Pop Up Windows....

[courtjester]

Ok, I know that it is possible in Flash to make pop up windows. Is there a special secret to this where you can make it happen without a combination of JavaScript? All I can find make you use JavaScript in the Heading.. Just wondering if there was another way.

[courtjester]

Ok ok.. wow, no responses.... well, I will do it the old fashioned way then... Which completely sucks.. but hey, it works.

[Webforumz Staff]

Hey Kulegamr, you didn't give me any time to respond!! It was a Saturday Night!! Come on man!!

There are 3 main ways to make a pop up window in flash.
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First, you can just use GetURL and specify "_blank" as the target, in which case the link opens in a new window - But you have no control over that window. This does however work for all browsers.[*]
You can use GetURL:"javascript:" and specify window settings. EG:

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javascript:openNewWindow('http://www.webforumz.com','mywindow','height=400,width=400,toolbar=no,scrollbars=no')

This will work for all new browsers... I think it won't work for IE3 on windows but thats pretty old! It's quite safe to use.
It's the best way in my opinion.[*]
Or you can use FSCommand (Flash commands in your HTML to communicate between the two). But this needs ActiveX or similiar, so it's very restricted and works with very little... And it's difficult to implement... So go with option 2 [:P]
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[courtjester]

OK, thanks once again Sirkent!