[gerrards]

I'm integrating a flash help system into a 'C' program I'm creating. Just like the lessons in the Dreamweaver help. Only my movie sits in the program(using macromedia OCX) and not in a pop up window.


If you notice on the first lesson "creating an image map" step one you can select 'click to open practice page'.

On doing this there is communication between the flash movie and the dreamweaver program(pressing it opens the practice page).

How do the two interact? Can you do this with the macromedia OCX?

The only clue I found in this dreamweaver example was when I searched and ran the Lesson 1.swf. When I pressed the link this came up in a browsers url. "javascript:dw.openDocument('file:///C|/PROGRA%7E1/MACROM%7E1/DREAMW%7E1/Lessons/Lesson%20Files/01%20Imagemap/imagemap_start.html');"


Does this mean that they are using Javascript?


Please Help...I dont have a clue where to start!

Sam.

[luke]

I think yes, they are using javscript to pop the new windows.

in flash you can use the getURL command like so:

Code:

getURL(javascript:dw.openDocument('file:///C|/PROGRA%7E1/MACROM%7E1/DREAMW%7E1/Lessons/Lesson%20Files/01%20Imagemap/imagemap_start.html');

[gerrards]

Thanks Luke, at least I have a starting point now.

I don't suppose you have any experience of the Flash ocx?

Cheers, Sam.