ActionScript 1/2 :: Changing HTML Content With A Persistent (always Loaded) Navigation SWF?
Oct 23, 2009
I need to develop a site with a navigation SWF file that changes the content of an HTML page, WITHOUT reloading itself and thus losing its current state. What I think I need to do to have smooth transitions, is keep the same swf file loaded, while having it change the page content below it.
I have some complex html content to include in the pages that is not supported by the tags available in Flash's dynamic text boxes. I have considered the idea of iframes, but I don't know how to load iframes using flash, or how to use them without refreshing the page.
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Method A.
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Method B.
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Method C.
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