Digital Workshop

I have almost finished a flash publication using the flex option in Opus Pro 04.

I've found actions very hit and miss - some scripting works in flex some doesn't, even when it does work in preview, it often doesn't when published!.

My one last problem seems to be a simple one - I can't get the Launch Web Page action to work!. It works OK in preview, but not when published.

Have tried launcing using a script, e.g.:
LaunchURL("http://www.digitalworkshop.com")
and as the launch webpage action
but nothing happens.

Any help very much appreciated.

Will post website link when finished.

This is what I use:

1. Create a Left Mouse Click trigger.
2. Use the Script action.
3. In the script action enter the following:
getURL("http:www.YOURURLNAME.com", "_blank");

This will open up a new window with http://www.YOURURLNAME.com in it.

bwpatric,

Thanks for the reply, but it still does not seem to work.

Attached is a cut-down version which shows the same problem.

The button has a left-mouse-click trigger with a script action.

Note that the commented out line in the script ( LaunchURL(...) ) will work in preview mode, but not when published.

When I run the attached version as it stands ( getURL(...) ), it just sits there doing nothing when I click the button both in preview and when published. What am I doing wrong?

Regards,
Mark

Mark,

I just used

LaunchURL("http:www.leotaylor-photos.com", "_blank");

and it opened my web site without a problem. I published the file and it executed as expected. Could there be a problem with the URL you are using? Also, does your Browser have pop-ups disabled, if so that may have to be changed.

Find attached your imp file as well as the swf and html file that were created in the zip. I should state I used Opus 6.

Hi

I also tried it out and found that it worked fine, preview or published runtime. I did delete the "_blank" from the script. I haven't looked at Leo's version, but I suspect they will be same or similar. I'll attach the zip folder.

Kind Regards,

Thanks for your help Leo and Stephen.

I tried to run both your published html/flash files.

When running Leos's I got the error message "cannot find 'http:www.leotaylor-photos.com'

however, when I type the above address directly into my address bar at the top of my Internet Explorer screen, it automatically changes it to http://leotaylor-photos.com/ and the website opens OK....not sure what that tells me!

When running Stephens version of the published html/flash files IE just sits there and nothing happens when the button is clicked.

I guess this must mean there is a problem with some setting in my Internet Explorer? I am using IE 7 (7.0.5730.11). I did have pop-ups blocked initially, so I tried with this turned off, but does not help.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to which (of the multitude of!) settings I should change in IE7?

Hi Mark

I can sympathize regarding IE. Having a similar difficulty trying to get a Java Applet to run in IE 7, that runs perfectly well in Firefox.

I wish I knew which (if any!) combination of checks and un-checks will help. Also, take a look at your firewall, pop-up blockers. Who knows!

Kind Regards,

I found that sometimes having a toolbar open also causes problems with popups. In a case at work, the Yahoo toolbar is the offender. Once you turn it off, the popups work fine. I think the toolbar must have some popup blocking control associated with it. Perhaps that is the problem?

I though I'd add the solution here in case someone else finds the same problem. All my 'testing' was done using local files through Internet Explorer, NOT after uploading to the internet.....and this seems to be where the problem arose.......

From DW support: "It may be the Firewall or Internet Browser settings prevent a local file calling a web page. Because you are creating a Flash file it won't actually proactively launch IE (or any other browser) When you run it locally, IE only lets it connect locally.

Upload the published file and view it from a website and then try the link."

I did just that and it works perfectly. Lesson: do at least some testing after uploading to the internet, don't rely on local files.

Many thanks to DW support for responding quickly. Thanks also to those who replied and helped narrowed the problem down.

/Mark

p.s.

My uploaded flash "sub-website" can be found at:

www.resources.nicebrook.co.uk

This was produced by Opus Pro 4. Any comments welcome.

Note that this "sub-website" will be called by my main website www.nicebrook.co.uk (all html) when I get around to modifying it, so that is why it may seem a little strange, with no company information etc.

I had intended to do the complete website as a flash file using Opus, but in the end decided on the 'safer' option of a main website using html, which would open several flash sub-websites.

As I get a bit more competent at html, I'll probably ditch the sub-website idea and just open them as files in the main website area...not sure how quite to do this yet.

Hi Mark

I had a look and wanted to congratulate you on a very professional and well-designed site. Very impressive!

Kind Regards,