# URL problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-problem/19057>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [April 23, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-problem/19057 "2003-04-23T21:45:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@amp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/amp)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-problem/19057/1 "2003-04-23T21:45:36Z")

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what is the function for URL

i couldn’t find it on flash mx and i searched on kirupa i couldn’t find it. so if someone cane help me and tell me what is the function for URL

like the function that allows you to link to a website

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**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:** [April 23, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-problem/19057/2 "2003-04-23T21:51:47Z")

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getURL(“[www.url.com](http://www.url.com)”,\_blank)  
:edit: i hope:

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**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:** [April 23, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-problem/19057/3 "2003-04-23T21:55:32Z")

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yes but for the “\_blank” does that open a new page or it opens in the same page. what are the other options. i mean what can i put instead of \_blank

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**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:** [April 23, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-problem/19057/4 "2003-04-23T21:56:11Z")

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\_top  
\_new

and there is some others to.

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**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:** [April 23, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-problem/19057/5 "2003-04-23T21:56:44Z")

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close…

getURL(“url”, “\_blank”);

\_self specifies the current frame in the current window.  
\_blank specifies a new window.  
\_parent specifies the parent of the current frame.  
\_top specifies the top-level frame in the current window.

Or if you are using frames and want to target a specific frame then give your HTML frame a name (which you have to do anyway), and then target that frame name (no underscore is needed in front of it)

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**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:** [April 23, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-problem/19057/6 "2003-04-23T21:57:37Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Alex \*  
> \*\*\_top  
> \_new

and there is some others to. \*\*

\_new doesn’t exist :trout:

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**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:** [April 23, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-problem/19057/7 "2003-04-23T22:01:21Z")

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thanx alot

i guess i am learing flash one step at a time

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**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:** [April 23, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-problem/19057/8 "2003-04-23T22:03:24Z")

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where did Alex found \_new??

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**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:** [April 23, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-problem/19057/9 "2003-04-23T22:10:32Z")

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He made it up 😛

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**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:** [April 23, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-problem/19057/10 "2003-04-23T22:14:40Z")

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haha, its been a long stressfull day.:-\

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-problem/19057/11 "2003-04-23T22:16:44Z")

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well i still have another problem. my wallpaper is a flash thing. so i wanna put an invisible box on top of it and put the url function on it so whenever i click on it i go to my server. but when i put the \_blank it opened automatically and i couldn’t lick on it anymore. so i dont know what to do.

i tried attaching the file so you can understand it better but it said it was too big.

so just downlaod it from [from here](http://d141-59-65.home.cgocable.net/stuff/)

it is called raed.zip