Flash Buttons problems

[cbhead]

I have two problems:-

1. When using frames if I have a flash button in one frame (e.g. at the bottom of the window) that has as its action to load a URL how can I make the URL open in a different frame from the one in which the button is located?(e.g in the top of the window)

2. When a flash movie loads up how can you stop it from coming up as a white block while it is loading?

Thanks,
Chris Bushnell

 

[bubu]

1. you are trying to load another flash movie or another web page?...you said URL but i'm asking anyway.

2. make a preload scene to it. Regards,
Dragos.

 

[cbhead]

I am trying to load another web page.
The flash button is in a different frame from where I want the web page to appear.

 

[BigBadDave]

You need to use the "_target" attribute then like this:

on (press) {
getURL ("page.htm", "main");
} Regards
David Byng

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk

davidbyng@hotmail.com

 

[cbhead]

What is the _target attribute and how do I use it ?

 

[BigBadDave]

like this:

on (press) {
getURL ("page.htm"", main");
}

Its the bit in red Regards
David Byng

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk

davidbyng@hotmail.com

 

[cbhead]

Thanks, the link now works but I'm not sure how to make a preload scene which relates to the first question I asked.

 

[bubu]

From the menu: Insert/Scene and call it "preloader", then from also from the menu Modify/Scene and put the preloader scene first...it must be ahead the main scene.

Then, in the preloader scene make a new layer called actions and add this actions on the second frame:

kbloaded = int(this.getBytesLoaded()/this.getBytesTotal()*100);
if (kbloaded>=100) {
gotoAndPlay("main_scene",1);
}


and on the third frame:

gotoAndPlay(1);

...to create a loop. You can make another layer and create an animation to suggest that the main movie is loading. Regards,
Dragos.