asked on 7/11/2011

Flash Close Button does not work in IE9 page

Hi:

I have an application in which I embed a flash movie created in Flash 8 into an asp.net page (frame). The last frame of the movie contains a big button with the following action:

on (release){ // close window
getURL("javascript:window.close();"); }

This application has been working for a couple of years and when the user presses the button, it closes the window in which the movie is contained and sends an event notification back to my .net app letting it know that the window has been closed at which point I record the time at which the window closed.

This has worked with all recent versions of FireFox, Chrome and IE7 and IE8. However, when I press the button in an IE9 browser, nothing happens.

I'm afraid my knowledge of Flash is quite limited. Any help in dealing with this issue greatly appreciated.

RBS

Adobe Flash Microsoft SQL Server

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RBS

7/11/2011

dgofman

7/11/2011

Did you change your code to AS3?

RBS

7/11/2011

ASKER

No I didn't - just took whatever was native to Flash 8. Is it possible to change however it is encoded in Flash8 to Action Script 3 in Flash 8? Thanks for your comment.

RBS

RBS

7/11/2011

ASKER

Hi - it looks like Flash 8 only has AS1 and AS2. I add this button to a program that converts powerpoint to flash at the end of the movie. The entire extent of my development in Flash consists of this one movie - so am not in a position to upgrade to new version of Flash. I was wondering if you would mind compiling my movie to a version that uses AS3?

Regards,
RBS
closeWindow.zip

dgofman

7/11/2011

I removed invalid binding values assigned to your button , compile and run
Working fine for me I attached your file SWF and HTML
Execute HTML file and click on your button
closeWindow.zip

RBS

7/11/2011

ASKER

Hi dgofman:

Thanks so much for this. Your button works fine in Chrome - it asks for confirmation in IE9 and it does not seem to work in Firefox 5.0.

Here are links to the close buttons at test pages that I have:

http://www.check30.com/Test_Close2/closeWindow.html

http://www.check30.com/Test_Close/index.html

Ironically, if I open the button in a frame, it still works fine in all browsers including ie 7 and 8 but not in ie9

Any thoughts greatly appreciated

RBS

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7/11/2011

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RBS

7/11/2011

ASKER

Hi dgofman:

Thanks for this. While I have not fixed the problem - which I believe has to do with the control I am using to load/closed the surrounding window, your suggestions were extremely helpful and helped me eliminate a number of paths down which I might have wasted a whole lot of time.

Thanks Again,
RBS