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    I'm looking for a specific type of audio button

    Is it possible to make a swf that plays sounds from a url? To be more clear, I mean something like
    Code:
    http://www.site.com/play.swf?=http://www.site.com/sounds/clip1.mp3

    I have a site with a ton of sound files, and it would take forever to add them to individual swf files and put them back on their pages. I'd like the swf to just be a static image that plays the sound when clicked. (preferable with the ability to preload the sound after the click and show a small loading progress bar)

    Thanks,
    Jeff

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    All you need to do is make one movie with a variable referring to _root, something like _root.musicUrl. Then in your html page you add this var with the url:

    PHP Code:
    <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="300" height="50" id="mp3" align="middle">
    <
    param name="movie" value="mp3.swf?musicUrl=http://www.site.com/sounds/clip1.mp3" />
    <
    param name="quality" value="high" />
    <
    param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
    <
    embed src="mp3.swf?musicUrl=http://www.site.com/sounds/clip1.mp3" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="300" height="50" name="mp3" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
    </
    object
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    Thanks! Now I need to figure out the _root thing you are talking about

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    There is nothing to figure out. This is modified from the help files.

    PHP Code:
    this.createTextField("status_txt"this.getNextHighestDepth(), 0010022);
    // create a new Sound object
    var my_sound:Sound = new Sound();
    // if the sound loads, play it; if not, trace failure loading
    my_sound.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
        if (
    success) {
            
    my_sound.start();
            
    status_txt.text "Sound loaded";
        } else {
            
    status_txt.text "Sound failed";
        }
    };
    // load the sound
    my_sound.loadSound(_root.musicUrltrue); 
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    Ohhhh, thanks!
    It plays as soon as the page loads now. I'm just gonna have to try to make it onPress, I think.

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    Just put that script in a button
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    hmm, when I put it on a button, I get errors exporting the swf.

    Code:
    **Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler
          this.createTextField("status_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 0, 0, 100, 22);
    
    **Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 3: Statement must appear within on handler
         var my_sound:Sound = new Sound();
    
    **Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 5: Statement must appear within on handler
         my_sound.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
    
    **Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 15: Statement must appear within on handler
         my_sound.loadSound(_root.musicUrl, true); 
    
    Total ActionScript Errors: 4 	 Reported Errors: 4
    I'll keep trying though. Thanks again!

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    Don't do that. Take out the script and put it into the actions on the main timeline. I recommend not to use the on(press) function within buttons at all.

    Name the button my_button and then do this:

    my_button.onRelease = function(){

    script here

    }
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    heh, I'm sorry, but I'm just not getting it. I'm very new to using flash for things other than simple frame by frame animations.

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    never mind, I got it. thanks!!! I really appreciate the help.

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    ok, one more question. I'd like to make a second button in the same movie (right under the play button) that lets you download the same audio file that the play button uses. Is there a way to link to _root.musicUrl?

    This is what I have so far:
    http://www.aquateencentral.com/v3/audiotest.html

    Thanks!
    Last edited by Atarian; 10-11-2005 at 06:00 PM.

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    Just a little bump for the day crowd

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    You link in the same way as in the above script.
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    won't that just play the audio when i click the button?

    Thanks!

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    not if you create a download script. Check flash help files for the script.
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