# Using Frames

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-frames/22229>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 1, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-frames/22229 "2003-06-01T12:33:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![bubblegum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f08c70/32.png) [@bubblegum](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bubblegum)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-frames/22229/1 "2003-06-01T12:33:59Z")

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Hi,  
i’ve created a menu using flash, and i want the pages to load up in a different frame.

I’m having problems making the pages load up in the frame that i have named “main”

can anyone help me here?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-frames/22229/2 "2003-06-01T13:31:26Z")

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getURL(“page”, “frameName”);

that should work…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-frames/22229/3 "2003-06-01T13:43:05Z")

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Or try…

```auto

on (release) {
	gotoAndStop(23);
}

```

Where (23) is the frame number.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-frames/22229/4 "2003-06-01T13:50:57Z")

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ohhhhh… sorry. Frames in Flash. not HTML with Flash. i was confuzzled…

yeah,

```auto

on(press){
gotoAndPlay("main");
}

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-frames/22229/5 "2003-06-01T14:40:40Z")

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thanks… i’ll try that in a sec  
ive tryed  
getURL(“page”, “frameName”);  
and it didnt work… does the frame name have to be just “main” or “main.html”

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-frames/22229/6 "2003-06-01T14:42:25Z")

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oh btw this is flash with html if ive confused anyone :sure:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-frames/22229/7 "2003-06-01T15:19:33Z")

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getURL(“page.htm”,“framename”);

}  
not.htm at end of framename