# Swf address... I cannot get this thing

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-address-i-cannot-get-this-thing/296267
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**Created:** [September 11, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-address-i-cannot-get-this-thing/296267 "2009-09-11T23:33:13Z")
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### Author: ![dtrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@dtrace](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dtrace)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-address-i-cannot-get-this-thing/296267/1 "2009-09-11T23:33:13Z")

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I looked at the tutorial on gotoandlearn about it, and understood the concept, but it’s in as3, and I’m trying to do this in as2.

I have it so that the url changes, and the title changes. And when you click on the various buttons on my site…it registers in the browser…but the main purpose I can’t get, namely, if someone clicks my about button, i want to trigger the about function.

That is easy enough to do in flash, but how can I get it to trigger from the back or forward button. Or if someone goes to [www.mysite.com/#/about](http://www.mysite.com/#/about) ?

I am not getting the key ingredient to make this happen. If I paste in [www.mysite.com/#/about](http://www.mysite.com/#/about) , how is it to know to launch the about function? What code enables it to do that?

I guess that is my question.

Thanks,