Linking Flash Files?

I am trying to separate my 'scenes' into individual Flash
files instead and need to link them together (using a menu, I need
to have each module title go to that specific file). How do I do
this??? Like linking scenes but instead linking actual files.
There has to be a way...right?
Thank you!!

loadMovie().. look in flash help

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hello and thankyou for whoever is reading this for taking the
time! Im makinga band
web site and I made flash buttons in flash 8(not the
flash buttons in dreaweaver). now I need to add a link to each
button. How can I do this. I see that a lot of band pages are made
like this. take a look at www.relientk.com. Thats what im trying to
make. Can any one help me with Ho I could link a flash file????
linking flash FILE PLZ HELp
thank you so much

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> hello and thankyou for whoever is reading this for
taking the time! Im
> makinga
> band
web site and I made flash buttons in flash 8(not the
flash
> buttons
> in dreaweaver). now I need to add a link to each button.
How can I do
> this. I
> see that a lot of band pages are made like this. take a
look at
> www.relientk.com. Thats what im trying to make. Can any
one help me with
> Ho I
> could link a flash file????
>
linking flash FILE PLZ HELp
>
> thank you so much
>

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In Flash. There is no way to apply an HTML link to a swf
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How to link pdf file in flash by xml ??

how to link pdf file in flash by xml ??

try to give <a href="your address">My Pdf</a>
and your textfield should be html enabled
mytextField.html=true
mytextField.htmlText=your xml text

How do I find the AS that this links to in my flash file via "find"?

I have a flash file that I have on a web page. When I hover over the Join Us image, the mouse changes to a hand. I can click on the "button" but it doesn't take me anywhere. I'm trying to find out if there is a way to find the link in my Flash file via the "Find" function. What is causing the "hand" to appear, is there a goto or click actionscript that I can search? It's a pretty complex file which I didn't create, and I've had no luck finding this button layer, or AS.
I'm hoping to find where this AS is and link it to a page on my site. Thanks!

Ned, you're back to save the day for me again. You helped me with the mask issue I had a few days ago and I'll have you know, the flash ad came out brilliantly. Everyone loved it.
So you were right, I did find the code AS3.
onClipEvent (load) {
    this.hitArea = this.area;
on (rollOver) {
    this.gotoAndPlay("s1");
on (releaseOutside, rollOut) {
    this.gotoAndPlay("s2");
on (release) {
s1 and s2 are animations where the Join Us text rolls out and Rolls in as different colors.
I added the following to the code and it seems to work great.
onClipEvent (load) {
    this.hitArea = this.area;
on (rollOver) {
    this.gotoAndPlay("s1");
on (releaseOutside, rollOut) {
    this.gotoAndPlay("s2");
on (release) {
          getURL("http://mysite.html", "_self", "GET");
Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction. I think I may owe you a lunch or something after this is all said and done!

How to add link to flash file (using AS 3)?

Hi all,
I have created a Flash banner ad for our company that is to be hosted on another website. This banner ad needs to have a link added to it, within the Flash file. This link will take users straight to our website but is also for the purpose of tracking.
How do I go about adding the URL? I have searched through these forums but cannot get it to work.
I am using Flash CS4 (selected to use AS 3 when I first created the file.)
From what I have read and understood, I should create a new layer, and then add the code to the first frame on that layer?
Exactly what code should I use? I tried something as simple as 'getURL("http://www.celonova.com","_self"); ' but that is not working. Is it bcos that is for AS 2 only?
My last question is...can I set up the link so that it works for ALL frames?
Sorry about the dumb questions but I am a complete newbie when it comes to the code side of Flash:(
Thank you VERY much in advance for your help!
Christine

Okay all,
I found some great tutorials for using the "invisible button" method, and have gotten it all to work (keeping my fingers crossed)!
Using AS 3:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/flash/articles/flacs3it_firstflash_pt2_06.html
Using AS 2:
http://www.spoono.com/flash/tutorials/tutorial.php?id=16
I hope this will be of help to someone & fellow newbies
Christine

HTML link to a Flash file frame

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I've got a client who has a HTML site on a laptop for a
presentation and
within this site he's wants a link that attaches to a AS2
.swf that I've
developed.
The thing is it he wants it to link to specific area of the
file and not to
play it all. How would I do this as he's just asked for the
specific address
of the area it needs to jump to.
Any help would be much appreciated bearing in mind my
ActionScript is pure
novice so a step by step would be handy.
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What do you mean about opening a flash file? Do you want the
.fla file
to open in flash? Or is it a swf that you imported into
Director? Or
is it an exe that was published from flash? Or a website that
was
created with Flash?
If you are opening a .exe and you know the path to it, then
you can use
Director's built-in open command
open the moviePath&"flashFile.exe"
for most other things, I would use BuddyAPI. To open an exe,
baRunProgram(). To open a fla or swf, baOpenFile.
To make Director open a swf on the stage, import it and
simply tell the
button to go to that frame.

Flash Navigation & Links Source File Issue

Hello Everyone,
I am using a flash template for my site's navigation. I have edited it myself. With it, a URLS.txt file must be used to provide the links for the flash buttons. I have edited this file, and placed it all on my site.
The problem? The links are recognized in IE6.0 and Firefox on a computer running Vista. As well, my computer (an Apple MacBook with Leopard) allows the links to click through with Firefox. HOWEVER, when I try to navigate with my Safari 3.0 I get a pop up programmed in to the flash file that no URL was specified.
How the heck can this work on some browsers and not others? I obviously set it up correctly... but something is off.
Anyway, please see for yourself;
http://www.caseit.net
Thank you in advance!

My mistake Rob! I just checked, and I do have Safari 4.0.2 on a Mac. For me, when I click on the first navigation link "About CaseIT" I get a nasty javascript popup explaining that I didn't provide a link.
I wonder why *my* Safari doesn't allow it to work, but yours does... as well as other browsers sometimes do. (My coworker can't get the links to work on IE6.0 at her work computer) but it works on MY IE6.0 on my desktop. Strange.

Working with linked video files in Flash CS5

Hi,
I'm working on a project that involves making decisions that affect how a short film plays out.
The basic idea is link some video files to the flash file (don't embed because it loses a lot of quality) and have buttons appear at the end of each clip that will link to another place on the timeline where another video clip will play. Pretty simple.
However one problem I have encountered is the only way I can make the buttons appear after the video is finished, is by dragging out the single frame of video on the timeline to whatever length in seconds it is multiplied by the number of frames per second.
This is very tedious and not very effective despite solving the problem.
Is there some way to maintain each linked clip in a single frame and only move to the next frame (which contains the relative buttons) after the video is finished?
Of course if there is an even more effective way to do this please let me know as well.
Thanks,
Aaron

What you really want have is this:
Instead of using the timeline you should use Code to organize your application.
So you will have only one frame and only one scene and only one flvComponent.
import fl.video.FLVPlayback;
import fl.video.VideoEvent;
//Assuming you have 9 Videosegments to choose from
var videoNr:uint = 9;
// the buttons to navigate to the segments
for (var i:uint=0; i<videoNr;i++){
   var currentButton:String = "btn_"+i;
this[currentButton].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playSegement);
// the array to store the names of the videosegments
var videoArray:Array = new Array();
for (var i:uint=0; i<videoNr;i++){
var currentVideo:String = "video_"+i+".flv";
videoArray.push(currentVideo);
//hide the buttons whenever the video plays and vice versa
flvPlayer.addEventListener(VideoEvent.PLAYING_STATE_ENTERED, hideButtons);
flvPlayer.addEventListener(VideoEvent.STOPPED_STATE_ENTERED, showButtons);
flvPlayer.fullScreenTakeOver = false;
function hideButtons(e:VideoEvent):void{
for (var i:uint=0; i<videoNr;i++){
   var currentButton:String = "btn_"+i;
this.getChildByName(currentButton).visible = false;
function showButtons(e:VideoEvent):void{
for (var i:uint=0; i<videoNr;i++){
   var currentButton:String = "btn_"+i;
this.getChildByName(currentButton).visible = false;
// or make a switch clause where you define which buttons are visible after which segment
//switch(i){
//only 1 and 2 are visible after Segmenet 0 has played
//case 0: this.getChildByName("btn_1").visible = true;this.getChildByName("btn_2").visible = true;break;
//only 3 and 4 are visible after Segment 1 has played
//case 1: this.getChildByName("btn_3").visible = true;this.getChildByName("btn_4").visible = true;break;
//function to choose from the videos
function playSegment(e:MouseEvent):void{
var whichButton:String = e.currentTarget.name.substr(4,1);
//gives the IndexNr of the Video that should play
flvPlayer.source = videoArray[uint(whichButton)];
flvPlayer.autoplay = true;
// you want the actual video to stop on the last frame
   flvPlayer.autorewind = false;

How do I link external files (.pdf's) in the flash content please? I'm creating a CD interface

Hello
I'm new to Adobe CS software and would like some advice please.
My company uses a CD with a flash interface that opens via an .exe or .app file. The original designer is on maternity leave at the moment but we need some content updates before she gets back and I’m deciding whether to redo the CD myself or to source a new designer.
So far I've been able to replicate most of the CD in Catalyst using the trial version but there is one thing stopping me from buying the software. I can't find a way to link external files (specifically pdf's) via the flash content. The CD is for instruction manuals so once the interface has been navigated the user needs to click on a button to open the desired pdf manual.
Is this possible in Catalyst or am I looking at the wrong software?
I can't write code and my experience is limited so I would appreciate help from someone who knows what they're talking about please and any software recommendation would also be great
If I need to outsource please tell me but bear in mind that I have been able to do all the design work and it's just linking the pdf's that I'm struggling with
Thanks in advance and for any help

Hi Bear,
Thanks for your quick answer.
Flash Catalyst currently prefixes all links with "http://", so you would need to save your FXP in Catalyst, open the FXP in builder, and remove the "http" so that you're just loading the local pdfs.
I tried your suggestion but couldn't get it working so I'm probably doing something wrong since I'm not very familiar with Flash Builder.
I created the button > on click > go to url interaction in Catalyst and saved the project (tried it using a PDF saved on our server and also my PC).
I imported the FXP and opened to "project name / src / (default package) / main.mxml / button name"
After deleting "http" I selected "export release build" and opened the new SWF and also tried the HTML; the new button just opened to my homepage instead of the PDF
I also tried deleting "http:" and "http://" which deactivated the button completely (I expect some coders will laugh at that but I am a noob )
Unfortunately linking to online files isn't an option for me so do you see what I'm doing wrong please?
Thanks for your help

Adobe Encore Flash Files - Creating Clickable Links

I created a flash file from Encore CS5 with a menu created in Photoshop.
Two asset types are included on the menu:
1.) .tif files created from word .docx pages (FAQs and Info) and put into slideshows that are accessed by menu buttons
2.) .f4v video files exported from Premiere, encoded using Media Encoder, and put on a timeline that is accessed by menu buttons linked to chapter playlists
My 2 questions are:
1.) The tif files have text that contains weblinks. Can I create flash files in Encore that allow the weblink text to be clickable?
2.) The vid files have frames with text that contains weblinks. Can I create flash files in Encore that allow the weblink text to be clickable?

Here is the relevant part of the help file:
http://helpx.adobe.com/encore/using/exporting-projects-flash-format.html#embed_web_links_i n_your_flash_project
I think the answer to both questions is "no." The help file implies that only a button can be a web link.
Has anyone tested this? Can you confirm or correct my understanding?

Link from flash file/moving not working on a page

I will apologize first for what maybe a very elementary
questions. I was sent an swf file to add to a web page. I got the
movie to run on some of the pages where I inserted it into a
template and the template updated those pages. I think had to
insert it into another page and the movie does not work there. Does
this have something to do with the script in the script folder? A
conflict of some sort?
Also, I need to link the file a URL and putting <a
href> brackets around it is not working. Does the link to the
page have to embedded in the swf file?
Thanks for any help on this.
URL to see pages
Movie working but no link:
http://www.grantwrangler.com/advertise.html
Movie not even showing up:
http://www.grantwrangler.com/index.html

> Also, I need to link the file a URL and putting <a
href> brackets around it is
> not working. Does the link to the page have to embedded
in the swf file?
wrapping an A HREF tag around a flash .swf object will not
work.
the link has to be "in" the swf, back when it was an FLA file
in flash.
Or- the .swf has to have actionscripting in it so that it
will take a url as
a parameter.
On the flash not showing--
Random observations from a quick look.
There is no \ backslash in a web path or url.
you can usually "get away with it" on a windows server, but
it's incorrect
and something to avoid.

<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"
href="build\fonts\fonts.css">

<script type="text/javascript"
src="build\yahoo\yahoo.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="build\dom\dom.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="build\event\event.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript"
src="build\calendar\calendar.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
href="build\calendar\assets\calendar.css" >
The javascript call to show the flash file contains an
absolute local path:
'file:///Macintosh HD/Users/user/Documents/ Work/Nimble Press
/Grant
Wrangler/Website/GW ADs/tiged
The noscript tag uses an absolute local path:
<param name="movie" value="file:///Macintosh
HD/Users/user/Documents/
Work/Nimble Press /Grant Wrangler/Website/GW
ADs/tiged.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="file:///Macintosh HD/Users/user/Documents/
Work/Nimble Press /Grant Wrangler/Website/GW
ADs/tiged.swf" quality="high"
pluginspage="
http://www.adobe.com
it's also not a good idea to put things in a folder using a
blank space, and
whose name contains the word "ADs"
Alan
Adobe Community Expert, dreamweaver
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

Buttons within Flash won't open links or files in blank windows in IE 7!

I have a bunch of flash files on my website that I use as
menus. Some of these menus have buttons call links and files to be
opened in a blank window but this won't seem to work in Internet
Explorer 7. Are there any fixes to this problem?

this is not a globaly known issue but probably a problem with
the code you are using and/or some
kind of popup blocker installed in your browser or security
setting you have made. If it is a code
issue we would need to see your pasted code at least to take
a stab at it.
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> I have a bunch of flash files on my website that I use
as menus. Some of these
> menus have buttons call links and files to be opened in
a blank window but this
> won't seem to work in Internet Explorer 7. Are there any
fixes to this problem?
>

Make a link in dreamweaver from flash file

Hi,
Can anyone help make it so that someone can click on the news text and it takes them to a page? the code is below: (I want the bold to be a link)
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso-8859-1'?>
<lijst>
<zin>dans slider</zin>
<zin>i can type anthin in here</zin>
<zin>You can easily add news...</zin>
<zin>test lenght test length test length test length test lenght test length test length test </zin>
<zin>????????</zin>
<zin>i can make as many lines as i like</zin>
</lijst>
This relates to a flash file that has been created
Many thanks

Hi,
do you think about a solution like this?
<body>
<div align="center"><a href="Link.php"><zin>dans slider<br />
I can type anything in here</zin>
<zin><br />
You can easily add news...</zin>
<br />
<zin>test lenght test length test length test length test lenght test length test length test<br />
</zin>
<zin>????????</zin>
<br />
<zin>i can make as many lines as i like</zin></a></div>
</body>
Hans-G.

Linking button from one flash file to a different flash file

Hi All,
Wondering if anyone knows how to link buttons in one flash
file to open a specific scene of an entirely different flash file?
If it isn't possible to choose a specific scene, is there a way to
just open a flash file...in the same browser window, but not within
the flash file...if that makes sense?
I'm putting this on a website, so additionally, I will need
to know which file to link it to, the swf, html, or fla.
Thanks!!

I would advise against using scenes for your website. You
would need to create a separate html which would load the second
swf file within the same browser window.
This is how you call for it:
on(release){
getURL("
http://www.sitelocation.com/secondswf.html");

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