Comments on: Flash Tip: Deep linking with SWFAddress

By: Alex Petrisor

Alex Petrisor — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:26:15 +0000

Good read here, thanks Tracy.
I wrote a tutorial myself at http://bit.ly/aI5QnW if you or your readers are interested.

Cheers,
Alex

By: Jloa

Jloa — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:16:24 +0000

Guys, i know that my post isn’t really relevant, but stil.
I’ve recently finished my new open source project called SWFSize and i just wanted to share with you guys.
SWFSize is a small (really small) library for Adobe Flash technology that works in collaboration with SWFObject and provides control over the swf’s container metrics. By controlling the swf’s container metrics SWFSize gives you the ability to solve the MAC OS mouse wheel issue once and for all; don’t use workarounds – use the browser’s native scrollbars instead.
You can view the samples/get source/docs at the project’s home page.

Project home: http://chargedweb.com/swfsize/

ps: but stil your free to delete my post if u’r not interested with it. Cheers.

By: john

john — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:41:36 +0000

hello my friend nice tutorial
i was wonder if you were able to help me
i have already created link system for the ajax that my page is using
however i want to manage to pass the link to the flash menu state
i think
SWFAddress.onChange = function() {
var value = SWFAddress.getValue();
var path = SWFAddress.getPath();
var id = SWFAddress.getParameter(‘id’);
if (_currentframe == 2 && value == ”) {
intro.gotoAndPlay(2); //intro is the instance name of our intro movieclip
} else {
gotoAndStop(‘$’ + value);
}
this is the code required to do so
can you provide any help?
is there also a good tutorial for how to use varchars inside flash cause i think i would be able to manage it with varchars?

By: webcam

webcam — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:22:56 +0000

Thanks for easy and useful tutorial. Its very useful to me. It works fine.

By: Christoph

Christoph — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:44:14 +0000

Hey Tracy!

nice work…

Do you know if there is a way to use swfaddress when the buttons are nested in a Movie clip?

I’m doing Fullbrowser Stuff, therefore my buttons have to be in a MC and I don’t get it fixed (it only works when everything is on the root )

Thank you…

By: april

april — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:45:45 +0000

I’ve got the setValue working so that each page brings up it’s individual name but when I use the back button and it scrolls through the values it does not trigger any animation to go back to that page in the swf. Any idea?

By: Camilo

Camilo — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:34:42 +0000

Thanks for this awesome tutorial Tracy! Your process has clarified a lot of the concepts on this feature. I am still working on implementing SWFAddress on a small project and your tips are unlocking endless possibilities. Due to the size of the files I am working with I am still having issues on some browsers (i.e.-IE…) but I created a dummy site using just your recommendations and it works like a charm! Thank you!

By: Tracy Boyer

Tracy Boyer — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:22:09 +0000

@all: Juli is using CS4 and is still working on a solution. She will *hopefully* let us know the answer when she gets it to work.

If you are having problems using deep linking in your project, I suggest opening a new file and making it work on a blank canvas before incorporating it into another file with other code.

By: Juli

Juli — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:51:09 +0000

Hi Tracy, I can’t get this to work! I have done everything your tutorial says and I just can’t get it to work. I’m not sure what I am doing wrong…if you have any time to help me I would be very grateful. I have spent weeks trying to get swfaddress to work for my company’s website and I’m about to go insane.

By: svetlana

svetlana — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:41:09 +0000

Tracy, everything works perfectly now. Shame on me – it was just a simple and stupid mistake that I made in typing.

Thanks a lot again and sorry to have bothered you.