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How do i make a flashbutton open the page in mainFrame?

Forum|Forum|18 years ago
January 24, 2008
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I'm doing this site for my dad, and i've done a menu in flash.
I made jpeg's and then imported them into flash, made buttons that move and stuff.
Now my problem is that i just really cant get them to open the page in mainframe.
There is no setting for mainFrame among the others (_top, _parent, _self and so on).
It's making me really frustrated, so i wonder if there is someone experiencing the same problem
or have, that knows how to fix it?
And as i said before, it's a moving flashbutton, not a jpeg. So you cant just import it into DW.

Thanks.
Amanda

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kglad

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if you have a frameset with Leftframe and mainFrame, copy and paste that html code from <frameset> to </frameset> that should look pretty similiar to the sample code Grauzone posted.

kglad

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from your original message: "Now my problem is that i just really cant get them to open the page in mainframe."

what are you talking about? your flash opens in a browser window. when some button is released you want home.html to open where? in the same browser window that contains your flash? a new browser window (like a pop-up)? or in a particular iframe in a html frameset?

those are the only 3 choices you have.

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SabyoneiAuthor

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I want the button to open home.html in mainFrame, that would be the right frame in my frameset.
My frameset has two frames. Leftframe and mainFrame. I want the button to open my home.html in mainFrame.
But there is not a choice i can choose to make it open in mainFrame.
The problem is that i don't know how to write to make that happen.
I feel i have tried everything..

robdillon

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If all of the files are in the same folder on your server then you want the Flash button to use:

getURL("home.html","mainFrame");

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goodamr

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Thanks all for this great information

kglad

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copy and paste your html frameset code.

copy and paste the code that you're using to try and load a html page into an iframe of that frameset.

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SabyoneiAuthor

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Okay, well..
when i try to edit target in flash the code is like this:

kglad

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using the attach code option in this forum copy and paste your html frameset code and your getURL() code.

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SabyoneiAuthor

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hm, you mean there's a code that i can copy? where is it? ><

robdillon

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Use the Reply button for this message. Open your frameset html document and select all of the text. At the bottom of the reply window is a button titled "Attach Code". Click on that button and paste your html from the frameset into this new window. Send the message so that we can see what you have to work with.

robdillon

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Are you working with a frameset? Are you trying to replace the content of the parent document, or one of the frames in the frameset?

If you are using a frameset and you want to replace the contents of one of the frames, you will need to provide a name attribute for the frame and then use that name in your getURL () function for the target space name. If you want to replace the entire frameset with a single new location then use "_parent" as the target space name.

If you are not using a frameset, then you don't need a target name at all.

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SabyoneiAuthor

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Yes, i am using a frameset.
So basicly you mean I have to name the frame for instance "_rightframe"
or whatever, and then type it into the targetbox in flash?
Because i've already tried it a couple of times but it did not work..
I can try it again but i fear it's the same result.
Maybe there's something wrong with my computer,but who knows.
It's been acting sort of strange lately.

But hey, thanks (:

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