MovieClip.getURL()
527
MovieClip.getURL()
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
my_mc
.getURL(
URL:String
[
,window:String, variables:String
])
: Void
Parameters
URL
String; the URL from which to obtain the document.
window
String; an optional parameter specifying the name, frame, or expression that specifies
the window or HTML frame that the document is loaded into. You can also use one of the
following reserved target names:
_self
specifies the current frame in the current window,
_blank
specifies a new window,
_parent
specifies the parent of the current frame, and
_top
specifies the
top-level frame in the current window.
variables
String
(either
"GET"
or
"POST")
; an optional parameter specifying a method for
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
GET
or
POST
method.
GET
appends
the variables to the end of the URL and is used for a small numbers of variables.
POST
sends the
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
getURL
method can also be used to pass variables to another application defined at the URL using a
GET
or
POST
method.
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
getURL()
method also allows you to send variables to a remove server-side script, as seen in
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()
,
LoadVars.send()
Summary of Contents for FLASH MX 2004-ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE
Page 1: ...ActionScript Language Reference...
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Page 24: ...24 Chapter 1 Introduction...
Page 145: ...Button onKeyDown 145 See also Button onKeyUp...
Page 186: ...186 Chapter 2 ActionScript Language Reference See also Camera onActivity Camera setMotionLevel...
Page 202: ...202 Chapter 2 ActionScript Language Reference See also break default strict equality switch...
Page 282: ...282 Chapter 2 ActionScript Language Reference See also break continue while...
Page 383: ...LoadVars addRequestHeader 383 See also XML addRequestHeader...
Page 388: ...388 Chapter 2 my_lv load place a valid URL pointing to a text file here...
Page 463: ...Microphone setRate 463 See also Microphone rate...
Page 469: ...Microphone silenceLevel 469 See also Microphone gain Microphone setSilenceLevel...
Page 480: ...480 Chapter 2 ActionScript Language Reference See also Mouse addListener...
Page 529: ...MovieClip globalToLocal 529 See also MovieClip getBounds MovieClip localToGlobal...
Page 612: ...612 Chapter 2 ActionScript Language Reference See also MovieClipLoader onLoadStart...
Page 623: ...NetConnection class 623 See also NetStream class Video attachVideo...
Page 649: ...Number 649 See also NaN Number class...
Page 679: ...on 679 on release trace X this _x trace Y this _y stopDrag See also onClipEvent...
Page 683: ...onUpdate 683 buttonLabel textColor my_mc labelColor...
Page 788: ...788 Chapter 2 ActionScript Language Reference See also private public...
Page 1001: ...Video height 1001 my_mc _height my_mc my_video height See also MovieClip _height Video width...
Page 1022: ...1022 Chapter 2 ActionScript Language Reference See also XML createElement...
Page 1057: ...XML xmlDecl 1057 See also XML docTypeDecl XML toString...
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