2 questions from a noob

[waldoaustralia]

I have two questions that are slightly related, although they may not appear so. I am developing a web page, and the opening page is a flash page.....but for some reason on all of my buttons, I can't get the syntax to work....here is an example of my code...but it says it is looking for an expected field name after '.' operator
Contact.on(release){getURL("http://www.blahmurray.com.au/contact.html")}

Second question is...I am trying to build an image gallery, that puts thumbnails up on the site, and when you click on it, it gives you a full view of the image....but I want to be able to upload the picks just into a folder, and not have to use dreamweaver or anything...is that possible. Does it have to be database driven..and how would I do that?

Thanks

[Chris]

There are free image gallery scripts. Search on Google for "Gallery" or "PhotoPost"

[Best.Flash]

but for some reason on all of my buttons, I can't get the syntax to work....here is an example of my code...but it says it is looking for an expected field name after '.' operator
Contact.on(release){getURL("http://www.blahmurray.com.au/contact.html")}


If your attaching the getURL directly to a button you can use:



on (release) {
getURL("http://www.blahmurray.com.au/contact.html");
}


or if your using Instance named buttons you can use:



button_instance_name.onRelease = function() {
getURL("http://www.blahmurray.com.au/contact.html");
};

[waldoaustralia]

I am using instance named buttons, however, why do I need the function ()? Just curious, and why does it require 2 } at the end? Lame questions I know, but still confused...how would I simply attach the script to teh button? I wanted to do that, but could figure it out? Now I feel lame.

[waldoaustralia]

By the way, I forgot in the last message to thank you both for your help!

[waldoaustralia]

Is it possible to actionscript an image gallery in flash to access an external folder rather than have to load a server side script? My reasoning is that i believe if I want to run a script on my site, I have to pay more for my own server, as they won't let me share a server then.

[Best.Flash]

I am using instance named buttons, however, why do I need the function ()?

Had to look up the exact reason....

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary094.html

and my guess is because your attaching the event to a instance named button (or movieclip etc.) indirectly that's the reason you must define a function that executes when the event is invoked.