HTML link to a Flash file frame

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Garry Bradley - 21 Jul 2008 13:38 GMT

Hi
I've got a client who has a HTML site on a laptop for a presentation and
within this site he's wants a link that attaches to a AS2 .swf that I've
developed.

The thing is it he wants it to link to specific area of the file and not to
play it all. How would I do this as he's just asked for the specific address
of the area it needs to jump to.

Any help would be much appreciated bearing in mind my ActionScript is pure
novice so a step by step would be handy.

thanks

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+mrcakey - 21 Jul 2008 15:14 GMT

>Hi
>I've got a client who has a HTML site on a laptop for a presentation and
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>thanks

Bit of a noob myself but I'm quite sure you could achieve this by passing a
variable to the .swf file, either using <param name="FlashVars"
value="????whatever your variable would be????"> of appending the
variable/value combination to the URL like:
http://www.example.com/as2.swf?variable=value

Within your Flash file you test for the presence of this variable with AS2
and then use a gotoAndPlay('framename') to send it to the correct frame.
Hope this helps.

+mrcakey

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HTML link to a Flash file frame