# Flash/Browser communication: how does it work?

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**Created:** [April 12, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-browser-communication-how-does-it-work/222307 "2007-04-12T12:37:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-browser-communication-how-does-it-work/222307/1 "2007-04-12T12:37:11Z")

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Does anyone know how flash communicates to the browser window it is in?

For example, whenever anything changes in HTML an event is generated. When an element is clicked, an onclick event is dispatched for that element.

Do flash commands, such as ActionScript’s getURL() method generate events that are registered by the browser window and the DOM?

If not, is there any native communication between the broswer and a flash movie?

Thanks for your expertise.