Accessibility

ActionScript cookbook beta

Open a URL

Problem Summary

You need to open a URL in a new browser window.

Solution Summary

Use navigateToURL to open URLs in ActionScript 3.

Explanation

ActionScript 2

getURL("http://www.adobe.com", "_blank");

ActionScript 3

var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.adobe.com");
navigateToURL(url, "_blank");