I am a designer currently working on a project that involves a flash
navigation bar. Since I am primary a graphics guy who focuses on
design, flash, html, and css, I need some help with the javascript
programming aspect.

I am looking for a way for javscript to talk to a flash swf movie. I
am planning to use the script to control the navigation bar so the
navigation link will be highlighted on its respected page without
making 10+ different flash files that begin at different locations.

I found some examples online that can trigger command such as play
movie /go to next frame using javascript function (e.g. <a
href="PlayFlashMovie()">PlayMovie</a> ). However, what I am looking
for is a javascript function that target flash movie to go to a
specified frame number or frame name. It'd work the same way like a
flash button with an actionscript of on(release) {
gotoAndPlay('specifiedframe')} but with <a href="gotoFrame()"></a>
instead. I found several websites that states the javascript function
but I have yet to find a full script to work with. With the script
then I will be able to execute it onload therefore changing the flash
movie.

Site Resources:
http://www.permadi.com/tutorial/flashjscommand/
http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/publishexport/scriptingwithflash/scriptingwithflash_03.html

Thanks!!

I presume it is a PlayFlashMovie() Javascript function you have - but
it's difficult to know how to add to it without seeing it.

Have a look at doing something like

function onLoadEvent {
document.specifiedframe.href = PlayFlashMovie();
}

call this from body onload.

where specifiedframe is the name of your frame you want it in
(whatever you called it in <FRAME name=...>.

If you want to show some of your actual examples I may be able to help further?