Flash buttons choosing when to work

I'm creating SIMPLE buttons using actionscript1.0/2.0 in
Macromedia Flash 8. The only thing really going on is on(release)
getURL. It works fine when I publish preview, so I uploaded the swf
to my server... works FINE on my firefox browser. it does NOT work
on IE. and it also doesn't work on other computers in my house
running the same exact version of firefox. I even downgraded the
publish settings to flash5.0 compatibility to see if that would fix
anything and it didnt. clues?

Re-install the Flash plugin for all of your browsers. See if
that clears it up.

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Hello all,
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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
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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
>

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not a good
reason to use Flash navigation.
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questions below. I
will not address them until we hear further from you.
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"neergbak" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> 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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Flash buttons don't work

I created my template in Dreamweaver and 9 other pages from
the template. Now I inserted flash buttons in the original template
and linked them to all other pages. Buttons work in the original
template but not in any of other pages, even though I updated the
pages with all the changes. What am I doing wrong??? I am losing my
mind here.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks!

Flash buttons don't work in any real sense of the word,
anyhow. Why are you
using them?
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...
This problem is due to the fact that you are placing the
buttons into a
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problems, make the links to the buttons ROOT RELATIVE.
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>I created my template in Dreamweaver and 9 other pages
from the template.
>Now I
> inserted flash buttons in the original template and
linked them to all
> other
> pages. Buttons work in the original template but not in
any of other
> pages,
> even though I updated the pages with all the changes.
What am I doing
> wrong???
> I am losing my mind here.
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>

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