Flash player and hotlinks

[Jayst84]

Hi all,

I'm putting together a little promo DVD to send out to potential clients and have a problem including links to my website, etc.

I've made the content in Flash (AS3 if it matters) basic menu system, a showreel and a contact page with links to website, blog, etc.

All works fine and dandy until I publish as a .swf the links don't work in Flash Player (except the e-mail link which is fine). I believe this is a security issue with Flash Player.

I tried wrapping it in some HTML but still they don't work (why? my website works and that's .swf files in .html files).

Now if I publish as a projector (.app / .exe) they work fine, but obviously I can't guess who has a Mac and who has a PC to give different versions to.

Any elegant solutions to this? :bonk:

Thanks in advance.

 

[NiKha]

You could try creating a hybrid CD and stick both projector files on there?

 

[NiKha]

An old article, but you might find it helpful:
http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/51/1

Page 2 will be of most help

 

[Jayst84]

Thanks Nikha, I think I'd seen that article, but got a bit confused by it. Anything that involves partitioning HDs I try to steer clear of

I'll read through it all again though and try to digest.