getURL() not working as expected

[ruchir123]

Hello,

We have a requirement where homepage of the site will be specific to a
country. When a first time user navigates to the site(say, [url]www.abc.com[/url]),
he/she will select country from the list of countries and he/she will be
navigated to the homepage of that country([url]www.abc.com/countryx[/url]). This means
that repeat user will get the homepage of countryx when the user types
[url]www.abc.com[/url]. I am trying to achieve this through the code attached but the call
to getURL() is not working.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Ruchir

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml" width="1449"
height="602"
initialize="saveInfo()">

...
...
...

function saveInfo() {
userSelectedItem=SharedObject.getLocal("ComboCBS") ;
if (userSelectedItem==null)
{
mx.controls.Alert.show("Cannot create shared object",
"Error");
}
else {
if (userSelectedItem.data.name!=undefined)
CombCB.selectedIndex=userSelectedItem.data.name;
cntry = userSelectedItem.data.name;

if (cntry==1) {
getURL('http://localhost:8700/flex/Technical_Information.htm','_blank');
}
}
}

[peterent]

The call to 'http://localhost:8700/flex/Technical_Information.htm' is not
working? First try putting that as the event handler of a button and see what
happens when you press the button:

<mx:Button label="Test"
click="getURL('http://localhost:8700/flex/Technical_Information.htm')" />

Post any error messages you are getting. Make sure you can also reach this
same page in a browser without going through Flex.

[ruchir123]

Hello Peter,

I have replaced the technical_information.htm with "usa.mxml" in the code
example i have pasted in original posting. Now something strange is happening.

If I invoke following URL from Internet Explorer it works just fine. It also
works fine from flex.

[url]http://localhost:8700/flex/usa.mxml[/url]

however if I invoke this one(mentioned below). It will show me an error. This
also does NOT work from flex.

[url]http://localhost:8700/flex/uk.mxml[/url]

There is absolutely no difference between two mxml file layout and design.

The error it showes for uk.mxml
=============================================
The page cannot be found
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or
is temporarily unavailable.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Please try the following:

If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make sure that it is spelled
correctly.

Open the localhost:8700 home page, and then look for links to the information
you want.
Click the Back button to try another link.
Click Search to look for information on the Internet.



HTTP 404 - File not found
Internet Explorer

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[ruchir123]

I forgot to mention that both mxml files are physically located in the same folder.

Thank you.

Ruchir

[peterent]

The only reason you should get a 404 is that the file is not on the server. It may be in your working folder, but you probably forgot to push it to the server.

[ruchir123]

Thanks Peter,

Actually all files were located under same folder, however, I did not "build"
mxml pages for uk.mxmi after designing it. I was simply calling it thru my
homepage. After I ran build process on the uk.mxml, it worked just fine.

Thank you very much for your help.

Ruchir