FLASH: Question on dynamic navagation

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Hello,


I'm creating an interface in Flash that contains no animated elements. It's

just a series of static images on a few hundred frames, with one image per

frame and navigation buttons that link to the various frames (picture a 100

page website with Flash interface as the browser). What I want to be able to

do is setup a back and forth button that takes the viewer to the previous

screen they were looking at. The trouble is that the screens are non-linear

and there are several point of entry depending on what link button they hit.

A perfect example of what I'm talking about would is how a browser works,

there are the various hyperlinks on the pages... but there is also the back

and forth button that is on the browser. I want to be able to setup that

"back and forth button". I know how to setup a "return to previous page"

using JavaScript in an HTML page... but I don't know what method to set that

function within Flash. I suppose it would have something to do with defining

a variable.. but beyond that, I don't have a clue. I have each movie frame

defined with a label so I'm wondering if that might be the key to allowing

the user to access the previously viewed frame with an arrow button. If

anyone has any idea what I just said... and knows of something that could

point me towards a solution, I'd greatly appreciate it.


Thanks in advance!


Alan


http://www.wilson-interactive.com

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