Need button to fade-out page (.swf) when pressed, open URL

Question

Hi-ya
3 days going on 4 and i still haven't figured out how or what
i need to do that would enable a button placed on a SWF (webpage),
when clicked, will fade that .swf to blak,thereafter a URL opens
(my homepage). does anyone know what i need to do in this case. my
actionscript skills is graded at c or c -, so any help there would
be appreciated.
thanx,
IfOnlyiNu
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Answer 1

Here is the theory - you should be able to figure it out from
there:
1. In your main movie create a new movieclip call it "Fade",
make the first frame blank and put a stop(); action on it.
2. On the second frame create a new graphic symbol bigger
then the full screen and make it a full black square.
3. Go a few frames ahead, the farther the longer the fade
will take. Insert a keyframe.
4. Go back to frame 2, select the black box graphic and make
its alpha = 0%
5. Create a tween on frame 2, this will make the box go from
invisible to visible on the last keyframe.
6. On the last frame where the box is totally black add the
getURL("url") actionscript.
7. Go back to the main scene of the movie and place the
"fade" movieclip on the top layer. Since it is stopped on the first
blank frame it will not be visible until something makes it play.
8. Add an actionscript to the button that will start the
fade, it will look like
*buttoninstancename*.onRelease = function () {
_root.Fade.gotoAndPlay(2);
//this tells the movie fade to go to the second frame and
play
replace *buttoninstancename* with the instance name of the
button on the stage that conrtols the fade.
That will make the "Fade" movie play, which is a tween that
turns the full screen to black, and then redirects to a new url at
the end.
Hope that helps.