HTML Frames and scripting

[darxpan]

I made a title and navagation for my website using flash. I am using framesets to display flash and HTML at the same time. My navigation has buttons. I want the buttons to change a different frame in the window. That is I want the flash movie to display while the HTML content below it changes. How can I get Flash to tell the window only to change the frame below the flash frame?

I know Javascript, but I can't seem to get FSCommand to work.

 

[oldnewbie]

You want your top frame's Flash movie to call up different htmls in the bottom frame of your frameset?

 

[darxpan]

yes, that's right. Sorry if i was unclear.

 

[darxpan]

I forgot to mention that I am not using MX, but Flash 5.

 

[oldnewbie]

You would use a getURL on your buttons and target the bottom frame's name...

on(release){
getURL("[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.google.com",[/URL] "bottom_frame");
}

Make sure you replace "bottom_frame", with the exact frame name, you gave that bottom frame when defining your frameset.

 

[darxpan]

I tried that and it sort of works. Here's the weird part. Let me explain.

1. I publish the flash to HTML. I click on the file. Everything works.

2. I put that exact same web page and movie inside another HTML page that puts it in a frame. The movie runs, but the buttons won't click. The rollovers work, but not the "Down" state of the button. The action script for the buttons never runs.

Any suggestions?

 

[oldnewbie]

2 framesets?

 

[darxpan]

no just one.

 

[oldnewbie]

Ummmmmmmmmmh!
post a link to your .fla and htmls, zipped up and in MX only format.

 

[darxpan]

here is a link to the files:

http://www.darxpan.com/FlashFrames.zip

Sorry, but I only have Flash 5, no MX.

 

[oldnewbie]

Put your Darx.html in the same folder as your home.htm and Test.html... Change your url in the Darx.html to a full path to the Darx.swf...

Works for me!

 

[darxpan]

Thanks so much. The last problem was that I was linking to an old copy of the Flash movie. All I had to do was fix the URL reference in the frameset.
DOH!

Thanks again. Sometimes it just takes another eye to see the obvious.