[TubaMuffins]

for a site im working on, my friend gave me a flash movie that he wants on the intro page. How do I get it so that either when the flash is over, the person can click the flash movie and go on to the content pages?

[Oisín]

Assuming he gave you the movie as a .fla file, not an .swf file, add a frame at the end of the movie with a button that leads to the content page.

Note: Make sure you also have a text link for the content file that's there throughout the playing of the Flash file! Otherwise, people who don't have (and don't download) the Flash plug-in will never see the content page, nor will all those people who leave a site if they have to sit through Flash intros before being able to get to the content.

[TubaMuffins]

thank you. but let's assume that he gave it to me as a .swf. Can I still put the link in or do I to just have the page automatically reload after a set amount of time?

[Oisín]

Well, if he gave it to you as an .swf file... that makes it more challenging, 'cause then you can't edit the content (ie. add the link), and you would instead have to make the link itself independent of the film.

I don't think there is a way of controlling frames in a Flash movie from outside the Flash movie... and having the page reload (or relocate) after a fixed time wouldn't work too well - people with a fast connection would be waiting and waiting after the film had finished, while people with a slow connection would be cut off halfway.

If he gave it to you as an .swf file, I suggest you go ask him to give you the .fla file instead

Edit: Duh, how dumb can you get? *slaps own forehead*

You can of course just make a new Flash movie where you load the other .swf file into the first frame and then tell Flash to move on to the next frame (the link frame) when the other movie is done playing (using telltarget? Is it still telltarget? My Flash is getting quite rusty, I haven't really used it in over a year)...