Re: FLASH: get URL action

[Phil Ward]

I've had this problem before. I think that the answer was to ensure that the

swf resided in the same directory as the HTM file.


Regards


Phil Ward

Crescent Graphics

phil-wcrescent-graphics [dot] co [dot] uk

New Media <> Internet <> Visuals <> A/W




----- Original Message -----

From: Campbell, Clyde <

ClydeCnorwich [dot] co [dot] za

>

To: <

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Sent: 02 November 1999 09:40

Subject: FLASH: get URL action



> Hi to anyone who can help -

>

> I had the option to make a scrollbar section in Flash with a lot (and I

mean

> a lot) of text in it, but decided in the end to put this "scrolled" text

in

> a seperate frame and just do it in straightforward html. I have to make a

> series of quick shortcuts to different sections of this text so the user

can

> get to the info sooner (rather than have to scroll down to search for the

> right section) Each of these subsections have a name attached to it, like

:

>

>

> <a name ="section1">Section One</a>

>

> In the frame where you want to make a link to that specific section all

you

> need to do in html is make a link to the correct html page and specify the

> section using a #, like this :

>

> < a href="scrolltext.htm#section1">Go to Section One</a>

>

> This of course works fine in any frameset using straightforward html, but

in

> order to keep the look and feel of this website, I have decided to make

the

> links in a swf file, linking to the other frame's html page and the

specific

> sections therein. (this allows me to have cool roll-over effects, make the

> buttons stay down when click on them, etc.)

>

> I have made actions to these buttons that make the button go to an

inactive

> frame of the button, stop, then get URL for the specific section of the

> scrolled text html page, like this :

>

> On (Release)

>       Go to and Stop ("section one static")

>       Get URL ("scrolltext.htm#section1", window="source")

> End On

>

> The links I made like this load the correct html page in the correct

window

> (frame called "source"), but does not jump the the # name I want it to.

> It just loads the page from the top.

>

> If anyone can help me out here I would appreciate it.

>

> Regards

>

> Clyde

>

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