Comments on: How to Link Flash Animation to a URL

By: Zecaafonso

Zecaafonso — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:05:24 +0000

Hey,

I made a clip in Aftereffects, then I exported it to .xlf and made what you said on your post. But I get a 1086 syntax error expecting semicolon before leftbrace, and yes I wrote it using AC 1.0 & 2.0

By: Jeremy Winter

Jeremy Winter — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:27:11 +0000

Hi Joanna,
My first guess would be that your flash file is using Actionscript 3.0 and not 2.0. The on(release) method only works in Actionscript 2.0.

The page here does a good job of explaining the changes in 3.0. It’s a bit more complicated then a simple on(release), but isn’t drastically harder to implement.

By: Joanna Larsen

Joanna Larsen — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:23:17 +0000

Hi-
I am pulling my hair out trying to make my simple flash file link to a URL and nothing I have tried will work. I am following the directions as stated above but I can’t get it to work.
I am making a transparent box on the top layer of my file, making it a movie clip or button and adding the code

on (press){
getURL(“http://www.trimergence.com/staging/news.html”);
}

on (release){
getURL(“http://www.trimergence.com/staging/news.html”);
}

The action says it has no errors, but when I export the move, my cursor turns to a hand but goes no where when I click. Any thoughts?

By: chez

chez — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:00:16 +0000

I am trying to link my flash animation to another page within my site. I used your URL code in Actions, but when I test it since my URL doesnt exist (this particular web page has not been uploaded yet to the server) I obviously get an error message that the page doesnt exist. If I am simply trying to link to another page on my website, is there any other code besides that URL I can use in Flash Actions to link my animation?
Thanks

By: Chez

Chez — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:34:31 +0000

Thanks so much for that link info, but as a Flash newbie I have one more question. When I go into F9 for actions… is the only link option a URL code? I’m building a new website and trying to link my flash animation to another page within my site, so when I use the URL code and test it, its trying to find an existing web page that right now doesnt exist other than on my computer. Hopefully this question makes sense to you! Actually I see someone else posted a similar issue, but I don’t see an answer from you, so I hope you can share your expertise with me as well!
Thanks!

By: Huzair Kalia

Huzair Kalia — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:04:54 +0000

May u live long Buddy!!! thanks a bunch

By: Davy Rodrigue

Davy Rodrigue — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:17:07 +0000

Great, it workst, been looking for something like this for ages.

thanks a lot

By: shrunal

shrunal — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:21:26 +0000

Hi there i read the comments they were very useful but i am having a different problem i am trying to link my html file to a button and i entered this code in actions:
on(release){
getURL(“G:\E safety DIDA\E-portfolio\plan.html”,”_self”);
}

and when i click the button it says
No web page was found for the web address: file:///G:/%20safety%20DIDA/-portfolio/lan.html

so please help me please reply fast.
thanks

By: Rin

Rin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:30:38 +0000

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional doesn’t even let me copy and paste the clickable code on the button when I press F9 (Actions) and consider the code as an when I export the video:( Can anyone help?

The errors are :
1-Mouse events are permitted only for button instances
on(release);
…and I can’t even add the damn button in the Action options!!!

2-Syntax Errors
getURL(“http://light.cvgrenier.com/menu.html”, “_self”);

By: Jeremy Winter

Jeremy Winter — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:03:30 +0000

@ isobel – Usually this error code happens when there is a missing opening or closing bracket like this {

You might want to double check your code to see if a bracket is missing. Hope that helps!