Making Flash link to various HTML pages

[danny]

I'd like to make my Flash file link to a series of HTML pages in a presentation-type thing. However, I can't just use the getURL action because I want to just use one .swf file rather than a separate file with unique URLs for each page. Is there a way to tell Flash to link to the "next" and "previous" pages in a series of pages? Here's the Flash navigation file:
http://home.earthlink.net/~dmiller76...tour2_nav.html

Thanks for any help.

[farafiro]

u can use loadMovie() to load them all in a holder

[danny]

Well, all the pages in the presentation are HTML and use nice little DHTML rollover, pop-up type layers that I want to keep. I just want to make the Flash nav file "know" what page it's on and display the appropriate links to the next and previous HTML pages in the presentation.

[farafiro]

if u r gonna use direct links from the flash menu to load the HTML pages, u can make a variable
var currPage
and give it a different value each time u click on a different link

but if u r gonna use it also from the HTML pages, I think u need some flashVars in the HTML pages

[danny]

I'm not sure how to answer that, but I think the answer is "yes" and "yes".

Do you know how to help me do that? The button symbols that need variable getURL values are the "back" and "next" arrows in the file linked in my first post.

[farafiro]

can u show me a template or something for what u want??

[danny]

There isn't a sample site I know of off the top of my head that does exactly what I'm wanting, no. If it would help you to see my Flash file in its HTML page context, I can set that up.

[farafiro]

so, how can I help u then??

[danny]

Can you tell me how to pass a variable from an HTML page to a Flash file embedded in it? Is it:
embed src="../nameofflashfile.swf?variable=pagename.html" ?
Do I then have to add a script in the Flash file saying to load the variable, or will the Flash file "automatically" read the variable from the HTML?

[farafiro]

http://www.actionscript.org/forums/s...=variable+html