Browser buttons for Flash!

[grant_464]

Does anyone know how to actionscript buttons in flash that control browser functions such as back, forward, stop, refresh, etc.

You can see what I am trying to accomplish at DinoWax.com on the main page (after the intro). I am making a navigation menu that spans the top of the browser window.
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Thanks,

Grant

[naibas9]

THe solution is probably easier than you think, but not as simple as you hoped. Flash doesn't have intergraded controls for that. But your action code looks like this:

getURL("www.somepage.html")

Then change it to use varibles. Varibles will give you control. Then you can access that particular line of code from almost anywhere. Instead use this:

[code]
// put this on your code for your refresh buttons

getURL(varibleName) //i.e. 'thisPage'
[code]

[/u]How this helps you[/u] You want a refresh button, but that is just opening the page you're currently on, so when the page loads
it changes the varible make that function work.
For example this goes where the flash is embeded:

// Here

PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="flash.swf?thisPage=www.thispage.html"> 


//and here

EMBED src="flash.swf?thisPage=www.thispage.html"..

Now 'back' and 'forward' and done the same way just with two more varible names. You just have control where you store value of those varibles to get the button control effect that you want.


hope that helps!

[buggedcom]

http://www.sbrady.com/hotsource/javascript/back.html

this might work

getUrl("history.back()")
getURL("history.forward()")
getURL("location.reload()")