The Web Squeeze: As3 Code For Url Link - The Web Squeeze

I have created a Flash banner but need to add a link to another website.
I don't want to create a button to trigger the link but rather have the whole banner clickable.
How is this achieved? I am using Flash CS4.

Hi gribble,

All you do is make sure the banner is a button symbol so

Right click the Banner/Header click Convert to Symbol and choose Button then click OK

Then give the Banner/Header an Instance name of what you like for example I gave mine banner_btn

Then create a new layer above all your other layers called actions and on frame 1 of the actions layer press f9 then

enter this CODE

banner_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.yourwebsiteurl.com/"));
}

The RED is what you can change but banner_btn needs to be the same as you gave the instance name of the banner

and the yourwebsiteurl.com which is in red too needs to be the URL you want to give it..

And thats it

If you get stuck send reply

Regards,
Aaron

Thanks Aaron. Works like a charm but how backward-compatible is the code?
I am dealing with people who are likely to still have Flash Player 7!