I've tried that... and it does indeed pop the window up. But it leaves the
opener with just an [object] inside of it. I've tried it a few different
ways, and it seems like it'll only work with an onEvent handler. I even
tried opening another window between it that did it onLoad and then closes
itself ... but the user ends up getting a confirmation message since you
can't automatically close the original window. Argh.

----- Original Message -----
From: <ssteward@a...>
To: "Flash Programming" <flash_programming@p...>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 2:44 PM
Subject: [flash_programming] RE: Flash / XML problem...


> try using href="javascript:window.open('whatever.htm')"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Gerrard [mailto:ryangerrard@h...]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 2:50 PM
> To: Flash Programming
> Subject: [flash_programming] Flash / XML problem...
>
>
> Here's my problem -- and I've been dealing with it for a while now.
> I'm reading an URL from an external XML file, and I want the URL to be
> opened in a pop-up window. However, the <a> tag that Flash uses doesn't
> allow for onMouseEvent handlers which I need to use with the window.open()
> method or my parent window will be left blank with [object] in it.
>
> I can't think of anyway around this... so at the moment I just opened an
> intermediatary window with the pop-ups inside it... but it's not what I
> want, really. If anyone wants to see what I mean, check out
> http://portfolio.mala.bc.ca/rgerrard and check out View Details under the
> Portfolio section. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.
>
> Ryan.