getURL not working with html frame

[inertiapd]

I'm using a Flash movie with buttons as an html navigation frame (named "header") for my site. I entered the name of the target html frame ("documents") as the second parameter in getURL, but instead of opeing the web page in that frame, it opens it in a new window.
I'm out of ideas. It works if I don't use the web page with my flash file and use regular links so something flash related has to be out of sorts. I appreciate any help you could give me. Thanks.

Here is my call to geturl:
on (release) {
getURL("index-1.html","documents");
}

Here are my frames.
<frameset rows="165,2*" border="0">
<frame name="header" noresize="noresize" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="header.html">
<frame name="documents" noresize="noresize" frameborder="0" src="mainpage.html">
</frameset>

 

[oldnewbie]

Have you tested it online?

Regards. Web Hosting - Web Design
03/13/05 -> OLDNEWBIE VS FLASHKIT

 

[inertiapd]

Yes. I read somewhere about it glitching on the local pc but working online, but I get the same behavior both places.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Frameset makes me feel nostalgic... I couldn't resist trying out your set up. It should work, and indeed it did work on both IE and Firefox on XP (local).

(It's irrelevant but shouldn't your frameset be <frameset rows="165, *" border="0"> instead of "2*" since there aren't any other "*"?)


Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[inertiapd]

The reason I chose to use frames is because I wanted to avoid having to reload the flash movie when users click around. At the same time I wanted to be sure it played when they first arrive. This may not be a great strategy and I'm open to suggestions.
Kenneth, you really got it to work using the same setup? I wonder what is different.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Yes it worked first time and works every time. There aren't many things to go wrong here - make sure you typed everything correctly. If you're testing on IE, switch to Firefox to see if it works.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[inertiapd]

I ended up abandoning the frames, and created a bare-bones version of my movie that didn't include the fancy load animations. I will only use the original movie for the home page. All other pages will have the smaller version.
I think an AJAX solution would be better but deadlines are deadlines and learning curves are learning curves. Thanks for your suggestions.
-Paul