How can I link from one flash document to another with buttons?

[RoyaFuze777]

Hi,

From the question above, you can tell that I'm very new to flash, especially with scripting. Total noob.

I watched my instructor's videos and I'm still stumped. He didn't explain it very well.

For starters, I am using Flash CS6, but I clicked on AS1.0 and AS2.0 from the drop down mention in the actionscript window for the script below, since that is what my instructor used.

What I have now are various pages I've already created in flash that are different pages in my website, including a splash page with an enter button.

For example, I want the enter button to link to another .swf or .html file when it is clicked. This file will be the main page.

I tried using this script that my instructor mentioned in the video on the button layer:

on (release); {

    getURL("page1.swf");

}

the "page1.swf" file is already in the same folder in my computer as my splash page and I even imported it to the library of my splash page.

From my instructor's video demo, that should be apparently all that is needed.

But I cannot get this to work.

I tested the file and this is what flash comes up with:

In the output tab:

ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable TCMText is not defined.

In the compiler errors tab:

Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 28', Frame 1, Line 1

1180: Call to a possibly undefined method on.

Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 28', Frame 1, Line 1

1120: Access of undefined property release.

Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 28', Frame 1, Line 2

1180: Call to a possibly undefined method getURL.

Any thoughts? My instructor also recommended that I embed the .swf into an .html, but he obviously didn't tell us how to do that!

Also, why doesn't script assist work with AS3?

Thank you so much!

[Ned Murphy]

Those compiler errors are what you get when you are publishing for an AS3 file.  If you intend to use AS1/2, then you need to start with an AS1/AS2 file.  You can convert the file to an AS1/AS2 file by going into the Publish Settings and choosing AS1/AS2 in the actionscript version options

[RoyaFuze777]

Okay so I changed it to AS1/AS2.

Now it says this:

Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 28, frame=1, Line 1

Mouse events are permitted only for button instances

Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 28, frame=1, Line 4

Syntax error.

I am very confused.

Also, since all my other pages are in AS3, is there some way I can use another script in AS3 that accomplishes the same task?

Can someone please provide me with the correct script to use?

Thank you so much! I feel that people here are much more responsive than my instructor is! Thank God for this forum!