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Post October 4th, 2009, 8:57 pm

Hi,
I am trying to create a popup window. I've googled the topic, I've also found posts in this forum, but when I add the:

helpBtn_mc.onRelease = function() {
getURL("javascript:openNewWindow('help.html','Help','height=400,width=400,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes')");
}

to the button (in my generateHelp.fla) which triggers the popup window, and add the following code to my help.html file, just after the <head>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript>
function openNewWindow(URLtoOpen, windowName, windowFeatures) {
newWindow=window.open(URLtoOpen, windowName, windowFeatures);
}
</SCRIPT>

and run my movie generateHelp.fla, I get the following error message:

Safari can’t run the script “openNewWindow('help.html','Help','height=400,width=400,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes')” because Safari doesn’t allow JavaScript to be used in this way.

I am very new to action script & Flash, and I don't know what step I am missing that causes this error.

PLEASE HELP!!! I have spent a long time, and have tried different versions of suggestions, but get the same error message, and can't resolve this on my own.

Thanks for your help.
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Post October 4th, 2009, 8:57 pm

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Post October 5th, 2009, 5:19 am

in actionscript, use external interface:
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import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
helpBtn_mc.onRelease = function() {
ExternalInterface.call("openNewWindow", "help.html","Help","height=400,width=400,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes");
}
  1. import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
  2. helpBtn_mc.onRelease = function() {
  3. ExternalInterface.call("openNewWindow", "help.html","Help","height=400,width=400,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes");
  4. }

javascript code remains the same.
Just test your code on a server, otherwise on local you will get something like: Adobe Flash Player has stopped a potentialy unsafe operation blah blah.
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Post October 5th, 2009, 3:27 pm

Thanks so much for your help IceCold. I tried the code. Nothing happens locally. I am still developing other parts, but once I am done, will try it on a server.

Take care.

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