Website Help Request

[Lostxn]

Hello,

I am curently working with DreamWeaver 2004 and am trying to create a
flash window in my HTML page that will switch from flash doc to flash
doc without changing the page. I am using Powerbullet as the front end
menu and have one working, but I am creating an identical HTML page for
each link. This is working ok as I only have about 7 links for this
page. I am looking for another way because I have another page that is
going to support about 50 links and I do not want to have to create 50
identical HTML pages to get this effect. The Powerbullet menu is
functioning flawlessly, but I need a little help with either setting up
the page to be dynamic or some other type of website magic. Any help
would be much appreciated. Thanks.

-Lostxn

[MarkC]

If I understand your question correctly:

To change flash "slides" or documents within the same HTML page, you
use JavaScript and/or FSCommands. There are some standard FSCommands
that you can pass to the Flash movie from HTML. And vice versa. Give me
a little more info on your problem & I'll try to give a specific
answer.

[dspeed]

Hi,
Have a look at our 'animations page'
http://cdburnerxp.se/pb/animations/anims.php
This is just one .php page that reads a folder server side, displays
the details of the files in the folder and will link to each .swf file.
Is this the sort of thing that you wanted to do ?

Regards.....

Derek Speed.

[Lostxn]

Derek,

If I am aunderstanding this right, the link takes the user to the same
page each time, but loads a different flash file depending on which
link corresponds with which file in the server file, right? This is
pretty close. I was wanting to provide a single page with a flash
window. The window would default to my Powerbullet menu page. From this
swf file, I would like numerous other swf (documents actually) and
provide a back button to get back to the menu. The page would never
change, only the swf file being presented. Make sense? The "server
side" stuff is very scary as I have not done this before. Please type
very sl-o-w-l-y. Thanks :-)

[Lostxn]

Mark C, let me know if this gives you the info you are looking for as
well.

[MarkC]

If you wish to have a controlling swf embedded in the html page, which
in turn will call other swfs, you have a couple of options.

1. Have a main swf, complete with menu, that calls other swfs. These
will be overlays, so you need to layout the permant swf (menu ltems
etc) so that it doesn't get covered by the overlay.

2. Alternatively you just have swf files that call each other. But in
this case each one would need to be linked to the other, making it a
lot more work.

3. Actually there's a 3rd way. You can create HTML menu items which
simply tell the embedded swf object (you call it by the OBJECT id in
the HTML) what do do. Check the source HTML generated by Powerbullet
for an eye on how this works. And look at the samples page for an
example of the fscommand.

[Lostxn]

I think we are almost there. In your following post "1. Have a main

swf, complete with menu, that calls other swfs. These
will be overlays, so you need to layout the permant swf (menu ltems

etc) so that it doesn't get covered by the overlay. " - how do you set
the flash files as overlays? I'm not sure how this would work. I use
the Insert -> Media -> Flash and then I have to choose a single swf
file. In this case it would be my Powerbullet menu. Then, without
creating a separate html page for each individual flash doc, how do I
call a different flash file on that page? Am I making any sense?

[dspeed]

Hi,
My simple soulution would be:-
1) Create your Powerbullet menu with the various links to the assorted
.swf files.
2) On the menu html page, create a 'back button' to the menu page in
html

So, the flash menu links to the various .swf files and the html page
has a permanent hyperlink to the menu page.

Regards.....Derek Speed....

[MarkC]

For overlays, you create a link button and set the link to the SWF
file. And in the extra parameter field you select _layer1 or greater.
_layer0 is the current movie. These are predefined Flash names. The
higher the number, the higher the layer.