How do I Convert Text on Adobe Flash Cs3 Professional to Hyperlinks?

Flash features tools for creating a hyperlink.

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional enables you to create dynamic presentations that include various objects, including animation, buttons, images and text hyperlinks. Many website banners utilize a "skip presentation" link. Flash gives you the capability to create text hyperlinks for redirecting your site visitor to a location within your site or to another website. Add a text hyperlink to your multimedia presentation using the tools available in Flash.

Instructions

1. Open your Flash file. Choose the "Edit" menu, then the "Publish Settings" option. Ensure the "Flash" tab is active and set the version to ActionScript 2.0.

2. Type the text for your link using the "Text" tool. For example, "[ Product News ]." Create a movie clip of the text by pressing "F8" while it is selected.

3. Press the "Ctrl" + "F3" keys simultaneously to display the "Properties" panel, if it is not visible. Enter "NewsLink" in the "Instance Name" field of the "Properties" panel.

4. Click in the first frame of the layer located in the timeline at the top of the application screen, and press "F9" to open the actions window. Enter the following:

   NewsLink.onRelease = function(){

   getURL("http://www.mywebsite.com/product_news.html");

   }

   The function "NewsLink.onRelease" uses the movie clip instance name. When the link is clicked, the browser opens the "http://www.mywebsite.com/product_news.html" Web page.

5. Press "Ctrl" and "Enter" simultaneously, and click on the text link to test it.

References

• Adobe: getURL function

Resources

• Adobe: ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference