# How to make a search form that opens a .swf file form a text input?

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**Created:** [January 17, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-search-form-that-opens-a-swf-file-form-a-text-input/11456 "2003-01-17T11:15:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shorty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shorty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Shorty)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-search-form-that-opens-a-swf-file-form-a-text-input/11456/1 "2003-01-17T11:15:50Z")

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I’m working on a CD catalog, that has hundreds of pictures, and i need to create a search form that would open a file by typing its name

please help

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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:** [January 17, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-search-form-that-opens-a-swf-file-form-a-text-input/11456/2 "2003-01-17T11:31:11Z")

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why:q:

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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:** [January 17, 2003, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-search-form-that-opens-a-swf-file-form-a-text-input/11456/3 "2003-01-17T11:45:56Z")

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i wanna know how, not y !

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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:** [January 17, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-search-form-that-opens-a-swf-file-form-a-text-input/11456/4 "2003-01-17T12:12:30Z")

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it won´t help ya;)