SWFs + getURL + current page indicator on nav button

Hi,

I have a .swf file containing a navigation bar and also an animation. I was going to use getURL on the nav buttons so that a different html page would launch onRelease.

The animation in the swf file that contains the nav buttons plays as soon as the swf is loaded and there’s also a movie clip in the file which continues its animation even after the file has loaded and played. As each of the nav buttons are pressed and the correct html page loads, I don’t want the entire swf file to reload and therefore play the entire animation again as it did on the home page, but instead I just want it to appear as though it’s already loaded but I do want the separate movie clip in the swf file to continue to play. Is there any way to make this happen?

Also, I wondered what code I’d need to make the current page nav button appear in a different state to all the other buttons to make a “you are here” effect.

Thanks for any help offered.