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How to add a click tag code to Flash ads

Action Script 3
• Create a new top layer
• On that top layer create a shape covering the whole area of the document.
• Set the "alpha" to zero, which makes the shape transparent.
• Make sure that the new share do not have unwanted borders.
• Name the new shape "my_mc".
• Click on the first time line of the new layer and open the action script (F9) editor.
• In the action script editor select "ActionScript 3.0 " and enter the following code:
  
  // Define global parameter 'myClickString' to store to value of clickTag
  var myClickString:String='';
  
  // Navigate to the url when the user click on the flash object.
  function GoToUrl(event:MouseEvent) {
      var MyURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(myClickString);
      navigateToURL(MyURL,'_blank');
  }
  my_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, GoToUrl);
  
  // Set the cursor to hand when the mouse is over the movie Clip
  my_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER,myMcOver);
  function myMcOver(e:MouseEvent):void {
      my_mc.buttonMode = true;
      my_mc.useHandCursor = true;
  }
  
  // Get clickTag value from the Query-String, after loading the flash document completed.
  function loaderComplete(myEvent:Event) {
      var myQueryStrings=this.loaderInfo.parameters;
      myClickString=myQueryStrings.clickTag;
  }
  this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaderComplete);
  
  

Notes:
• The string 'clickTag' is the name of the parameter we are adding to the flash call that contain the target url.
• When you test the code, you have to supply the clickTag code as a query-string after the file name
• Sample flash file download
• In case you run the above sample on your desktop, please allow flash to access http://www.ibsystems.com, or modify the script to your own site.
• The code above was tested with CS3 and CS5.5