Really Easy Question, GetURL 1

[Wazz]

Afternoon,
I have a flash movie and would like to link from it to a php page that I have on a seperate web site. Am I right in using the command getURL.

When I do use it, it doesnt drop the domain name im in so i end up with the following effect

http://www.originaldomain.co.uk/www.domain-to-link-to.co.uk

Where am I going wrong?

Thanks in advance !!

Wazz

 

[billwatson]

yes getURL is the way to go

for a button

my_btn.onRelease = function(){
getURL("

http://www.mysite.com");

}

 

[Wazz]

cheers matey.. i will give it a try!

Cheers
Chris

 

[oldnewbie]

That should actually be...

my_btn.onRelease = function(){
    getURL("[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.mysite.com");[/URL]
}

Regards,

 

[Wazz]

Cheers for the update, However I cant make either of them work! When I use the code you posted oldnewbie, I get the following response,
Scene=Front Page, Layer=Buttons, Frame=1: Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler
mbl.onRelease = function(){

Yes.. I know its a poor name, but in this instance my button is called mbl.

What have I done wrong in order to get this error,

Thanks
Wazz

 

[billwatson]

make sure that you have the code in the main timeline and not attached to the button

 

[oldnewbie]

Only thing I can think of is that "mbl" is not really the instance name of your button on stage, or that it's nested in some other movie clip, thus an error on path.

But the error you're reporting, would be because you're trying to apply this code on the button itself. That's not the way to do it if you're defining a function...

If your button is on stage and has an instance name of "mbl", the first frame actionscript should be something like the following...

stop();
mbl.onRelease = function(){
getURL("

http://www.flashkit.com/");

};

If rather than defining a function, youwant to apply the action on the button itself, than try...

on(release){
getURL("

http://www.flashkit.com/");

}


Regards,

 

[oldnewbie]

This is waht the code should look like...

stop();
mbl.onRelease = function(){
    getURL("[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.flashkit.com/";);[/URL]
};

If rather than defining a function, youwant to apply the action on the button itself, than try...

on(release){
    getURL("[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.flashkit.com/";);[/URL]
}

Regards,

 

[oldnewbie]

Nope! Again...

This is waht the code should look like...

stop();
mbl.onRelease = function(){
    getURL("[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.flashkit.com/");[/URL]
};

If rather than defining a function, youwant to apply the action on the button itself, than try...

on(release){
    getURL("[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.flashkit.com/");[/URL]
}

Regards,

 

[Wazz]

Arrrrr... Yes I was applying the code to the button.

I will try it tonight.
Thanks everyone!!!!