How to open popups from a flash navbar

**razzle0146** · 11 June 2009, 06:09 AM

I have a web page going and I have several .pdf files that users can access, but for them to access the pages, I had to set it up to open in iframe on a different page. What I would love to do is to create popups that have the iframes in them, that way the user can stay on the same page and I won't have to create a new page for every .pdf file. Ok, I know how to do it from xwd, but my problem is that I use a flash navbar. How would I get the popups to open from the flash navbar? I have no clue on how to do this or if it's even possible. I would love some input and guidance on this matter if possible..

Thank you very much in advance....

**gwpriester** · 11 June 2009, 06:01 PM

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but you can upload the PDF file to your server and add a link to the PDF URL. This opens the PDF in your browser in the same window.

**razzle0146** · 11 June 2009, 08:07 PM

Sorry, but thats not what im looking for. I need the pdf's to open in popup layers, but can't figure out how to make a link from external navbar that would open the xwd popup layer...

If anyone has any ideas on this, please let me know...

**Boy** · 11 June 2009, 08:50 PM

I'm not sure how your website is set up, with the flash navbar and all, but if you allow me to just (wildly) imagine a possible solution: place a nearly invisible button on top of your flash navbar that links to the popup...

**covoxer** · 12 June 2009, 05:35 AM

Try following:
1. Create some hidden object linked to the popup (on-click).
2. Give it unique name.
3. Add following link to your Flash button:

Code:

javascript:window.open(document.getElementById('my_popup').href,'_self')

, where my_popup - is a name of you hidden button.

**razzle0146** · 12 June 2009, 09:03 AM

John,

Tried your suggestion but it didn't work..

I was thinking though, your code will probably work if we can change it a little.

You have:
javascript:window.open(document.getElementById('my _popup').href,'_self')

The program I am using has a Link holder: "Http://www.whatever.com") and then it has the Target holder: "_Self")

Is there anyway to adjust the code to just popup the layer and not have to tell it what window to open in, since the flash button is already telling it?

I have no idea if that is the problem, but I tried it the other way and nothing at all happens. I created the popup layer and I placed a button on my page, linked it to popup layer and gave it the name of pdf_popup.

In my flash button I put this in the Link holder:
javascript:window.open(document.getElementById('pd f_popup').href,'_self')

Tried it and it did nothing.

Do you think we can get it to work? It would sure solve all of my problems if so...

**covoxer** · 12 June 2009, 10:32 AM

It's possible that you can't run script from Flash link.
To make sure, insert following as the link in your flash button, export and click it:

Code:

javascript:alert('Hello world!')

It should popup the notification box with Hello world text in it. If it doesn't, then forget about it, we can do nothing.

**razzle0146** · 12 June 2009, 02:06 PM

John,

I put the code that you stated in the menu and when clicked a get the "Hello World!" popup alert.

Now that we know that works, any ideas on the other??

**covoxer** · 12 June 2009, 02:50 PM

Try this:

Code:

javascript:window.open(document.getElementById('my_popup').href,'_top')

**razzle0146** · 12 June 2009, 09:54 PM

John,

I tried the code and it sends the browser to blank page and displays "[object]"

Any other ideas? or anything else I can try?

P.S.
My flash program already has a place for the window to open, it has a drop down with _self, _parent, and some others, so what would be the code with out the "_top" part in it?