# Hyperlinking Issue

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hyperlinking-issue/261848
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 31, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hyperlinking-issue/261848 "2008-05-31T18:27:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![IUPMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/edb3f5/32.png) [@IUPMike](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IUPMike)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hyperlinking-issue/261848/1 "2008-05-31T18:27:28Z")

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In searching through the forums for the last 2 hours, I could not find a definitive answer for the following questions:

1. I have attached my .fla and dependent files. I am currently using IULoader to externally load the 5 images in my menu. However, I want to link each of these images to a page on my website. I have figured out how to do this internally using the following code:

```auto
function thumbDownHandler1(event:MouseEvent):void 
{
 navigateToURL(URLRequest("http://www.boomer-living.com"));
}
myLoader1.back_one_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, thumbDownHandler1);

```

I was wondering if there was anyway to change this code to make it possible for me to be able to load a URL from a text file or XML file so I would not have to constantly change the URL in the .fla file.

1. If the above is not possible, I was wondering if there was a way to code this so that the link loaded in the same page. I’ve tried various methods of hyperlinking that use the “\_self” modifier, but that seems to work when loading in Flash, but not when I upload the flash file to my website. I can only get the “\_blank” modifier to work and that is squashed out by pop-up blockers.

Any help would be appreciated!

[http://boomer-living.com/vidback/flashmenu/flashmenu.zip](http://boomer-living.com/vidback/flashmenu/flashmenu.zip)

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### Author: ![Alex\_Lexcuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@Alex\_Lexcuk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alex_Lexcuk)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hyperlinking-issue/261848/2 "2008-05-31T20:18:45Z")

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[http://dnadillo.dn.ua/fla/external\_url/ext-url.swf](http://dnadillo.dn.ua/fla/external_url/ext-url.swf)

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### Author: ![IUPMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/edb3f5/32.png) [@IUPMike](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IUPMike)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hyperlinking-issue/261848/3 "2008-06-01T15:50:40Z")

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I understand how to externally load text, but how to I load a URL to link to a button?

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### Author: ![IUPMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/edb3f5/32.png) [@IUPMike](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IUPMike)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hyperlinking-issue/261848/4 "2008-06-02T21:12:14Z")

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Maybe this is a better question to ask. Is there a way I can modify the above code to draw a link from a text file instead of writing the link directly into the actionscript code. Any help would be very much appreciated!