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I wanted to write down some information that i found hard to find when trying to implement simple JavaScript actions to a ActionScript Flash CS3 link.

We will start by making a button that calls a popup from JavaScript within Flash CS3

Start by creating a new flash-file (CTRL+N) and choose ActionScript 3.0

Then create some simple object, maby something like this:

Now select your object and press F8. Rename the object “button” and choose Type: Button.

Now we need to give the new object an “Instance Name”, we will call it “btn”

Now we need to create a new layer for the ActionScript, so press Insert Layer and rename the new layer to “action”.

This was the easy part, now we are beginning the ActionScripting. make sure you have selected the keyframe in your action layer then open up your Actions panel by pressing F9 and insert the following code:

var js:URLRequest=new URLRequest();
js.url=”javascript:window.open(’sitepop.html’,'popup’,'width=550,height=400′);newWindow.focus(); void(0);”;
 
btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,openPopUp);
 
function openPopUp(evt:MouseEvent):void
{
navigateToURL(js,’_self’);
}

This will popup sitepop.html in a new window with set height and width.