Javascript in Captivate 6.1?

I have been unable to get any javascript to work in Captivate. Adding a simple statement to a button on click for instance, none of these variations work:
window.open('http://google.com')
window.open('http://google.com');
window.open("http://google.com")
window.open("http://google.com");
also tried enclosing in:
<script type="text/javascript">
</script>
This simple statement doesn't work when published to a web server. Clicking the button produces the chirp and nothing else. I tried using a button and also a smart shape, neither work. I don't see any documentation explaining any required syntax or special settings. Any help is appreciated.

I tried
window.open("http://www.google.com") in a click box and it worked fine in IE 9, so long as I turned off my pop-up blocker. Even though I had Current window selected, it popped up a new window (which makes sense with window.open).
Might check your pop-up blocker.
Message was edited by: rgcunningham

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was extremely upset, angry, disappointed, depressed, impassive,
confused and finally down right hungry (in that order).
So I went to have some lunch, then got back and worked on
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Finally, I summoned up the courage to give it another look. I
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document; nothing but a big, frikkin massive button on it (you can
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alert in there - how more basic can you get?
Fingers crossed, I would've been praying to some God or other
if I was of the religious type. Perhaps, in a way, I was praying to
the God of
Insanely-Uncomplicated-But-Annoyingly-Unfathomably-Incorrect code.
Either way, I couldn't believe it when it still didn't work!!
"What's going on?" You may be asking yourself. "I thought he
was thanking me... Or perhaps that was that damn Sarcasm I've heard
of - it'll never catch on you know".
So I will put your mind at rest this minute and say you WERE
right, Rick. As right as you possibly could be. It was my own lack
of sense, or possibly my own blind belief that "surely anything
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got me in to this trouble and confusion.
I was preparing to write back and say I'd tried everything
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