How do you use a flash object as a link?

Question

Is it possible to use a flash document embedded in HTML as a link?

I tried just wrapping the object element with an a like this:

Answer 1

As an addition to dlamblin's answer it is often best to use the clickTAG technique to open URLS from a flash movie.

More information can be found here:

http://www.adobe.com/resources/richmedia/tracking/designers_guide/

The advantage of using the clickTAG technique is that you can set the URL to jump to in the HTML page.

This means that you can set the flash movie to link to different places without modifying the flash file (beyond adding the initial clickTAG code). You can use link tracking on the URL as well.