# External html controls Flash timeline?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-html-controls-flash-timeline/57163>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 10, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-html-controls-flash-timeline/57163 "2004-07-10T23:48:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![sideffect8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@sideffect8](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sideffect8)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-html-controls-flash-timeline/57163/1 "2004-07-10T23:48:41Z")

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**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 12, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-html-controls-flash-timeline/57163/2 "2004-07-12T01:14:44Z")

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I guess I understand your question…  
I don’t think HTML has the capability to do much of anything. 🙂

You could have a flash movie that listens for incoming data, which you could send using javascript embedded in the html.

hope this helps. 🙂