I need to control flash button states within html

I am utilizing a flash header for navigation on a site built
in html. I need to control the button states in my flash header
from within my html page to facilitate breadcrumbs. The header
works in a similar manner to an expandable banner. The sub menu
expands over the html page. However, I cannot figure out how to get
the primary navigation buttons in the flash header to stay in the
"hit state" so that the user knows which section of the site they
are in.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks

You will want to use movieclips as buttons so that you can
control what state they are in by code.
As far as using the html to set the state, you could devise a
scheme using FlashVars, which get designated in the embedding code
of the html page.
Assuming you are not using frames, and the flash is reloaded
for each page that you navigate to, then you will have adjust the
FlashVars code to reflect the relevant page's button.

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1. Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they do?
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> Can anyone help me with flash buttons? I am trying to
build my first
> website,
> and my five flash buttons (inside a 5 col. table) for
page navigation work
> fine
> in testing all 5 web pages with mozilla firefox, and
they look the same on
> the
> index page when testing with IE-7. However when I begin
navigating to
> other
> pages in IE-7, the flash buttons disappear, and the 5
cols in the table
> where
> each flash button was placed now are not equal sizes
anymore like they are
> on
> the index page. In my files area on the right, I notice
3 out of the five
> buttons I created have about 15 to 20 "generations"
shown there, with
> numbers 1
> through 15 or even more to qualify them tacked on to the
end of the names.
> Where do these come from, and why are 2 out of the five
only have 1
> "generation" each? I never expected this, and I think it
has something to
> do
> with the problem, but maybe not. Please help me if you
can!
>

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:48:09 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Need help with Flash CS4 buttons/can't get buttons to control anything
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button1.buttonMode = true;
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button3.gotoAndStop("up");
button4.gotoAndStop("up");
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button2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,
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button4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,
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button2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT,
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button3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT,
outFunction);
button4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT,
outFunction);
button5.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT,
outFunction);
allButtonsUp();
allButtonsOver();
allButtonsCLICK();
allButtonsOut();
function overFunction(e: MouseEvent): void {
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function outFunction(e: MouseEvent): void {
e.target.gotoAndStop("up");
function clickFunction(e: MouseEvent): void {
allButtonsUp();
allButtonsOver();
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allButtonsOut();
e.target.gotoAndStop("clicked");
e.target.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,
overFunction);
e.target.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT,
outFunction);

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