Adding Web Link To flash Movie

[Joshua]

Hi all,

I think I have a fairly easy question, but I've wasted half the day trying to figure it out...

I have a flash movie as a nav bar, I'm trying to edit some of the sections as hyperlinks, but cannot figure it out.

The site isn't up yet so I'll post some screenshots.

Thanks for any help, I'm extremely frustrated!

Here's what I have when I'm looking a the layers:

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[NTD]

Hi,

Hyper links are achieved with the getURL method. The method can be called from a keyframe, a movieclip, or a button. From a keyframe, it is simply the getURL method by itself passed a web address...

getURL("http://somesite.com");


... from a button or movieclip...

myButton.onRelease=function(){
getURL("http://somesite.com");
}

Another option is using an HTML enabled textfield and using a link in the text with an HTML href command.

hope it helps

[Joshua]

Hi,

Well I'm obviously new to Flash, but based off of that screen shot, what are you recommendations, or what is the best way to achieve links?

Thanks for the reply.

[NTD]

Hi,

If you just want to add the link to the static text, insert a web address into the textfield with a chain link next to it in the properties panel. In the target field, choose how you want the link to open.

[Joshua]

I did try that, and A) the link didn't work, B) for some real reason it messed up the next, for example Service turned into SS.

[NTD]

Hi,

Just did a quick test and it worked fine. Try opening a new test movie and see it works for you there. Using test movies allows you to test methods without messing up your main project file. Could you possibly have resized the textfield manually by accident?

[Joshua]

That's what I thought too, but no, I didn't resize it.

This won't make sense, but for some reason after I enter a link, in that chain text box, and it messed up the original text, in this example Service, the only way I can get it back is to play with the 'timeline' for the second layer, you'll see it in my original screenshot.

[NTD]

Hi,

Notice in your screen shot that layer 2 has 2 keyframes. Editing the textfield on the last keyframe does not alter the textfield on the first keyframe. The solution is to erase the entire layer, insert a new keyframe and get the textfield set the way you want. Add another keyframe down the timeline and it will duplicate the created textfield in the first keyframe. If you modify the second keyframe, the first will not be modified. Another option is to copy and paste the second keyframe over the first. This will also work as above for keeping the textfield the same.

[Joshua]

I really ought to have studied up on Flash before taking this on!!

Thanks for the reply though, I'll definitely try what you said.

Thanks again.

[foyage]

did you add " http://www.thenyoursite.com "