Open URL (command URL)

dfields wrote on 1/21/2005, 7:13 AM

Hi all,

I'am using the Command URL to add a link in a 30sec clip but how can I open this URL on another IE window not the one that is already open?

Do you have any idea how can I make this work?

thanks

Daniel

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Spot|DSE wrote on 1/21/2005, 7:33 AM

You need html code that specifies that the new window should be just that, a new window. Use the "target=" in your code when you specify it in the Command setting.

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dfields wrote on 1/22/2005, 8:57 AM

Thanks Spot,

but maybe I wasn't clear.
In Vegas 5d, when I add a link (through insert/command) there is an option called URL, right?
When I choose this option and put the URL that I want in that space, the WMV file that I render opens an IE window.
But if I already have an IE window open, the WMV file opens the URL in this IE window. I think that this is really invasive so I would like to know if there is a way to make this command URL open another IE window and not the one that is already open.

Thanks

Daniel

BillyBoy wrote on 1/22/2005, 9:20 AM

Maybe you're a little fuzzy on the necessary HTML?

These are the 4 methods to open a window. The first one is probably what you want. The reference needs to be named like in this example 'blank' but you can call it something else if you want. Haven't tried it with Vegas, but it should work.

target="_blank" Opens the linked page in a new window.

target="_self" Opens the linked page in the same window. This is the default for ordinary pages and doesn't need to be specified. It has a use when working with frames.

target="_parent" Opens the linked page in the parent frame in a frames page.

target="_top" Opens the linked page in a full (i.e. top level) window when used in frames pages. This one is useful for letting a linked page 'break out' of a frame.

dfields wrote on 1/23/2005, 5:11 AM

Thanks Billy Boy...

But it is not that...
I know how to program such things on HTML, my doubt is how to make a video rendered in Vegas 5d to open an URL in another IE window. SInce the insert/command URL method opens the URL in the same window that is already open.
For example: I've got the IE opened here in this forum. If I watch a video with a metatag which opens another URL, the windows Media will open in the same IE window (the one that was in thr formum) and not another one. I want to know if it is possible to open this URL on another IE window so it would not change the page that I was on.

Thanks
Daniel