# localConnection: HOW TO?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/localconnection-how-to/137546
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**Created:** [February 15, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/localconnection-how-to/137546 "2005-02-15T17:29:51Z")
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### Author: ![Inflicted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/82dd89/32.png) [@Inflicted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Inflicted)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/localconnection-how-to/137546/1 "2005-02-15T17:29:51Z")

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I have a Flash menu and want the buttons  
to open jpg’s in another swf on my HTML page.  
I searched for “localConnection”, but couldn’t find  
a suitable example.

I also heard this is possible with Javascript.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

thanks!