How to use Flash menu/buttons to control the content within an iframe? Like I want to make it so it changes the source of the iframe so the iframe will show another page. To know what I am talking about look at this.
Also, related but not to Flash, how do I make it so when I put an iframe inside a table it leaves no cellpading? In Dreamweaver I cannot seem to get rid of a tiny gap. Is there a way to use normal buttons (non flash) to control iframes too?
Flash menu/buttons to control iframe
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cng
, Mar 17 2005 10:08 PM
4 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 17 March 2005 - 10:08 PM
#2
Posted 18 March 2005 - 12:25 PM
To control the iframes from flash, I believe that you would use the getURL function and specify the target you would like to open the content in... The format for getURL is as follows:
getURL("http://www.yoururl.com", "target window");
Where the "target window" could equal either _self, _blank, _parent, _top, or the html iframe you create where you want the content to load.
As for the cellpadding, you would use the following to get rid of any spaces,
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
Lastly, yes you could use normal buttons to control iframes all you do is add a target="your frame name" to your link (a href...) code.
If you have any questions, let me know!
Good luck!
getURL("http://www.yoururl.com", "target window");
Where the "target window" could equal either _self, _blank, _parent, _top, or the html iframe you create where you want the content to load.
As for the cellpadding, you would use the following to get rid of any spaces,
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
Lastly, yes you could use normal buttons to control iframes all you do is add a target="your frame name" to your link (a href...) code.
If you have any questions, let me know!
Good luck!
#3
Posted 18 March 2005 - 08:48 PM
Thanks for your help. Im using Flash MX 2004. How would my whole code look given the following information:
<iframe id="content 1" name="content 1" src="news.html"</iframe>
Would my target be src, frame id or name?
I know _self, _blank, _parent but for iframes is it _iframe id?
Please show me a sample code, thank you.
<iframe id="content 1" name="content 1" src="news.html"</iframe>
Would my target be src, frame id or name?
I know _self, _blank, _parent but for iframes is it _iframe id?
Please show me a sample code, thank you.
#4
Posted 19 March 2005 - 09:46 AM
Your target would be either id or name, either should work. However, you should avoid using spaces in id's and/or name's. If you modified your iframe code to the following (just removing spaces from names):
<iframe id="content_1" name="content_1" src="news.html"</iframe>
Then, inside flash you would use the following code to open a page in the iframe you created:
getURL("http://www.yoururl.com", "content_1");
If you would like to do the same on a normal button you would use the following code:
<a href="yoururl.html" target="content_1">link</a>
Please let me know if it works or if you have any other questions.
<iframe id="content_1" name="content_1" src="news.html"</iframe>
Then, inside flash you would use the following code to open a page in the iframe you created:
getURL("http://www.yoururl.com", "content_1");
If you would like to do the same on a normal button you would use the following code:
<a href="yoururl.html" target="content_1">link</a>
Please let me know if it works or if you have any other questions.
#5
Posted 19 March 2005 - 02:46 PM
Thanks for your help. I got the code working now.
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