# External protocol request (pop up)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-protocol-request-pop-up/258267>\
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**Created:** [April 22, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-protocol-request-pop-up/258267 "2008-04-22T16:06:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-protocol-request-pop-up/258267/1 "2008-04-22T16:06:13Z")

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Greetings

I am messing around with launching applications from within flash,  
all this works great, yet 1 thing i can’t resolve

i get a pop up that says “external protocol request” in firefox/explorer/etc when i run it online  
i have to click it and then the code continues, is there a way to prevent this?

the Security.allowDomain(); isn’t what i look for  
tried to read upon Security.APPLICATION(); but it leaves me where i am right now

edit:  
here is what code i have relevant to what i aught to do, i blanked out variables for obvious reasons.  
\<code\>  
function DOIT ():void  
{  
trace (“doing it”);  
var TODO:String = //my action  
//var requ:URLRequest = new URLRequest(TODO);  
//navigateToURL (requ);  
}  
mc.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK,DOIT);  
\</code\>

apparently it only works with the urlrequest//navigateToUrl

any tips where to look for?  
Thanks