Flash Named Anchors and Framesets In IE

So in flash you have the following actionscript on a button:
on (release) {
   getURL("pagename.htm#anchor1","targetname");
}

Am I correct? This causes a known problem with flash.

Macromedia has this to say about it: "Named anchors will work correctly if the SWF is in the same frame as the anchor."
Macromedia also writes: "One possible workaround is to call JavaScript functions using the getURL action."

See the complete technote with the workaround in detail here:
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14339


Another workaround that you can try is this:
on (release) {
      getURL("pagename.htm"+unescape("%23")+"anchor1", "targetname");
}
This only works online! Offline it does nothing. Possibly the reloading problem still occurs with this solution. Javascript would be a better one.

I am trying to avoid the getURL actionscript if at all possible.  I want the Flash file to behave like it did when the frames were just named rather than made into Named Anchors.   I would still like to use the button script:

on (release) {
            gotoAndStop("anchor1");
}

This works fine outside of the frameset and even works fine on Mozilla and Netscape 7 inside the frameset.  But ever since the frames went from "named" to "anchors" IE causes the movie to reload and I end up back at frame 1 when veiwed inside the frameset.

Hold on. So you have a SWF file inside "header.htm" is asume? Is the flash in the header the navigation of the website?

And you have, in your Flash movie, a main-timeline with keyframes on it. And for example on keyframe nr 10 you have a 'Label' which is called "anchor1". Right?

And for example on keyframe nr 22 you have again another 'Label' which is called "anchor2".

So instead of saying:    gotoAndStop(10);
you say: gotoAndStop("anchor1");
right? So when you click the button, the Flash movie jumps to Keyframe 10 which is labeled "anchor1".

If the above is right, and there is no addition action-script on keyframe 10 / "anchor1"..... then nothing should happen with the HTML itself. The flash-movie will show a different graphic / photo / buttons / etc. and the HTML stays the same.


If the above is totally incorrect, then I am completely not getting it and I apologize. In this case, could you put the Flash-thingy and the Frames-index online somewhere so I can see what you mean?

That's not what anchors are for.

Anchors are for browser induced navigation (back/forward buttons - html anchors, etc) not for internal navigation.

You just need to go to all your anchors and in the dropdown under where you put the label, change it from anchor to name and it will work fine.

-Sam

dutchfoxer:  you are exactly right except the swf is in the myPage.asp frame rather than the header.  Other than that, I couldn't have described the timeline and button situation better myself.  The flash file is not the main navigation for the website.  It is content.  I did try a standard html file (instead of .asp) but that didn't work either.

If you would like to see an example, please go to:

http://www.acousticgraphics.com/frameset_test.htm

Be sure to check it out on Mozilla and Netscape 8 to see what it is supposed to do.  But even then the back button on the browser doesn't behave exactly how I would like it to.  If you would like to see EXACTLY what I want the file to do, check out the non-frameset html file at:

http://www.acousticgraphics.com/anchortest.html

sam85281: While it is true that once I change the frames from anchors to names the file works like it is supposed to, the client has asked that the browser back button be used to navigate to the previous frame position.  

In other instances on the web site I will be using the anchors to drop the user into specific parts of the timeline based on a choice from a html type navigation. So the anchors are necessary in that regard too.  

I can get all of this to work fine outside of the frameset, but unfortunately, the frameset is also quite necessary.


Thank you both for your attention
-CK