# IE getURL problem

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ie-geturl-problem/195845
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 3, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ie-geturl-problem/195845 "2006-08-03T15:39:39Z")
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### Author: ![watcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@watcher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/watcher)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ie-geturl-problem/195845/1 "2006-08-03T15:39:39Z")

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hi there,

I have a problem using getURL javascript (JS) function call with Internet Explorer. Apart from the [well-known problems](http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/article/queueing-geturl-calls) with getURL in IE, i’m experiencing another - the maximum number of characters i am able to send from flash to JS function is 485 characters. Anytime i try to send more characters (character string, for ex. Array) from Flash as a parameter to JS function, IE ignores this parameter completely, and does not even execute the function.

perhaps FS command (yuck…), Flash/Javascript Toolkit or the External Interface would solve it, but i am not gonna use any of them atm.

Anybody experienced this and perhaps found a solution (other than fragmenting the string into multiple smaller strings) ?

thanks,  
watcher