a flash into <a>s tag doesn't have hand cursor

[arabi]

i put a swf into <a><object ... swf>...</a> and i want to have standard cursor type for links (cursor:hand) but doesn't work. can someone help me?

code:
[code]<a href="http://www.aaa.com/setup.exe" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin-left:-3;cursor:hand;">
<DIV ID="Movie"> 
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000">
<param name="movie" value="swf/buton.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<embed src="swf/buton.swf"
quality="high"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
wmode="transparent">
</embed>
</object>
</DIV>
</a>[/code]

[obsidian]

Flash overrides the default browser behavior since it sits on top of your HTML. You'll need to modify your flash presentation with a simple actionscript button that lays over your whole movie and links to whatever your URL is to get it to link the whole movie. If you need a walkthrough on how to do that, let me know, and I'll break it down for you.

[arabi]

please:)

[obsidian]

OK. I'll write this assuming you're using Flash MX 2004 or Flash 8. If you're using 5 or later, this will work, but the individual steps may be a bit different.

1. Create a new layer called "myLink" above all your other movie layers.

2. On that new layer, use your Rectangle tool to draw a square over your entire stage.

3. Select that object and press F8 to create a new movie clip with it. Call it whatever you like.

4. Once it is a movie clip, select it and look in your properties panel. Set the color setting to Alpha and drop it to 0% so it's invisible.

5. With the movie clip still selected, press F9 to view your actionscript for this object and enter the following:
[code]
on (release) {
  getURL('http://www.whatever.com');
}
[/code]

Obviously, you'll want to change the getURL() call to whatever site you're after, but otherwise, this should get you the desired response.

Good luck!

[arabi]

thx. there is no way that that could be done in html/php/java script/css? i don't have access to swf.

[obsidian]

[quote author=arabi link=topic=118764.msg487405#msg487405 date=1166459490]
thanks. there is no way that that could be done in html/php/java script/css? i don't have access to swf.
[/quote]

Not that I'm aware of. Because you're actually embedding an object, the object attributes will override what typically would be shown on the page. I suppose you could play with some z-indexing with CSS, but I've never been able to get something to display over top of a flash presentation successfully across browsers.

[Daniel0]

There are some flash functions: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.swf.php

I have never used them though so I can't tell you how to.