Re: FLASH: Too simple to be true!

[Helen Triolo]

This came up yesterday on another Flash list -- I believe it's a Flash 5

player (ActiveX) bug.  I tried it and got the same results as you. 

Suggest you send a note to

flash5_playermacromedia [dot] com

 with URL as

evidence.


Regards,

Helen

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Bill Bogan wrote:

> 

> Hello all,

> 

> Using a button in Flash 4 or 5, when I target an open named browser window

> ("main") using get URL and the open named window, instead of replacing the

> content of the named window, it opens a new window in IE (works fine in

> Netscape).

> 

> Just to make sure I'm not crazy, create a button in Flash 4 or 5 that does

> a get URL and targets a window named "main".  After you publish the movie,

> the first time the button is clicked a browser should open.  When the

> button is clicked again, it should replace what the content in the browser

> that just opened, *NOT* open another browser instance.  In IE (5.0/5.5 for

> me), it opens a new browser instance every time the button is clicked.  In

> Netscape it works correctly.

> 

> Below is an example of the Action Script I am using:

> 

> On (Release)

>        Get URL ("http://www.macromedia.com", window="main")

> End On

> 

> This can't be happening to just me!  Please help.

> 

> Bill

> 

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