Linking to a page from a flash animation

[hawkesi]

Hi guys,

I've created a shonky little flash animation in illustrator and have imported to GoLive. I want this animation to link to another page but can't find how i can do that? Can anyone out there help with this or offer a better way?

Thanks y'all

Steve

[magicplant]

Hi,
I have never worked with either illustrator or Golive but i work with flash all the time. To link to a page from a flash animation you need to insert the apropriate action script at the place where you want to have the link.
Have you a specific place in the animation where you want to link from (eg a button) or are you just wanting to make it so that the user can click anywhere on the animation to take you to your page?
Cheers
Alan

[hawkesi]

Hi Alan,

I'd like the user to be able to click anywhere on the animation and be taken to another page.

Thanks
Steve

[TiGGi]

what you do is this:
make new layer on top
create small Rectangle using rectangle tool, no stroke. Size don't matter nor color
select that rectangle and hit F8 and choose graphic
hit F8 again and select button
Double Click your button object to edit it
it timeline select keyframe under UP and move it to HIT
select you button graphic again and in properties toolbar select color >> alpha and set it to 0
Go back to the root of the scene 1, right click on the button object and select free transform
resize the object to cover the whole movie
Hit F9 to bring up actions and add your getURL action

[hawkesi]

Thanks Tiggi, but i'm using a mac. Those function keys don't do anything for apps. They are used by the operating system.

Are we talking GoLive or illustrator here too? As u can tell i'm very new to this. Got all these great ideas in my head and getting frustrated cause i can't figure out how to make them happen :confused: :confused: :confused: Lots to learn :)

[magicplant]

Hi,
Tiggi's instructions are to be carried out within flash.
The shortcuts are ... F8 - Modify - convert to symbol
and F9 - window - actions
and the code which you need to insert into your actions layer is ....

on(release) {
getURL("http://www.yourwebsite.com");
}

Make sure you have your button selected when you open the actions layer to insert this code as it needs to be attached to the button.
Cheers
Alan