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When you create a SWF having a hyperlink or an Open URL action and run that action , a Security Settings dialog may be displayed.

Click on the Settings button on this dialog. Doing so will take you to http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager04.html

Here you would find the Flash Player settings manger . In the Global security settings tab , you can now enter the path of the swf file being played (from edit locations) or simply choose "Always allow" if you never want to see this alert again for any swf file.


-Kabir

Please note, that the security settings of the Flash Player apply to both flavors, so the plug-in (Flash in a browser) and the Standalone Player.

So if you are testing and while previewing a click on an object does not open anything, then please check the security settings.

As written in another post, as the default security setting of Flash is to not allow hyperlinks to be opened across domains, the best way to achieve this, is by running a local web server which forwards the links to the external URL.

Also, so far our investigations have found out, that browsers behave differently, e.g. a mailto: link (to send emails) works fine when used with Firefox 2, whereas Safari first opens an empty browser window and then the email.

Best
Matthias

 I don't have any trouble using hyperlinks or Open URL actions when I export to a Windows Projector. But not a single link works in the Mac Projector exports, from the same Quark file.

 I was able to connect to a url on my older Mac (an old G4), but the newer Macs (OSX v 10.5.8) will not pull up any URLs from my presentation. This happens on my client's computer too, which happens to be the same model.

 Any solutions? I did try editing the Security settings as described above.

Hi Gressa,

it is probably due to a newer Flash palyer (and its security settings).

In your security settings, have you included localhost? Also, try opening a URL on your local machine. If that works, you can use a redirect to direct to the right URL.

Regards
Matthias