FLASH: Target= VS. Window=

[Abram Siemsen]

I'm new to this list and relatively new to flash, so please forgive the

stupid question:


Assume a browser window named "dataWindow" has been opened using javascript.


In HTML, the anchor <A HREF="data.html" TARGET="dataWindow"> data </A>

would open the file "data.html" in the pre-existing window named "dataWindow".


In Flash, the equivilant would be a button with the action:


0n (Press)

  GetURL("data.html", window="dataWindow")

end On


This works like I expect it to in Netscape (Mac and Win) and in IE (Mac)

but in IE5 for windows, rather than open the "data.html" file within the

pre-existing "dataWindow" window, it creates a NEW browser window.


So my questions are: Is this a known issue? Is it a bug, or is it not

supported functionality (The technotes at macromedia say that a specific

name in the 'window' field is only applicable when targeting a FRAME)? 

Is there a workaround?



-- Abe

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