Link to specified frame on a different page?

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Hello,

I think this question is similiar to the recent post called “goto and play”, but I am wanting to accomplish two different things:

  1. To open a specified frame in a single-scene .swf file

  2. To link to this frame from a different web page.

Here is the project URL:
<http://www.gatewaytola.org>

The Flash header links at the top of the page – HOTELS, PARKING, etc. – need to take visitors to
<http://www.gatewaytola.org/maphome.html>

… But HOTELS should take them to the Hotels frame of the .swf file that is embedded on the maphome.html page, PARKING should take them to the Parking frame, etc.

I am not sure if this is a pure ActionScript thing, or if I need to employ some JavaScript, or something else.

Thanks for any suggestions you can give!

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This just may be of some help to ya… Seems like LocalConnection(); is the only way to make something like this possible…

http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Projector/Interact-Dragnovi-975/index.php

:smirk:

3

Hm… Thanks for rooting out this link! Discerning actual code from place holders is often a challenge for me… :puzzle:

I will give it a try (and still open to other possible solutions!).

SylvanLady

4

have you tried naming your frames inside your swf and selecting
named anchor form under the frame name field?
It gives you acces to link to a specified frame in your swf something like
<www.yoursite.com/yourpage_with_flash.html#a_frame_in_the_swf>
It’s easier this way… I guess. :slight_smile:

5

I am just checking back in…

Thanks for this suggestion! I am hoping it can really be this straightforward.

Does this mean I can treat it as a simple link, and treat the frame like an anchor if I name it?

I will try this out ASAP!

6

Does this mean I can treat it as a simple link, and treat the frame like an anchor if I name it?

Yes, that’s what it means :wink:

7

Well… I’ve made my first and second attempt. Can’t get the named anchor technique to work. :crying:

I named the anchor in frame 2, “hotels” and then used a simple ActionScript to create a link <maphome.html#hotels>

I need to go out for awhile, but I looked through my Hands-on Flash MX book, and they consider using named anchors an fscommand thing. Showed how to Publish to html using named anchors. I tried that, and it behaved badly.

I will have to research more when I get home!