Thanks Darin, I changed the data = "documentation.swf" to data = "helpdoc"
and changed case 'Documentation' to case 'helpdoc' and it worked fine. I appreciate your time and advice. I feel silly for not knowing it myself. ________________________________ From: Darin Kohles <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, September 6, 2010 3:34:09 AM Subject: Re: [AFFUG Discuss] newbie question: opening a page in a browser when a choice is selected from the Menu your: var pageName:String = event.it...@data; should be" var pageName:String = event.it...@label; for the switch case block, @ data is "documentation.swf", while @label is "Documentation" On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Chris H <[email protected]> wrote: >The choice item is defined in MXML as > ><menuitem label="Help"> > <menuitem label="Documentation" data="documentation.swf" /> > </menuitem> > > >Code on what to do when it is selected is > ><mx:ApplicationControlBar id="appBar" x="0" y="0" dock="false" visible="false" >width="100%"> > <mx:MenuBar id="appNavigation" dataProvider="{appNavigation_dp}" >labelField="@label" iconField="@icon" itemClick="menuBarButtons(event);" /> > </mx:ApplicationControlBar> > >Function called menuBarButtons is > >private function menuBarButtons(event:MenuEvent):void{ > var pageName:String = event.it...@data; > > switch(pageName){ > >case 'Documentation': > var url:URLRequest = new >URLRequest('http://www.mydocumentation.com'); > > navigateToURL(url,'_blank'); > > > break; > >} > >I have done the required imports such as > >import flash.net.navigateToURL; > import flash.net.URLRequest; > import flash.net.URLVariables; > > > >When I click on the Documentation option from the Help menu choice, no new URL >opens > >while I am expecting a page with a URL http://www.mydocumentation.com to be >opened > >What am I missing? > >Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the >subject line > > >For more info, see http://www.affug.com >Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ >List hosted by FusionLink >------------------------------------------------------------- -- Darin Kohles Adobe Certified Developer ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
