, my english writing is bad !

Buttons To Target Frames In MX
having trouble getting buttons to target certain frames in flash MX.

I basically have a menu bar, and I am trying to get each button to target a specific frame in my timeline and also STOP at that point.
That way when a visitor comes to the site they can access all the information without the movie playing everything at once.

EXAMPLE:
My movie stops at from 20. Button1 on frame 20 should target frame 21. (once properly coded, I can handle the rest to get it to stop at let's say frame 30)
Button 2 (on frame 20) should target frame 31, and so on and so on.

All references I have been researching have been either old versions of flash, etc, etc. and you know how that goes.

Thanks in advance!!!!

Target HTML FRAMES From Within SWF
how can i target other other SWF's on same HTML FRAMES page?
i want to have a SWF in one HTML FRAME tell SWF in another HTML FRAME
to do something....also i want a button within a flash SWF movie to load a page from URL into FRAME of HTML page.
example...i have SWF animation with buttons that animate in(drop in for example) one of these buttons i want to load a HTML page.
please help

Target Html Frames HELP
Kirupa's tutorial on how to use Flash to target a certain frame in HTML doesn't work any more. The page opens up in a new window instead of in the targetted frame. This is the code that is used:
on (release) {
getURL("second.htm", "kirupa");
}
Does anybody know the solution to this?

Target Frames... Not Working...
Hello,
I have had this problem for awhile now and I was wondering if anyone had any workarounds or help on this. I created a webpage for a school and it contains both a flash site and a DHTML site. I have 3 frames in the flash version. One of which is called contframe and this where all the links are to be loaded into. In flash i used the getURL function and specified a target and all. In IE 6 MS Win XP Pro the first link on both version will always load into the correct frame. (Or so I think). However after ~3 links + or - a few, the links begin to load into new windows. This is very annoying for the visitors and me alike. However this problem isnt present in Netscape or Mozilla (same thing I know...). Has anyone experienced this before? If so are there any work arounds. I could just not use frames at all but that would involve creating 2 entirely different versions of the site and it would make it more difficult to update and maintain. The webpage is available here: http://www.claytonarts.org .

Please Help,
-Ramon

Target Two Html Frames
Could some one show me how to script a button that will target two seperate frames on my web page. just for explainging it to me you can use the urls called up:

http://www.cnn.com
http://www.ultrashock.com

and target frames:

main
navigate

thats just for use in your example. I can replace as needed.

Right now I have the following:

on (rollOver) {
gotoAndPlay(55);
}
on (press) {
getURL("http://headlines.agapepress.org/users/rapionet/rapionet8.asp", "main");
getURL("http://www.cnn.com", "navigate");
}
on (rollOut) {
gotoAndPlay(22);
}

but the cnn page isn't being displayed in the correct frame.

Can I Target Multiple Frames In Flash?
Hi,

I guess I am not really a newbie of sorts, but I am trying to get better aquainted with actionscript and I have come across a particular challenge for frame targetting in flash.

What I need a flash button to do is to target two requested pages into two seperate frames at the same time, as opposed to just one. This is done in javascript like this with normal image rollover buttons:

<a href="subfinder.html" target="subfinder" onClick="parent.Main.location.href='practice.html' ; window.focus(); mark('19'); return true" onMouseOver="flick('19', 'on')" onMouseOut="flick('19', 'off')"><img alt="" name="button19" src="../images/button19_off.gif" border="0"></a>

However I am not too sure how to do this with Flash buttons.

Anybody show me the light?

Thanks.

Marcus

Get Flash To Target One Of Two Frames In A DW Document How?
I have built a flash navigation system in flash and am dropping it into a dreamweaver document which is split into 2 different frames.

My problem is with the flash nav how do I get the right page to load into the correct frame when the nav is clicked?

I use actionscript so not a newbie by any measure but this is outside of my knowlegde and understanding...

Please help a confused chap out!!!

thanx in advance...

Framesets, Target Frames And 'getUrl'
Here is the situation. I've a simple frameset (index.htm) created in DreamweaverMX. The left frame (flash_menu.htm) using the target name of "menu" contians my flash menu that acts similer to windows explorer, with highlighted & collapsing menu options.
The target name for the larger right side frame of this frameset is "main" and is set to load (home.htm) to start.

-----code inserted may explain better than i could...
<frameset rows="*" cols="200,*" framespacing="0" frameborder="NO" border="0">
<frame src="flash_menu.htm" name="menu" scrolling="NO" noresize>
<frame src="home.htm" name="main">
</frameset>
-----

Now, on my flash menu, when i try to use the 'getUrl' component i'm given the options for a window for this url to appear, '_self', '_blank', '_parent' etc...

-----
on (release) {
gotoAndStop("ExhMgt");
getURL("exhibmgnt.htm", "_self");
}
----

None of these options will bring the page intended into the 'main' frame of the frameset. Loading into a new page or into the 'menu' frame is all i've managed to accomplish. I've tried creating my on 'window' variables "_main", "main" "that_right_frame_d*mn_you!") and had no luck..

How do i have it so the the flash menu stays at its current 'gotoAndStop' location and still loads the page where i need it in the right frame??

In my first html/swf project, the menu i created was basically a collection of flash buttons that were loaded into a table residing in the 'menu' frame. I handled all the page load/frame targeting thru Dreamweaver.. I, for the life of me, can't figure how to get Flash to handle it..

'please' tell me its something simple that i've not stumbled into yet :)

Thanks in advance..

Patrick

Movie Control With Target Frames
I'm trying to do something that seems like it should be simple, but I'm not having any luck. The problem is this:

I have a movie clip and several buttons, each of which corresponds to a particular frame in the movie clip. When you roll over the button corresponding to frame 10, for example, and the movie clip is stopped on frame 5, it should play until frame 10 and then stop. If it's on frame 20, the movie clip should play backwards until frame 10 and then stop.

Seems simple, but it has caused me no end of frustration. I rigged up something that kind of works using looped nextFrame and prevFrame statements, but it seems to ignore the frame rate and goes to the target frame as quickly as possible. Here's that actionscript:

on (rollover){
do {
if (movie1._currentframe > 9){
movie1.prevFrame();
}else if (movie1._currentframe < 9){
movie1.nextFrame();
}else{
movie1.stop();
}
}while (movie1._currentframe <> 9);
}

I would be extremely grateful if anyone could help with this. Thanks.

Target Paths Between HTML Frames
I have movieA in frameA of an HTML page and want it to give instructions to movieB in FrameB. I have found lots of info on target paths within a movie but can't find anything about targetting between HTML frames. Any help on this would be much appreciated.

Target Div From Flash(no Frames Approach)
Been a while since I've been on but here w go with another problem solving thread. Check out this site_

http://www.tonybobdesign.com

If you click on the menu items you will see that the content below changes but the menu stays...like a framed page. This is because he uses a php script and div containers.

What I would like is to have a frameless page (xhtml compliant) with a flash movie at the top containing menu links like the one's at

www.astromech.co.uk.(this page uses frames).

When an item is clicked the div container below would load the content, just like in a framed page.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Best.
BRb

Geturl And .xml Target Won't Open In Html Frames
Hi- I wondered if I could get some help from the experts. I just started using Flash/Studio MX 2 weeks ago so this may be a stupid question...but

I can't get a .swf to open another .swf in html frames in anything but _self or _blank (new window). I found a technote at macromedia on the subject

http://www.macromedia.com/support/fl...ts/get_url.htm

followed it to the letter, even created a new frameset to test in DW but alas...no such luck. I've had the same trouble using the Target= parameter with a component UI. What a drag. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
-Andy

Help, I Copied Frames Form One Fla Into Another One And I Get A Target Error
Help, I copied frames form one fla into another one and I placed the frames in a movie, get a target error

Target not found: Target="_level0/bighair" Base=
"_level0.instance2934.hair"

I havent worked on that file in a little bit but _level0. is that top level(the main timeline)

how would i express that the target is in a movie on the main timeline?

Target HTML Frames From A FLASH Navigation System
If I'm creating a FLASH Navigation System for an HTML document set up in frames, how do I direct the HTML documents I want to open, with on(release), to a specific frame in this set up?

Can Anyone Help?

Load Movie>Target And Check If Total Frames Loaded
I'm creating a site with a closing/opening door motif that reveals loaded .SWF's underneath. The .SWF's will be loaded into empty Movieclips. Everything occurs on _level0.

This is what's supposed to happen: Press the button and the doors Movieclip closes. Doors Movieclip loads the external .SWF into the empty Movieclip below. Doors Movieclip checks if the external .SWF has loaded, displaying loading percentage bar as it loads. Once loaded, doors Movieclip opens revealing loaded .SWF.

This is what actually happens: Press the button and the doors Movieclip closes. Loading percentage bar flashes quick and doors Movieclip opens revealing... surprise, nothing!

This works locally, but not online although neither show the percentage bar working. I'm working from a handful of preloader tutorials and AS books and my scripts look like they should work. (^_^)

View stripped down version: http://users.rcn.com/spz8/X.html

Download .FLA: http://users.rcn.com/spz8/X.fla.zip
Download external .SWF: http://users.rcn.com/spz8/testcontent1.swf.zip

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Steve

Newbie Movement Question - Move Number Of Pixels NOT To Target Or Even PRECISE TARGET
Like a lot of people im using the code below to move a movie clip my question is this - how do i move the clip exactly a set number of pixels from its current position (lets say 20 pixels) rather than setting a target?

(what im using now)

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (_root.go==1 && root._x<300) {
_x = _x+2;
}
}

ive tried lots of things but there must be a simply answer - someone please help.. thanks.

My second question is how do i move something to a specific x target ie not use <300 or such like - ive tried != and stuff like that but to no avail..

1st question more important right now though - thanks!

Apply Glow Filter On Target MC While Dragging An Object And Rolling Over The Target
I can get my filter to apply to a movie clip if i simply rollover or roll out of it. When the mouse rolls out, the filter is set to undefined. The problem I am having is that I want the object that is in effect the hit area to glow (have a filter applied) when the draggable object is being dragged over it.

This would make is easier for the user to visually identify that where they are currently hovering over, whilst dragging, is the area that they should drop the object.

Part of my code looks like this

Code:
this.onRollOver = function () {
if(_global.isDragging == 1){
this.filters = glowFilterArray;
}
}

this.onRollOut = function () {
_global.isDragging = 0;
this.filters = undefined;
}
_global.isDragging is set to 1 at the onPress stage, when startDrag occurs.
_global.isDraggin is set to 0 onRelease of the draggable object.

Are there any ideas for a solution?

How To Have Frames In Flash (frames That Are Like HTML Frames)?
hi
Does anyone know how i can have frames (frames that are like html frames) in my movie?
Like say:
I want movie 1 to load into frame 1 of my main movie.
Movie 2 to load into frame 2 of my main movie.
Thanks for your help.
Metal Fusion

Action On Button, Tell Target, Error=target Not Found
Hello, beings of helpfulness!

I am working at a non-profit and trying to make a website from a Flash template with minimal, but some Flash experience. The template has multiple timelines (main page, content pages, and buttons). This part I am still learning. On the home page, I have an image (mc) that loads, with an instance name of "girls." Menu buttons take the viewer to corresponding content pages, which is when I want the image on the main page to dissapear to make room for the content. When the viewer selects the home page again, I want the image to appear again. At first I put in the following action (except for the home page), alpha=0. It worked! And now it doesn't! I did play with the button timelines some. I tried taking the actionscript out and putting it in again, to no avail.

The action in my button is

on (release) {
tellTarget ("_root.girls") {
_alpha=0;
gotoAndPlay(11);
}
}

And the error I now get is: Target not found: Target="_root.girls" Base="_level0.instance58.instance543"

Any ideas? I'm quite stuck. Thanks so much for any help, or suggestions to do this another way.

I've attached the swf, but the compressed fla was too big. I can email it to anyone willing to fix what is probably very simple, except to the newbie with little but increasing experience!

I'm using Flash MX.

LoadMovie In A Target Without Inherit Of Target Properties?
hi,

I load a SWF-FILE in a target MovieClip with loadMovie(). After that I want to read the _width and _height of loaded MovieClip (from the SWF-FILE), but I only get the properties of the target MovieClip.

loadMovie ("test.swf", "dummySwf");
trace("height:"+dummySwf._height+"width:"+dummySwf ._width);
//put out the properties from target, not from new clip :-((

any idea?

thanks

Target A Specific Frame In And Instance Using Tell Target
is it possible to target a specific frame in and instance using tell target? I can get the effect i want by using goto frame, however i want to use this mc or .swf in a movie, and i don't want goto frame to affect the whole movie, just the mc.

Target JS Button To Target Frame Swf At Different Html...how?
this is my 2nd post regarding this problem, i'm seeking for many input nad perhaps the example soource file/code...

kind like a loading specific frame of swf from a html hiperlink?!? can it be done?

- say we have a 3 frame swf, located at index1.html
- then i have a button(gif/jpeg htmlpage not flash), located at index2.html

- what i wanna do is when i click the button(JS) on index2.html, it will open the index1.html then start play the swf at frame 2 NOT 1(beginning)

how can we do that?

Puzzled On Frames Loaded And Total Frames Calculation Issue
The Goal:
I am trying to find out if the last frame of a loaded swf has been completed so I can then unload that swf and replace it with another swf.

The Process:
I have on the main time line a MC called movie1. (The main time line is only one frame long)

In the first frame on the main time line I have the following code:
---- start code ----
loadMovie("test/test_movie.swf", "movie1");
if (_root.movie1.framesloaded=_root.movie1.totalframe s) {
getURL("javascript:alert("Frames Fully Loaded")");
} else {
gotoAndPlay("Scene 1", 1);
getURL("javascript:alert("Frames Not Loaded")");
}

---- end code ----

This code will load and play the movie into the MC and gives me an alert that the "Frames Not Loaded". Thats great because it means I am loading the movie correctly and testing the total frames correctly. But I need to know when the last frame of the loaded swf has played so I can then load another. Even if I take out the else statment in my testing code I still can't get it to tell me when all the frames are loaded.

Any help would be great.

Thanks

Looping Frames X-y For 'z' Amount Of Times Then Proceeding To Frames After Loop
Hi,

I'm relatively new to Flash and have not done much work with the AS. I was hoping someone here could enlighten me on an area which has been stumping me.

I need to know how to loop (for example) frames 1 to 5, 4 times then continue to frame 6 until the last frame, then go back to frame 1, thus re-entering the loop, etc. I do believe it would involve something like this... but then again I'm a newbie to this so... what do I know (which is why I wanna learn)

Frame 1:
i=0

Frame 5:
i=i+1
if (i>4) {
gotoAndPlay(6);
} else if (i<4) {
gotoAndPlay(1);
}

Thanks so much

Looping First 38 Frames 7 Times, Then Playing The Whole 76 Frames And Stopping
Hi Guys, I have a movieclip that the first half has one set of movements, but the second half changes. I want to be able to loop this movieclip (instance on the root), so that it plays the first 38 frames 7 times...i.e., loops 7 times, and the 8th time, it plays the whole clip, then stips...the movie is 76 frames long.

I know it's going to be...make i=1 first time...add 1 to i each time...and if i=7, then play past frame 38...and put a stop(); at the end of the movie, but i don't know how that code would look, if I could please ask for more...basic (ugh...) help...
In other words, how do I write this (pseudocode) in AS:

i=1
play frames 1-38
i=i+1
if i is less than 8, play frames 1-38
if i is more than 7, play the whole movieclip, all 76 frames

Shawn

How To Repeat A Group Of Frames Without Adding A Million Frames?
Hello,

I have made a small flash intro using Flash MX 2004 Professional. The intro is about 3 seconds long. Here's what I want to do:

I want to add a few frames to the intro where I add things shooting through randomly, and I need these few frames to repeat themselves while keeping the main intro sort of paused in the background... How would I do this? How would I "pause" the background without adding a million frames? And is there some way that I can loop a group of frames? Please respond as "newbish" as possible so I can understand

Thank you!

Copy Frames Paste Frames... File Size.
Sooo I have a bunch of vector art I imported from swift3d and than I want to reverse the animation later on in the project so I copy the frames and than I paste them then I use the reverse frames option.... When I compile it doubles the size when I compile.... I know that maybe I should expect this. But if the symbols are already in the library why doesnt flash just use those symbols again and not increase in size?'

I hope this makes sense thanks in advance

Load Movie Into Target And Tell Target
when i load a movie into target i can effect thie movie with setproperty but not with tell target, is this "normal"?

Film Frames To Flash Frames
I want to make some small animations and in order to capture movement and forms 'correctly' I want to use digital video.

I would then turn up the contrast to define the form and shapes and then trace in flash or freehand. Hereby creating a frame by frame animation.

OK that's an idea, how do I do that the best way? (and quick?)

Target Not Found: Target="_root.info1"
Okay my problem arises when I load an external swf to a target on my main movie. now the the external swf works great on its own, it has a few MC's which are called via a simple button script - on release -> tell target -> go to and play .... the target is "_root.info1" . However When the file is loaded into my main movie I get the error message ' Target not found: Target="_root.info1" ' obviously it is trying to find the target in the main movie and not in the external swf. Well I just dont know how to fix it, any ideas ?

Thanks

Easy Q: Target Not Found: Target="downtrigger"
I have an MC thats called 'slider' that will slide around the main stage. When different buttons are pressed it will slide in to place and each place will have a dynamic text field that will scroll the appropriate text. When I test the movie the text is viewable but when I click the scroll arrows I get the following error:

Target not found: Target="downtrigger" Base="_level0.slider"

What I would like to know is where I place the

'_level0.slider' on my tell target script, which is as follows:

on (press) {
tellTarget ("downtrigger") {
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
}
on (release, releaseOutside) {
tellTarget ("downtrigger") {
gotoAndStop(1);
}
}

If anyone is interested in looking at the .fla let me know and I can email it. Much appreciated, by the way I have around 2 weeks to get this project finished!