Slide not advancing when linking to URL

Seems I get past one roadblock and find another...
I have a link to a URL (which is now working
) that opens in a new window. I have the clickbox set
up with the URL and New is checked, as is Continue Playing Project.
On the Options tab I only have Show Hand Cursor and Pause Project
selected. The slide Navigation is set to Go to Next Slide. When you
click the checkbox, obviously I want the URL to display, which it
does in a new window. But I also want the slide to go to the next
slide so that when the new window is closed, the slide has
advanced. Here's what happens - the first time I click the link,
the window opens and the URL displays, but the slide does not
advance. If I close the window and click the link a
second time, the new window opens and displays the URL
and the slide advances the way I want it too. Why does it
work the second time and not the first?
Can anyone help me?
Thanks!
tvipsm

Hi there tvipsm
What other objects are on the slide? It's quite possible that
another object is pausing the slide after you click.
Cheers... Rick

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