Flash 8:Can somebody please help me with my links?

Question

Hi,

I am designing a web page using Flash and I want to link to an external web site (e.g. www.yahoo.com.au) but I can't get it to work.

The problem seems to occur whenever I add "http//:" to the start of the address - the link does nothing when clicked.

If I omit the "http://", the browser attempts to open a file on my website rather than open the external website - e.g. it tries to open "http://www.mysite.com.au/www.yahoo.com.au" rather than the website i'm actually after (www.yahoo.com.au).

I've tried so many ways of linking and they jujst won't work for me. I have even tried passsing the URL to a javascript function in the html with no success. I've tried using actionscript (getURL) and I've tried just a simple link in Flash.

I'm sure it has to be something really simple but I can't find anything anywhere to help.

Please let me know if you have any ideas, (theres 10 points in it for anyone who gives me something that works.

Cheers,
Richard

Answer 1

I think this is related to new security change in flash player 8. Visit the first link for more information on this matter. Search the net to look for ways to handle this like mention in the second link.

Answer 2

Hey,

sometimes adobe flash player is not properly installed or damaged and can cause problems to your videos. For instance if your videos are not showing up on facebook or youtube probably you don't have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed. You should definitely download Adobe Flash Player (get one of the latest versions though) and you are very likely to solve your problem.



Get it here http://bit.ly/1mF2Ao9



Good Bye

Answer 3

the full "getURL" code should be written like this

getURL("", "_self")



it should work then.