# Link to outside URL problems in IE

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-to-outside-url-problems-in-ie/186349>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 20, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-to-outside-url-problems-in-ie/186349 "2006-04-20T17:58:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![frankowen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/frankowen/32/2372_2.png) [@frankowen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/frankowen)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-to-outside-url-problems-in-ie/186349/1 "2006-04-20T17:58:10Z")

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I’m new to Flash, so please forgive my ignorance and feel free to ask me to elaborate if I don’t provide enough detail about my problem:

I want to simply link to an outside URL by clicking on a button. I used the following action on the button:

on (press) {  
getURL(“[http://www.gallery.frankography.com](http://www.gallery.frankography.com)”,’\_blank’);  
}

Everything seems to work fine in Firefox, but in IE a new window opens up, starts to load the linked page, then automatically closes. I do not use a pop-up blocker, IE pop-up blocker is off, and this happens on other computers, not just mine.

Am I doing something wrong in the action or is it just an IE setting?

Thanks!  
Frank

PS: Using Flash 8 for PC.

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**Author:** ![Rustyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rustyd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rustyd)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-to-outside-url-problems-in-ie/186349/2 "2006-04-20T19:05:45Z")

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I just created a box, hit F8, converted it to a button & added your code. It seems to work just fine for me in IE, so it’s not your code; it’s “The Thing That Does Weird Things!!” trick.

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**Author:** ![lunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunatic)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-to-outside-url-problems-in-ie/186349/3 "2006-04-20T19:23:52Z")

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Yeah it looks fine to me too. Have you cleared your cache in IE recently?