Link to a specific point in a Flash movie from an html page?

**light4u** · 04-01-2003, 11:38 PM

I want to place a link in html that goes to scene 2, frame 43 of my swf located on a defferent domain. Is this possible?
light4u

**unicycle** · 04-02-2003, 07:14 PM

yes, but not straight.
I wil discribe it global, to help you on your way.
If you don't succeed let me know (and else to)

As usual you need to embed it in HTML, in this case using SSI:
in page_1st-domain.html
<A href="http://2nd.com/mov.shtml?kickstart=43">

in http://2nd.com/mov.shtml

Code:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>unicycle.net</TITLE>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
function start() {
  var obj=sherlock("yourmov");
  if(obj) {
    if swf is completly loaded {
      eval('obj.TGotoFrame("/", <!--# if kickstart is defined echo kickstart else echo "1"-->');
      }
    }
  }
function sherlock(n, d) {
  var p,i,x;
  if(!d) d=document;
  if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document;
    n=n.substring(0,p);
    }
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n];
  for(i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=sherlock(n,d.layers[i].document);
  return x;
  }
// These are only needed for Netscape browsers:
function flashGetHref() {
  return location.href;
  }
function flashPutHref(href) {
  location.href = href;
  }
function flashGetTitle() {
  return document.title;
  }
function flashPutTitle(title) {
  document.title = title;
  }
//-->
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>

<BODY onLoad="start();">
  <OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" WIDTH="550" HEIGHT="400" id="yourmov" ALIGN="">
      <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="http://2nd.com/mov.shtml">
      <PARAM NAME=menu VALUE=false>
      <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=best>
      <PARAM NAME=scale VALUE=exactfit>
      <PARAM NAME=wmode VALUE=transparent>
      <PARAM NAME=devicefont VALUE=false>
      <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#0000FF>
    <EMBED src="http://2nd.com/mov.shtml" menu=false quality=best scale=exactfit wmode=transparent devicefont=false bgcolor=#0000FF  WIDTH="550" HEIGHT="400" NAME="yourmov" ALIGN="" swLiveConnect=true TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">
    </EMBED>
  </OBJECT>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Wait a while, and I post another (better) option.

**unicycle** · 04-02-2003, 07:26 PM

In this post I'm very precise, except for the last swf bit since I'm still Flash4 user (even while I have MX).

in page_1st-domain.html
<A href="http://2nd.com/mov.shtml?kickstart=43">

in http://2nd.com/mov.shtml

Code:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>dus</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0" ID=main WIDTH=99% HEIGHT=100%>
    <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="http://2nd.com/mov.swf?kickstart=<!--#echo var="QUERY_STRING" -->">
    <PARAM NAME=menu VALUE=false>
    <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high>
    <PARAM NAME=wmode VALUE=transparent>
    <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#000000>
  <EMBED src="http://2nd.com/mov.swf?kickstart=<!--#echo var="QUERY_STRING" -->" menu=false quality=high wmode=transparent bgcolor=#000000  WIDTH=99% HEIGHT=100% TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" align="middle">
  </EMBED>
</OBJECT>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Then in the 1st frame of mov.swf make

Code:

if kickstart = 0
  goto and play kickstart
endif

this will be the most compatible and easiest way.

**unicycle** · 04-02-2003, 07:58 PM

Okay last one (I hope)

make it <A href="http://2nd.com/mov.shtml?43">

that contains

src="/mov.swf?kickstart=" width="550" etc.

then in frame 1 not the if/else, but only

go to and play kickstart

**light4u** · 04-03-2003, 04:08 AM

I am not understanding. Thanks for the reply but your code crashes my browser every time.

www.Domain1.com is where I need to place a link so a user can get to frame 43 of word_search.swf

www.Domain2.com is where the word_search.swf is.

Here is the code for the swf I want to link to:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<TITLE>word_search</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="#000066">
<object classid="clsid

27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="650" height="400">
<param name="movie" value="word_search.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="word_search.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="650" height="400"></embed>
</object>
</BODY>
</HTML>

From domain one how do I link to frame 43 of word_search.swf

Thanks
light4u

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