# Two Questions from a Flash Noob

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/two-questions-from-a-flash-noob/207737>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 21, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/two-questions-from-a-flash-noob/207737 "2006-11-21T03:04:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![epistemologyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/50afbb/32.png) [@epistemologyboy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/epistemologyboy)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/two-questions-from-a-flash-noob/207737/1 "2006-11-21T03:04:05Z")

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Hello all,

I’ve just joined the forum and I’ve brought two noobish issues with me. Let me state that I am just now delving into the world of Flash in general.

I am working on a website, the shell of which can be viewed at

[http://www.theheritagefl.com/beta/alpha](http://www.theheritagefl.com/beta/alpha)

The menu is a flash component which derives its structure from XML.

Question #1: Is it possible to have a \<url\> open in a new window? i.e. like “\_blank” works for an href tag. If so, how?

Also, we have implented an image rotator as a separate component. While the images seem to process just fine in both IE 6 and 7, in Mozilla 1.5 and 2.0 it only seems to process a handful of images before ‘freezing up.’

Question #2: Any ideas on why the above is happening?

I’d aooreciate any feedback. I’d be willing to post the code in the morning if anyone wants to have a look.

Also, I’ll be sure to browse tutorials and previous posts tomorrow, yet any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks…