How do you use a flash object as a link?

Question

Is it possible to use a flash document embedded in HTML as a link?

I tried just wrapping the object element with an a like this:

<a href="http://whatever.com">
    <object ...>
        <embed ... />
    </object>
</a>

In Internet Explorer, that made it show the location in the status bar like a link, but it doesn't do anything.

I just have the .swf file, so I can't add a click handler in ActionScript.

Answer 1

You can use transparent div with same height and width over that object. And let javascript open your url on click action on that div.

Answer 2

Though the object really should respond to being wrapped in an a href tag, you could open the swf in vim and just throw in an _root.onPress=function(){getURL("http://yes.no/");}; or if it's AS3, something like _root.addEventHandler(MouseEvent.PRESS, function (e:event) {getURL("http://yes.no/");}); But if editing the swf is your route, you'd likely have more success with a tool for the purpose.

Answer 3

You could use Javascript to add a handler (added inline for brevity):

<object onclick="window.location='URLHERE'; return false;">

That should work, methinks.

This worked for me but the litle hand for clicking stuff doesn´t appear. The link works though