making simple hyperlinks work

[pixelburger webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I had considered that option, however, this is a modular design for a CD-ROM learning course, and there are multiple volumes involved. Some fields will be scrolling, so the overlay would not work, as it does not move along with the text beneath.

[Inglese a Roma webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Other than creating using a scroll behavoir that enables you to scroll multiple sprites, then I cant help you sorry.

Let me know if you want it, Ive done one in the past.

[Gretchen Macdowall]

In article <bjkt87$i0d$1@forums.macromedia.com>, "pixelburger"
[email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> First of all, I have a simple text area with hypertext formatting. I

have created multiple links, and they appear as the typical blue underline
text that we all know and love. However, when the links are clicked,
nothing happens.

>
> I'm sure there is probably some simple script I could attach to the text

sprite, but I have no idea where to start.....yes, I'm a n00b.

>
> Could someone please explain the process in simple terms, or direct me

to a tutorial or some such resource where I could walk through it.

>

What are the links to? The following will work if they are links to html pages.

on hyperLinkClicked me,link
goToNetPage link
end

If they are links to labels in your movie:

on hyperLinkClicked me,link
go link
end

The variable "link" gets passed into the handler by Director when the user
clicks a link and has inside it whatever you entered when you created the
hyperlink. That's why one little handler works for all of the links.

Gretchen Macdowall
[url]http://www.updatestage.com/[/url]

[Pixel Burger]

How could I make that work if I have more than one link (separate URLs)
within the text? Your script may work for a single link on an event, but I'm
not exactly sure how to pass the separate links to the same behavior script.

[Gretchen Macdowall]

In article <bjl576$3u3$1@forums.macromedia.com>, "Pixel Burger"
<pixelburger@yahoo.com> wrote:

> How could I make that work if I have more than one link (separate URLs)
> within the text? Your script may work for a single link on an event, but I'm
> not exactly sure how to pass the separate links to the same behavior script.

You don't have to. Director does it for you. Try the behavior, as it is
written, on a text sprite with multiple hyperlinks. As you click each
link, Director extracts whatever you specified in the text inspector for
the link url and passes it to the hyperlinkClicked handler. So each time
you click a link the variable "link" will contain a different url.

Try this behavior on the text sprite instead, to see what's going on:

on hyperLinkClicked me, link
alert "Variable link contains: " & link
end

Gretchen Macdowall
[url]http://www.updatestage.com/[/url]

[Pixel Burger]

I got an error, which is why I was asking for clarification. Maybe this
error message will give you a better idea of what I'm up against.

[url]http://www.pixelburger.com/forum_resources/link_error.gif[/url]


"Gretchen Macdowall" <gcm@updatestage.com> wrote in message
news:gcm-0909031532000001@192.168.1.102...

> In article <bjl576$3u3$1@forums.macromedia.com>, "Pixel Burger"
> <pixelburger@yahoo.com> wrote:
>

> > How could I make that work if I have more than one link (separate URLs)
> > within the text? Your script may work for a single link on an event, but

I'm

> > not exactly sure how to pass the separate links to the same behavior

script.

>
> You don't have to. Director does it for you. Try the behavior, as it is
> written, on a text sprite with multiple hyperlinks. As you click each
> link, Director extracts whatever you specified in the text inspector for
> the link url and passes it to the hyperlinkClicked handler. So each time
> you click a link the variable "link" will contain a different url.
>
> Try this behavior on the text sprite instead, to see what's going on:
>
> on hyperLinkClicked me, link
> alert "Variable link contains: " & link
> end
>
> Gretchen Macdowall
> [url]http://www.updatestage.com/[/url]

[Doug Golenski]

It would be more useful if you would post the actual code or code snippet.
Based on that error message it looks as if you have several problems with
the code. The other thing to watch out for is that some newsreaders delete
colons and other critical punctuation marks.

hth,
Doug
"Pixel Burger" <pixelburger@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:bjleta$kal$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> I got an error, which is why I was asking for clarification. Maybe this
> error message will give you a better idea of what I'm up against.
>
> [url]http://www.pixelburger.com/forum_resources/link_error.gif[/url]
>
>
> "Gretchen Macdowall" <gcm@updatestage.com> wrote in message
> news:gcm-0909031532000001@192.168.1.102...

> > In article <bjl576$3u3$1@forums.macromedia.com>, "Pixel Burger"
> > <pixelburger@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >

> > > How could I make that work if I have more than one link (separate

URLs)

> > > within the text? Your script may work for a single link on an event,

but

> I'm

> > > not exactly sure how to pass the separate links to the same behavior

> script.

> >
> > You don't have to. Director does it for you. Try the behavior, as it is
> > written, on a text sprite with multiple hyperlinks. As you click each
> > link, Director extracts whatever you specified in the text inspector for
> > the link url and passes it to the hyperlinkClicked handler. So each time
> > you click a link the variable "link" will contain a different url.
> >
> > Try this behavior on the text sprite instead, to see what's going on:
> >
> > on hyperLinkClicked me, link
> > alert "Variable link contains: " & link
> > end
> >
> > Gretchen Macdowall
> > [url]http://www.updatestage.com/[/url]

>
>

[Ned]

you've got a quote problem :

"gotoNetPage "http:...........""

quotes in quoted text can't work, since lingo compiler doesn't see opening
and closing quotes, but just quotes, it thinks that you have to strings,
that should be separated with a comma because passed as parameters :
"gotoNetPage "
and
"http:............."

you'll have to change the inner quotes by another unused char before sending
the handler to the sprite, and then change them back in the handler.


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"Pixel Burger" <pixelburger@yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:bjleta$kal$1@forums.macromedia.com...
| I got an error, which is why I was asking for clarification. Maybe this
| error message will give you a better idea of what I'm up against.
|
| [url]http://www.pixelburger.com/forum_resources/link_error.gif[/url]
|
|
| "Gretchen Macdowall" <gcm@updatestage.com> wrote in message
| news:gcm-0909031532000001@192.168.1.102...
| > In article <bjl576$3u3$1@forums.macromedia.com>, "Pixel Burger"
| > <pixelburger@yahoo.com> wrote:
| >
| > > How could I make that work if I have more than one link (separate
URLs)
| > > within the text? Your script may work for a single link on an event,
but
| I'm
| > > not exactly sure how to pass the separate links to the same behavior
| script.
| >
| > You don't have to. Director does it for you. Try the behavior, as it is
| > written, on a text sprite with multiple hyperlinks. As you click each
| > link, Director extracts whatever you specified in the text inspector for
| > the link url and passes it to the hyperlinkClicked handler. So each time
| > you click a link the variable "link" will contain a different url.
| >
| > Try this behavior on the text sprite instead, to see what's going on:
| >
| > on hyperLinkClicked me, link
| > alert "Variable link contains: " & link
| > end
| >
| > Gretchen Macdowall
| > [url]http://www.updatestage.com/[/url]
|
|

[Pixel Burger]

I think you're right. I think it's supposed to work with solution you
provided in the example. It works fine for me when I run your movie, but I
get an error. I will have to look at the cose more closely, but I definitely
appreciate your help.


"Gretchen Macdowall" <gcm@updatestage.com> wrote in message
news:gcm-1009031014360001@192.168.1.102...

> In article <bjleta$kal$1@forums.macromedia.com>, "Pixel Burger"
> <pixelburger@yahoo.com> wrote:
>

> > I got an error, which is why I was asking for clarification. Maybe this
> > error message will give you a better idea of what I'm up against.
> >
> > [url]http://www.pixelburger.com/forum_resources/link_error.gif[/url]
> >

>
> It looks like you are trying to send a "hyperlinkclicked" message to the
> text sprite via Lingo. Here's a little Director movie with one text member
> and one behavior on it that shows what I mean. Maybe I am not
> understanding what you really want to do.
>
> [url]http://www.updatestage.com/temp/hyperlink.zip[/url]
>
> Gretchen Macdowall
> [url]http://www.updatestage.com/[/url]