# How can I open a .swf file in a blank window?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 2, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-open-a-swf-file-in-a-blank-window/59610 "2004-08-02T14:35:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ittoop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Ittoop](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ittoop)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-open-a-swf-file-in-a-blank-window/59610/1 "2004-08-02T14:35:18Z")

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Hey everyone, So my dilemma is this. I want open up a link in a blank window, so what would be the exact get url; code for it.

Right now I have the index.swf, which iam doing for [www.pacificgrillny.com](http://www.pacificgrillny.com/) and there is a link called lunch.swf, the lunch.swf is an html formatted .swf file, so it has to open up in a blank file.

Please help me asap. Thanks much!

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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 2, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-open-a-swf-file-in-a-blank-window/59610/2 "2004-08-02T14:49:23Z")

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getURL(“path/file.html”,"\_blank");

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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 2, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-open-a-swf-file-in-a-blank-window/59610/3 "2004-08-02T15:12:23Z")

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Hi! Thanks for replying so quickly. Since I am new to Flash, I am confused about writing the path. This is what I had originally.

on (release) {  
getURL("[file:///O:/Neena/Pacific](file:///O:/Neena/Pacific) grill/Website/Lunch\_html.swf", “\_blank”);

but ofcourse, this only works on my computer.

then after reading your reply, I put down:

on (release) {  
getURL(“[www.boilingink.com/html/Lunch\_html.swf](http://www.boilingink.com/html/Lunch_html.swf)”, “\_blank”);

right now I am uploading to [boilingink.com](http://boilingink.com). This this shows how much I don’t know, but do I change the .swf to .html for Lunch\_html.swf.

Geeez! so many questions!, but what would be the exact way of translating this.

Thanks much.

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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 2, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-open-a-swf-file-in-a-blank-window/59610/4 "2004-08-02T15:56:17Z")

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if you publish an html file that holds swf, and I’d recommend doing that unless you intend on doing it elsewhere 😉