Movieclip.geturl() - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

MovieClip.getURL()

Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
my_mc.getURL(URL:String [,window:String, variables:String]) : Void
Parameters
String; the URL from which to obtain the document.
URL
String; an optional parameter specifying the name, frame, or expression that specifies
window
the window or HTML frame that the document is loaded into. You can also use one of the
following reserved target names:
specifies a new window,
top-level frame in the current window.
String (either
variables
sending variables associated with the SWF file to load. If there are no variables, omit this
parameter; otherwise, specify whether to load variables using a
the variables to the end of the URL and is used for a small numbers of variables.
variables in a separate HTTP header and is used for long strings of variables.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; loads a document from the specified URL into the specified window. The
method can also be used to pass variables to another application defined at the URL using a
or method.
POST
You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass. For
more information, see "Assigning a class to a movie clip symbol" in Using ActionScript in Flash.
Example
The following ActionScript creates a new movie clip instance and opens the Macromedia website
in a new browser window:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("loader_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
loader_mc.getURL("http://www.macromedia.com", "_blank");
The method also allows you to send variables to a remove server-side script, as seen in
getURL()
the following code:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("loader_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
loader_mc.username = "some user input";
loader_mc.password = "random string";
loader_mc.getURL("http://www.flash-mx.com/mm/viewscope.cfm", "_blank", "GET");
See also
getURL(), LoadVars.sendAndLoad(),
specifies the current frame in the current window,
_self
specifies the parent of the current frame, and
_parent
or ; an optional parameter specifying a method for
"GET" "POST")
LoadVars.send()
_top
or method.
GET POST GET
POST
getURL
MovieClip.getURL()
_blank
specifies the
appends
sends the
GET
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