getURL target?

Hunter · #1 (**permalink**) 09-30-06, 04:06 PM

Hello. How can I target a url in flash? At the minute for my buttons I have this code, that works fine -

Code:

on(press) {
	getURL ("http://www.........");
}

How can I add a target to this url, like in html you would add

Code:

<html>
<a href="http://www.......">BUTTON</a>
</html>

Regards,
Hunter

UnrealEd · #2 (**permalink**) 10-01-06, 04:19 AM

you mean a button in your application? "target" is also a param of the getURL function, so what do you mean exactly?
if you want to know about the param "target":
it's the same as in html: "_blank", "_parent", "_self"

if you want to know how to create a button:
1. make a textbox and type some text in it.
2. convert this textbox to a button.
3. click on your scene, and then back on the button. Name the button in the properties window.
4. Open the "action"-window of the frame your button is located in, and type the following code:

Code:

my_button_name.onRelease = function(){
  getURL("http://www.......");
};

Hope this makes it clearer. if not, just ask
UnrealEd

Hunter · #3 (**permalink**) 10-01-06, 09:38 AM

I want to add a target to my link.
http://www.clarkysite.co.uk/new/
Here is what I am working on. I want my buttons, that I currently have just linked, to target my iframe. Would I just simply change

getURL("http://www....");

to

getURL("http://www....", "iframeid");
?

Regards.
Hunter

UnrealEd · #4 (**permalink**) 10-01-06, 10:55 AM

you can't link the getURL function to an iframe as far as i know. In html an iframe is loaded on every page, but you can't load it without loading the rest of the page.

you'll have to use php to check which iframe should be loaded. when i hit one of your buttons it says "index.php?page=some_page", this is how you should do it. then simply include the file, specified by the page var:

PHP Code:


			
if(!@include($_GET['page'].".html")) echo "invalid page specified";

hope this helps you a little. BTW: when using php, it's not necessary to use iframes, simply include it in a div or a table-cell, and you will get the same result, except for the fact that there wont be any scrollbars

UnrealEd