# Controls **URL:** \ **Category:** programming\ **Created:** [July 21, 2003, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controls/26238 "2003-07-21T08:52:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ah\_yi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@ah\_yi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ah_yi)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controls/26238/1 "2003-07-21T08:52:35Z")
is it possible that by using one button to control two flash? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controls/26238/2 "2003-07-21T09:46:36Z")
?? If i got the question right…you can’t. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controls/26238/3 "2003-07-21T11:36:43Z")
?? If i got the question right…you can. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controls/26238/4 "2003-07-21T12:04:18Z")
how? i mean…these are two different windows. But if he means two different flash in one window then yeah, sure, it’s possible. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controls/26238/5 "2003-07-21T12:32:40Z")
go ahead guys, impress me =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controls/26238/6 "2003-07-21T14:15:58Z")
?? If I got the question right… 😛 [http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action\_scripts/local\_connection\_objects/](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/local_connection_objects/) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controls/26238/7 "2003-07-21T14:20:06Z")
You can control two seperate Flash objects with a button from one of the Flash objects?? I suppose you could do it with PHP - is that what you mean? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controls/26238/8 "2003-07-21T14:23:09Z")
Why would you use PHP (I don’t even know if it’s possible, I guess it is) when you can use the LocalConnection object!? :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controls/26238/9 "2003-07-21T14:24:47Z")
I didn’t know about the LocalConnection object until I posted and read your link. Couldn’t you use PHP to send a variable out from one to be picked up by the other? (Which of course now is using a cannon to swat a fly) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controls/26238/10 "2003-07-21T14:35:43Z")
Maybe… but you’d have to check for the variable constantly, since Flash will not receive a _notification_ when you change the variable from the other movie. I don’t know, don’t listen to me. I’m just guessing here. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controls/26238/11 "2003-07-21T14:38:15Z")
Hey, meeee to! It’s just the first thing that poped into my head because I’ve been working on a login script in PHP where Flash sends out a var and then gets it back in a loop. So, there you go, you would need a loop. Like I said, get the cannon!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controls/26238/12 "2003-07-22T07:58:46Z")
what i trying to say is that for instance when i press a play button then A.swf will be played and at the same time it will load B.swf. But when i press the pause button in A.swf it will be pause but however B.swf will continue to play. so i am asking that how i can control two swf files using one button. is it possible to do it by using actionscript or what? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controls/26238/13 "2003-07-22T17:32:21Z")
Ohhh!!! Load the two swf’s into a main movie in seperate movieClips and then, with the press of a button, tell them to stop() and/or play(). If you don’t know how to loadMovies into a movieCilp, visit here: load movie A.swf into a movieClip called ‘movieA’; load movie B.swf into a movieClip called ‘movieB’; Then, just say you want A to keep playing and P to pause, make a button (could be anywhere I believe) and give it these actions: [AS] on(release){ \_root.movieB.stop(); } //then to have it start playing again - on a different button on(release){ \_root.movieB.play(); } [/AS] Right? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controls/26238/14 "2003-07-23T06:18:20Z")
ok get it. thanks alot.