Thanks Jussi for your response. I was using ie to check, but I just checked and found that NS7 doesn't work either.
Vbscript is good, except that I want to open the new browser with specific properties (no menu bar, not resizable, etc.) that I do not think can be set in vbscript - it needs javascript. I had gone through the article you mention in the technotes, but didn't really find it solved the problems above. AD > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jussi Jokinen > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 3:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Getting externalEvent to work > > > Hi Andrew, > > You are propably using Internet Explorer to test your pages, > since in Netscape Navigator your script should work just > fine. In IE externalEvent only triggers VBScript. That is, > you must either write your code in VBScript or just redirect > function call through a VBScript function. > > I suppose you have missed the most obvious source of online > help, since there is a nice tutorial in TechNotes... > http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/ts/documents/extern > alevent_samples.htm > > BR, > Jussi Jokinen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Dempsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Direct-L List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 5:44 PM > Subject: <lingo-l> Getting externalEvent to work > > > > Hi all, > > > > I can't figure out why I am having trouble with "externalEvent" in > > shockwave. Having spent the last 24 hours searching online > for help, > > I turn to you all for help! I've done projectors for a couple of > > years, but am fairly new to shockwave and especially > getting a movie > > to interact with the browser it's embedded in. > > > > I have a shockwave movie embedded in a browser window. In > the movie I > > have this simple behavior attached to a button: > > > > on mouseUp me > > externalEvent("openNewWindow('alphabet.htm')") > > end > > > > In the <head> section of the webpage, I have the following script: > > > > <script language="JavaScript"> > > function openNewWindow(newURL) { > > window.open > > > (newURL,"alphabet","toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=yes,m > > en > > ubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=450,height=450");} > > </script> > > > > However, when I click on the button that has the mouseUp > behavior, and > > hold my breath waiting for the new browser window to pop > open, nothing > > happens (and I eventually exhale). I am sure there's > something really > > simple that I am missing here, but I have been looking at > it for too > > long, and I probably also need some caffeine detox (the diet > > coke/coffee diet catches up eventually...). > > > > The actual shockwave applet is located at > > www.egyptianarabic.com/wordofday/index.asp, if it helps to > look at it > > to understand what I am saying. The button that has the > externalEvent > > behavior is the little one with the key shape on it. The > site is set > > to go live this week, and I want to get this ironted out. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Andrew > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > Andrew Dempsey > > ICT and Education Consultant > > Cairo, Egypt > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.andrewdempsey.com > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 9/1/2003 > > > > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest > mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the > list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and > helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest > mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post > messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, > email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and > helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 9/1/2003 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 9/1/2003 [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
