Flash button in a frameset

Hi, I'm a novice to Dreamweaver/webdeveloping.
I have a simple site with a 3 frame frameset. I have flash
buttons in the leftframe openining the links in the mainframe. Well
But when I test it in a browser (Safari) The button opens the link
in a new window, not the mainframe. If I use hyperlinks they work,
they open the link in the mainframe. Any ideas why this is.
Another quick question, Has anyone had problems running under
rosetta or at all. When I'm in the "Insert Flash Button" screen
when clicking on the target drop down menu, the program gets stuck
and won't let me leave the "Insert Flash Button" screen. this has
happened twice only.

Best practice methods suggest a) that you only use frames
when you have a
need to use them, and b) that you not use Flash for
navigation unless you
cannot accomplish your purpose with other methods, and unless
you also
provide plain-HTML redundant navigation.
Frames extract a penalty on you as the developer, and on your
site visitor,
that neither of you may be interested in paying. That being
the case, it is
incumbent on you as the developer to make a considered
decision to use them,
not just because they seemed easier. To find out about the
many problems
that come with deciding to use frames, go here -
http://apptools.com/rants/framesevil.php
http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/frames/
Using Flash for navigation without redundant navigation
methods eliminates
the use of your pages for the following classes of visitors -
1. Those who do not have the Flash plugin installed (and
there are some)
2. Those who use a screen assistive device for surfing
3. Search engine spiders - meaning that your site will not be
ranked
In addition, you create a maintenance problem for yourself if
your linked
file ever gets renamed or moved. Again "it seemed simpler" is
not a good
reason to use Flash navigation.
All of these considerations dramatically affect your
questions below. I
will not address them until we hear further from you.
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"neergbak" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hi, I'm a novice to Dreamweaver/webdeveloping.
> I have a simple site with a 3 frame frameset. I have
flash buttons in the
> leftframe openining the links in the mainframe. Well But
when I test it in
> a
> browser (Safari) The button opens the link in a new
window, not the
> mainframe.
> If I use hyperlinks they work, they open the link in the
mainframe. Any
> ideas
> why this is.
> Another quick question, Has anyone had problems running
under rosetta or
> at
> all. When I'm in the "Insert Flash Button" screen when
clicking on the
> target
> drop down menu, the program gets stuck and won't let me
leave the "Insert
> Flash
> Button" screen. this has happened twice only.
>

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DW8 flash button target frame not working

I'm using DW8 v8.0.2 on Windows XP Home Edition SP1. I have
created a frameset by doing the following:
- Select File>New from menu bar
- Select Framesets category
- Select Fixed Top, Nested Left in Framesets column
- Select Create
Then, I add a Flash Button in the leftFrame and target the
mainFrame by doing the following:
- Select Insert>Media>Flash Button on menu bar
- Select Blip Arrow
- Set text to Information
- Set Size to 12
- Select my information.htm file from Browse button of Link
box
- Select mainFrame from Target box drop-down list
- Enter information.swf as filename in Save as box
- Select OK
Then, I select File>Save All
When I preview in a browser, I select the button & the
content opens in a new browser window instead of the mainFrame
frame. The same happens if I select leftFrame as target. However,
_top, _self, _parent, and _blank seem to work well. I renamed
mainFrame to contentFrame & it made no difference. I tried it
in IE and Netscape, no difference, except Netscape is a lot faster.
Tried text links to do the same thing & they work fine.
Tried other flash buttons and they behave the same as Blip Arrow
button.
Saw several discussions on web & in this forum, but no
solutions. Searched Knowledgebase, no solutions.
Saw some attempts at solutions dealing with button code, but
DW8 creates .swf file & button code is not editable.
Is there a solution to this problem?

I've encountered the same problem. This can't possibly be a
bug ... it's too common a function. I've noticed there has been no
reply to your posting. Have you figured out the solution from
another source?

Problem with Flash Button Sticking

I am adding Handlers to Mouse Events using action Script 3.
The buttons move up and down when rolling over the button. So you
have that "wave effect" when navigating the site.
The problem I am having is that if you rollout of the button
before the button is done playing the movie it freezes at that
point of the movie.
Has anyone had this problem before? Can anyone help?
THANKS!

The standard reply is -
1. Why are you using frames since there are many compelling
reasons not to?
2. Why are you using Flash navigation since there are many
compelling
reasons not to?
Most people here don't work with (assiduously avoid) both of
those critters,
so, you may have trouble getting a more explicit response!
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"jawy2007" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Problem with Frames in Dreamweaver 2004 mx using Flash
9. When using Flash
> buttons in Dreamweaver within a frame and specifing a
target frame the
> flash
> button loads a new page in another window and not in the
frame specified.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> Dreamweaver: New Wesbite / "Create from samples" /
Framesets / Select
> "fixed
> left"
> In the left frame insert a Flash Button and link it to a
page to load in
> the
> mainFrame.
>
> What went wrong?:
>
> When the flash button is pressed the page loads in a new
Internet Explorer
> window instead of loading in mainFrame frame.
>
>
> What should have happened?:
>
> When the flash button is pressed the page should load
with the mainFrame
> frame.
>

Flash Button Incorrect Target

Hello, I am having difficulty with the flash button. Whenever
my flash buttons are clicked the links are opening up in new tabs
within the browser, rather than in my frameset. I have the target
for the flash buttons specified to "mainFrame" within my frameset ,
however this is not working. Are there attributes that define
whether the link opens up a new tab or stays within the frameset?
Thanks!
-Rob

Flash buttons and framesets! My two favorite things to hate.
Gad.
Any modifications to the targeting of the Flash button would
have to be done
either at the time you create it, or by editing the parent
FLA file. If you
created the button in DW, then that second option is not
available to you
because there is no parent FLA file.
If you want to use Flash for navigation, consider this -
1. Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they do?
2. Search engines don't parse Flash links - your site will
not be spidered
3. Screen assistive devices don't parse Flash links - what
will those users
do?
4. DW cannot maintain links within a Flash movie, so if you
move or rename
a linked file, your navigation will break - what will you do?
It's usually a very bad idea for these reasons...
The decision to use or not use frames should be based on a)
your site's
needs, and b) your willingness to accept the potential
problems that frames
can create for you as developer and maintainer of the site
and for your
visitors as casual users of the site.
I am down on frames because I believe that they create many
more problems
than they solve.
Judging from the posts here, and the kinds of problems that
are described,
the kind of person most likely to elect to use frames is also
the kind of
person most likely ill-prepared fo solve the ensuing problems
when they
arise. If you feel a) that you understand the problems and b)
that you are
prepared to handle them when they occur, and c) that you have
a need to use
frames, then by all means use them.
As far as I know, the most comprehensive discussions of
frames and their
potential problems can be found on these two links -
http://apptools.com/rants/framesevil.php
http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/frames/
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"rseigel" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hello, I am having difficulty with the flash button.
Whenever my flash
> buttons
> are clicked the links are opening up in new tabs within
the browser,
> rather
> than in my frameset. I have the target for the flash
buttons specified to
> "mainFrame" within my frameset , however this is not
working. Are there
> attributes that define whether the link opens up a new
tab or stays within
> the
> frameset? Thanks!
>
> -Rob
>

Targeting a frame with a flash button

I am trying to target the main frame of my frameset with a
flash button located in the left frame. button works fine when i
target _self, _top.... or the frame it is in. but if i try to
target any of the other frames in the frameset it has no effect

Read my book. You'll get it. 8)
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> Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
> > As yet I hav't touched on frames
>
> Good. Keep it that way.
>
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> "*dreamer" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> > Till someone with more knowledge answers your query
I can give you this
> > link:
> >
> >
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/frames.htm
Some of the Adobe team
> > maybe
> > on May hols. As yet I hav't touched on frames,
sorry petromilka .
> >
> > Seing as you tried everything else did you try
_blank
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> <titters @ Murray></titters @murray>
>
> I have tried Murray with the 'nested templates' but to
no avail..ahaaaaa
> Fact
> is I just don't understand how the darn things work,
locked . editable
> regions,
> or otherwise..shakes head..
>

Flash buttons in dreamweaver 8

Hi,
i am having a problem with inserting flash button in
dreamweaver 8, when i insert the buttons it appears on the page as
a grey box with "F"(flash) and not displaying the proper text. The
user is a standard windows users and has not administrator
privilidges. but if an administrator loggs into the pc and does the
exact same process then the flash button work.
has anyone come across this problem ? does anyone know how to
resolve
cheers
david

You'll need to go back into Flash and build the links into the buttons before you create the swf's. Look in the Flash help docs regarding the getURL function as far as the code you'll need for linking. If you have problems, post in the Flash AS1 and AS2 forum.
Beyond that, don't be surprised if some feedback arises here regarding using Flash buttons.

Flash Buttons in Dreamweaver

Hey Everyone
So i have these Flash buttons on my website(which is done in
Dreamweaver), and when i go to 'test' the site... the buttons will
work when the page first loads(Home)... but if i go to click on a
link, lets say "Contact", the buttons aren't there anymore! And if
i go back to "Home" they arent there either!!
Does anyone have any suggestions or solutions to this
problem?!
Thanxs much in advance!!
-Liz

>>actually, i do have the OBJECT tags...
>> but if i go to click on a link, lets say "Contact",
the buttons aren't
>> there anymore!
Do you have the Flash buttons on all web pages was my point.
In other words,
did you have the same Flash buttons on the Contact page?
>>Can someone take a look at my code and see whats
wrong with it?
/intro_buttons.swf
Is the intro_buttons.swf in the web site root folder -- what
/ means? On the
local drive the / could mean the root folder of the computer
if you are not
testing under
http://.
Lon Hosford
www.lonhosford.com
May many happy bits flow your way!
"EBTurner" <[email protected]> wrote in
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actually, i do have the OBJECT tags...
Can someone take a look at my code and see whats wrong with
it?
Thanxs!
<tr>
<td colspan="14">
<object classid="clsid
27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
rsion=6,0,29,0" width="422" height="25">
<param name="movie" value="/intro_buttons.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<embed src="/intro_buttons.swf" quality="high"
pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="422"
height="25"></embed></object>
</td>
</tr>

Flash buttons won't work in Dreamweaver

Hello,
I recently watched/read tutorials about how to add Flash buttons into Dreamweaver. I followed the instructions perfectly: insert>media>flash button, and played around with that options. After I clicked ok/apply, though, the only thing that popped uo was a little grey box with the "f" Flash logo inside. It could be resized, but thats it. When I tried previewing it in a browser, all I saw was a little box in the color i had set as the BG color. In the properties window, it says "undefined" next to file. I am using CS3on a macbook, and am a beginner with Dreamweaver. Anybody know why this is happening and how i can fix it?
-New user

That's correct. There's no difference. But Flash buttons should be avoided however you make them.
Use text-based CSS formatted buttons instead.
Easier to maintain and update and search engines love them.
Google CSS Buttons and you'll find plenty of tutorials.

Dreamweaver Flash Buttons Paths

Hello all,
I am a novice site designer. My first challenge is to design a navigation bar once and used by all web pages. I built it using Flash buttons. The concept works fine in a flat file, but when I'm viewing a web page that sits in a different directory than the flash navigation buttons, the buttons point to a file in the current directory which doesn't exist. I want the buttons to still point to the flash files in the parent directory.
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It seems like, I should just create each button as a absolute path, http://rootdirectory.com/filename.php, but it still uses relative path when I'm looking at web page that sits in another directory and appends the navigation link to the current directory http://rootdirectory.com/currentdirectory/filename.php although it points to a link in the root or parent directory.
Do I not know how to create flash buttons using the absolute paths?

If you want to use Flash for navigation, consider this -
1. Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they do?
2. Search engines don't parse Flash links - your site will
not be spidered
3. Screen assistive devices don't parse Flash links - what
will those users
do?
4. DW cannot maintain links within a Flash movie, so if you
move or rename
a linked file, your navigation will break - what will you do?
It's usually a very bad idea for these reasons...
Adding in frames makes it even worse - you are in the deep
stuff here. Why
are you using frames?
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"LeichterLernen" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
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> Hey, I use some standard flash buttons from Dreamweaver
to navigate. I
> have two
> frames in this web. The buttons are in frame "A" and
refer to a target in
> frame
> "B". This worked perfectly fine, even with IE 7 in
Windows XP it still
> works.
> But in Windows VISTA every button opens a new browser
windows.
>
> Windows VISTA, IE 7, Dreamweaver 8, running the web on
my HD
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Sky
>

Adobe Captivate Flash Buttons in Moodle

I am using flash SWF files to control Captivate Course in Moodle and I have trouble with CLOSE pop up window flash button. It works in IE and FIrefox but not in Chrome and OPERA when course is opened via Moodle. I have created simple html page with link that opens pop up window containing the same course and this way the button works in all browsers. ????? Again, in MOOdle it doesn't.
In Chrome Developer Tools I have tracked this error when clicking on close pop up window flash buttom: Ignoring cross-frame javascript URL load requested by plugin.
The button itself is using this AS3:
pbcExit_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, myBtnClicked);
function myBtnClicked(e:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("javascript:window.opener=self; window.close()"), "_parent");
Does anyone have a clue what is the problem?
Thank you,
Vito

I am using flash SWF files to control Captivate Course in Moodle and I have trouble with CLOSE pop up window flash button. It works in IE and FIrefox but not in Chrome and OPERA when course is opened via Moodle. I have created simple html page with link that opens pop up window containing the same course and this way the button works in all browsers. ????? Again, in MOOdle it doesn't.
In Chrome Developer Tools I have tracked this error when clicking on close pop up window flash buttom: Ignoring cross-frame javascript URL load requested by plugin.
The button itself is using this AS3:
pbcExit_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, myBtnClicked);
function myBtnClicked(e:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("javascript:window.opener=self; window.close()"), "_parent");
Does anyone have a clue what is the problem?
Thank you,
Vito

Dreamweaver Flash Buttons / Frame Navigation in VISTA

Hey, I use some standard flash buttons from Dreamweaver to
navigate. I have two frames in this web. The buttons are in frame
"A" and refer to a target in frame "B". This worked perfectly fine,
even with IE 7 in Windows XP it still works. But in Windows VISTA
every button opens a new browser windows.
Windows VISTA, IE 7, Dreamweaver 8, running the web on my HD
Thanks in advance.
Sky

If you want to use Flash for navigation, consider this -
1. Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they do?
2. Search engines don't parse Flash links - your site will
not be spidered
3. Screen assistive devices don't parse Flash links - what
will those users
do?
4. DW cannot maintain links within a Flash movie, so if you
move or rename
a linked file, your navigation will break - what will you do?
It's usually a very bad idea for these reasons...
Adding in frames makes it even worse - you are in the deep
stuff here. Why
are you using frames?
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"LeichterLernen" <[email protected]> wrote
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> Hey, I use some standard flash buttons from Dreamweaver
to navigate. I
> have two
> frames in this web. The buttons are in frame "A" and
refer to a target in
> frame
> "B". This worked perfectly fine, even with IE 7 in
Windows XP it still
> works.
> But in Windows VISTA every button opens a new browser
windows.
>
> Windows VISTA, IE 7, Dreamweaver 8, running the web on
my HD
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Sky
>

Adding a url to flash buttons in Dreamweaver

I have a web site built and I have recently added Flash buttons and I need to add my web pages to the buttons. How would I go about doing this?

Let's say you create a button symbol. Since it is a button, it is already a self animating object that will react to mouse interactions, but only visually at this stage. The first thing you need to do to make it useful code-wise is to assign it a unique instance name. So you drag a copy of it out to the stage from the library, and while it's still selected, you enter that unique instance name for it in the Properties panel... let's say you name it "btn1"
In AS3, to make a button work with code, you need to add an event listener and event handler function for it. You might need to add a few (for different events, like rollover, rollout, clicking it, but for now we'll just say you want to be able to click it to get a web page to open. In the timeline that holds that button, in a separate actions layer that you create, in a frame numbered the same as where that button exists, you would add the event listener:
btn1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn1Click);
The name of the unique function for processing the clicking of that button is specified at the end of the event listener assignment, so now you just have to write that function out:
function btn1Click(evt:MouseEvent):void {
   var url:String = "http://www.awebsite.com/awebpage.html";
   var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
   navigateToURL(req);

Are There Preset Flash Buttons In Dreamweaver CS4

I have upgraded from Dreamweaver MX to CS4 and I'm looking for preset flash buttons that I can just insert within dreamweaver and I can't find any. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place? I don't know how to create flash buttons just yet and If i need to start the journey of learning how please let me know. I'm editing a site I created in MX so I want matching buttons and such lol.

There aren't any flash buttons in DWCS4 anymore see Deprecated features in this link:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Using/WS2C41F19D-502B-4fb5-8A54-4442E2127C84a .html
Rgds!

No more Flash Buttons in Dreamweaver CS4?

The removal of Flash button extensions are pretty pathetic. How much development money and time does it take to include and already existing feature?
Also, if no one uses them (Ya I was told in a previous post I seen) The why is Microsoft Expression Web including something sort of like them in their software!
The removal of these, after I have bought the already overpriced CS4 from CS3, has prompted me to look at other software development tools.
I been using Dreamweaver since the 1.0 version but now I'm starting to use Expression Studio for my development needs. I think it sucks that simple navigation buttons and includes are removed when they are included in even $20 pieces of Web Development software.
Some idiot actually posted that if someone needs to use navigation extensions, then they should use the CS3 for adding them! Why upgrade then?
For all the money your charging for your software it should make coffee for me too!

I have locked this thread. It's not really a discussion - just a rant. and it's a duplicate of a previous post.

Flash Buttons in Dreamweaver CS3

I'm trying to place some flash buttons on my Dreamweaver site
and when I insert a flash button, all I get on my page is a Flash
icon. What do I need to do to get my buttons to show up? I would
appreciate any help you can give. Thank You.
P.S. I'm on a Mac with OS 10.4 (tiger)

If you want to use Flash for navigation, consider this -
1. Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they do?
2. Search engines don't parse Flash links - your site will
not be spidered
3. Screen assistive devices don't parse Flash links - what
will those users
do?
4. DW cannot maintain links within a Flash movie, so if you
move or rename
a linked file, your navigation will break - what will you do?
It's usually a very bad idea for these reasons...
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"gringodogi" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> I'm trying to place some flash buttons on my Dreamweaver
site and when I
> insert
> a flash button, all I get on my page is a Flash icon.
What do I need to do
> to
> get my buttons to show up? I would appreciate any help
you can give. Thank
> You.
> P.S. I'm on a Mac with OS 10.4 (tiger)
>

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