[sub]

Can anyone advise how I'd go about setting up a Flash file with a series of links to URLs (that currently do not exist) which can later be determined out-side of Flash.

Cheers.

[John Good]

put your links in a XML
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I'm in my bed with 1minute of power left, don't feel like going downstairs for power supply.
I'll post more tomorrow morning if necessary.

[Tanel]

Xml is best solution. Search help from kirupa.com/developer/flash/index.htm#Server_Side_&_Flash

[sub]

Appreciated. Looks a tad out of my depth (and project budget).
Will take a closer look when sober.

[lukasarts]

It's not so bad. Followed this the other day:

http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml/index.htm

And got some stuff up and running pretty quick.

[estazor]

Yea doing this in XML isn't hard. All you have to do is make up the XML document and then in flash load it in. Then, basically on whatever event you use the getURL() method to use that link that you're getting from XML.

[hit-squad]

yeah use getURL() to link urls loaded in via xml

[sub]

Cheers lads. I'll take a good look into this as soon as this raging hangover eases off. Currently reading with bleeding eyes.

[John Good]

Originally Posted by hit-squad

yeah use getURL() to link urls loaded in via xml

brilliant !

[John Good]

//create an objet to manage your links
_global.LinksManager = new Object();
LinksManager = _global.LinksManager;
//define a link to a stage
LinksManager.root = this;
//
LinksManager.init = function(){
        //make an array for your links and one for the buttons
	this.tableLinks = [];
	this.tableButtons = [/*your button 1,your button 2 etc.. */]
	//load the XML
        this.loadData();
};
LinksManager.loadData = function (){
	var vXML = new XML();
        vXML.refLM = this;//this makes a pointer to the links manager
	vXML.ignoreWhite = true;
	//
	vXML.onLoad = function () {
		this.refLM.initLinks(this);
	};
	vXML.load ("linksList.xml");
};
//
LinksManager.initLinks = function (aXML){
	for(var i=0; i < aXML.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++){
		aXML.refLM.tableLinks[i] = aXML.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.nodeValue;
	}
	this.applyLinks();
};
//
LinksManager.applyLinks = function(){
	for(var i=0; i < this.tableButtons.length; i++){
		this.tableButtons[i].url = this.tableLinks[i];
	}
};
LinksManager.activateButtons = function(){
	for(var i=0; i < this.tableButtons.length; i++){
		this.tableButtons[i].onRelease=function(){
			getURL(this.url, '_blank');
		}
	}
};
//
LinksManager.init();

I did NOT re-read my code, and I did not comment really, but the code is explicit.
think you can handle that ;-)

[sub]

Many thanks John.
This is very much appreciated.

[John Good]

I'm not the helping kind, I do this only for karma.