IE blocking Flash pop-ups

IE blocking Flash pop-ups, not blocking HTML javascript pop-ups.

[catcherintherye51]

I’m running into a bizarre pop-up blocking error in IE.... I have HTML text links and Flash links on the same page that open the same pop-up window and use the same javascript:mapPopUp control. IE doesn't block the text links for the pop-up windows, but blocks my Flash links. Works fine in Safari and Firefox, but the Flash pop-up window links are blocked in IE:

HTML Text Link - not blocked:
onclick="mapPopUp('maps.asp?Map=Cabolucas','popupwindow',800,700,0,0)"

Original Flash - blocked:
on (release) {getURL("javascript:mapPopUp('maps.asp?Map=Cabolucas','popupwindow',800,700,0,0)");
}

So even though they are using the same basic script, IE blocks the Flash pop-ups but allows the HTML pop-ups. I found an alternate Flash pop-up method online, that both defines and calls the pop-up function in Flash, rather than defining the function in HTML and calling it in Flash:

Revised Flash - still blocked:
on (release) {
getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('maps.asp?Map=Cabolucas','newWin','width=700,height=900,left=0,top=0,toolbar=No,location=No,scrollbars=No,status=No,resizable=No,fullscreen=No'); NewWindow.focus();void(0);");
}

I put the revised Flash with the link above on a blank HTML page, and didn’t get any pop-up errors in IE. BUT once I put the map on the page where its intended, the pop-up errors return.

Any ideas? Is there better a way to create the pop-ups in Flash, and avoid the IE pop-up errors?

Thanks!

[Jonathan488]

This sounds like a problem with the IE ActiveX update. See [webmasterworld.com...]
post #8.