New browser window?

[lvalesko]

I'd like to be able to have a button in my Flash movie open a new browser window containing a plain 'ol html page. I don't want the new browser window to have anything but scrollbars and I want to be able to control the size of the new browser window. I tried tutorial #5 "Spawning external browser windows" but all I got was a new browser window with all of the javascript in the address bar. When I copied and pasted the code like it said there were lots of weird spaces PLUS I wasn't exactly sure WHERE to paste the code.

Can someone please help!?

Thanks,
Lori

[GoldRain]

Same problem here. Anyone help ?

[Strok]

You can use this way

In HTML in "HEAD tag" add following code:
<script language="JavaScript">
<!-- hide from JavaScript-challenged browsers

function openWindow(url, w, h) {
var windowprops = "width=" + w + ",height=" + h;
popup = window.open(url,'remote',windowprops);
}

// done hiding -->
</script>


Now for the action to the Flashed Button

Get url JavaScript:openWindow("your.html","100","250")

[lvalesko]

Strok,

Is the spacing in the javascript critical? Does the code in my html have to look EXACTLY like the code you shared with us - weird spaces and all?

Also, where do you put the window attributes such as size, scrollbars, etc??

Thanks,
LV

[lvalesko]

Forgot to mention I'm using Flash 4...

[Jesse]

Sorry everyone, I've founda flaw in the tutorial. i obviously pasted the code incorrectly.
See it working (http://www.actionscripts.org/help/popup/pop.html)
Get the source (http://www.actionscripts.org/help/popup/pop.zip)

The code generator works fine but the HTML you should put between your head tags is this:

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function spawnWindow(URL,Name,features) {
window.open(URL,Name,features);
}
//-->
</script>

I'll fix up the tutorial today. Thanks for pointing it out!

Cheers

Jesse

[GoldRain]

Thanks for the help/fix-up Jesse. Superb.

[FlashBulb]

When I open a new window with javascript, and set "location='no'", it merely makes the Address Bar unselectable and unchangeable.

I would like to be able to hide the Address Bar completely - is this possible?