Opening a URL from Flash using navigateToURL (AS3)

Question

Been pulling my hair out for hours today over this. I can't open another website from my already opened flash site.

Here is the code:

GotoFB.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, gotoFB);

function gotoFB(event:MouseEvent):void
{

    navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.facebook.com"), "_blank");
}

This works from the flash player but not from chrome/ie/firefox..

What you mean you can't open it? Do you have any error message? — Sr.Richie, Jan 10 '12 at 15:41
It works _PERFECTLY_ from a browser too. Also what @Sr.Richie said — Pranav Hosangadi, Jan 10 '12 at 16:27
Please don't sign your posts. ([faq](http://stackoverflow.com/faq#signatures)) — iND, Jan 10 '12 at 19:52
Can you get a link to the same site the Flash is on to work? What addons / plugins do you have in your browser? What does your html look like? Can you get it to work on someone else's computer? — Mar, Jan 10 '12 at 22:20

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 11 '13 at 07:22

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Had some problems with navigateToUrl in recent chrome-update in my Flex-app. Had to use this workaround:

ExternalInterface.call("window.open", url, target);

answered Sep 11 '13 at 07:22

Niels Bosma

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Hello, Have you been able to resolved this problem. I am getting same. Please let me know if you have a solution for this. Thanks – FlexyBoz Sep 24 '13 at 05:56
I used ExternalInterface. – Niels Bosma Sep 27 '13 at 12:58
What is `target` here? – bb216b3acfd8f72cbc8f899d4d6963 Jun 22 '16 at 22:30
@Peanut The target would be "_blank" if using the OP's example – Fewfre Nov 13 '16 at 17:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 05 '15 at 21:18

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File->Publish Settings->Local playback security->Access network only

Voila...

answered Apr 05 '15 at 21:18

Smolniy

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 11 '12 at 00:31

Some popup blockers blocks navigateToURL(..., "_blank"), there is a bunch of workarounds of varying quality out there, mainly involving calling JavaScript's window.open via ExternalInterface instead of using navigateToURL(..., "_blank"). If you google for it, you may find one that works in your case.

Opening a URL from Flash using navigateToURL (AS3)

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