# Movie clip getURL

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-geturl/296935>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 23, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-geturl/296935 "2009-09-23T01:15:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![GGMcGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@GGMcGee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GGMcGee)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-geturl/296935/1 "2009-09-23T01:15:54Z")

</div>

I have a movie clip and I want it to go to a URL when clicked. When I preview the swf in Flash the link seems to work fine, however when inserted into a web page through swfObject it doesn’t work.

This is the code I have on my movie clip:

```auto

on (release) {
getURL ("#");
}

```

Should I be doing something else? Or is it something to do with the actual web page not allowing links from Flash?

I need this link coming from the movie clip. Creating a button isn’t an option.