Someone on this forum must know about geturl issues

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Hey out there;
Here’s my problem - in my movie i have a spot where you can trigger a geturl (set to blank). So image my surprise when i closed the window and my movie just sat there - it didn’t pick up where it left off. Stupid me, i just assume a geturl would create a natural pause in the movie and then when you closed the window, the movie would pick up where it left off.
So okay, can anyone tell me how i set this up - when the reader closes out the window that my ‘geturl’ triggered, how do i make my movie continue on as if nothing happened?

thanks
Hoss

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Here’s how i would accomplish that with my limited AS knowledge…

on (press) {
getURL(blah blah);
stop();
interrupt.gotoAndStop(2);
}

the ‘interrupt’ clip will be a 2 frame movie clip, with a stop action on each of the first and second frames. (It should be placed on a top layer, so it covers the content behind it when visable) The first frame of the clip should be blank, but the second frame should contain a box, and a button saying “continue”, that when pressed has this actionscript:

on (press){
gotoAndStop(1);
_parent.gotoAndPlay(69);
}

…so when they come back from the outside link, they hit ‘continue’, the box dissapears, and your movie will begin to play from frame 69, or the specified frame number.

if thats too confusing, post a flash, and i will try to set it up for you…

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Thanks for getting back;
I’ve been thinking along those lines though not so advanced. My concern really is the page they are on when they hit geturl, since i have an advance to next page button already in place, which when you click starts the movie rolling again.

I was just worried that they wouldn’t have finished watching the page before hitting the geturl, and then realized they couldn’t get back to movement of that page. W

What i guess i’ll do is just lay down another button on the page that says ‘replay page’.

I was just hoping there would be the concept of ‘pausing’ a flash movie without having to involve buttons.

I feel like with flash we’re in the wild west.

thank you again for taking the time.
Hoss

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Thanks for getting back and the sharp answer. I am going the button route though i wish i didn’t have to. Macromedia needs to come up with a way that a movie can be paused, while getting a url, and then the very act of closing out the visited web page automatically starts up the movie where it left off.
Flash feels like the early computer games.
Anyway, thanks again
Hoss