# Get URL

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url/29342
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 25, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url/29342 "2003-08-25T21:26:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author: ![stuart\_c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@stuart\_c](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stuart_c)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url/29342/1 "2003-08-25T21:26:44Z")

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Can someone please tell me what i’ve done wrong with this code.I have a button called contact\_btn, on the main timeline. Script copied and pasted  
contact\_btn.onRelease = function() {  
getURL("mailto:noemail@.com ");  
};

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### 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 25, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url/29342/2 "2003-08-25T21:28:46Z")

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Did u give that button the same instance name or just name it that when you made it a MC?

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### 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 25, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url/29342/3 "2003-08-25T21:31:31Z")

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The instance name is that

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### 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 25, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url/29342/4 "2003-08-25T21:31:59Z")

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post the fla then.

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### 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 25, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url/29342/5 "2003-08-25T21:37:53Z")

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How do i do that

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### 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 25, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url/29342/6 "2003-08-25T21:39:27Z")

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I don’t understand. The file worked for me…

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### 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 25, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url/29342/7 "2003-08-25T21:43:44Z")

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doesn’t for me,don’t understand that

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### 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 25, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url/29342/8 "2003-08-25T21:45:48Z")

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_shrug_

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### 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 26, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-url/29342/9 "2003-08-26T07:05:12Z")

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Do you have a standard e-mail client set ? Because that link opens the standard e-mail client. If users don’t have it set, like you, it won’t work. So instead, use an e-mail form.