Link to External Flash File Frame

[ridgedale]

Hi, I'm new to Flash am trying to link to an external site, which consists of a single flash file, and load a specific frame. The actionscript code I have attached to the button so far is as follows:

on (release) {
	getURL("http://www.tinhorse.com", "_self");
	gotoAndStop("we_see");
}

The link takes me to the external site as required but does not load the correct frame. It looks like gotoAndStop function is not being passed on to the external flash site.

Any help with this would be appreciated.

[Motoma]

Hi, I'm new to Flash am trying to link to an external site, which consists of a single flash file, and load a specific frame. The actionscript code I have attached to the button so far is as follows:

on (release) {
	getURL("http://www.tinhorse.com", "_self");
	gotoAndStop("we_see");
}

The link takes me to the external site as required but does not load the correct frame. It looks like gotoAndStop function is not being passed on to the external flash site.

Any help with this would be appreciated.

That is right, gotoAndStop will act on the frame in the scope of which it was called. That is to say that the parent movie clip with goto the frame "we_see" You may have better luck creating an empty movie clip and loading the external swf into it, then changing the frame.

[ridgedale]

You may have better luck creating an empty movie clip and loading the external swf into it, then changing the frame.

Thanks for your reply, Motoma. You'll have to excuse my ignorance, here - is this something I should be looking at coding purely through ActionScript? If so, how do I go about doing that?

In the meantime I'll have a look through the Flash Howto book I got from the library to see it sheds some light doing what you suggest.

Thanks again.

[Motoma]

Thanks for your reply, Motoma. You'll have to excuse my ignorance, here - is this something I should be looking at coding purely through ActionScript? If so, how do I go about doing that?

In the meantime I'll have a look through the Flash Howto book I got from the library to see it sheds some light doing what you suggest.

Thanks again.

What I have suggested would be implemented through Actionscript, if that is what you are asking. The way I propose to test it (though I do not guarentee it will work) would be to create a new movie clip by calling createEmptyMovi eClip(), calling that movie clip's loadMovie() specifying the URL of the external SWF, and then attempting to call the movie clip's own gotoAndPlay() method.

[ridgedale]

Motoma, thanks again for your reply. I was wondering if there would be any disadvantages to splitting up the external flash file so I could use the getURL() function to go to each of the sections. Do you think this would be a good idea or do you have reservations?

Thanks again.

[Motoma]

Motoma, thanks again for your reply. I was wondering if there would be any disadvantages to splitting up the external flash file so I could use the getURL() function to go to each of the sections. Do you think this would be a good idea or do you have reservations?

Thanks again.

If there is a particular reason or goal you have for doing it this way, go ahead.

[ridgedale]

Motoma,

I was just thinking that it may be simpler and I know the getURL() function does work. I just wondered if there might be any drawbacks to doing it this way or that your method would be better or more efficient.

Thanks again

[Motoma]

Motoma,

I was just thinking that it may be simpler and I know the getURL() function does work. I just wondered if there might be any drawbacks to doing it this way or that your method would be better or more efficient.

Thanks again

If you want to load up an external flash file and jump to a specific frame in it, you cannot use getURL.