# A simple Jquery question

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**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [July 9, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-simple-jquery-question/311553 "2010-07-09T18:33:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![jesse2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@jesse2000](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jesse2000)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-simple-jquery-question/311553/1 "2010-07-09T18:33:34Z")

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Can some one please help me, I am new to javascript and jquery

I got this to work in javascript and flash

this is the flash part  
[COLOR=teal]var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest(“javascript:launch(argument)”); [/COLOR]  
[COLOR=teal]navigateToURL(url, “\_self”);[/COLOR]

[COLOR=black]javascript[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=teal]function launch(com){[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=teal]document.getElementById(‘content1’).style.display=(document.getElementById(‘content1’).style.display==‘none’)?‘block’:‘none’[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=teal]}[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#008080][COLOR=black]I want to do the javascript part with jquery[/COLOR] [/COLOR]

[COLOR=#008080][COLOR=teal]function launch(com){[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#008080]$(’#content1’).fadeOut(“slow”);[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#008080]}[/COLOR]

[COLOR=black]But that doesn’t work???[/COLOR]

[COLOR=black]how do you recieve calls with jquery??[/COLOR]  
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