Set button URL

Question

What is step by step for attaching URL to a button in Flash
8?
Documentation is atrocious; there is no explanation.
Also, I had to copy image to blank keyframe on a separate
layer for each button state to get button to work properly.
Creating button object, then inserting blank keyframe to each
state on same layer and copying images to each keyframe results in
a .swf file with nothing but light gray background.
See boot at right and bottom of page:
http://www.TheSingingCowgirl.com

Answer 1

Christian, I do not find Writing Simple Actions from Flash 8
Help file useful.
Please would you be so kind as to complete my step by step
instruction for adding get URL action script to button with
rollover state, sound and transparency? (BTW this took me a full
day to find and piece together the information this far; yes it's
out there somewhere lost in cyberspace, requiring hours of trial
and experimentation, not handily available much less clear or
concise like I've written here).
To Create Rollover Button in Mac Flash 8 with Sound:
1) Open/create a new Flash document, select Properties from
Window menu and size the stage in the Properties window to the size
of button images to be imported or created.
2) Import into Library (or create) two images, one for button
Up state and another for Over state, and import sound file(s) as
desired into the Library as well.
3) Drop (or create) and align Up state image from Library
onto the stage,
4) Use Modify menu (or F8 key) to convert initial image to a
button symbol.
5) Double click on the newly created symbol to bring up a
single layer with 4 button states, with the button symbol image in
the Up state.
6) Use Insert menu to add Timeline: Blank Keyframe to Over
and Down states
7) Drop and align Over image onto the blank keyframe in the
Over state (or create Over image there), and do the same for Up
image onto the blank keyframe in the Down state.
8) Leave last state, Hit, completely blank to set hot spot on
button equal to entire button area.
9) Add sounds to each state as desired by selecting state,
and choosing from sound files imported into Library in the drop
down Sound menu from within the Properties window.
10) If using imported gif images with transparent
backgrounds, the following code must be inserted into source code
of html page in which .swf file is being embedded to maintain
transparent background in browser display of .swf file:
wmode="transparent"
In Adobe GoLive CS2 the code is added to other code in the
embed tag as follows:
<embed " wmode="transparent" ></embed>
11) Return to button Timeline by opening Toolbars: Edit Bar
in Window menu, clicking left pointing arrow next to Timeline in
upper left of Flash document window, or selecting Timeline in
Window menu, then clicking on Timeline in upper left of Flash
document window.
12) Select button on stage, then open Actions window from
Window menu or by using key command.
13) Make sure Action Script 1.0 & 2.0 is showing in drop
down menu on left side of Action window, then click on + button and
select Global Functions: Browser Network: getURL.
14) The following is inserted in Line 1: getURL();
Christian, this is where I need help! Please can you tell me
step by step how to add my URL for the page I want to display when
user clicks on the button?
http://www.thesingingcowgirl.com/links.html
I want the page to open in the parent window, not a new
window.
Also, I'm having trouble with .swf file I create not
displaying in Safari 2.0.4 or IE 5.2.3 for Mac (Files displays fine
in Firefox 2.0.0.6 and Netscape 7.2; I don't know how they display
in IE or Firefox on Windows)
See cowboy boot button images on right and bottom of:
http://www.thesingingcowgirl.com