ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

getURL() Global Function

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The following code does the same thing using setInterval( ):

stop();

intID = setInterval(function () { play(); clearInterval(intID); }, 1000);

See Also

clearInterval( ), Date( ), the Date class, setInterval( )

getURL() Global Function

load a document into a browser, execute server-side scripts, or trigger Macromedia Director events

Flash 2; method parameter added in Flash 4

getURL (url)

getURL (url, window)

getURL (url, window, method)

Arguments

url A string specifying the absolute or relative location of the document to load

or external script to run, or a command (depending on the protocol, as

shown in Table R-7).

window An optional string specifying the name of the browser window or frame into

which to load the document. Can be a custom name or one of the four

presets:

"_blank", "_parent", "_self", or "_top".

method An optional string specifying the method by which to send the current time-

line’s variables to an external script—either

"GET" or "POST". This parameter

must be a literal string, not a variable or other expression. On Windows, the

Standalone Player always uses the

"GET" method, regardless of the method

specified. See Appendix F for details on support for GET and POST.

Description

The getURL( ) function is used to:

• Load ...