Flash Buttons Don't work in Myspace

[tonyloco2]

I'm doing a Myspace with an embeded swf....I have buttons within the swf for the pics, message me, add friend ect. but they don't work...Is there a special type of action script I have to use for myspace?


ex.

on (release) {
getURL("http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=invite.addfriend_verify&friendID=100197057");
}


how do I make it work? Here's the link to the myspace account

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=100197057

[DarthJay]

All of your buttons are working for me. What browser/OS are you looking at it on?

[tonyloco2]

hmm...i have IE....not sure which version...I was a lil upset there for a while....you think you could have a friend check it out to see if its a common problem or if its just me? Thnx tho...

[DarthJay]

I'll check it from a couple of different computers at work in the morning (it's 12AM where I am right now) and let you know if the results are the same.

[tonyloco2]

Thanx bro I appreciate it

[tonyloco2]

has anyone else checked this out?

[tonyloco2]

has anyone else checked this out?

[tonyloco2]

I've checked this out from several different computers with the same unsatisfying results...ANYONE?!?!

[icemart525]

i can't click the buttons, is that the problem?

[icemart525]

i can click them but nothing is happening. which buttons are you referring to?

[tonyloco2]

Yes that's the problem I'm reffering to...the buttons I'm talking about are the KeyBlack.com....Pics...Videos...Message Me...Add Me....ect..

they are all coded with with a

on (release) {
getURL("http://", "_self");
}

script....myspace has some b/s issues with script but I've seen myspaces with flash movies who's links do work...anyone know what I have to do to get around this??

[Munichflv]

Sorry to say but your getURL's won't work anymore on Myspace. I had a full Flash page and then Tom told everybody to update to Flash Player 9, then after that my page links got screwed up. One of the security updates that was addressed by Adobe was, I was told by one of myspace support people, specifically for Myspace. I think it has to do with some people using hidden flash comments to redirect unsuspecting people to fake login pages and other unecessary things like that to try and steal accounts. Yeh so basically they blocked all the Flash links with this (I think) "allowNetworking=" added into the embed code. The only solution is to do something like my page www.myspace.com/bjonesium. Just use a DIV layout and you can pick and choose which part of your page you want in Flash and then the normal Contact links you can leave in HTML. Hope that clears everything up...

[tonyloco2]

I was affraid that, that might be my only solution...but oh well...I wonder if maybe I can use a div overlay to place links over the actual swf itself...but I'm not sure if thats possible...oh well...oh and might I suggest that you make the dimensions of the div overlay about 2 pixels larger than the swf movies on your myspace to get rid of those scroll bars.

[High Camp]

Hi All

Not sure if this will work but I have been considering it for a solution to a different problem. Make the button text a dynamic text box that loads from an external .txt file. Within that file make the text a link to whatever page you want.

I typically use dynamic text feilds for all my buttons so if you want to change the label you just change the text file and it makes it easier for translation into different languages.

Does any of that acutally make sense? This is my first attempt at helping someone in this forum.

[Munichflv]

I was affraid that, that might be my only solution...but oh well...I wonder if maybe I can use a div overlay to place links over the actual swf itself...but I'm not sure if thats possible...oh well...oh and might I suggest that you make the dimensions of the div overlay about 2 pixels larger than the swf movies on your myspace to get rid of those scroll bars.
Heh thanks i didn't even notice because I only looked at in Firefox and there's no scroll bars...at first I'm like what scroll bars,then i went into IE and yeh lol. Oh i see what you're talkin about. you probably can, just change the z index so that the div will be above the swf div.

High Camp: I understand what you're saying lol. Do you have a link to an example of this, i've never seen anyone do that. But i get the idea totally.

[tonyloco2]

I think I've heard this mentioned before, I'd like to see an example as well...

[High Camp]

Hi All

I don't have a link to a dynamic button that uses an html link but you can see buttons that use dynamic text on our company site (www.highcamp.ca)(you have to choose English becuase none of the other languages are set up yet).

I fill the text fields with v's to the max number of characters that I am going to use in order to make sure the text field is big enough and formatted properly. In the past I didn't have a load check so if the page loaded to quickly the buttons would start as VVVVVVVV and then change to the correct label. I have now implemented a load check for the text files so that doesn't happen. There is essentially no way to tell if a button label is loaded from a text file or included in the movie.

I would imagine if you can use html links, you can use those same links within flash movies.

I realized after that first post that maybe we should not try to find workarounds for these specific problems in myspace. It sounds like people were setting up phony login sites to steal passwords using flash and this would still allow people to do that if they were so inclined.

Do what you will with the information though,

[tonyloco2]

http://groups.myspace.com/msmafiagroup

there's an example of a flash movie with working links on myspace...how???

[tonyloco2]

Ok so I was able to find this but I don't quite understand what they're saying..

http://keepvid.com/myspaceflash9/


I decompiled the swf file that they have a link to and I cam up with this in the as....


if (_root.url != null && _root.url.length > 0)
{
getURL(_root.url, "_blank");
}

stop();



lemme know what you guys think about this...er...wtf to do with it lol...the website is kind of confusing to me...thnx...