button URL link, no pop-up

[pasefika]

hello all, If you look at the pdf PROGRAMMING ACTIONSCRIPT ™ 3.0 provided by adobe page 40 they use this as an example for a URL link

function gotoAdobeSite(event:MouseEvent):void { var adobeURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(“http://www.adobe.com/”; navigateToURL(adobeURL); } linkButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, gotoAdobeSite);

it works great but opens a new window link a pop up, I’m new to Flash 9 (CS3) actionscript / AS3 and want to know how to alter this script 3.0 so that I can have a URL link without a popup, URL within the site and to external websites.

please feel free to email me tatau2000@hotmail.com with any help or sugestions

[691175002]

Try checking URLRequest in the help files and see what it says. My guess is there is a second optional parameter that allows you to specify a frame.

Is there a particular reason why you are using AS3.0?

[pasefika]

Thank you,

I'll try it out. I'm using AS3 becuase I'm somewhat new to AS and feel that I'd like to learn on the latest language and any new files I make should be in AS3. This is oppsed to continue to use AS2 and having to re-write more AS3 code later.

Jon

[pasefika]

unfortunately adding a second parameter

function gotoAdobeSite(event:MouseEvent):void
{
var adobeURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.adobe.com/", "_self");
navigateToURL(adobeURL);
}
linkButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, gotoAdobeSite);

doesn't work to emilinate a popup link

[cancerinform]

var adobeURL:URLRequest=new URLRequest("http://www.adobe.com/");
navigateToURL (adobeURL, "_self");