# Click HTML link to open SWF?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/click-html-link-to-open-swf/311618>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 12, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/click-html-link-to-open-swf/311618 "2010-07-12T17:22:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![jany](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@jany](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jany)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/click-html-link-to-open-swf/311618/1 "2010-07-12T17:22:03Z")

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Is this possible? Do I have to use JavaScript?

1. If I have 20 html links on a site, what if I wanted each link to open up a new SWF movie?

2. If 1 is possible, could I then go further and not just open an SWF, but open it and issue a command?

ty much