# getURL is blocked by some browswers

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/geturl-is-blocked-by-some-browswers/211745
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 4, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/geturl-is-blocked-by-some-browswers/211745 "2007-01-04T19:45:26Z")
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### Author: ![visions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/74df32/32.png) [@visions](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/visions)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/geturl-is-blocked-by-some-browswers/211745/1 "2007-01-04T19:45:26Z")

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is there a way to bypass browser popup blockers? I tried Firefox 2 and it blocked my swf from opening a new window to show an HTML page.

code:

getURL(“[http://www.mysite.com/somepage.html](http://www.mysite.com/somepage.html)”, “\_blank”);

thanks