# Closing the browser from a flash button?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/closing-the-browser-from-a-flash-button/5300>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [September 6, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/closing-the-browser-from-a-flash-button/5300 "2002-09-06T23:29:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![skidpanda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@skidpanda](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skidpanda)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/closing-the-browser-from-a-flash-button/5300/1 "2002-09-06T23:29:30Z")

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Can anyone tell me how to close the browser window when a button in a flash movie is pressed ?

Cheers :nerd:

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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 7, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/closing-the-browser-from-a-flash-button/5300/2 "2002-09-07T00:12:00Z")

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Hey skidpanda,  
Simply add the following line to your button:

```php
on (release) {
    getURL("javascript:window.close()");
}

```

Cheers!  
Kirupa :rambo:

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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 7, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/closing-the-browser-from-a-flash-button/5300/3 "2002-09-07T01:18:47Z")

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Cheers Kirupa :nerd:

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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 7, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/closing-the-browser-from-a-flash-button/5300/4 "2002-09-07T06:46:50Z")

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And if it’s your main browser window and you don’t want the alert, try this:  
[http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=2844&lngWId=2](http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=2844&lngWId=2)

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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 7, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/closing-the-browser-from-a-flash-button/5300/5 "2002-09-07T15:57:49Z")

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oo thats nice too, thanks guys 🙂

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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 8, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/closing-the-browser-from-a-flash-button/5300/6 "2002-09-08T02:38:18Z")

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Hey Eyezberg?

How would i get that instant closer to work ? i opened the source HTML and copied the java part (dunno if it was the right bit) into the geturl of my flash button, I couldnt get it to work tho - i just get an error…

Cheers for any help :nerd:

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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 8, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/closing-the-browser-from-a-flash-button/5300/7 "2002-09-08T07:09:20Z")

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Here is a browser window component. Drop it onto your stage, fill in the info like:

URL  
Width and Height  
Centered or not  
Fullscreen  
Close after x seconds  
Scrollbar/Status/Toolbar/Resize yes no

They close with code that was posted prev.

Pretty useful.