XML Flash - Open image link in new window 1

[bktrent]

Hello,
I'm modifying a Flash website that parses content from an xml file. The Flash site is built using Actionscript 2 and it was built by a developer that is not around to assist.

Part of the Flash site includes a pair of images and associated text. Both the images and the text need to link to external web pages, and they need to open in a new window. I am able to get the text link to open in a new window, but not the image links. I could certainly use your help as I've been working on this for quite some time with no luck.

Here's the xml code I have:

<image imageUrl="_yelpLogo.png" link="yelpPudding.html" target="_blank"/>

<![CDATA[<font size="14" color="#2e2e2e"><u><a href="yelpPudding.html" target="_blank">Check out our profile on Yelp!</a></u></font>]]>

The target="_blank" portion of the imageURL link doesn't do anything. It just opens in the same window. Clearly this is not correct. However, the target="_blank" portion of the image link works fine since it is in the CDATA brackets. I did attempt to rewrite the image link in html format <a href="index.html" target="_blank"><img src="image.jpg" width="" height=""/></a>. That did not work as it is not supported by the parsing code apparently.

Can anyone help or point me in the right direction?

Thank you.

 

[tsuji]

[1] The general plan of the transformation (with actionscript) would be to make the image tag in the xml document:

[tt] <image imageUrl="_yelpLogo.png" link="yelpPudding.html" target="_blank"/>[/tt]

to html anchor of the following form:

[tt] <a href="{@link}" target="{@target}"><img src="{@imageUrl}" alt="{@imageUrl}" /></a>[/tt]

where I suppose the <image> is the context node and that {@link} is meant for the evaluation of the link attribute value of the context node etc...

[2] For detail and focused flash specific and action script setup, I would suggest you bring the question to our flash forum for better advice from members there.

http://www.tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=250

 

[bktrent]

Thanks for the reply. I've tried what you suggested already, but for whatever reason the Flash program won't recognize it. The image just comes up blank when it's parsed. I will check out the flash forum that you suggested to see if I have luck there. Thanks again.