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Post August 19th, 2007, 10:45 am

Hi, I'm new to flash. I am helping my friend with a website.
He was given a flash banner to include on the website. The code I put is as follows:

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<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="640" height="90" id="lloyds728x90" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="flash/lloyds728x90.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><embed src="flash/lloyds728x90.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="640" height="90" name="flash/lloyds728x90" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>
  1. <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="640" height="90" id="lloyds728x90" align="middle">
  2. <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
  3. <param name="movie" value="flash/lloyds728x90.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><embed src="flash/lloyds728x90.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="640" height="90" name="flash/lloyds728x90" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
  4. </object>


Now I'm supposed to link this banner to an external address. How can I do it? I was trying to put everything in <a href="........> flash </a> but it doesn't work.
any help greatly apreciated
thanks
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Post August 19th, 2007, 10:45 am

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Post August 19th, 2007, 3:28 pm

You can't do it, unless, you have the Flash Application. The banner has to be programmed internally to link to an address. As you have already found out, trying to link it like you would a jpg just will not work.

Here's the actionScript you'll need to link the banner. Add this to the button.
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on (release) {
getURL ("http://yourAddress.com", _blank);
}
  1. on (release) {
  2. getURL ("http://yourAddress.com", _blank);
  3. }
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Post August 21st, 2007, 3:15 am

Thanks Origin

Sorry for being a complete newbie (because that's who I am when
it comes to flash) but where exactly am I supposed to insert
the code you wrote?

Inside the code I got? At the beginning of it? at the end?

thanks, and appreciate your time and help
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Post August 21st, 2007, 10:42 am

You need to place that code inside the actionScript window. Make sure you have selected the button. The script is actually applied to the button and not to a frame.
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