linking a flash button to a specific target

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 31 Oct 2006 at 15:20

Its gonna be hard for me to explain but I made this flash image thumbnail scroller and I want each of the buttons to load a .jpg into a specific Iframe within the html they are both loaded into.

explanation here

Hector · 31 Oct 2006 at 15:51

in theory, flash command:

Code:

getURL("yourURL", "target");

target = iframe name.

edit: in practice too, i just tested it..
html

Code:

<IFRAME NAME="iframeName" SRC="someFile.html" >
</IFRAME>

flash

Code:

getURL("someOtherFile.html", "iframeName");

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 31 Oct 2006 at 16:08

Hector said:
in theory, flash command:

Code:

getURL("yourURL", "target");

target = iframe name.

edit: in practice too, i just tested it..
html

Code:

<IFRAME NAME="iframeName" SRC="someFile.html" > </IFRAME>

flash

Code:

getURL("someOtherFile.html", "iframeName");

It is just reloading the html page. doing nothing in the iframe
?

Hector · 31 Oct 2006 at 16:19

working fine here.. does your getURL target match to the name of the iframe?

edit:
my test files:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dabar/ocuk/Iframe.zip

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 31 Oct 2006 at 16:24

I have named my iframe imageframe

and in flash the button actionsript looks like this

on (press) {getURL("http://www.fstop11.net/testing/im1.jpg","imageframe");

}

the html page is here

http://www.fstop11.net/testing/index.html

Hector · 31 Oct 2006 at 16:32

i see the problem..
id="imageframe"

include another tag..
name="imageframe"

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 31 Oct 2006 at 16:36

Hector said:
i see the problem..
id="imageframe"

include another tag..
name="imageframe"

Thanks a lot

One more thing, Do you know how I can make that image appear central in that frame now?

Hector · 31 Oct 2006 at 17:10

np's

images draw from the top left without being wrapped in anything.. easy way to center the image would be to link to html and use ye' old <img> method.

or perhaps to an asp file can do it dynamicaly but i know next to nothing about asp. if something dawns on me i'll be back

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 31 Oct 2006 at 17:14

Hector said:
np's

images draw from the top left without being wrapped in anything.. easy way to center the image would be to link to html and use ye' old <img> method.

or perhaps to an asp file can do it dynamicaly but i know next to nothing about asp. if something dawns on me i'll be back

old <img> method? I dont understand. Im quite blank when it comes to web design

Hector · 31 Oct 2006 at 17:28

just make an .html file and in it use the <img src="yourimage.jpeg"></img> to display the image.

use an external .css file to style the page and center the image.. then to make a new page just copy and paste the html, rename the html and change the image source parameter to that of the required image. by using css will mean any style tweaks won't result in you having to edit all the html's.

ps, i'm sure i see a link to an .asp in your html earlier.. did i or am i going cookoo?

edit: some info on using an external .css file..
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/present/styles.html