Simple Button Help

[jmbones]

Hi Folks - New user here

Just trying to create a simple button from an image I have in my Flash 8 libary. I have converted the image to a symbol.

I want the button to load a URL in a new window when pressed, that is all.

When I try to publish, I get syntax errors. Here is my code for one button:

BBB_btn.onRelease = function(){
getURL("http://www.google.com", window="_blank");
};

What am I missing?

[CyanBlue]

Howdy and Welcome... :)

That getURL() line should be written without the 'window' string like this... and the symbol should be either a button or a movieClip...
getURL("http://www.google.com", "_blank");

[jmbones]

Thanks, I still get syntax errors when trying to publish. Is there any other code that needs to be with this?

**Error** Symbol=page, layer=Layer 2, frame=1:Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler
target_btn.onRelease = function(){

Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1

target_btn.onRelease = function(){
getURL("http://google.com", "_blank");
};

Howdy and Welcome... :)

That getURL() line should be written without the 'window' string like this... and the symbol should be either a button or a movieClip...
getURL("http://www.google.com", "_blank");

[CyanBlue]

I think you are adding that code on top of the button itself...
Make sure that you are adding it to the frame not on the button...

[jmbones]

That was the problem, thanks. Now I have two different buttons on the same page, but only the first button works. Do I need to have different code for two?

Here's what I have:

BBB_btn.onRelease = function(){
getURL("http://www.google.com", "_blank");
};
tgt_btn.onRelease = function(){
getURL("http://www.yahoo.com", "_blank");
};

I think you are adding that code on top of the button itself...
Make sure that you are adding it to the frame not on the button...

[CyanBlue]

The code seems to be okay... Does your 'other' button have 'tgt_btn' as an instance name???

[jmbones]

The code seems to be okay... Does your 'other' button have 'tgt_btn' as an instance name???

Yes..

Edit: apparently my button was messed up. I reimported the image and recreated it, works now. Thanks!