# Link that goes directly to a specific frame in a SWF

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-that-goes-directly-to-a-specific-frame-in-a-swf/220349>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 25, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-that-goes-directly-to-a-specific-frame-in-a-swf/220349 "2007-03-25T14:59:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![dogandking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@dogandking](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dogandking)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-that-goes-directly-to-a-specific-frame-in-a-swf/220349/1 "2007-03-25T14:59:46Z")

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Hi.

I’m trying to figure out how to do this.  
Basically, I’m about to build a site where I want to go directly to his “news” section in the swf movie I’m creating.

I did some fishing around and found out that maybe I could do it with a query?  
Info found here:

[http://www.permadi.com/tutorial/flashQueryString/](http://www.permadi.com/tutorial/flashQueryString/)

variableNewsframe=variableValue1&variableName2=variableValue2&variableName3=variableValue3…

[http://www.permadi.com/index.html?message=Hello](http://www.permadi.com/index.html?message=Hello)

What I’d like to do is have a link in an email that goes directly to the flash site and advances to the frame I want.  
In this case (for instance) it would be- “[http://www.mysite.com](http://www.mysite.com)”.  
The movie would be called “myflash.swf”, and the frame would be called “newsroom”

Plus, I’m using SWF object in a CSS “dead center” page. Does this have to be in the query some how? Will it effect it?

Eesh.

Should the variable be called something like var newsframe = what?

And the link in the email should read [http://www.mysite.com/index.htm?myflash.swf=newsroom](http://www.mysite.com/index.htm?myflash.swf=newsroom) ??

Please help. I’m kind of in the dark (again).