Problem with links in Flash EXE file

I created a Flash exe file that has a menu with links to other Flash exe files. I am having a problem when people click on the links more than once. When they do multiple clicks on a link, it opens more than one instance of the linked files. Because these linked files have audio, it ends up sounding terrible. I know they can just close the second instance of the file, but I really need to be mindful of people that aren't technology savvy and wouldn't think to do that. Is there a way to have additional clicks ignored, so that this doesn't happen? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

hi there,

i'm not an expert myself, not at all in fact .

but i was thinking : isn't it possible to close the movie you opened from the movie you opened it with?
i mean : suppose a link in movie A opens movie B, while A keeps running, if it's possible to close B fromout A, you could just always close al movies before opening one.

something like this (the codelogic in plain words) :

if link is clicked : 1. close all movies (even if they are not opened), 2. open the movie you want.

actually, i'm just guessing .

success!

greetz,

grenouille

Thanks for your posting. Unfortunately, that scenario would not help me out. I need to keep the menu page open as the links on it are being clicked. The menu actually contains links to demos, so I want the demos to play, all while the menu is still in the background. The demos close successfully once they are done playing, so I have no problem with that. My only problem is when more than one instance of these files are being opened because people do multiple clicks on the menu's links. Thanks again for the posting!!

i see what you mean. but i was assuming - in my theory , that your "menu movie" would be open all the time.isn't it possible to simply unable the links once they are clicked? and to enable them again once the 'songmovie' is closed?

don't know much about scripting between movies.

keep on trying, trial and error is a programmer's best friend!

cu,

grenouille.