embed flash in a href help

[sandeepmur]

Hello,

I want embed a flash movie within anchor tags.. something like:

<a name="jogo" id="jogo" href="

http://www.xpto.com/index.html"

target="_blank">
<div id="Layer1" style="position:absolute; left:137px; top:40px; width:72px; height:42px; z-index:1">
<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0"

width="267" height="119">
<param name="movie" value="jogologica.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="jogologica.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="

http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"

type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="267" height="119"></embed></object>
</div>
</a>

but the above doesnt work... thnx for any suggestions.

sg

 

[chessbot]

does the movie work without the tags?

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[sandeepmur]

yes. perfectly..

 

[chessbot]

do you have a link to the page?

you *could* use Javascript, but that violates the fundamental rule that you cannot rely on Javascript alone...

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[sandeepmur]

yes.. but is what I have above is correct ? can I embed a flash movie within a anchor tag ?

thnx

 

[chessbot]

try this site

next time google before you post!

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[sandeepmur]

I had already tried the code without the anchor as per the link provided but its of no help..

 

[chessbot]

sorry for the comment...

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[ChrisHunt]

It probably doesn't like having a <div> inside a <a>. Try swapping the order of those tags, i.e.

<div id="Layer1" style="position:absolute; left:137px; top:40px; width:72px; height:42px; z-index:1"> 
<a name="jogo" id="jogo" href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.xpto.com/index.html"[/URL] target="_blank">
  <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="[URL unfurl="true"]http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/..."[/URL] width="267" height="119">
    <param name="movie" value="jogologica.swf">
    <param name="quality" value="high">
    <embed src="jogologica.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"[/URL] type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="267" height="119"></embed></object>
</a>
</div>

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[sandeepmur]

Tried that too.. In fact, tried locating the anchor tags just about at every line in the code above but is simply doesnt work..

Cant understand why the cursor style doesnt change Hand when I move the mouse over the flash..

Does the onlick event built into flash or something ? i hv very little knowledge bout flash..

thnx

 

[vbkris]

the only way to overcome this is give the link in flash, no tags surrounding it would work...

Known is handfull, Unknown is worldfull

 

[sandeepmur]

@vbkris,

Can you please explain that !? Isnt there any simple workaround ??

TIA

 

[pixl8r]

What you are trying to do is not possible.

Flash is an ActiveX control. The link must reside within the flash movie not on the control itself.

If you do not have the source file for the flash movie you may be able to create a transparent .gif (button) and absolutely position it over the flash movie, but you will need to be sure to set the z-index of the flash movie div lower than the button. (I'm not even sure that will work but it's a theory).

Ideally you would simply add a button to the flash movie (using Flash) that does what you require. Which I believe is what vbkris was saying.

Hope it helps!

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[sandeepmur]

hi guys,

Thnx for all the info.. The flash developer finally understood what I wanted and did what was needed i.e. configure the link within the flash movie BUT the problem has not gone away.. The flash movie with the link works great in my machine but doesnt on the server !!!

& yes, I hv uploaded the correct flash movie..

Why is this happening !? heres the link:

http://www.altran.pt/private/jogo.html

thnx,

 

[sandeepmur]

Hi again,

THe problem was with the cache and its ok now But still have another problem which I had reported earlier..

When the flash in the link

http://www.altran.pt/private/jogo/jogo.html

is clicked, a new page opens up

http://www.altran.pt/universidadeslogica/jogoaltran/index.html

which has an iframe in it and loads a app from another server.

But when I try to log in, the page simply refreshed instead of proceeding to the next page !! If I use the link directly in the browser it works fine..

I thought app within a iframe function just fine..

any workaround ?

thnx