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flash cs3 on release get url

I have a menu created in Flash CS3. It is a movie clip and I am trying to add the links to the buttons.

Here is what I have so far:

onClipEvent (load) {
      num = 2;
}
on (rollOver) {
      this.gotoAndPlay("s1");
}
on (releaseOutside, rollOut) {
      this.gotoAndPlay("s2");
}
on (release) {
      getURL(www.google.com);
}

However, it does not work. When I click the button, nothing happens.

1. Is this the correct method to add a link to this 'button'
2. How do I make it work?

MMDeveloper

try placing the URL within quotes

on (release) {
getURL("http://www.google.com");
}

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joedunn

ASKER

Maybe I did not state my question correctly.

The tempalte I am editing has a Layer called 'menu2', when I double click that layer to open it up it shows all the different buttons in the menu, there are 12 of them.

(See Snap1)

When I click on the first menu option and then press F9 I see a window with a tab called 'Action - Movie Clip.

(See Snap2)

Note: Is it strange to anyone that there are 36 (12 x 3) butn items listed in menu2?

Anyway, where do I add, change, edit the action script code (see below)

onClipEvent (load) {
      num = 1;
}
on (rollOver) {
      this.gotoAndPlay("s1");
}
on (releaseOutside, rollOut) {
      this.gotoAndPlay("s2");
}

So that each button, when clicked, will redirect the user to the correct internal page or external web site?

Thanks!

onClipEvent (load) {
	num = 1;
}
on (rollOver) {
	this.gotoAndPlay("s1");
}
on (releaseOutside, rollOut) {
	this.gotoAndPlay("s2");
}

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Snap1.gif
Snap2.gif

joedunn

ASKER

Thank You

flashmex

onClipEvent (load) {
num = 2;
}
on (rollOver) {
this.gotoAndPlay("s1");
}
on (releaseOutside, rollOut) {
this.gotoAndPlay("s2");
}
on (release) {
//// if you want to open it in new window you can use getURL("www.google.com","_blank");

getURL("www.google.com");
}