Shapes into clickable links??

[MailManUSA]

Can I make a shape (tweened) into a clickable link?

I am actually JUST beginning to learn Flash so I'm not sure if this is at all
possible. I have three layers, 35 frames apiece (Note: the following is the
exact order in my FLA):

L1] sound
L2] Shape tween
L3] 34 blank frames, 35th has text which just says click to enter

In the 35th frame of L2 (layer 2) I have a shape, an "X" to be exact. I would
like to have it so that when a user clicks on the "X" they are sent to a PURE
HTML page. I guess you could think of this Flash file as an into (for neubs).
I already tried editting the HTML file Flash generated and surrounding the
[OBJECT] tage with an [a href=""] tag...no luck! I'm just about to take a look
at the Action Script section of the book I'm reading. Would that have anything
to do with the outcome of my question? Thank you in advance.

Adam

[MailManUSA]

I found the answer, given by creativity06. You can find the answer at
the following thread:

[L=link from a flash
file]http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=196
&threadid=808356[/L]

[Kathy]

Put an invisible button on top of the shape and add a Get URL action to
the instance of the invisible button.

To create an invisible button:
1. Insert > New Symbol > Button
2. Leave the Up, Over, Down buttons empty and in the Hit frame create a
filled shape (color doesn't matter as it's invisible).

Using the invisible button:
1. Create a new layer above the layer with the shape tween.
2. Insert a blank keyframe dirctly above the frame where the X resides
in the timeline.
3. Drag an instance of the button symbol to the stage on top of the X.

Adding the GetURL action:
With the button instance selected, access the Action panel and insert a
getURL action:

on (release) {
getURL("http://www.whatever.com");
}

Kat

MailManUSA wrote:

> Can I make a shape (tweened) into a clickable link?
>
> I am actually JUST beginning to learn Flash so I'm not sure if this is at all
> possible. I have three layers, 35 frames apiece (Note: the following is the
> exact order in my FLA):
>
> L1] sound
> L2] Shape tween
> L3] 34 blank frames, 35th has text which just says click to enter
>
> In the 35th frame of L2 (layer 2) I have a shape, an "X" to be exact. I would
> like to have it so that when a user clicks on the "X" they are sent to a PURE
> HTML page. I guess you could think of this Flash file as an into (for neubs).
> I already tried editting the HTML file Flash generated and surrounding the
> [OBJECT] tage with an [a href=""] tag...no luck! I'm just about to take a look
> at the Action Script section of the book I'm reading. Would that have anything
> to do with the outcome of my question? Thank you in advance.
>
> Adam
>

[MailManUSA]

Thanks Kat. Your help has been greatly appreciated. Thank you for the fast response as well.

Regards,

Adam