# Flash player issue **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [August 7, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-player-issue/27887 "2003-08-07T16:25:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grandsp5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@grandsp5](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grandsp5)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-player-issue/27887/1 "2003-08-07T16:25:09Z")
Has anyone else noticed that some things dont work in the flash player, only when you view it through the html file after its published? First off, I was wondering why. Second, if anyone knows something that will only work when viewed through the html caller, can they post it here. It might save people a lot of time spent on pointless debugging. I know I spent like an hour trying to get mailto: to work and my script was right the whole time. Oh yeah, mailto: doesnt work unless viewed through the html file. πŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [August 7, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-player-issue/27887/2 "2003-08-07T16:26:55Z")
mailto: is a process interpreted by the browser to open the users default mail client (set in the browser options). Everything works fine for me in the Flash player, the only things that don’t work are processes (like mailto: and window.open()) that are interpreted by the browser thus dependant on the browser to run. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-player-issue/27887/3 "2003-08-07T16:27:45Z")
ok. thanks ---
**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:** [August 7, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-player-issue/27887/4 "2003-08-07T16:29:53Z")
No problem πŸ™‚