Launching A Browser From Flash...
hi - just starting to use flash and wondered if Flash is capable of launching a default web browser with a link _if_ Flash is not running in a browser. so - no javascript...
so for example, i just want a flash file with a label or somethign on it that says:
"Hello"
and when you click it, it opens a window to send you to http://www.kirupa.com
Possible?
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Posted on: 09-15-2006, 08:57 PM
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