oops. for some reason i thought you were using Flash 5, but alas, you are using Flash 6.
So, you can use named anchors to bookmark, or navigate to certain sections of your flash movie. unfortunately, we don't have much info on this on the DesDev center (i am looking into that), but it is discussed in the Flash help files Using Flash > anchors, named here is the only info i could find about them on our site: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/named_anchors.htm here is an alternate technique that is a little more difficult to implement but works better: http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/mx/blueprint/articles/back_button.html this technique was used in the pet market blueprint application. hope that helps... mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Chambers [mailto:mchamber@;macromedia.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 1:10 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Flash reload > Importance: High > > > fyi, Flash 6 has support for named anchors, which in the case below > could address your problem. > > basically, named anchors allow you to book mark or navigate > to specific > sections of a flash movie. > > since you are using Flash 5 though, this won't help you much. > There are > solutions, but they are mostly on the advanced level. > > mike chambers > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (REC) > > [mailto:Neil.Robertson-Ravo@;csd.reedexpo.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 8:51 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Flash reload > > Importance: High > > > > > > Yep, I thought this was the case and actually, in my opinion > > this is still a > > HUGE flaw in a Flash movie. I will look into this, but I can > > say that if > > its an arse to implement, I wont be doing it! > > > > N > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dennis baldwin [mailto:dennis@;zapdesigns.com] > > Sent: 05 November 2002 13:47 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Flash reload > > > > > > Hey Neil, > > > > By default the movie will refresh. Here's a basic tutorial > of how to > > get it around it (requires a little more work). I'm not > > saying this is > > the best example of how to accomplish something like this but > > hopefully > > it should spark some ideas. > > > http://www.flashcfm.com/tutorial_search.cfm?> keyword=smart%20navigation > > > > Take care, > > Dennis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (REC) > > [mailto:Neil.Robertson-Ravo@;csd.reedexpo.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 3:41 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Flash reload > > > > > > How has people/MM got around the reloading of a Flash movie when the > > user decides to F5 their browser session? Does it still reload the > > movie from the beginning? > > > > Neil > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
