linking to URL from flash button

[diebold]

I want to link to a URL - so when the user clicks on my button it sends them to another URL in the same window.

the button I'm using is named: enter

here's the code that I have so far:

enter.onRelease = function() {
getURL("http://www.daviddiebold.com");
};

Here's what happens at this point:

The whole flash file works with the animation, but when the button is clicked nothing happens. Would it have anything to do with a stop command on the last frame of my flash file?

Thanks in advance,
David Diebold

[JDS]

your syntax is a little off

the actual syntax is

on(release){
getURL("URL","State")
}

"state" doesn't need to be filled in, but use
"_blank" if you want to open it in a new window

also make sure you are using this code in the actions of the button itself

hope this helps

[diebold]

so I need to place the actionscript code where now? I have it in the same keyframe as I placed the button in right now. Do I have to go into edit mode for the button and put the code somewhere like this?

[diebold]

Flash MX 2004

[JDS]

so I need to place the actionscript code where now? I have it in the same keyframe as I placed the button in right now. Do I have to go into edit mode for the button and put the code somewhere like this?

Okay, you know when you click the "actions" tab to open up where you type in the actions for a keyframe? You can type in actions not only in keyframes, but also in objects. If you made the button correctly, it should have 4 frames in it when you double click it. IGNORE THESE FRAMES. you don't need to do actions in these

the code I gave you before is to be used when you click your button on the stage, and then click the actions tab

if you were to type the code on a keyframe, the code would need to be modified, and would be structured differently.

try putting that code directly in the actions of the button itself

[diebold]

Here's the code I ended up having to use:

on (release) {
enterbutton.onRelease = function() {
getURL("http://www.daviddiebold.com");
};
}

I don't know if I'm using a different version of Flash and that made a bit of a difference, but when I tried to implement the code you had written for me, it kept saying that there was a syntax error and I would have to type the code in expert mode.
But shouldn't I just be able to click on the commands that I want to use in normal mode each time for it to work?
I also had to give my button an instance name - do I have to do this everytime I put an action on a button?

thanks again,
David

[Shadar Logoth]

Hey guys,

I'm trying to creat a button which opens an external URL in a window, using this method:

on(release){
getURL("brief1.htm","_blank")
}

This does open up the external window, but it is blank. All the files are in the same folder, and funnily enough when I already have a different website open and I test the .swf, it works fine.
It's very simple and I can't understand why it's not working all the time.

Please help...... It's due soon....

[NTD]

Hi,

Testing URL links in the author test mode will open a browser window to process the getURL code. Test it online and you wont receive the blank window.

[Shadar Logoth]

Thanks NTD.

Though I think I may just have a sotware problem.

I tried the same thing on a Mac with Flash 8 and there was no problem.
Thanks for the help though.