Closing Flash Movies

[complexity webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Hey all,

Ive got a flash add that is on screen, but now I want to give the users the option of closing the movie.

I have the movie sitting in a layer on screen like:


<div id="Layer1" style="position:absolute; width:785px; height:115px; z-index:1; center: 6px; top: 214px;">
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"
width="785" height="250">
<param name=movie value="banner.swf">
<param name=quality value=high>
<param name=wmode value=transparent>
<param name=bgcolor value=#FFFFFF>
<embed src="banner.swf" quality=high wmode=transparent bgcolor=#FFFFFF width="785" height="250"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>
</object>
</div>

But I have no idea how to close the movie itself. I presume I can just do this in Actionscript? Or do I have to write some javascript to remove the movie???

Any help is appreciated.

[Developer Exemplar]

well you can close a movie using the fscommand. the syntax for closing is:

fscommand("quit);

you can add this on an event handler for an on release event of a button

N Kiran Kumar Kowlgi

[complexity webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Unfortunatley fscommand("quit); is only available in stand alone players. This swf is loaded directly onto a webpage.

[Developer Exemplar]

look you can pass parameters to a function in the javascript when the button in the flash movie is clicked.. so when you say you want to close the movie, do you mean close the browser??

N Kiran Kumar Kowlgi

[noviKorisnik webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

You have to use JavaScript.

<script>
function closelayer () {
document.getElementById ('Layer1').style.display = "none";
}
</script>

Call from html: <a href="javascript: closelayer ();">close flash</a>

This can be done from Flash movie, look at [url]http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/publishexport/scriptingwithflash/scriptingwithflash_07.html[/url]



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