linking quicktime video

[gfunc webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Hello,
I am building a site which incorporates flash and quicktime movies. I am a bit inexperienced as to how this works. I have found a great site, which does exactly what I need to do:

[url]http://www.biscuitfilmworks.com[/url]

click on one of the movies, and that is EXACTLY what I am trying to do.

Does anyone know what the best way to accomplish this is? Am I supposed to link to an html page with <embed> tag, or link through flash, I really need some help.

Thanks in advance.

[Zwicky webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

What version of Flash are you using? Flash MX Pro 2004 has some nifty new features for integrating video. If you are using Flash MX I can still give you some pointers though.

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[gfunc webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Zwicky, thanks for answering the question for me. I have figured out that he did in fact link the picture to an html page with the embed tag... However, I have a new question. I am in fact using flash MX, and have successfully linked a picture in flash to open an external html page with actionscript -> get url. I have looked into locking page size, with no scroll bars and dreamweaver and other sites say that code needs to be assigned to the pic or text linking to the page, not within the html page itself... Where do I assign the code to prevent the size of the page opening? And are you familiar with what code is best to lock the size of a window? Thanks again for your help with this craziness...


Gfunc

[Zwicky webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

If you would like to have a button that opens the new page, attach the following code to the button as an action:

on (press) {
getURL("javascript:window.open('http://www.yourpage/yourfolder','windowname','toolbar=no,location=no,d irectories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,r esizable=no,width=750,height=550,left=250,top=250' );");
}


-The first part is obviously the URL of the page you wish to display.
-windowname refers to the name of the window, useful for targetting things to open in the same window or different windows.
-Toolbar= Whether you want the toolbar displayed or not.
-Location= Location/address bar displayed or not.
-Directories, etc, - same priniciple.
-Width=change to suit your page.
-height=Change to suit your page.
-Left=Margin between the left hand side of the page and your document.
-Top=Margin between top and top of document.

If you need some tips for working with video in flash then give me a buzz because that's where I specialize.




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[gfunc webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Zwicky,
that code is exactly what i was looking for, thanks a ton! Hey I have a stupid newbie question. The link i am trying to go to is
[url]http://www.ajcdesigns.net/mirrornet/paulboyd/dodge.htm[/url]
what would the link be? I am unclear about windowname... sorry... And thanks again for the help. I really appreciate it.

[Zwicky webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

The link would be something along the lines of:

on (press) {
getURL("javascript:window.open('http://www.ajcdesigns.net/mirrornet/paulboyd/dodge.htm','funky','toolbar=no,location=no,directo ries=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizab le=no,width=600,height=400,left=250,top=250');");
}

Obviously the window measurements are not matched up to the size of your page so you will have to modify these to suit your needs. I have named the window "funky" to demonstrate that this can be any word you wish. The purpose of this name is to allow further actions for opening windows that are executed from within your flash file or from html to open this new page within this same window instead of opening a new window. If you were to have a link on your flash to open and play a video within a window, you could name the window "video" - any links that you send to windows of this name will cause the browser to open the page inside the existing window rather than within a new window.

Hopefully I have explained this reasonably enough but if you still have problems just let me know...





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[gfunc webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Zwicky,
I am trying to open in a new window. WOuld you mind checking out my site?
[url]http://www.ajcdesigns.net[/url]
click on directors, then the pic of the dodge viper. the spinning pics are links to quicktime movies in a seperate window that pop up. the pop up window is the one I want to constrain the porportions of... Thanks again for everything.

[Zwicky webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Convert your spinning picture to a button instance then go to the actions panel (still on that button) and paste the following code into it:

on (press) {
getURL("javascript:window.open('http://www.ajcdesigns.net/mirrorweb/paulboyd/dodge.htm','player','toolbar=no,location=no,direct ories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resiza ble=no,width=430,height=330,left=250,top=250');");
}


Publish the flash document and test the link from within a web browser, you will find that it opens up a window with just a border around your Quicktime movie.


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[gfunc webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Zwicky,

You are awesome. Thank you so much for all your help. I couldn't find the answers anywhere. You are a lifesaver.

[gfunc webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Zwicky,
when i pasted the code, it does open a new window, which is EXACTLY what i wanted to do. However, the html page behind it changes into a blank
page with [object] on it. What is this? the code you gave me works perfect, minus this glitch. I really appreciate you helping me through this...

Gfunc

[Zwicky webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Same as before, here is the code for your button action:

on (press) {
getURL("javascript:openNewwindow('http://www.ajcdesigns.net/mirrorweb/paulboyd/dodge.htm','player','toolbar=no,location=no,direct ories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resiza ble=no,width=430,height=330,left=250,top=250');");
}


Paste this code into your html document source:

<script language="JavaScript">
function openNewWindow(URLtoOpen, windowName, windowFeatures) {
newWindow=window.open(URLtoOpen, windowName, windowFeatures);
}
</script>

And paste the following into the <embed> tag which contains your swf file after your width and height parameters:

swLiveConnect=true NAME=yourmovie.swf (where yourmovie.swf is replaced by the name of your movie)





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[gfunc webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Zwicky,
Ok, I understand the button source. It is correct. I am not quite understanding the html source:

<script language="JavaScript">
function openNewWindow(URLtoOpen, windowName, windowFeatures) {
newWindow=window.open(URLtoOpen, windowName, windowFeatures);
}
</script>

Should it look like this?:

<script language=JavaScript>
function openNewWindow([url]http://www.ajcdesigns.net/mirrorweb/paulboyd/caress.htm[/url], caress, windowFeatures) {
newWindow=window.open(URLtoOpen, windowName, windowFeatures); - what goes here? I am stuck?
}
</script>

Also, what document source does the script go on, the index page or the individual page that opens up on
button click?

Sorry I am so retarded, I have nooooo javascript experience whatsoever...

thanks for the continued support.
<html>
<head>
<title>Welcome to Mirror</title>
<script language=JavaScript>
function openNewWindow(URLtoOpen, windowName, windowFeatures) {
newWindow=window.open(URLtoOpen, windowName, windowFeatures);
}
</script>

</head>

<body bgcolor="#000000">
<div align="center">
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="600" height="600">
<param name="movie" value="intromovie.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="intromovie.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="600" height="600"></embed></object>
</div>
</body>
</html>