Linking a flash button to a html page

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew the best way to link a
flash button to a page in DW?
Thanks

Place this actionscript into the hit area of your flash
button, then export the flash as a .swf and place onto the
dreamweaver page...
on(release){
getURL("YOUR_DESIRED_PAGE.html","_self");
This will open the new html page in the same window. Hope
that helps.
You can get a cheap but awesome tutorial on Flash buttons
here...
http://www.cartoonsmart.com/smooth_buttons.html
No, I don't know the guy and I don't get a commission. The
tutorials really helped me, that's all.

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>I have Dreamweaver 8 (as part of Studio 8 Mac). I use
OSX.3.9 on a G4-500,
>and
> OSX.4.7 on a PB17 !.67GB.
>
> I would like to have a home page with buttons some where
acros the top or
> down
> one side. Maybe using a Tables, I would like to click a
given button and
> the
> desired page would either come up replacing the previos
page. Or if using
> a
> table, the top table part remains the same and either
the right lower
> Table
> section or lower table section (depending upon where the
button are) would
> change to contents of html page linked to. I've tried
using an extension.
> But
> its my understanding I can actually do this from with
Dreameaver without
> need
> of a Button designer extension.
>

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> that
> DW offers and have a link for them but, when I create my
own DW doesn?t
> offer a
> link. All I?m trying to do is link to a different page
on my site. I tried
> to
> use ?getURL? in the action script in flash and got that
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> really
> didn?t want to open a new browser. Can anyone help?
> 60vette
>
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