# How do i click to open in flash

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**Created:** [May 25, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-click-to-open-in-flash/309799 "2010-05-25T06:16:43Z")\
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i am new to flash and am using a template, i designed everything alright but need to know how to click a thumbnail to open a file in the root directory.  
The XML file for the thumbnails looks like this currently and everything in the flash movie work and the explorer window opens to he link:

\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?\>  
\<thumbnails\>  
\<thumbnail filename=“ms.jpg” url=“[http://www.myspace.com/XXXX](http://www.myspace.com/XXXX)”  
title=“XXXX ON MYSPACE”  
description=“Come visit us over at our space on MySpace.” /\>

\<thumbnail filename=“flashmo\_074\_film.jpg” url=“[http://www.flashmo.com/preview/flashmo\_074\_film](http://www.flashmo.com/preview/flashmo_074_film)”  
title=“Sample Movie Title Three”  
description=“Mauris quis nulla sed ipsum pretium sagittis. Suspendisse feugiat. Ut sodales libero ut odio. Maecenas venenatis metus eu est. In sed risus ac felis varius bibendum.” /\>

```
&lt;thumbnail filename="flashmo_073_heart_pink.jpg" url="http://www.flashmo.com/preview/flashmo_073_heart_pink"  
	title="Movie Title Four"
	description="Nulla imperdiet congue metus. Vestibulum dapibus tortor vel orci. Maecenas vulputate, arcu id fermentum eleifend, tortor enim tincidunt mauris, fringilla tincidunt purus urna vel risus." /&gt;

&lt;thumbnail filename="flashmo_072_blue.jpg" url="http://www.flashmo.com/preview/flashmo_072_blue"  
	title="Movie Title Five"
	description="Fusce vulputate tellus ac felis. Praesent mauris. Quisque gravida faucibus ligula. Aliquam magna. Phasellus id felis." /&gt;

```

\</thumbnails\>

but instead of a URL I want a file to be opened (a mp3 or wmv or swf or exe) in its own window or default player…What is the code i would use?

A similar flash template would be this

> **[flashmo 080 movie](http://www.flashmo.com/preview/flashmo_080_movie)**
>
> Movie Template featuring horizontal thumbnail list for movies

but when you click each of the thumbnails, i want 1 to open a mp3, one ar flash movie etc

thanks