Navigate to HTML anchor from flash menu

Hi,
I would like to navigate to an html anchor from a flash menu.
I use navigateToURL(“#anchorName”,
“_self”). It work fine in IE 7, Firefox 2 and 3 but in
safari the page reload. How can I prevent safari from reloading the
page ?
Thank you !

I have solved the problem by using the externalInterface and
a javascript function with window.location.hash.

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