Get URL is one of the most important actions to know. It communicates with external web pages and files. You can pop open new windows with additional content that you create or open another website from your movie. You can launch an email from your site for a user to contact you. You can also get information sent to you from a database to update your movie (in the form of variable/value pairs: variable1=value1&variable2=value2). There are many uses of get URL.

Get URL is the same thing as a hyperlink or the A HREF tag in HTML. URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator and is the address for any web page.

Javascript Window Control with GetURL
To control certain things about pop-up windows from Flash, you need to use a little javascript in the HTML page that houses your Flash File. You can control the size and position of your movie and tell it to close from your flash file.

You can also use FS commands to do similar operations. FS commands. FScommands are used to send commands from a Flash movie to its hosting environment, such as a web browser or standalone projector file. (If you use fscommands for browser communication, make sure that the swLiveConnect attribute of the <Embed> tag in your HTML is set to true.)

Sample File

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