Building Flash-based websites using Flex Lesson 9 – Deep Linking by Alex goh, associate trainer @ LAB School ( http://lab.edu.sg/ ), Adobe Authorized Training Centre, Singapore

1. Building Flash-based websites using Flex
Lesson 9 – Deep Linking
Alex Goh
info@alekkus.com

2. Agenda
● Myth
● Deep-linking
● BrowserManager class

3. Myth
● Myth: Pages with a Flash-sites cannot be navigated with a unique URL.
● True for Flash player version 8 or earlier versions.
● Resolved in Flash Player 9 called Deep Linking.

4. Deep Linking
● Provide a way for Flash to navigate to specific page within the Flash content
by accessing the URL
● However, when URL changes, the HTML file containing the SWF file reloads,
so how's that possible?
● Make use of the anchor (#) link. e.g. Wikipedia uses anchor link to navigate
to specific section within a page.
● Flash make use of anchor link to navigate to specific page/state within the
Flash content.

5. BrowserManager Class
● Flex achieves Deep Linking by setting up the BrowserManager object.
● Once set up, any change to the URL will trigger a event of type,
BrowserChangeEvent.
● Setting up:
Function to call when user change the URL, either by typing or clicking on the
browser's back/forward button.