You can call JavaScript functions from your flash movie. This tutorial will show you how to call a pop up window opener function from your movie when a user clicks a button. You can create the html page in any text editor.
1. Create a simple button in Flash. You could also just drag one out of the shared library. You then need to open up the actions menu and insert the following code:
on (release) {
getURL("JavaScript:popup();");
}
This code will call the JavaScript when a user clicks on the button. Once this is done goto File > Publish and publish your movie. Make sure the publish settings are set to publish the file with a html document.
2. Now you need the code for the JavaScript function.
<script language="JavaScript">
function popup() {
window.open('http://www.hardwaretutorials.com/','','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,
scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=400,height=400,left=0,top=0');
}
</script>
This code can be modified. The first section is the page URI. The second section is your options such as do you want to make it resizable and have scrollbars. The first section has width, height and location from left and top in. Make sure the “window.open” line and the line below are on the same line.
3. Now open your text editor and find the html file generated when you published your movie. Open it and insert the JavaScript function just below the tag. Now save the page.
4. Open the file in your browser. Clicking the button should now open up the pop up window.
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