Open link from flash in html iframe

Report · Jul 31, 2011

Hello,

I am still used to AS2 and this is resulting quite complicated.

I am trying to make it so that when the timeline stops, for a website to load within an iframe next to it.

This is my website:

http://www.shifumi-collections.com/beta/

I have the .swf on the left and I want to open up content on the right.

as an example, I want google.com to open up within the iframe. This is the code I have so far:

stop();

var url:String = "google.com";

var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);

try {

navigateToURL(request, '_self');

} catch (e:Error) {

trace("Error occurred!");

}

how do I make it so that it targets my iframe?

The code on my html is:

</div>

any ideas?

Report · Jul 31, 2011

use:

stop();
var url:String = "google.com";
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
try {
navigateToURL(request, 'content');
} catch (e:Error) {
trace("Error occurred!");
}

Report · Jul 31, 2011

thank you very much kglad!

That worked!

May I ask one final question. It is related to the other buttons. I want it so that when on release of a button, a certain frame (lets call it frame #150) begins to play. Since I cannot place that unto the button itself, how can I do it so that it loads a certain frame or flag within the same timeline?

cheers

Report · Jul 31, 2011

if your button is on the same timeline as the timeline you want to control, attached to that timeline, you can use:

/////////////////////

yourbutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,f);

function f(e:MouseEvent):void{

gotoAndPlay(150);

}

//////////////////////////////////

Report · Aug 01, 2011

thank you once again.

That worked!

one problem though. I am trying to get the same code in the same layer at different frames.

stop();

var url:String = "google.com";

var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);

try {

navigateToURL(request, 'content');

} catch (e:Error) {

trace("Error occurred!");

}

and

stop();

var url:String = "home.html";

var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);

try {

navigateToURL(request, 'content');

} catch (e:Error) {

trace("Error occurred!");

}

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Basically I am adding these at the end of every frame, so that when one presses a button, it plays the certain frame and when it stops, the url opens up in the frame I spoke about before.

With only one it works, but when I put the second one, the following error appears:

Symbol 'menu', Layer 'btns', Frame 150, Line 1 1151: A conflict exists with definition url in namespace internal.

Symbol 'menu', Layer 'btns', Frame 150, Line 2 1151: A conflict exists with definition request in namespace internal.

It is in this frame where I added the google.com url request.

Any idea on how this can be solved?

Report · Aug 01, 2011

on your first keyframe that has your navigateToURL code, you can use:

//////////////////////////////////////
stop();
var url:String = "google.com";
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
try {
navigateToURL(request, 'content');
} catch (e:Error) {
trace("Error occurred!");
}
////////////////////////////////////////////

// thereafter use:
stop();
request.url = "home.htm";
try {
navigateToURL(request, 'content');
} catch (e:Error) {
trace("Error occurred!");
}

Report · Aug 01, 2011

thank you kglad!

indeed, I am all set to finish this website now thanks to you.

Report · Aug 01, 2011

you're welcome.