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Hello,

I'm using a variable to hold a web address that is used with the Launch Webpage action. This works in preview mode as well as when published as a SWF or EXE project. However, when publishing as an HTML5 project, the variable appears to be considered just text by the Launch Webpage action. The variable is named <website>, and when I try to launch the website, a browser is launched looking for a local file named "<website>".

I've also added the variable as a text object on the screen so I can see if the variable is holding the web address, and it is. So the variable assignment is working, it's just when using a variable for the URL to launch a website that isn't. Again, it works in all other project formats, just not HTML5.

For HTML5 projects, are there any other ways to launch a website using a variable that stores the web address? Note I've also tried the script function "LaunchURL()"

Thanks,

tom

Where website is the variable name. Just add to a script action.

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Thanks. DW support provided this javascript action solution, which works beautifully...

window.location.href=_DWPub.myURL

where myURL is the website variable.