I have an error message with my actionscript that's DOING MY HEAD IN!

[scubiemoody]

Hi guys

I'm creating some buttons with flash (CS3) and I've got a problem. When I type in the following action code:

on (Release) {getURL("see.html", "_self");}

I get the following error message:

1087: syntax error. extra characters found after end of program

I can't seem to work out what this means. When I try exactly the same code in other flash buttons it works perfectly... just not on my new ones.

I've recently swapped from a pc to a mac, and from Studio 8 to CS3. Don't know if that makes any difference...

Any help would be gratefully received!

[MrMadison]

Yeah, are you using AS 3 or 2. AS 3 is completely different. I've only glanced at AS 3, so i don't know if i can help much. I'll fool around and get back to you...

[Sgaspar11]

Not sure about AS3 but off the top of my head change your on (Release) to on (release) lowercase makes a difference.

Cheers,

Scott

[scubiemoody]

Thanks MrMadison. I'm using AS 2...

[scubiemoody]

Thanks Scott - i got very excited then, but sadly changing it to lowercase didn't help. Sorry!

[Sgaspar11]

Ok try it like this:

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on (release) {getURL("see.html", _self);}

remove the "" from the _self, and are you applying this directly to a button? I am not getting any errors.

[scubiemoody]

HI - thanks for that. Doesn't work either, I'm afraid. Any other ideas? Am I doing something else wrong maybe?

[RZX Developer]

hey mate dont know if this would help

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on(release) {
    getURL ("http://", _newCF);
}

Wayne

[Sgaspar11]

I need to play around with Flash CS3 some more, everyone keeps getting this error and it makes no sense to me. :-)

[MrMadison]

funny, that code worked for me in AS 2....
Yeah,....button or something else...you might not have the target set.