Links on Flash buttons ( CS3 )

Hi pros and newbies ,
I have a question regarding linking flash symbols /
buttons.What I mean is : after creating dynamic / interactive
symbol in Flash I want to add link to it so any help will be
welcomed.Also , After inserting "Media Flash button" in dreamweaver
and make a link on it - the browsers ask ( after cliking on it )
what program they should open it with - ? Why don't the links open
in new tabs after clicking on Flash buttons ? Thanks for any
answers.

So you have a button in Flash and you want it to take you to
a url when clicking on it?
Here is a quick example of how to do this by applying
actionscript to the button itself. When you have the button on the
stage, select it on the stage and then go into your Actions panel
to add the actionscript code at the end of this post. You can view
the FLA for this by downloading it
here.
Here is the actionscript which needs attached to your
button:

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Linking a flash button to a html page

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew the best way to link a
flash button to a page in DW?
Thanks

Place this actionscript into the hit area of your flash
button, then export the flash as a .swf and place onto the
dreamweaver page...
on(release){
getURL("YOUR_DESIRED_PAGE.html","_self");
This will open the new html page in the same window. Hope
that helps.
You can get a cheap but awesome tutorial on Flash buttons
here...
http://www.cartoonsmart.com/smooth_buttons.html
No, I don't know the guy and I don't get a commission. The
tutorials really helped me, that's all.

Link Custom Flash Buttons in Dreamweaver?

Hello,
I created an animated button in flash and tried to link it up
in Dreamweaver with no success. I don’t understand why I can
use generic animated buttons that DW offers and have a link for
them but, when I create my own DW doesn’t offer a link. All
I’m trying to do is link to a different page on my site. I
tried to use “getURL” in the action script in flash and
got that to work but, I really didn’t want to open a new
browser. Can anyone help?
60vette

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...
In addition, you cannot add a link to a Flash element using
HTML. That link
must be added in the Flash itself.
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"60vete" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hello,
> I created an animated button in flash and tried to link
it up in
> Dreamweaver
> with no success. I don?t understand why I can use
generic animated buttons
> that
> DW offers and have a link for them but, when I create my
own DW doesn?t
> offer a
> link. All I?m trying to do is link to a different page
on my site. I tried
> to
> use ?getURL? in the action script in flash and got that
to work but, I
> really
> didn?t want to open a new browser. Can anyone help?
> 60vette
>
>

Linking a flash button to a dreamweaver HTML page

Hi. hope this is possible.
i've created a short animation in flash, and converted one of
the shapes to a button. I have brought the .swf file into a
dreamweaver page, and the "hand icon" is visilbe over the button,
but i can't figure out how to link the button to another
Dream Weaver HTML page.
any help would be great.
thanks
niko

throw this in your actions
buttonname_btn.onRelease = function() {
getURL("
http://www.whatever.com");

Linking a nav button to page + other

I have 2 questions
1. I had found somewhere that tells the simple way to link my
flash button to a page in my site, but I couldn't find it...I need
to know how to link my buttons to the appropriate pages. When I did
them a while ago, nothing happened suring the preview.
2. When I get all of the buttons linked, how do I go about
getting the html of my flash header I edited to use in my
sitebuilder?
Thanks if you could help.

Give your button an instance name of myBtn1 then put the
following
actionscript on frame one of your main timeline:
myBtn1.onRelease = function(){
getURL("yourPage.html");
do the same for the other buttons within your Flash, but give
them all
unique names.
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"daynad" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I have 2 questions
> 1. I had found somewhere that tells the simple way to
link my flash button
> to
> a page in my site, but I couldn't find it...I need to
know how to link my
> buttons to the appropriate pages. When I did them a
while ago, nothing
> happened suring the preview.
>
> 2. When I get all of the buttons linked, how do I go
about getting the
> html
> of my flash header I edited to use in my sitebuilder?
>
> Thanks if you could help.
>

How to make email link with a button with AC2 in flash cs3?

How to make email link with a button with AC2 in flash cs3?
I wrote this, but it does not work:
btn_emailinfo.on (release) {
getURL("mailto:"[email protected]");
}

I am guessing you put that on a frame?
If so, the syntax is as follows:
btn_emailinfo.onRelease = function(){
getURL("mailto:[email protected]");
Though, if you are placing it directly on the button itself,
the syntax is:
on(release){
getURL("mailto:[email protected]");
}

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
message
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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)
>

DW CS4: How to play a Flash Movie in a NEW window after clicking a link or a button on a page?

Hi, using Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, I would like to have a link or a button on a webpage that when clicked will play a Flash Movie in a new window.
Using the 'Insert Panel' > Media: FLV I managed to insert the .flv file on the page, but the movie plays 'in line' instead of in a new window. So far I can't find any 'Properties' or settings to change this behaviour. E.g. like Target _blank for opening e.g. a .pdf in a new Window.
> Please help.
Thank you!

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Flash button link will not work in CS4

Can anyone walk me through step by step to get a flash button link to work in CS4? I tries action scripts 2 and 3... I cut and pasted a bunch of code on line, watched tutorials, and no matter what i do, the link won't work in CS4. The button looks and works fine, but won't go to the web site ot web page after clicking on it.
At this point, I am so confused, i think it would be better if someone walked me through step by step. My email is [email protected] I can email the button is that would help. Thanks.
Steve.

Hi,
This issue is fixed in Encore CS5.
Thanks,
Pankaj Gauba

CS3 Web Standard SE. Can't edit Flash buttons

I have an issue where I am unable to edit Flash buttons or
Flash text that have been created in DW CS3.
I am using CS4 Web Standard SE. A colleague of mine is using
the same software and also unable to edit these.
Until now I thought it was maybe a trial issue but have today
activated the software. But the issue remains.
Regards
Dave

> Until now I thought it was maybe a trial issue but have
today activated
> the
> software. But the issue remains.
It's not a Trial issue. It's a conscious design decision by
Adobe announced
in Aug 07.
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb402489
Flash buttons and Flash text have always been ill conceived
features for
webpages.
Adobe recognised this by dropping them from DW CS4.
If you still want to keep them and edit them, use DW CS3.
However, consider using CSS styled buttons instead.
Regards
John Waller

Flash button link help

i have a flash website template where i have done all the editing for my website but now on profile page i create a button and i want when i click on that button that button will take me on another page which is already in that template, but i can't create that. Please assit me asap.
I have create that button on "symbol 25 copy 2" and i want that button take me on "symbol 25 copy 4"

What will people who do not have Flash installed do when they
come to your
page? How about the search engines?
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"Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:e50thk$hjd$[email protected]..
> In DW if I hit the "Play" button in Properties and then
click the Flash
> button, the link works but will not work in IE6!!!???
>
>
> "Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:e50rde$fde$[email protected]..
>> Thanks for your reply, Alan.
>>
>> That is what I did put in the link box but for some
reason the link will
>> not work.
>> I put
http://www.netspace.net.au in
the link box, then saved my work and
>> viewed it in IE6, but it will not connect me to the
site when I click on
>> the button. If I create a hyperlink using a word, eg
Netspace, it works
>> OK.
>> I'm using Dreamweaver 8.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> "Alan" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
>>
news:C0995965.28F809%[email protected]..
>>> In the Flash Button dialog box, in the url or
link box, type the full
>>> url
>>> address including the
http://
>>>
>>>
http://www.example.com
>>> instead of
>>> www.example.com
>>>
>>> You have to do this for all external links,
whether using flash buttons
>>> or
>>> regular links.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Flash button link AS 3.0

I have a flash button link using actionscript 3.0. The animation is a fade in of a logo. The problem is that the button is only a link during the animation, ie. when the logo has fully faded in it stops becoming a link. Here is the actionscript code i am using, does anyone know where i am wrong? Thank you so much.
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
myButton.addEventListener(
MouseEvent.CLICK, myButtonFunction);
function myButtonFunction(event:MouseEvent):void {
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://flightswitch.com/home.html");
navigateToURL(request, "_self");

Hi,
If the logo animation is completely fade then the link is not enabled?
Is it?
Disable the logo button after it fade.
Saransoft

Linking flash buttons

I am new to this. I have followed several tutorials with no
luck. I am using action code 3. I want to link an invisible button
to an url. I placed the code in the layer with the button. The
following code I have used, but then follows the error message. I
can't figure it out. Thanks.
1180: Call to a possibly undefined method on.
1120: Access of undefined property release.
1180: Call to a possibly undefined method getURL.

How are you making the invisible button? I'm assuming it's
not a button component, but rather one you authored in Flash. Your
options then would be to use a simple button or a MovieClip as a
button.
In either case you are going to have to do this:
1. Give your button an instance name. For this example I'll
use my_btn
2. On a frame on the main timeline where your button is
created, add this:
import flash.events.Event
my_btn.addEventListener(Event.CLICK, handleClick)
function handleClick(e:Event):void
// code you want to execute once the button is clicked
getURL("
http://www.google.com");
That should do it.
Don't put code in the button, put it on the main timeline
(the best thing would be to use a document class or some other code
outside Flash, but that would take to long to explain and this way
will work).

Can not link flash buttons to other pages

i cant get my flash buttons to link to any pages. i keep
getting warning messages. please can some one help

You have to do this when you create the buttons in DW, or
when you make them
in Flash.
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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>i cant get my flash buttons to link to any pages. i keep
getting warning
>messages. please can some one help

Flash Button Links

I hope someone can help me with this weird problem. I've been
using Flash for button links for a while but for some reason
lately, I've been having this strange problem. When you type in the
url for the site, the Flash buttons will work as far as the roll
overs and such, but the links do not work. Yet, if you click on an
html link, it will take you to that page and from then on, the
Flash buttons will work just fine. I can't understand why this
would be happening. Basically, the Flash links work fine unless you
type in the url. What's happening? Here is the link to what I'm
talking about. Try typing in the url first. You will see that the
Flash buttons don't take you to the linked webpage. Then try
clicking on an html link, and then a Flash link from there. Thanks
for the help!
http://www.surecarehomehealth.com

Okay, I've discovered that this only seems to happen if you
type surecarehomehealth.com without the "
http://www.". But why wouldn't it work with
just typing "surecarehomehealth.com"?

Links on Flash buttons ( CS3 )

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