ClickTag

[3-Putt]

It work for some old banners, but not with AS.
Am I missing something?

on (release) {
if (clickTAG.substr(0,4) == "http") {
getURL(clickTAG, "_blank");
}
}

Thanks Brian

[BSpero-9w1iVb]

You can't attach a piece of code directly to a button in AS3. You have to add a listener to the button and run the code from that.

- B

[Guest]

Give your button an instance name. In this example, I have named my button "tagButton".

Then add this code to the timeline:

[MCGoldberg]

I used the code suggested, and yet this isn't working. I have a button called tagButton, and I put the code into the top level timeline, and I get four compilation errors:

Access of undefined property clickTAG
call to possibly undefined method getURL
Access of undefined property clickTag
Access of undefined property tagButton

Any suggestions? This seems to be so easy; I don't know why I can't get it to work.

[Guest]

Oops!...Sorry about that...I was so focused on showing you what a listener does that I didn't even consider the rest of your code. You have to declare your variables in AS3. It is very strict. Also, getURL no longer exists. Try this:

[Ovidio_Vela__Jr_]

My design specs tell me that the URL must not be in my banner design. Will the ClickTag variable that you created work with the click tracking software the same way as in AS2

[Damon Edwards]

var clickTAG:String = loaderInfo.parameters.clickTAG;

tagButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fireTag);
function fireTag(e:MouseEvent):void {
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(clickTAG);
navigateToURL(request, "_blank");
}



The actual value of 'clickTAG' will be passed in through FlashVars