Controlling flash from html

Say we have an external text file that is dynamically loaded into flash. Now say we want to have a link from this text file, which loads up external movies or we simply want to controll our flash from an external text that we have loaded; if this is our situation then we can use "asfunction" in our text file to communicate a general function with flash.

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Controlling the timeline
Simple ActionScript for controlling the flow of your movie. Ideal if you are just beginning to learn programming in Flash.

Flash, Javascript, and the FSCommand
You can do a lot of great work in Flash, and it is a much richer and more dynamic media than straight HTML. However, there are still things that you can do in HTML and JavaScript that you can't do with just Flash. That being said, you can integrate HTML, JavaScript and Flash to create a great user experience. This tutorial will explain how to call JavaScript functions from within Flash to perform functions that Flash cannot do alone.

How to insert an SWF file into an HTML page in Notepad
Adding a custom-made Flash animation created with Mix-FX into HTML editors like Frontpage or Dreamweaver is easy. However, if you do all the coding by hand in Notepad, or your HTML editor does not have a standard Insert Flash option, things can become a bit more complicated, especially if you are not that familiar with HTML coding.By following these simple steps, you will be up and running in no time at all and impressing all of your visitors with your talents!In this sample, we used Notepad as our HTML editor. You can use any other HTML editor as long as there is an option that allows you to hand-code.

Flash 5 Tab Order
Users of traditional HTML forms have gotten used to tabbing through the input fields to enter in their data. Users will do the same thing in Flash, but Flash tabs to elements on the page that we don't want to bother with. This is because, in HTML, a form is bounded by the tag, while in Flash, there is no "form" section -- it's just all movie clips or in the _root timeline. Flash doesn't know any better, so we have to make it a bit smarter -- and meet the user's expectations.

How to Embed Flash Intro in HTML
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Reusable flash buttons controlled by HTML
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HTML use in Dynamic Textboxes
When using dynamic text boxes in flash it is possible to use HTML encoded text instead of plain text. Using HTML text has many advantages, it allows you to colour text differently within the one textbox as well as apply different sizes and fonts. It is also possible to add HTML links into text, so you can link to other pages on the web.

Adding and Controlling Music in a Flash Movie
Simple step-by-step tutorial. You may learn how to add sound to flash movie and turn it on and off using buttons.

Flash Fonts
When you create a html document in a certain font and want to share it with others on the internet, they wont be able to view the font unless they download it and install it on your computer. Unless of course you embed the font within the document.Flash also allows you to embed fonts, the difference is that while embedding fonts in HTML is problematic, Flash allows you to embed fonts flawlessly. So the person viewing the flash file can any fonts used within it without having the font installed on their computer.Despite the fact the flash makes embedding fonts so easy, they remain one of the most frequently reported sources of problems on flash forums.

Creating a small popup window in Flash
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Controlling sound using Actionscript
Audio integration into a Flash file always adds "glamour" to the Flash file. It makes it highly presentable and enhances the user experience. We will see how to do the following using Flash: 1. Import audio into flash 2. Adding audio to frames 3. Adding audio to buttons 4. Looping audio 5. Updating/Editing the added audio 6. Sharing the audio file across multiple files/projects

Displaying HTML Text in Flash
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Flash versus HTML : a real debate ?
5-6 years ago there was the phenomena of "Flashmania" all over the web. Big corporate names, especially in the car industry, were all going for full Flash websites. But where have they all gone ? It looks like most of these companies are now back to the old HTML way of doing things. What happened ? Well it looks like things have just been put into place.

Text Enhancement / using styles and HTML pages in Flash
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Controlling File Size in Flash Animations, Part 1
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Flash Sound on HTML Web Pages
The aim of the tutorial is to learn how to add sound to any web page that 99% of all users will be able to hear. With this technique there is no Flash interface on your web page - only sound. It works through standard HTML links or plays automatically when the web page loads. It is compatible with all major browsers and allows you to play different sounds for different HTML links. It also allows you to play many different music file formats like wav, mp3 etc.

Displaying a Flash Movie (.swf) in a HTML page
This tutorial will show you how to display a Flash Movie (.swf) in a HTML page using the <OBJECT> and <EMBED> tags.

Alpha/Opacity and Fading in Flash
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How to put a picture underneath the SWF file
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Using Flash And Java To Create Pop-Ups
With Flash it is quite common to have a customized pop up window to hold your flash movie. This is almost always done using HTML and JavaScript. Well, what about having buttons in your flash movies that will open customized pop up windows?In this tutorial I am going to show you how to incorporate Flash and Java to do the same effect from a Flash movie.

Hyperlinks in Flash
A hyperlink is when you link from one web page to another. Creating hyperlinks in Flash is not difficult and very similar to linking in HTML. Though how you do it in Flash is slightly different.

Controlling Movie Clip
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Sound Volume & Pan Control in Flash 5
Controlling sound was never easy in Flash 4. With the introduction of Flash 5 with advanced action script it is easy to control the sound. In this tutorial we will see how easy it is to control Volume and Pan sound.

Dreamweaver-Flash: Using Frames
In this lesson, we're going to demonstrate how to integrate Flash 5 and Dreamweaver 4 by building a simple navigation bar in Flash and then using it to control HTML content in Dreamweaver.

Dynamic Text: LoadVars and HTML
Often, when you have large amounts of text to display, you'll want to use a scrolling text box. That means you'll have to make the text field "dynamic". That, in turn, means you can't do much formatting of the text field within Flash.Fortunately, Flash can interpret HTML tags. You can use these to create pre-formatted text files and include hyper links.

How to make a Flash movie with a transparent background Flash tutorial
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Mailto: in Flash
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Frame Navigation using Flash
In this tutorial we will be investigating how to use flash files in one frame to affect a HTML file in the other.forward too.

Mailto Function in Flash
Mailto function in flash is not much different than Mailto function in HTML. In HTML this function is applied on links, whereas in Flash it is applied on buttons.

Mailto Function in Flash MX
Mailto function in flash is not much different than Mailto function in HTML. In HTML this function is applied on links, whereas in Flash it is applied on buttons.

create a flash site
create a website that is entirely flash- no html, no anything else just flash.

Do-It-Yourself Scrollbar
This tutorial was written for the Flash Designer software. This is a pretty good scrollbar for scrolling text or other objects within your Flash movie. It doesn't require too much coding and it uses simple ActionScript commands that most people learn soon after getting Flash Designer. It resizes itself automatically for the number of lines in your HTML text field.

Passing Variables
This tutorial will show you how to set paths to media content by passing variables to flash using html, as opposed to "hard coding" paths inside of flash. This allows for slightly more dynamic flash video delivery (especially if used as part of a bigger a

Dynamically Controlling Volume via the Sound Object
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Passing Variables to Flash
As part of my site deign I was after a method in which I could have a reusable banner. This banner was going to be a flash program and would be cached for every page. I wanted to pass a variable to the flash program, and that would be the title for that page.There are several methods of passing variables to a flash program. The first method that I used, passed the variables via the HTML tag value.

Using CGI Forms in Flash
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Making Flash Movies Transparent
How to make a Flash movie transparent on a HTML background, I decided to show everyone how to make it themselves.

Controlling File Size in Flash Animations, Part 2
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Creating Transparent Flash Movies
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Controlling flash from html

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