I need help with a flash nav and switching pages!!!

Question

is there anyway to point the browser to play a swf file from
a specific point (labeled frame) in the movie after switching
(html) pages?
basically it's a nav bar that needs to be played from the end
of the movie after the first opening (html)page.
I know i can do this with frames, but i would love to avoid
that if possible. and the only other option i know would be to have
2 swf files. there has to be a "on(load) /gotoandplay() or some
combination to make this work, it seems to be too close to not be
possible.
thanks for all the help.

Answer 1

SHouldn't be too involved. Just set a variable with JS (or
whatever
language you can use, I used JS simply b/c you stated HTML
pages, not PHP or
ASP), then in your flash movie, have your first frame do a
basic if/then or
do a switch (if it's available in AS).
if ($var==1){
gotoAndPlay (1,1);
elseif ($var--2){
gotoAndPlay(1,2);
etc.
Alternately, you could set a session variable, but you would
have to have
dynamic pages to do that.
"Dminadeo" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> You could have your pages set a value on them, and read
that value into
> flash.
>
> Ie, say your value is set via javascript. I would
imagine you could then
> pass that to yoru flash movie, which would reference the
place to start
> before actually starting the movie.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jon
>
>
> that sounds a little more involved than i thought it
would be, but i'm
> willing
> to give it a shot. any other pointers?
> thanks again
>
>
>