When you have your symbol*, click on it, hit F9, paste the following code into the actions panel:
on (release) {
getURL(“http://tylerfraser.com”);
}
Important note: cut and paste in notepad – change the quotes to regular quotes, my wordpress theme is changing it to quotes that flash won’t recognize.
I’d like to quickly say something about code. It’s amazing how much you can get done with cut and paste. Don’t be discouraged with programs/ design and how you might need to master code. Just do the research and outsource what you can’t figure out.
How to Link a Symbol Flash CS4
* – To get a symbol just right click on your image and click convert to symbol. Then you need to tick export for action script.
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I keep getting the “current selection cannot have actions applied to it” when I click the actions option on my symbols. I’ve created and converted the symbols every which way I know how, but no luck.
Nevermind! I found elsewhere that the Publish Settings have to say something less than Actionscript3.0. I changed it to Actionscript1.0 and now I can link fine. The only amendment I would add to this blog entry is that the address takes single quotes rather than double.
Thanks anyways
Right you are. I see that the wordpress theme takes regular quotes and formats them for the text.
Important note: cut and paste in notepad – change the quotes to regular quotes, my wordpress theme is changing it to quotes that flash won’t recognize.