Making a Link in Flash Professional 8

Question

Hey,
I'm wondering how to make a link in Flash Professional 8, any tutorials around?

Answer 1

Linking to a web page and linking to another section of the same Flash file involves different code.  I'll show you examples of both wrt using a button for the interactive control.
In this case the button is assigned an instance name of linkBtn (it's assign in the properties panel).  The code I show is placed on a frame that is the same as the button (different layers for good housekeeping).
Link to web page:
linkButton.onRelease = function(){
     getURL("http://www.yoursite.com/page.html");
Link to section (section starts on a frame having a label... "section1"):
linkButton.onRelease = function(){
     gotoAndStop("section1");
OR
linkButton.onRelease = function(){
     gotoAndPlay("section1");
The difference between the two for the section link would depend on whether section1 is an animated timeline piece that would play when you get there or a self-contained movieclip that has controls of its own.