# How to open a page without closing the current page

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-open-a-page-without-closing-the-current-page/278971>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 8, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-open-a-page-without-closing-the-current-page/278971 "2009-01-08T05:04:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![rudy\_b](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rudy\_b](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rudy_b)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-open-a-page-without-closing-the-current-page/278971/1 "2009-01-08T05:04:04Z")

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Hi,  
my question might seem really simple, but I am not a flash programmer, and I would appreciate if I get some help on this issue. I had spent about 2 days trying to figure it out.  
I bought one of those templates, and i was able to get around most of the stuff. But one last thing that I have issue with is that there is an AS2 script for a button, where you can change the page that you want to be updated. But every time that I click that button, it opens the new page. but then if I use the same button in the new page, and click on it, another page will open and that current page will get closed.  
I don’t want the first page to get closed. Any help, please…?  
the action script for this button is as follows:

on (release) {  
\_root.popup\_pressed=1;  
\_root.scrHEIGHT=280  
\_root.scroller.scroller.gotoAndStop(2);

\_root.TM\_title = “/picture”;  
\_root.READ = 2;  
\_root.scroller.gotoAndPlay(“s1”);  
}

thanks