Open local html document in flash

I've been using the getURL command to open documents on a
remote server. I need to be able to open a local document on a
local intranet. Is the a command to open a local html file on a
local or networked drive?

Yes, you can open an HTML file in an in-app browser by adding the HTML file to the HTMLResources.zip. Create a button with a Go To URL action that looks something like this:
HTMLResources/HTML_Local/index.html
Make sure that you create your HTMLResources.zip file properly and upload it to the folder. You can test this in the Adobe Content Viewer on either the iPad or the Desktop as long as you preview the folio (not the article or layout).
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Hi
I need to open an HTML popup from Flash (using ActionScript in
Flex 4).
Thus far I found a solution, and it does work in Safari - a new
and separate HTML window is popped up (with a new web page).
private function popUpTheHtmlEditor():void {
var url:String = "http://www.adobe.com";
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
try {
    navigateToURL(request, '_blank');
} catch (e:Error) {
    trace("Error occurred!");
But in (my) Firefox (with my settings), when I click on the Flash
(Flex) button, the page is being opened in a new tab.
I need a solution which pops up the HTML page in a new/separate
window, as far as possible regardless of the browser (and browser
settings).
I found an example where a popup is opened from HTML, and it opens a
separate window (a real popup) in my Firefox:
http://www.gtalbot.org/FirefoxSection/Popup/PopupAndFirefox.html
-> "Open a requested popup"
The JavaScript code seems to be:
OpenRequestedPopup(this.href, this.target); return false;
with this function def:
function OpenRequestedPopup(strUrl, strTarget)
    if (WindowObjectReferenceOfRequestedPopup == null || WindowObjectReferenceOfRequestedPopup.closed)
    WindowObjectReferenceOfRequestedPopup = window.open(strUrl, strTarget, "top=" + windowTop + ",left=" + windowLeft + ",width=" + windowWidth + ",height=" + windowHeight + ",menubar,toolbar,location,resizable,scrollbars,status");
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    if(WindowObjectReferenceOfRequestedPopup.focus)
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How could I call such code from ActionScript? Should this work through
ExternalInterface? I couldn't even get this to work:
ExternalInterface.call('alert', 'foo');
Should I use swfobject.js for embedding the .swf in the HTML wrapper?
Any other ideas?
The two files are pasted below.
Here's the compiler command I'm using:
mxmlc -output button.swf -target-player 10.0.0 flash_to_editor.mxml
I'm running the examples locally (as files, not over http). Would it
help to place the files on a server?
Tobi
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mx:Application
xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
horizontalAlign="center" verticalAlign="middle">
<fx:Script>
    <![CDATA[
import mx.controls.Alert;
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
// This 'http://www.adobe.com' is just an example URL.
// Works but opens tab in FF (not a separate window):
private function popUpTheHtmlEditor():void {
var url:String = "http://www.adobe.com";
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
try {
    navigateToURL(request, '_blank');
} catch (e:Error) {
    trace("Error occurred!");
// Doesn't work:
// var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("javascript:alert('foo'); void(0);");
// navigateToURL(url, "_self");
// How to get this to work?
private function popUpTheHtmlEditor():void {
ExternalInterface.call('alert', 'foo');
// How to get this to work?
private function popUpTheHtmlEditor():void {
ExternalInterface.call('launch','http://www.adobe.com');
// Or
// ExternalInterface.call("window.open", "http://www.adobe.com", "win", "height=200,width=300,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes");
// Perhaps it's necessary to try different approaches:
// (As soon as I get two approaches to work.)
private function popUpTheHtmlEditor():void {
var s:String;
if (ExternalInterface.available) {
    // Necessary? Safe?:
    // Security.allowDomain('*');
    s = ExternalInterface.call('launch','http://www.adobe.com');
} else {
     // TODO: Then try URLRequest?
     s = "Wrapper not available";
Alert.show(s);
    ]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:Panel title="One way to open the HTML editor"
width="75%" height="75%">
    <s:Button id="button" label="Open the HTML editor"
    click="this.popUpTheHtmlEditor();"
    horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0"/>
</s:Panel>
</mx:Application>
<html
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
    <title>html_around_swf.html</title>
    <script type="text/javascript">
function launch(url) {
alert(url);
// OpenWin = this.open(url, "FOO", "toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=no,width=400,height=200");
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <object id="button" name="button" width="550" height="400"
    classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000">
      <param name="movie" value="button.swf" />
      <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
      <embed id="foo" name="button" src="button.swf" width="550" height="400"></embed>
    </object>
</body>
</html>

Hi,
Here's a solution.
1. Make ExternalInterface work when files are loaded as local files:
Go to
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager04.htm l
In tab Global Security Settings: Edit Locations -> Add Location ->
browse to the .swf file, add it. Make sure it's in the list (under the
Edit Locations drop down, with a green check mark.)
Now open the HTML wrapper in a browser (eg Firefox).
Now this works (ActionScript):
private function popUpTheHtmlEditor():void {
ExternalInterface.call('alert', 'foo');
On Windows: perhaps:
http://techjig.blogspot.com/2008/03/flash-global-security-settings-windows.html
"In order for external interface functions to be called, you must also
specify the folder/file where the swf file is located."
The above setup isn't necessary when the files are on a server.
Also see:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/external/External Interface.html#call()
""ExternalInterface" "
"call() method"
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flex/using/WS2db454920e96a9e51e63e3d11c0bf69084-7ea6.html
"About ExternalInterface API security in Flex"
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flex/using/WS2db454920e96a9e51e63e3d11c0bf626ae-7fe8.html#WS2d b454920e96a9e51e63e3d11c0bf69084-7f31
"Using the ExternalInterface API to access JavaScript"
2. Open a real popup: Example:
ActionScript:
private function popUpSomething():void {
var editorPathOrUrl:String =
    'wrapper.html';
var windowName:String =
    "SomeNameSeeDocs";
var windowFeatures:String =
    "toolbar=yes,menubar=yes,location=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=500,height=700";
ExternalInterface.call(
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JavaScript:
function launch(editorPathOrUrl,windowName,windowFeatures) {
windowRef = window.open(
    editorPathOrUrl,windowName,windowFeatures
Works in all browser I tested except Opera.
Tobi

Opening local .html files on iPad

I have created a personal homepage that I have loaded on my Macs at home. Any way I can use this file on my iPad 3?

It is possible to open local HTML files in Safari on iPad2. Easy!
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Dear All
I do not know why they call themselves professionals in flash and html, while they can not help us with a simple webpage inside a flash movie.
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I was trying the whole week to do that by checking if any body post any tip over the internet, but as usual the profs said that you can only make it in test and only text and bla bla bla.....
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