hyperlink flash banner

I have created a flash banner for a website, but cant seem to hyperlink it!!

I use Dreamweaver and Flash MX.....

I know you can enter a URL to hyperlink to in the actual flash file... but I want the user to be able to click the banner when ever it appears... like normal banners...

any ideas?!

cheers!!

Have you tried wrapping it in a hyperlink?

Hadley

yeah, I tried doing that... and when you moved the mouse over the flash file... the URL for the link came up in the status bar .... but when you clicked it, nothing happened!!

Is it something to do with the parameters you can set in the source code?

Sorry, actually did some research this time. You can't use html to hyperlink the movie, you need to hyperlink within the flash movie itself.

Hadley

aah I see.... thanks!

What would you recommend then? making an invisible layer which is "on top" of the animation through out the whole movie, and then hyperlink this layer to the webpage?
would that work you think?

ta!!

firstly, make a big rectangle over the WHOLE project, on the top layer, then make that into a button (F8), then turn the alpha of the button to 0%, then in the actions do make it a link to the url u want.

cheers ben! thanks exactly what I did, and it worked perfectly!!

Ta!!

Hi everyone,

I have the same problem, but can´t get it to work. It seems like the button only applies to the last or the first frame of a project???

It could very wellbe a newbie fault as I´m quite new to Flash, but I feel like I have tried everything I have been able to find on the subject on the web.

Really hope someone can help me out here :-)

Thanks,
Kim

HI
can u give me the code to do this thing.

i'll be very thankful to u if u can provide the code b'coz i need this to complete my project and want to deliver it to my client.

thank u in advance

hi
can u give me the code to attach a hyper link to a flash file.

i'll be very thankful to u i need it immidiately.

plz help me.

thanx in advance

I was also looking for a way to create a hyperlink associated to the flash banner. I was not able to this in html. I ended up creating a button and write an action script to create the link. Here is how:

1. put a ractange on top of the whole animation, convert to button, change properties to alpha (0% - transparent)
2. in the action script area put in this code:
on (release) {
getURL("http://www.iwreckedmyride.com", "_self");
}
3. one problem, you would have to copy the button to each frame on your top layer.

Works great. I have a link on my webpage iwreckedmyride so you can look at it.

You just have to create a transparent gif 1x1 and use the onclick event. This image will be put over the flash object with absolute or relative position and have the width and height just like the flash object. Don't forget to set the param wmode=transparent.

Lol, this thread is from years ago!