how link to a specific frame of an embedded swf

[Steve Zeeeee]

I have 2 html pages, each with a different swf's, with nav bar, at the same folder level, but different folders.
I want to link from page two to page one, to a certain frame in the swf of page one (in order to skip the welcome timeline).
I ought to know this but I'm hazy. Kindly advise please?

[kglad]

are you using getURL() to load the html pages (that embed the swfs) into an iframe?

[Steve Zeeeee]

yes, but I can do that other thing if I can get a reminder. Not load movie, but gotoandpstop, something like that, that allows you to specify the swf and the frame. Just as long as I get the syntax right. Recall this button is in a nav bar movie clip. Thanks!

[kglad]

you can use the localconnection() to communicate between your loaded swf and the nav bar.

[Steve Zeeeee]

OK well that's a term I've never heard of.

I searched help files, no luck.

flash 9, script 2.0 Mac

[kglad]

check the localconnection class in the help files. classes are listed alphabetically once you get to the actionscript classes section.

[Steve Zeeeee]

I am in a movie nav bar with a button. I need the button to reference (link to) up 2 folder levels and then into an html page with a swf, into that swf and stop at frame #123.

How do I do that please?

[kglad]

all paths from a swf are relative to the html page that embeds that swf. once you load your external swf it use localconnection to your navbar swf. in your nav bar swf, you can use a variable to indicate the external swf should stop at frame 123.

[Steve Zeeeee]

I'm a novice and in our classes they never even mentioned LocalConnections. The help files are greek to me,
saying stuff about sending and receiving data.
I recall doing something like

with (_root)...

or

_root.movie.play...

or

this...

or

.parent...? etc


but that was jumping around with movie clips in the same folder or same document.
Now I dont know how to establish a link going up 2 folder levels and get to a particular swf frame inside an html.
I thought this was pretty simple, mostly just knowing which command, what the target syntax is, and the final script syntax. Any thoughts? Thanks for your time !

[Steve Zeeeee]

OK well I guess I'm out of luck here.
Finally I just made a new swf in the state I wanted it to be.
Now I wonder if I could have called up the frame location in the previous swf? Seems the problem would be that sub movies in that previous swf would not be done running, or triggered. Is that true?

[kglad]

i don't understand what you're asking.

[Steve Zeeeee]

When my page opens up, it has some flash behavior, a welcome routine/movie, and further links. However, when people continue into the site, and want to return to that welcome page (the home page), I dont want them to endure all the activity, so I'd like the return links to pull up the welcome page at the end of all that movie stuff. Well, if you just call up the last frame of that entire welcome page, maybe the timeline has skipped frames that trigger movies that make thast last frame appearance.

So in addition to not knowing how to reference that link, as above mentioned, I dont even know if it can be done. So I just made a new swf at the final frame with all the movies done playing, and made that the return link.

Thanks for inquiring.

[kglad]

you're welcome.

[Steve Zeeeee]

Can you determine from my feeble attempt to explain, if this is standard operating procedure?

[kglad]

i know what you were trying to do in your original post and accomplishing that would usually utilize the localconnection class.