HTML link within Flash Movie

[newbie_geek]

Hey,

I need to make a link to a URL from within a Flash movie.

For the life of me, i cant seem to do it!

I am using Flash and Dreamweaver MX, if that is of any significance.

Thanks
newbie_geek

[nunomira]

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

or, in a new window:

getURL("http://www.flashkit.com", "_blank");

[newbie_geek]

what if i am building my web page in dreamweaver, and I dont know what the final URL will be?

Do i just "getURL" the path of the .htm file in my local drive?

Or do i have to leave the link until it is up in the server?

[nunomira]

If the link you're using is to another page of yours, you can always have a relative/local path, in your computer and in you domain. So use the local path.

[newbie_geek]

Okay, so if I have the htm document in c:\webpage\index\home.htm

I just tell flash "getURL c:\webpage\index\html", is that right?

[nunomira]

A least I can't use a global path in my computer...
I think you have to use relative paths...

[newbie_geek]

And what exactly is the difference between global and relative paths?

Again, i apologize for my very powerful ignorance, but we all gotta start somewhere.

[rdoyle720]

An absolute or global path is when you spell everything out:

"C:\Windows\Desktop\myfile.html"

A relative path is when you do it "relative" to where the file you're linking from is. For instance, if you're linking to "myfile2.html", and it's in the same folder as the file you're linking from, you only put:

"myfile2.html"

Or for example, it's in a subfolder called "html":

"html/myfile2.html"

And so on. Using relative paths means you can transfer the files to any other computer (or server) and the links will still work.

[newbie_geek]

Thats great, thanks guys.