Flash Control HTML BG Image

[tomyknoker]

Can Flash control the bg image on a HTML page? I basically have 6 menu items within Flash and when the user clicks on a new button, I want the bg to change, the bg is inside a the HTML page... I realise I could just add the bg image to the Flash file, but want to keep the combo of HTML and Flash... Any ideas?

[nwalton]

I have had success with the externalInterface class. It's not in the regular documentation, but it is online. You can use it to call javascript functions directly from the Flash movie.

[Medyman]

Do each of the buttons in your flash link to a new HTML page? If so, why not just change the background through HTML or CSS?

[cooldude42192]

I don't know much about Flash, but Javascript can do this easily.

[jamiller]

You could pass variables from flash to html and vice versa using this:

swfsource?mybg=1

in every instance the source is used in the html embed and object tags. mybg would be the variable with a value of 1.

You could then write a javascript function that displays a specified bg depending on the variable passed from flash.

Hope this helps