# Controlling flashmovie from HTML menu

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-flashmovie-from-html-menu/279205>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 11, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-flashmovie-from-html-menu/279205 "2009-01-11T14:36:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![christiang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@christiang](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/christiang)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-flashmovie-from-html-menu/279205/1 "2009-01-11T14:36:00Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to figure out if there is a way to control a flash movie from a HTML menu(anchors or buttons) without having the page reload.

What I want is a flashmovie and some sort of list with links, and when a link is clicked on the movie changes its contents. There are reasons as to why I want the menu to be written out in HTML and not included in the flash movie. Can I pass information into the movie after it has been loaded?

Does anyone have any idea as to how this might be done? Any suggestions are welcome and/or pointers to resources of information.

Thanks!