google ad code wrong

[rickarooni]

I submitted a couple of flash ad banners for a Google ad campaign and the clickTag code they gave me looks like it's for AS2 as it applies the code to an object:

(http://adwords.google.com/support/aw/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=26938)

on (release) {

getURL(clickTAG, "_blank");
}

I found somewhere some appropriate AS3 code but Google rejected that too. So does anyone know what the proper code is that will satisfy Google?

GF

[Andrei1-bKoviI]

This should do that (given you code on timeline):

var flashVars:Object = this.root.loaderInfo.parameters;

button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, openClickTag);

function openClickTag(evtObj:MouseEvent):void {
    navigateToURL(new URLRequest(flashVars["clickTag"]), "_blank");
}

[rickarooni]

Actually I'm getting (or Google is getting) an error still. I made the bg a mc and gave it an instance name that I referenced in your code. I attached to the first frame.

????

GF

BTW:. thanks.

[Guest]

I believe the var name is case-sensitive. It should be clickTAG.

navigateToURL(new URLRequest(flashVars["clickTAG"]), "_blank");

[Andrei1-bKoviI]

navigateToURL(new URLRequest(flashVars["clickTAG"]), "_blank");

Right...

Actually I also think one should enclose it into try/catch or check for this variable availability.

[rickarooni]

still not working. I want to run my (your) code by you to make sure I'm not doing something simply stupid.

on the first frame of the timeline I have AS:

import flash.events.TimerEvent;
import flash.utils.Timer;

var flashVars:Object = this.root.loaderInfo.parameters;

bg_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, openClickTag);

function openClickTag(evtObj:MouseEvent):void {
    navigateToURL(new URLRequest(flashVars["clickTAG"]), "_blank");
}

I have "bg_mc" as a MC instance name of the background image (it is a movie clip) for my animation so it acts like a button the size of the whole thing. there is a timer working on the last frame of the timeline.

See anything wrong?

GF

[Andrei1-bKoviI]

What is not working?

[rickarooni]

Google ads says in bold red text "Flash must support clickTAG" when my Ads guy submits it.

GF

[Andrei1-bKoviI]

Also, does bg_mc cover all the frames? Is it on the top of all the objects?

[rickarooni]

I made a new MC and made it transparent on the first frame above all layers except the actions layer, and lasting to the last frame. I gave it an instance name of "clicktag", so code now goes like this:

var flashVars:Object = this.root.loaderInfo.parameters;

clicktag.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, openClickTag);

function openClickTag(evtObj:MouseEvent):void {
    navigateToURL(new URLRequest(flashVars["clickTAG"]), "_blank");
}

Incidentally, I found other code and tried it to no avail. It went like this:

var paramList:Object = this.root.loaderInfo.parameters;

clicktag.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, openURL);

function openURL(evtObj:MouseEvent):void {
    var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(paramList["clickTag"]);
    navigateToURL(request, "_blank");
}

It also didn't work. And Google is no help whatsoever.

GF

[Andrei1-bKoviI]

You should probably post this question on DoubleClick forum (DoubleClick belongs to Google):

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/dfp?utm_source=gam_forum&utm_medium=et&utm_campaign=gam_forum

[rickarooni]

I just went and created my animations in AS2 using the Google code for clickTAG. I did it in Flash CS5. It all went fine. It worked. What a waste of time messing with Google.

Thanks for the help.

GF

[rickarooni]

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actually I showed a page I arrived at from this link to my Google guy

and he said we're using Google adwords and not DFP small business. I saw

something on the DFP Small Business site that said I can turn off the

need for clickTAG altogether when I upload content. I'm not sure what

the relationship is between them, but for now I'm sticking with AS2.

that seemed to work for me.

GF