Flash header button not opening page

[candyss]

Hi there, I have looked over the forum and viewed a lot of the inquiries…

I have also reviewed the steps to make a flash button open up a page in an html page. Unfortunately, my actions up to this point have not proven successful. I am trying to make a button link on a flash header which is on an html page open up another html page when it is clicked. This is what I have done so far:

1) I opened the file in Macromedia Flash MX and also opened the symbols table.
2) I double clicked on the appropriate button number in the symbols table to open up the action script area.
3) I added the following code to the action script box

on(release){
getURL(“

http://www.myurl.com”);

}

4) I have many of these button links to do but for the sake of doing it right, I am doing only one button until I get all the steps right and it loads the html page properly after being clicked on.

5) Now here comes the problem … I exported only this file and uploaded it onto a web site. I put the complete address into the browser and loaded it. The flash header works fine but does not open up the desired html link when the button is clicked on.

I have already tried working on it numerous times and still have not managed to get it right. I was hoping that the button would be testable in Macromedia Flash MX, so I loaded the flash header there ok, but the button did not work as desired there.

Any ideas as to how I can get these buttons to work? Do I need to upload any other files to the server to get this button on this flash header to work properly? Is there a foolproof step by step method of doing this that I can follow?

 

[oldnewbie]

You need a second "window" parameter, and stick a trace in there to see if your button is active to start with...

on(release){
trace("YO! I'M ACTIVE!);
getURL("

http://www.google.com",

"_blank");
}

When testing this in the Flash application itself, the output window should come up with the "YO!..." message, atleast then you'll know if your button is working or not.


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[oldnewbie]

Ooops! Forgot a double quote on the trace action...

on(release){
trace("YO! I'M ACTIVE!");
getURL("

http://www.google.com/",

"_blank");
}


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