First, thanks to Glen, who answered. When this started, all I knew was that I had two getURL()s in quick succession. Two weeks ago when I first tested this process it worked in both FireFox and IE. Tuesday, when I had to deliver a finished product, it didn't work in IE.
My original test was almost identical to Glen's code (below). As I say, it worked fine. Yesterday morning, after my boss asked what was wrong now and I told him, he googled "geturl issues in ie" and turned up this: http://www.rabidgadfly.com/?p=28 which explained everything and included this: getURL("javascript:location.href='http://www.google.com';javascript:doSometh ingElse();"); which saved the day. Rabidgadfly also refers to a 'getURLqueue' (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/analytic_app_print.html) by Sean Rooney. Since it appears to be a Flex routine, or at least relies on AS3, and we don't have that here, I haven't even read the article (can't follow the code). But for those who are there, it may well prove useful. - Paul Freedman -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Pike Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 6:39 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] tracking & travelling Hi, I have setup Google Analytics with hardcoded goals and I use a function like below (some of the stuff in the function just strips out parts of the URL so we just have the name of the site visited - this works fine and is recorded in our GA account. The only thing here is that most of the URL's all open in a new window. I have not done this with "_self". function getURLTracked(url:String, window:String) { getURL(url, window); var idx = url.indexOf("://"); if(-1 != idx) { url = url.substring(idx + 3); } idx = url.indexOf("www."); if(-1 != idx) { url = url.substring(4); } idx = url.indexOf("./"); if(-1 != idx) { url = url.substring(idx + 2); } //getURL("javascript:alert('/sas/urls/" + url +"');"); getURL("javascript:urchinTracker('/sas/urls/" + url +"');"); } Which I call with... getURLTracked("http://www.ripcurl.com/";, "_blank"); HTH. Glen Paul Freedman wrote: > The landing-page of our website is comprised of, say, 15 swfs inside one big > swf. We need to track the hits on each of the 'sub' swfs and then navigate > wherever they go. > > I am a simple soul with simple needs and desires. All I really wanted to do > was: > public function trakNgo(tag,theUrl){ > // tag=tracking data theUrl=a url > getURL("javascript:trackLink('"+tag+"');"); > getURL(theUrl); > } > > But the second getURL bumped the first. The user navigated, but the client > didn't get his tracking. > > All the data, tracking and navigation, is fed into the swfs via xml. The > same xml contains content ids, paths, etc. It's all very dynamic and can't > be hard-coded. > > I've just spent four days on this. The last six hours I've been trying to > use ExternalInterface, with no success. My boss is cranky and I'm half mad. > Surely, someone has faced this problem before. How do you track something > and navigate somewhere at (almost) the same time? > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > - Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
