# Why does this work in Flash6 but not Flash9?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 2, 2007, 6:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-work-in-flash6-but-not-flash9/231096 "2007-07-02T06:41:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![thomasvill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@thomasvill](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thomasvill)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 6:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-work-in-flash6-but-not-flash9/231096/1 "2007-07-02T06:41:04Z")

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Link1.onRelease = function() {  
getURL(“javascript:setFlashHeight(‘flashid’, 500);”);  
};

When I publish this code in the Flash 6 player this code works perfect and the javascript launches but when I publish it in Flash 9 it doesnt do anything. Any help?