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Form2Flash


With Form2Flash you can change movies using input from forms. This example shows two things: you can start a movie at any label you want, and while the movie is playing you can jump to a label of your choice. The demo shows a simple animated rainbow, looping forever. The animation starts at the color you selected, and when you click on it will jump to that color.

Select a color:
 *  Download: SelectFrame.fla
Download the Flash file of this demo.

How to jump to a label

  1. Make a Flash file. Open the Properties of a frame and create a Goto action for that frame. Select "Label" and enter (something like) "<macro Frame>" in the field. You will probably also want to activate the "Goto and Play" control.
  2. Give all frames that you want to jump to a label.
  3. Export the movie as a Flash Generator template (*.swt).
  4. Follow the directions in  *  Using Form2Flash to create a form that will start the movie.