URL relative to flash button?

Hey Flash Gurus! I'm finishing up a flash template that I have used on numerous occasions and it has worked really well. This time however, the nav button that is used to bring up html pages within my site got out of whack. I have checked (and changed) the flash/menu_v8.swf?button=3 relative to the index page I'm trying to link to, but to no avail. I have also gone into Flash and can change the h-link of the TEXT on the button to the corresponding page, but it makes no changes whatsoever. Does anyone have ANY ideas? Any help would be most appreciated!!!!

Thanks Adninjastrator. Not QUITE sure I follow though. In Dreamweaver, I can
go to the Flash Properties > File textbox and specify which button
(menu_v8.swf?button=3) should correspond to the page I have open. Of course
I save after entering, and when I preview it, the correct page (in this case
index-2.html, which is correct) comes up, but button "4" is highlighted.
Button "3" actually corresponds to index-2. At that point of course, I can't
click on button "4" because it is grayed, which should correspond to
index-3.html.
The funny thing is, when I actually type in the correct url for ALL pages in
the address bar, they all seem to work correctly. It's got me bumfuzzled!
Is there anything else I should try?

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>
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>
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>
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>
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appear visibly
> using
> Macintosh Dreamweaver CD3. I did not have this problem
using Dreamweaver
> MX.
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this?
> Thanks.
>

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>I created my template in Dreamweaver and 9 other pages
from the template.
>Now I
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> other
> pages. Buttons work in the original template but not in
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> even though I updated the pages with all the changes.
What am I doing
> wrong???
> I am losing my mind here.
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>

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> Can anyone help me with flash buttons? I am trying to
build my first
> website,
> and my five flash buttons (inside a 5 col. table) for
page navigation work
> fine
> in testing all 5 web pages with mozilla firefox, and
they look the same on
> the
> index page when testing with IE-7. However when I begin
navigating to
> other
> pages in IE-7, the flash buttons disappear, and the 5
cols in the table
> where
> each flash button was placed now are not equal sizes
anymore like they are
> on
> the index page. In my files area on the right, I notice
3 out of the five
> buttons I created have about 15 to 20 "generations"
shown there, with
> numbers 1
> through 15 or even more to qualify them tacked on to the
end of the names.
> Where do these come from, and why are 2 out of the five
only have 1
> "generation" each? I never expected this, and I think it
has something to
> do
> with the problem, but maybe not. Please help me if you
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>

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I posted this in Dreamweaver forum as well....just in case.
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http://dev.informarch.com/wm/article3/flashBtnScrollexample.html
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Hello,
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your flash button.
Add this parameter within it.
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
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come to your
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> In DW if I hit the "Play" button in Properties and then
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>
>
> "Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Thanks for your reply, Alan.
>>
>> That is what I did put in the link box but for some
reason the link will
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>> viewed it in IE6, but it will not connect me to the
site when I click on
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>>
>> Andy
>>
>> "Alan" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
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>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>> or
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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