using geturl to call javascript alert don't work properly

**funkydonkey2000** · 09-22-2004, 02:57 AM

I have a button in flash linking to a html using getURL. But I want to pop up a alert window when the using click on the button. So I try something like this:

function onclick() {
getURL("javscript:alert('say something')");
getURL("somewhere.html");
}

But this does popup the alert box, just goes to the html page. If I remove the line getURL("somewhere.html"); and just leave the getURL("javscript:alert('say something')"); in, it will popup.

I am confused, can someone help me out.

Cheers

Tony

**Xurion_Flash_Man** · 09-22-2004, 05:30 AM

What you're doing is expecting it to pause (like VB would) and wait for the user to click ok on the alert. But I'm affraid flash wont do that. All flash see's is that there are two getURL commands there and it does one after the other and the seconds command is executed before the first one has had time to complete, thus the second url is visited.

XFM

**moagrius** · 09-22-2004, 06:33 AM

combine them in a function in the html doc

Code:

<head>
<script language="javascript">
function o() {
alert("say something");
location.href="something.html";
}
</script>
</head>

code:



getURL("javascript:o();");

**funkydonkey2000** · 09-22-2004, 06:46 PM

Thanks guys

Thread: using geturl to call javascript alert don't work properly

Thread Tools

Display

using geturl to call javascript alert don't work properly

Posting Permissions