How to Make an HTML Link in a Flash Movie
Flash allows you to create animated movies that you can embed into websites for other Internet users to view. There may be a point in the movie, such as at the end, where you would like to place a clickable HTML link to direct a user to a particular website. To do this, you must assign an object within the movie to be a button that will launch a URL when the user clicks on it. You can import any image into your movie to serve as this button.
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Instructions
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Import an image into your Flash movie. You can usually do this by choosing “File” from the top menu and “Import.” You can browse and select an image from files on your computer.
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Click on the image you have imported to select it in the movie.
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Change the image into a Flash movie symbol. You can usually do this by clicking “Insert” from the top menu and choosing an option such as “Convert to Symbol.”
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Assign a “button” type behavior, give your button a name and click “OK” to make the conversion.
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Assign your button with an action. This can usually be done by right-clicking your button and choosing an option such as “Action” from the menu.
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Choose to assign the button with a URL action. This will usually be called something like “Get URL.”
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Type the URL that you would like to use in the text box. You may also be able to assign a “target” to your link, which allows the HTML link to open in a new window.
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Close the actions box and save the changes to your Flash movie. You can test your HTML link by choosing “Control” from the top menu and selecting an option like “Test Movie.”
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