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Flash Animation 21: Flash for Web Design: getURL Command

By Adrien-Luc Sanders, About.com

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Specifying Parameters

Now you need to set the command's parameters. In the URL field, put in the URL (web address) of where you want the link to go; then, just like in the text links in the last lesson, you're going to specify a target window. I've chosen _self again so that it opens in the same window.

If we were gathering variables in a field, you would specify how to send them in the next field, but we're not; that's for a more advanced lesson later on. So your code should look something like this:

on (release) {
getURL("http://animation.about.com/od/flashanimationtutorials/", "_self") ;
}

Again, if we were gathering variables, the variable method would be specified after the window, separated by a comma--but since we're not, it's left blank. But for now, this is finished; you just need to repeat the action on your other buttons. Take a look at how it works here.

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