# Flash/getURL/Javascript problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-geturl-javascript-problem/191812>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [June 23, 2006, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-geturl-javascript-problem/191812 "2006-06-23T07:30:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![nchagial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@nchagial](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nchagial)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-geturl-javascript-problem/191812/1 "2006-06-23T07:30:13Z")

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Hello,

I’m having problems with a Flash menu that appears on top of an HTML page. There’s a ‘getURL’ ActionScript call from the Flash menu movie to a JavaScript in the HTML, and when the Flash movie hits the frame with the ‘getURL’ script, everything in the HTML page stops loading - images. text. etc

I am using [LEFT]

```auto
getURL("javascript:alert('test')"); 

```

[/LEFT]  
just to make sure that it is not the javascript function. And when I comment this out everything loads normally…

Any ideas?

Thanks