# Mailto issue going nuts here

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mailto-issue-going-nuts-here/263613>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 17, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mailto-issue-going-nuts-here/263613 "2008-06-17T18:38:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![manny2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@manny2k](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/manny2k)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mailto-issue-going-nuts-here/263613/1 "2008-06-17T18:38:06Z")

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Never had this problem before so not sure why it’s happening now am I missing something?

I have a main movie that loads in other movies etc via xml , one of the external movies I load in has and email\_btn that uses

```php
 
Email_btn. onRelease = function(){
getURL("mailto:myname@mydomain.co.uk") ;
}

```

when I test that MC on it’s own it opens up outlook, my problem is that when I test the main\_mc that loads in the mc that contains the email button it doesnt work also doesnt work when i test it in a browser, not even a hand cursor  
This is driving me nuts, any ideas.

Manny2k

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**Author:** ![manny2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@manny2k](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/manny2k)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mailto-issue-going-nuts-here/263613/2 "2008-06-17T19:30:39Z")

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In fact i have just noticed that none of the buttons in the swf loaded in via xml into the main movie are working, anyone have an idea why they are not working?? is there some kind of security issue im missing

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**Author:** ![manny2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@manny2k](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/manny2k)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mailto-issue-going-nuts-here/263613/3 "2008-06-17T19:55:39Z")

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my bad, i forgot i had a transparent button that lays over the container that loads the external swf.