End of swf playback

Hello to All -
Trying to set up a webpage so that when a Flash movie has
finished playing some code will run. Is there a way to tell when
the movie is finished playing without using Flash itself? When I
encode the sfw to fla (using SUPER) the resulting quality in the
fla is very poor and can't be used, so if possible I need a
"trigger" of some kind that identifies when the movie has finished
playing.
Thanks for your help,
John

I needed the same thing to remove a video layer from a web
site when the video ended. I found no solution that didn't involve
Flash (initially trial versions - then I bought CS3) and in the end
I paid a guy in the UK to create the end result and send me back a
zip. Once I had it I had a template for making any FLV operate the
same way, so it was worth the hundred plus I gave him. To be clear,
ActionScript alerts when the video stops and javascript quite
separately removes the player from the page. If it isn't removed it
obstructs and live content underneath (like a nav button), even
though it's invisible - in the case of those I do. See one at
www.netvideomaker.com
David Hurdon

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