Webmaster Forum / Flash / General Flash Topics / July 2008

See which form of ActionScript you used to make the site. Open the Actions
panel and see whether you've chosen AS versions 1 & 2, or AS 3. If you've
picked the earlier versions, you can attach a link easily to each button by
clicking on the button, and adding a little code in the Actions panel. Turn on
ScriptAssist to make it easier. Click on "on" and choose "release" or "press"
or both. Then scroll down the commands on the left and add getURL. You will
then have a few lines that say something like, on(Release)
getURL("putyourpageurlhere"). See bottom for exact syntax. That's all. The new
.html or .php page will load when the button is clicked.

If your buttons are not actually four-state buttons, but graphic or movie clip
symbols, you will have do it a little differently. Instead of attaching the
code to a button, you attach it to a keyframe. You give your symbol an instance
name in the property panel, then in the Actions panel create a function that
says essentially: when you click on this instance (onRelease) getURL.

If you're using AS3, the concept is similar but the code is different. With a
quick search you can find dozens of code examples that you can cut and paste.

Here's that AS2 button code...

on (release) {
    getURL("");
}