setup:: // on main timeline actions frame I have scripted the following code.
Sets the path of my Help button on main timeline to nothing. ButtonHelpURL=' ';
// in a MC called Menu, I have a button which sets the path for the 'Help'
button. on(release){
_root.ButtonHelpURL='http://dssweb.sac.flextronics.com/escalation/FlashHelp/shor
tage_escalation.htm', '_blank' } //on help button I have on(release){
getURL(ButtonHelpURL); } when I press the help button, once its been set to
the correct path it works. It finds teh URL.. except it doesent open it up in a
new window.(_blank) any suggesstions? also, can the same thing work with PopUp
-- so I can controll the window.

I alos tried the following to make it pop up
getURL('javascript:popUpWindow(\'(ButtonHelpURL)\', 550, 400);'); pops up but
it doesent find the URL path. Does anyone know what the correct synatx is to
pass the variable inside the popupcomand. I tried it with teh () and
without... it just doesent seem to except the varialble passed to it.

maybe my question is confusing. Let me try to clerify. Since no one has taken a
stab at it. So I have 2 buttons. Button 1 is on main time line, it has the
following action script: (on(release){ getURL(ButtonHelpURL); } Button 2 is
inside of a moviclip on the main time lime it is suppose to tell button 1 where
to go. on(release){ _root.ButtonHelpURL='http://www.myckelh.com', '_blank' }
on maintimeline I have writtem the following to set up the variable for
button2. ButtonURL=' '; // Problem: everything works fine, the web page
called comes up, the only problem is, it doesent open it up in a new window
(_blank)