mailto handle and internet explorer - bug ?

[Bart Opdekamp]

i have this weird problem when using the mailto handle with internet
explorer 6.0 (sp2 + updates). whenever i insert a text or a button based
mailto link into my movie, run it in internet explorer, and execute the
mailto handle my flash movie is locked into the frame from where the mailto
handle was executed. even menu buttons to other frames jump to that same
frame. the mail client -outlook express- opens just fine but my movie is
stuck in that frame.
when i open the same movie in netscape 7.2 i have no problem at all
executing the mailto handle. mail client opens and i can keep browsing my
movie.
when i include the _blank target into the mailto handle the problem does not
exist either in internet explorer, but leaves an empty open ie window (dirty
solution imho).
i searched google groups for this specific recent problem, found very little
threads and without any solution.
am i the cause of this problem, or is internet explorer the suspect ?
any help is very welcome.
kind regards,
bart opdekamp
[email]bartopdekamp@hotmail.com[/email]

[Bart Opdekamp]

"Bart Opdekamp" <bartopdekamp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uGj7e.112315$Mo4.33707@blueberry.telenet-ops.be...

>i have this weird problem when using the mailto handle with internet
>explorer 6.0 (sp2 + updates). whenever i insert a text or a button based
>mailto link into my movie, run it in internet explorer, and execute the
>mailto handle my flash movie is locked into the frame from where the mailto
>handle was executed. even menu buttons to other frames jump to that same
>frame. the mail client -outlook express- opens just fine but my movie is
>stuck in that frame.
> when i open the same movie in netscape 7.2 i have no problem at all
> executing the mailto handle. mail client opens and i can keep browsing my
> movie.
> when i include the _blank target into the mailto handle the problem does
> not exist either in internet explorer, but leaves an empty open ie window
> (dirty solution imho).
> i searched google groups for this specific recent problem, found very
> little threads and without any solution.
> am i the cause of this problem, or is internet explorer the suspect ?
> any help is very welcome.
> kind regards,
> bart opdekamp
> [email]bartopdekamp@hotmail.com[/email]
>

a few days ago i defined timeline anchors in the main movie so you could use
the back and forward history buttons in internet explorer. i never used this
feature before and i never had this problem before so i deleted these from
the movie and my problem is solved. that's also the reason why the movie had
no problems in netscape and only in internet explorer because these anchor
points only work with internet explorer, and not with netscape. cheerz..