AS3 MouseEvent.CLICK not working in browser

Question

The ActionScript 3.0 code below works when tested in Adobe Flash CS6, however when tested in a browser the code does not work. Any ideas why this is happening?

buttonInstance.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,function(e:MouseEvent){
    flash.net.navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://facebook.com"), "_blank"); 
    trace("link clicked");
},false,0,true);

Panzercrisis · Answer 1 · 2013-03-21T20:10:02.070

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The event listener's probably being garbage-collected. You need to change your code to one of the following:

buttonInstance.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,function(e:MouseEvent){
    flash.net.navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://facebook.com"), "_blank"); 
    trace("link clicked");
}); // (false, 0, false)

or:

    buttonInstance.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,onClick,false,0,true);
.
.
.
private function onClick(pEvent:MouseEvent):void
{
    flash.net.navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://facebook.com"), "_blank"); 
    trace("link clicked");
}

edited Mar 21 '13 at 20:10

answered Mar 21 '13 at 20:04

Panzercrisis

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I've tried both an neither works. I've event tried the code below and it does not work. buttonInstance.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick); function onClick(e:MouseEvent):void{ navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://facebook.com"), "_blank"); } – Mar 21 '13 at 20:20
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Does it go inside the event handler? Do you see the trace? – Barış Uşaklı Mar 21 '13 at 20:25
It was vulnerable to garbage collection and did need to be changed like that, but it sounds like there's another issue deeper in the context of your code. – Panzercrisis Mar 21 '13 at 20:26

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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The problem was I had 'Local playback security' set to 'Access local files only' I changed it to 'Access network on only' and it works. This post helped AS3 Flash URLRequest not working upon export

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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