How do I add a link in a swf (flash) movie file?

Seanie M

Hi guys,
this is elementary to some of you, but I can't quite remember the way to make it a link as I would have been able to had I exported a gif movie instead. Can anyone enlighten me?

Seanie.

P.S. the Flash 8 tutorial is soooo long winded, I can't find much that helps in it!

kjt

Hope this helps Seanie.

on (release) {
getURL("http://www.yourwebsite.com/");
}

Seanie M

Thanks kjt, but unfortunately, it is bringing up a action script error when I export the swf movie. :mad:

Gordon

-Create a new layer
-Create a rectangle
-delete the stroke from the rectangle (bear with me on this)
-alter the height and width of the rectangle to cover the whole movie
-convert the symbol to a button
-double click the button
-move the keyframe at the start to the fourth keyframe (this means that the rectangle is simply the HIT AREA (the area that the mouse has to hit to put the button into effect)
-Double click outside the area/button;go up a level; exit the button - however you normally do this
- Now select the button by single clicking it and type that code into the actions

on (release) {
getURL("http://www.yourwebsite.com/");
}

Maybe your actionscript was somewhere it shouldn't have been hence the error.

* It is good practice to remove the strokes from buttons imo. I had major problems with button tweens when I edited a tween and it turned out that the stroke was f*cking things up for me - it took me hours to figure out! So it doesn't hurt to remove them always. Maybe someone else can shed light on why that happened (although I reckon I was probably just forgetting to select the stroke when I edited the tween).

HTH

Seanie M

Worked a treat Gordon, thanks for typing all that out!

Seanie.