flash actionscript: In my movie, I have a button with the code below. When I test the movie in the
authoring environment, the link works fine. However, when I test it with an
actual swf file, Internet Explorer displays an "Action Canceled" window. I can
still open the file if I refresh the web page, but how can I get around needing
to refresh?

on (release) {

getURL("http://www.enactcorp.com/faa/FAA-wbtBriefingRecord-ProductRealization.d
oc", "_blank");
}

Your code is fine for me. I copied it to a movie and tested just to make sure.
I'm using MX 04 PRO on XP PRO. I have an application that opens up a ton of
..doc/.pdf files from a shared network and I have never seen this behavior. Any
chance it is a SP2 related issue?

I am thinking it might be an SP2 issue, but if it is, I'm kinda surprised that
it's not well known/more publicized. Are you running SP2? Are you having any
trouble opening docs or pdfs in new Explorer windows? It seems for some reason
that the issue only comes up if I try to open a new window using "_blank".

Thanks for your thoughts...

Bill

I do not have SP2 installed, so I can't properly attribute it to that. I did
find a technote on macromedia.com that might help if that is the issue. It
also has info to troubleshoot if that is the problem. In lieu of somebody
having any insight as to why you are getting the issue, this might help.

http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_19482