# getURL to Open in a New Window

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/geturl-to-open-in-a-new-window/198942>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 29, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/geturl-to-open-in-a-new-window/198942 "2006-08-29T21:47:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![njoay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@njoay](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/njoay)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/geturl-to-open-in-a-new-window/198942/1 "2006-08-29T21:47:01Z")

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Hi everyone,

I would like my link to open in a new window (other than the current window). I’ve researched this topic and even tried on (Release), and also put a trace statement to see if my button works, and it does, but the link doesn’t open in a new window. It opens in the current window which is playing my swf, so I have to press the back button to have the swf play again. Any other suggestions? Below is my AS:

on (release) {  
getURL ("[http://www…",](http://www..../) “\_blank”);

thanks!