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svinto007

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:58 am
Post subject: IE 7 and FF pop-up blockers
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Is it possible to get around the IE 7 and FF pop-up blockers? I would like to open a new window from within the flash. (getURL)

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Raymond Basque

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:58 am
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Wouldn't make much sense to have popup blockers if you could "get around"
them.

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svinto007

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:41 pm
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no of course, but I know it can be done, just not how.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:36 am
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it can but its not legit so dont think anyone will let you know
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svinto007

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:24 pm
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And so I've told the company, but if you're a big international company you get what you want. I think I'm gonna sort it out.
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normblue

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:01 pm
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Pop-up blockers are ideally only supposed to block non-user initiated scripted
pop-up windows. Pop-ups that are generated upon a user action (e.g. clicking
on a button/link) are not supposed to get pop-up blocked.

See the following for a full explanation from Microsoft:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537632(VS.85).aspx

Unfortunately we don't live in an ideal world. And the Flash plug-in
integration in all of the major browsers (e.g. IE6, IE7, Firefox, Safari,
Opera) in regards to Pop-up blocking is not consistent or complete. Ideally
the Flash Player plugin should be able to identify a link or external
javascript call as "user-initiated" or "non-user-initiated" and tell the
browser. Then the browser should take this information into account when
deciding to Pop-up block or not.

I did some extensive testing to come up with a repeatable solution that worked
in IE6, IE7, FF, & Safari (the major browsers we try to support) in Flash 8
ActionScript 2.0 and came up with the following.

The following worked for IE6, IE7, & FF:
# Use ?opaque? wmode (not ?window? or "transparent" wmode) when embedding the
SWF file within an HTML page
# Use the ?onRelease? EventHandler (not ?onPress?) in ActionScript
# Use the ?ExternalInterface.call? (not ?getURL?) function in ActionScript

Safari requires a special workaround.

I'm trying to find time to writeup a more detailed blog that also addresses
Flash 9 ActionScript 3.0, the special workaround for Safari and contain
examples.

NOTE: this info may become obsolete as Adobe updates the Flash Player plug-in
and/or browser's change their Pop-up blocking code (like Safari did in 3.1).

-Norm
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svinto007

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:59 pm
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[q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]normblue[/b][/b][/i]
Pop-up blockers are ideally only supposed to block non-user initiated scripted
pop-up windows. Pop-ups that are generated upon a user action (e.g. clicking
on a button/link) are not supposed to get pop-up blocked.[/q]

..and that's exactly what's happening in this case. I've now noticed now that
the people that uploaded the flash put <param value="never"
name="AllowScriptAccess"/> ..that can't be good. !%&/?!!!?#%!
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