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Tutorial - Communication between Flash Movies: Part 2

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Step One: Creating the Controller Movie

This is the Movie that you will use to control the other Movies.

1. Open a new: Flash Movie
   The size of my Movie is: 250 x 80 pixels
2. Place on the Main Stage: Three buttons
   Either make your own buttons, or drag them out of the Library: Window > Other Panels > Common Libraries > Buttons
3. Add the following code to your first button :

   on (press) {
       _root.sender.send("myConnection", "doAction", 2);
   } on (release) {
       getURL("javascript:NewWindow=window.open ('pop1.html', 'myWindow', 'width=468, height=60, left=400, top=200, toolbar=No, location=No, scrollbars=No, status=No, resizable=No, fullscreen=No'); NewWindow.focus(); void(0);");//Note from getURL to here is all one line
   }
   
   Note: pop1.html is the name of the web page that will be opened. The size of the page will be 468 x 60 pixels. The left=400, top=200 is the position on screen of the Pop Up Window.
   

4. Add the following code to the second button:

on (press) {
    _root.sender.send("myConnection", "doAction", 2);
}
on (release) {
    getURL("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('pop2.html', 'myWindow', 'width=70, height=70, left=400, top=200, toolbar=No, location=No, scrollbars=No, status=No, resizable=No, fullscreen=No'); NewWindow.focus(); void(0);");//Note from getURL to here is all one line
}

Note: pop2.html is the name of the web page that will be opened. The size of the page will be 70 x 70 pixels.

5. Add the following code to the third Button:

   on (release) {
   _root.sender.send("myConnection", "doAction", 2);
   }
   
   Note: This closes any of the Pop Up Windows that the other buttons may have opened.

6. Add the following code to Frame 1 in the Timeline:

sender = new LocalConnection();

7. Save your file as: sender.fla
8. Now Export you Movie as a Flash Movie (swf file): File > Export > Export Movie
   This will create a file called: sender.swf