# Popup tutorial problems **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [June 30, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/popup-tutorial-problems/56045 "2004-06-30T04:06:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Thinker2501](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Thinker2501](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Thinker2501)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/popup-tutorial-problems/56045/1 "2004-06-30T04:06:25Z")
hey all, i used the code from Kirupa’s centered pop-up tutorial for MX and it works wonderfully in Safari and Firefox. The problem is in IE it won’t spawn a window at all, nothing happens. Now I know Kirupa’s does, so I’m very confused as to why this is happening. I am working on a Mac using Flash 2004. I’m desperate to solve this problem if anyone can tell me what is going on or point me to code that will work in IE I would appriciate it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/popup-tutorial-problems/56045/2 "2004-09-08T09:48:16Z")
I did some tests, since I have the exact same problem. It turns out that the problem in my case is frames. If the page containing the flash-movie that opne s a popup is loaded separately, it works fine. But when it is in a frame, it will not open a popup. I tried using \_blank as the window name, but no luck there. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/popup-tutorial-problems/56045/3 "2004-09-26T22:08:13Z")
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