GetURL function

Hi,
I am trying to work out how or if I can resize a browser
window to a preset size for example 800 x 600. I have an FAQ
application and when the user clicks on video tutorial a swf is
displayed. The swf was made using Captivate and has a resolution of
800 x 600.
At present when you click on the button it displays the
tutorial in a full browser window, which depends on the users
screen resolution. I want to force the new window to open the swf
at 800 x 600 without having to embed the swf into an html page. The
site this app will be loaded onto is content management site and do
not want too many managed files created, which will need to be
maintaining (if I embed the swf to a html page I will need to
upload the swf and the html page). However if I can force the new
browser window to the correct size I will only need to upload the
swf.
Hope I have explained this well enough and I look forward to
any assistance.

i guess the SWF has to be in a HTML file or it is not
possible for the browser to "get" any command. i mean with a
javascript in the HTML file when the SWF is embedded you could
resize the browser window, but without HTML, no javascript, no
direct communication with the browser.

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