Link Problem

programming flash
1

ok, i have read over the tutorial for hyperlinks at kirupa. I am trying to get my portfolio section up and running but i ran into this problem. I have thumbnails of the pictures that i want displayed there, but now when i click on the picture, The progam Paint opens up. The picture is a gif.

 on (release) {
    getURL("http://www.geocities.com/alex4332/grass.gif", "_new");
}

now if i follow the link by just pasting it in explorer, it just opens it normally in the browser window. i am really not sure on how to make this work correctly.

thanks:smirk:

2

You’re saying that when you click on the link, it opens up your Paint program? What do you want it to do, open in a new browser? If so then, try this:

on (release) {
    getURL("http://www.geocities.com/alex4332/grass.gif", "_blank");
}
3

i want it to open up a new browser window. and it just opens Paint. would it be a problem if i was just testing it in macromedia and not if it was live on the web. that might be whats making it do that?:-\

on (release) {
    getURL("http://www.geocities.com/alex4332/grass.gif", "_blank");
}
4

That is strange, I don’t see how it can open up Paint with that script though unless your computer was setup to open images automatically like that. Try testing it on the web and see how it works, it should just open up in a new browser.

5

for the weidest reason its still opening up in paint. i wonder if it will do that to any one else.:q:

6

post the link so i can click on it to see if it starts up my paint program which im pretty sure it wont. I think it’s just the way your computer is setup.

7

i will just forget about it for now since my site is horriable and i dont want to get laughed at:P. but thanks for trying to help.=)