# Launching a local html file from local swf ( flash 8.)

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**Created:** [January 16, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-a-local-html-file-from-local-swf-flash-8/213061 "2007-01-16T17:53:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![koolkrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c6cbf5/32.png) [@koolkrasher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/koolkrasher)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-a-local-html-file-from-local-swf-flash-8/213061/1 "2007-01-16T17:53:31Z")

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Hello everyone i am having a problem launching a local html file from my swf. i have a button called print that when clicked it is supposed to open the local html file and print out the content. this is the code i used on the button

on (release){  
getURL(“folder/folder/file.htm”,"\_self");  
}

i also tried scripting it on the time line when that didn’t work.

any ideas?  
Thanks,  
kool