# Trigger an action outside movie from within movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trigger-an-action-outside-movie-from-within-movie/218091>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 5, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trigger-an-action-outside-movie-from-within-movie/218091 "2007-03-05T00:53:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![phxphun](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/phxphun/32/3396_2.png) [@phxphun](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phxphun)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trigger-an-action-outside-movie-from-within-movie/218091/1 "2007-03-05T00:53:18Z")

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I have an HTML page that has a large image map (JPG) with multiple ‘divOfArea’ coordinates (hotspots) on it. The hotspots have animated GIFs assigned to them.

I would like to insert a Flash movie in my HTML page and use it to control the actions of my image map. In other words, have a GIF image appear on the image map (outside the movie) when the user clicks on a button inside the movie. Can this be done?