Linking a URL to a Button in Flash

This seems to be a problem for beginners to Flash, and I thought I'd address it. When building a Flash-navigated site, you need to link one page to another through the flash interface, just like you would a <a href="otherpage.html">my link</a> in HTML/XHTML.

Once you've created your button on the page, you can link the button very simply. Right-click it, and select "Actions" from the menu. This will open the ActionScript editor, in which you can right ActionScript code. Don't worry. It's not detailed to put this link in.
Make sure you are in Expert Mode, by clicking the arrow in the upper-right hand corner and selecting "Expert Mode". Now type the following code into the editor.



The button you created will now go to that link when the mouse clicks it. The getURL function has a prototype that is like this:

getURL(url [,window [, method]])

The window and the method are optional parameters. The url define the resource you want to access. This could be an absolute address, such as "http://www.somesite.com/" or relative to the page that contains the flash movie such as "myotherpage.htm". The window parameter defines the window that you want the url to load in. This could be one of the following:
"_self" - Targets the window that the movie is in.
"_new" - Opens url in a new window
"_top" - Only useful in a framset, targets the top frameset
"_parent" - Targets parent window in a framset
"myWindowName" - where "MyWindowName" refers to the name of a frame in a frameset

The last parameter is one in which the method in which the url is requested, and is either "GET" or "POST". For most of your projects, you will normally use "GET". "POST" is for posting form data, but you usually use the loadVariables function to to this.

That wraps up the tutorial on adding a link to a button in a Flash Movie. I hope this helps everyone. If you have any questions or comments, please reply to this post.

well,good post.this one must to be helpful to somebody who are new at making flash.using this kind of function at webpage ,could looks nice and professional.hope more and more grafics fans master this skill...

I am very new at using flash and i tried all that i know and more but whenever i open my button in ma web page n click it using the code that you just gave i keep getting this notice that my settings do not allow the button to interact with that particular site..plzz tell me how i should change the settings??

-Prashanth

The actionscript
Linking A Url To A Button

Thanks, the script was straight to the point

-reply by Emmanuel Mtimba

URL Link button at the end of a movie clipLinking A Url To A Button

Hi all, I’m new to flash so hopefully someone can please help me out.. Using Flash CS4 with Actionscript 3.0 and it seems to me that many people are having issues with it?

I’ve created a movie clip and added a button on the last keyframe (so that the button doesn’t appear until the end).

I have added the following code to the last keyframe (when the button appears)

enterbutton.AddEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onMouseClick);Function onMouseClick(event:MouseEvent):void{Var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest (”http://www.Adobe.Com”);NavigateToURL(new URLRequest(”http://www.Adobe.Com”), “_blank”);}

Problem is, the little hand icon appears when I hover it over the button, but nothing happens when I click.. Been trying out all different codes but nothing works and I’m getting pretty frustrated now..

I’m sure there’s a Flash Guru who can help me out! =) Thanks in advance! 

-question by vestige

how can I get a working url buttonLinking A Url To A Button

1087: Syntax error: extra characters found after end of program.

this is the complier error I was given after I imputted your code to my button as a test how can I fix this problem

-reply by max

Why is it not linkingLinking A Url To A Button

Hi

I have a flash menu bar with fly out sub menus. The fly out sub menus should link to the other pages created in html. Obviously they are buttons embedded in movie clips at the moment. I tried the above ActionScript by applying it to the buttons, yet they do not link anywhere. The hand shows when you hover over them, yet nothing happens when you click on them, not even an error comes up. Please help? 

-question by andre

Linking in CS4 is a pain in the neck sometimes. Why not have the option to link in the Property Inspector as you can with text?Anyways, your problem might be the AllowScriptAccess parameter in the HTML document. It should be set to "always".It's got something to do with security.-reply by Trond

flash linking to url buttonLinking A Url To A Button

thank you so much I've been looking on how to link my fricken button for like the past week, because I never worked on flash before, and all these stupid youtube videos ****, thank you for making it so easy and directional. If you could do this with words you would make some awesome tutorials on video. Thanks again keep up the good work.

-feedback by gabriel

 

Possible Security IssueLinking A Url To A Button

Answering (G)vestige  I think this maybe a security issue.

 PublishYou're swf, embed it in a HTML file, and open the HTML file.Check ifThe link does not work, perhaps place trace() statements around it toCheck what's happening.

 Now navigate yourself to http://www.Macromedia.Com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager04.Html 

This is the Global Security Settings panel for Flash. I recon that you havn't given permissions to the swf on your local machine to access outside content.

In the Global Security Settings add the folder you're SWF is in and try again. This should hopefully work.

Many thanks,

-reply by How-To-Code.Com

Link issuesLinking A Url To A Button

Today I have been creating a flash animation.  As I am still new at the scripting part, I made my first button links today.  All of the links work, yet when the button disappears and a new button appears, both the first and second link are still active, depending on where you click on the animation.

Is there a way to turn off the link after the button has left the stage?

Is this a common problem?

Thanks for your help in advance.

-reply by global_g

pop-up styleLinking A Url To A Button

tnxs guys my prob is  how can I open a video file not in IE but like a "pop up".

 I don't want to use IE to see video. Is there a solution?

-reply by kolpaz

how can i link my button to an image but using a action scriptLinking A Url To A ButtonHi there,I would like to link image to on of my buttons that I've created in flash. Does anyone know what action script I need to write. This is a first for me & I've gone through a lot of tutorial, but I haven't found a tutorial that shows me how to link a button to an image.Any advise would really be helpful.Thank,Sunel-reply by Sunel Drowley

actionscript 2 and 3Linking A Url To A Button

Hi, I am a newbie with flash and are trying to piece together actionscript, but unfortually everything I try doesn't work. You know, try the "hello world" and work my way up to clicking buttons...:-) but it don't work! :-) 

I have the following code (using adobe flash-cs3- set to action script 1 and 2 on windows)

button1.OnPress = function() {   getURL("http:www.Google.Com","_self","GET");}

now this is almost the same as the code at the beginning of  topic which doesn't work either.

nothing happens. What I put in the function doesn't matter. I just can't seem to get the button to do anything. If somebody has some code the I can copy and paste and test...

I have a movie clip that plays and stops where the buttons appear and then you can click them.

where am I going wrong... Is there something wrong with my system or me...

thank you,

-reply by gazy

Using ActionScript 2.0, in order to get through the security sandbox crap, you need to use ExternalInterface. Add these lines of code to the main timeline:



These lines of code are in the button or in the frame where the button is located in the timeline:





The last piece of code needs to be in a .js file or in a script tag in the HTML page that contains the swf file:


There are more elegant ways to do this using ActionScript 3, but this should get rid of any sandbox problem you might have when accessing Javascript code from your swf file.

One last thing, one of the settings in the swf file tag, allowScriptAccess needs to be set to always when testing from a local machine. I believe you leave it at the default setting when its hosted on a server.



Hope this helps some people out there.

Alto Banor

hi,

I am using the code like so and the page opens but on a new tab all the time anyideas why its not opening on the same tab?


Thanks

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