# Almost embarassed to ask this

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/almost-embarassed-to-ask-this/5097>\
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**Created:** [August 31, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/almost-embarassed-to-ask-this/5097 "2002-08-31T19:40:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![DS\_Babylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@DS\_Babylon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DS_Babylon)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/almost-embarassed-to-ask-this/5097/1 "2002-08-31T19:40:25Z")

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I want to add an email link (like [mailto:someone@somewhere.com](mailto:someone@somewhere.com)?subject=whatever in HTML) to a button and I just can’t figure it out!!! Help!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/almost-embarassed-to-ask-this/5097/2 "2002-09-01T03:26:15Z")

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Noone knows how to put an email link in Flash??? :x

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/almost-embarassed-to-ask-this/5097/3 "2002-09-01T04:41:59Z")

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I don’t know why people don’t reply either!!!

It take 5 hours to get someone to reply to mine no matter what message board i’m in in any site!!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/almost-embarassed-to-ask-this/5097/4 "2002-09-01T06:10:09Z")

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geez guys - settle down! it is the weekend, also if you actually searched the site or [macromedia.com](http://macromedia.com) you’d find answers to your problems in a few seconds… :-\

to make an email link:

on (release) {  
getURL(“[mailto:blah@site.here](mailto:blah@site.here)”);  
}

just put that actionscript into the button code.

Peace

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/almost-embarassed-to-ask-this/5097/5 "2002-09-01T09:31:20Z")

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Still don’t work.

The code I’m using for the button is:

on (release) {  
getURL("mailto:webmaster@animechaos.com");  
}

No dice…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/almost-embarassed-to-ask-this/5097/6 "2002-09-01T09:50:55Z")

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Ahhh…I got it to work.

Seems that when testing or viewing the page in a simple flash player the mailto: function won’t do a thing…the page has to be viewed in a browser to function. Ya learn something every day!

Anyway, I just completed my first flash website if anyone cares to look. Its an image gallery for my cel collection.  
[http://www.storage.animechaos.com/gallery/splash.html](http://www.storage.animechaos.com/gallery/splash.html)