Flash headers in HTML

[Ogier Midget]

Hello,
Just wandering if somebody can point me towards a tutorial that would explain how to have Flash headers in HTML like at http://www.fortymedia.com/ .

Thanks

[Krilnon]

I didn't see anything particularly Flashy about that... could you maybe point out what you were talking about in more detail?

[Ogier Midget]

I didn't see anything particularly Flashy about that... could you maybe point out what you were talking about in more detail?

Ok at http://www.fortymedia.com/ , on the left-hand side do you see the words "Talk to Us"? That is flash. On the right-hand side do you see the words "Phoenix Web Design"? That is also flash. Try selecting the text. That is what I mean by Flash headers.

By using Firefox and the extenstion Adblock, I was able to locate the flash file at http://www.fortymedia.com/crono.swf . When you view the .swf it says, "Please pass in your text." Which must mean that fortymedia.com might be using a scripting language to send information to the Flash file.

The reason why I am interested in using Flash headers is because I would be able to use the font of my choice (or the clients choice) and have it accessable to everyone.

Thanks

[hgfl]

So, are you wanting to know how to load external text onto buttons in Flash and have them open html pages?

I found Senocular's "Squirrel Finder" XML in Flash tutorial handy when I wanted to make a menu with text that loads from an external XML file. See it here: http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml/examples/squirrelfinder.htm

To link to HTML files from flash, use

on(release) {
getURL("filename.html","_top")
}
where _top is the target of the file in the browser (so if you wanted the file to open in a frame, you'd put the frame name there instead).

If you use the Squirrel Finder file as something to go by, then you'd obviously need to add this action to the DisplayInfo() function and define the URL that goes with the button's text as one of the attributes in the same line as the button's text attribute.

[Ogier Midget]

I don't need buttons, but the external XML file may work.
Thanks