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    Flash Communicating with HTML

    YTCollege Community Member
      I am making a Flash drop-down menu to go on a HTML page. When the user hovers over one of the choices, information about that button choice is supposed to appear in a section of the HTML page. Is this possible? I am not sure where to begin with this, and don't know the correct terminology to look it up. What do I use? Does code go in my Flash file, or my web software? (I am using Expression Web). Any help would be appreciated.

      Thank you in advance!!
        • 1. Re: Flash Communicating with HTML
          Nickels55 Community Member
          The easiest way that I can think of is via javascript. You can easily have flash send javascript commands to the html page using the getURL command.
          • 2. Re: Flash Communicating with HTML
            Newsgroup_User Community Member
            Do you mean alt text? or the location of the link in the status bar?


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            "YTCollege" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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            > I am making a Flash drop-down menu to go on a HTML page. When the user
            > hovers
            > over one of the choices, information about that button choice is supposed
            > to
            > appear in a section of the HTML page. Is this possible? I am not sure
            > where to
            > begin with this, and don't know the correct terminology to look it up.
            > What do
            > I use? Does code go in my Flash file, or my web software? (I am using
            > Expression Web). Any help would be appreciated.
            >
            > Thank you in advance!!
            >


            • 3. Re: Flash Communicating with HTML
              YTCollege Community Member
              The text is information about the page the user will see if he clicks on the button. For example, the web site is for the library. The Flash DD menu is at the top. The user hovers over the button "Books". The DD menu drops and the user hovers over one of the choices , ie "E-Books". When the user is hovering over "E-Books", information will appear (in the HTML page) about what the user will see if he goes to the "E-Books" page, (Information like "What is an E-Book?" and what kinds of E-Books can be searched for if they go to the page.)
              • 4. Re: Flash Communicating with HTML
                Newsgroup_User Community Member
                Hmm...not sure I follow you. Do you have an example of this?

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                "YTCollege" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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                > The text is information about the page the user will see if he clicks on
                > the
                > button. For example, the web site is for the library. The Flash DD menu
                > is at
                > the top. The user hovers over the button "Books". The DD menu drops and
                > the
                > user hovers over one of the choices , ie "E-Books". When the user is
                > hovering
                > over "E-Books", information will appear (in the HTML page) about what the
                > user
                > will see if he goes to the "E-Books" page, (Information like "What is an
                > E-Book?" and what kinds of E-Books can be searched for if they go to the
                > page.)
                >