I need help with a .swf link.

[brann666]

All right, so I'm using Visual Studio 2010 and I'm trying to make a program where I would have a textbox where the user would type, then a "Go" button. In the textbox, the user would type a number, lets go with 1 for an example. A user would type 1 in the textbox, then it would automatically add the 1 to the end of this .swf link: "http://www.xatech.com/web_gear/chat/chat.swf?id="; after they enter the 1 in the textbox and press the "Go" button, it would add the 1 to the end of that link, then that link would open a new shockwaveflash form with the link being the Movie. Is this possible?

[Erik Wiggins]

In the button click event create an instance of the new form and give the webbrowsercontrol on it the navegatew command "http://www.xatech.com/web_gear/chat/chat.wsf?id=" + str(TextBox1.Text)

[brann666]

In the button click event create an instance of the new form and give the webbrowsercontrol on it the navegatew command "http://www.xatech.com/web_gear/chat/chat.wsf?id=" + str(TextBox1.Text)

I think i was unclear asking the question... but I want the .swf link to open up another form using the shockwave tool (which allows you to play .swf files). I was looking through the tools in VS 2010, and it didn't seem to have it, like it did in 2008. Was it taken out or just renamed?

[Erik Wiggins]

I never owned VB 2008 however I do know that shockwave is an adobe product thierfore cannont be offered with a microsoft product. It is also a internet product which is downloaded and installed as an add on to a webbrowser. I insured I had shockwave player installed on my machine and that I was in fact able to run shockwave websites through the webbrowser control on a vb form. I am however unable to locate a shockwave active X control that can be added to the toolbox.

[TeamACiD]

Under Button1_Click add the following code:
Note: Movie1 is the ShockWave Flash Player. Rename 'Movie1' to whatever yours is named.

If TextBox1.Text = "0"
MessageBox.Show("Invalid XAT CBOX ID.")
Else
Movie1.Movie = "http://www.xatech.com/web_gear/chat/chat.swf?id=" + TextBox1.Text
End If

This basically sets the movie to 'http://www.xatech.com/web_gear/chat/chat.swf?id=' and whatever the text of 'TextBox1.Text' is. You can add more methods to make sure its numerical only, but this is the basic source and will do what i think you are wanting to be done.

[brann666]

Under Button1_Click add the following code:
Note: Movie1 is the ShockWave Flash Player. Rename 'Movie1' to whatever yours is named.

If TextBox1.Text = "0"
MessageBox.Show("Invalid XAT CBOX ID.")
Else
Movie1.Movie = "http://www.xatech.com/web_gear/chat/chat.swf?id=" + TextBox1.Text
End If

This basically sets the movie to 'http://www.xatech.com/web_gear/chat/chat.swf?id=' and whatever the text of 'TextBox1.Text' is. You can add more methods to make sure its numerical only, but this is the basic source and will do what i think you are wanting to be done.

When I paste the code in the Button_Click, it says "Name 'Movie1' is not declared." Also, I didn't change the name of the Movie, I just left it how it is.