# Error opening URL

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**Created:** [July 27, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-opening-url/194957 "2006-07-27T13:50:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-opening-url/194957/1 "2006-07-27T13:50:13Z")

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ok now i have a variable “URL”

http://+URL+/+folder+/+image (or something like that - it works anyway)

and a search box replaces the url and places it in the url as appropriate

Error opening URL “[http://www.mywebsite.co.uk/blah/stupidimage.jpg](http://www.mywebsite.co.uk/blah/stupidimage.jpg)”

now if someone types “hello” and submit, it looks for

“[http://www.mywebsite.co.uk/blah/hello.jpg](http://www.mywebsite.co.uk/blah/hello.jpg)”

but if the image isnt in the folder it will come up as

Error opening URL "[http://www.mywebsite.co.uk/blah/hello.jpg](http://www.mywebsite.co.uk/blah/hello.jpg) in the OUTPUT box

now is their any way at all to say in the actionscript (the image searched wasnt in our database please try again) i know its a default message flash comes up with but is their a quick way to use this default error to make an “error movieclip” visible?

cheers