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package com
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.net.navigateToURL;
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
/**
* …
* @author Harriet
*/
public class OpenWin
{
public function OpenWin(url:String, window:String=”_blank”, features:String=””)
{
var WINDOW_OPEN_FUNCTION:String = “window.open”;
var myURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
var browserName:String = getBrowserName();
if (getBrowserName() == “Firefox”) {
if(ExternalInterface.available){
ExternalInterface.call(WINDOW_OPEN_FUNCTION, url, window, features);}
}
//If IE,
else if (browserName == “IE”) {
if(ExternalInterface.available){
ExternalInterface.call(WINDOW_OPEN_FUNCTION, url, window, features);}
//ExternalInterface.call(“function setWMWindow() {window.open('” + url + “');}”);
}
//If Safari
else if(browserName == “Safari”){
navigateToURL(myURL, window);
}
//If Opera
else if(browserName == “Opera”){
navigateToURL(myURL, window);
} else {
navigateToURL(myURL, window);
}
/*Alternate methodology…
var popSuccess:Boolean = ExternalInterface.call(WINDOW_OPEN_FUNCTION, url, window, features);
if(popSuccess == false){
navigateToURL(myURL, window);
}*/
}
private function getBrowserName():String{
var browser:String;
//Uses external interface to reach out to browser and grab browser useragent info.
var browserAgent:String=”IE”;
if(ExternalInterface.available){
browserAgent= ExternalInterface.call(“function getBrowser(){return navigator.userAgent;}”);}
// Debug.text += “Browser Info: [” + browserAgent + “]”;
//Determines brand of browser using a find index. If not found indexOf returns (-1).
if(browserAgent != null && browserAgent.indexOf(“Firefox”) >= 0) {
browser = “Firefox”;
}
else if(browserAgent != null && browserAgent.indexOf(“Safari”) >= 0){
browser = “Safari”;
}
else if(browserAgent != null && browserAgent.indexOf(“MSIE”) >= 0){
browser = “IE”;
}
else if(browserAgent != null && browserAgent.indexOf(“Opera”) >= 0){
browser = “Opera”;
}
else {
browser = “Undefined”;
}
return browser;
}
}
}
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