need help with getURL

[anokiernan]

I've only just skimmed the tip of the iceberg when it comes to actionscripting and I wanted to know: Is it possible to use the getURL statement with a relative link or does it have to be an exact URL?

[oldnewbie]

In my own experience, it's allways been the full exact URL (including the http://...) that works best.

[anokiernan]

Thanks. Is there anyway at all to use a relative link? I'm trying to stay away from exact links because the site i'm building is for my school and their URL sucks basically. it starts with http://ewg.k12.ri.us/shs

I'd rather not have to type that in hundreds of times

[mykrob]

you could always create a variable to hold the value of the URL..

for example:

site = "http://ewg.k12.ri.us/shs"

then whenever you need that url,

on(release) {
getURL(site);
}

-myk

[anokiernan]

I'm basically a newb when it comes to scripting, by typing in

code = "http://ewg.k12.ri.us"

does that automatically declare the variable?
and if so then when i use the getURL code would it be like:

getURL(site & /programs/sports.xhtml)

[salesa]

try this

getURL(site add "/programs/sports.xhtml");