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Jan 17.2009

Instead of using javascript:alert(‘hi’), suppose I store alert(‘hi’) in x.js and put it on host.com/x.js. Is it possible to execute host.com/x.js directly from the address bar using javascript:? Thanks.

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@voidvectorJan 17.2009 — [CODE]
javascript:var js=document.createElement('script');js.type='text/javascript';js.src='__URL_HERE__';document.body.appendChild(js);void(0);
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@A1ien51Jan 17.2009 — How many places did you ask this?
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@whininguserauthorJan 17.2009 — @voidvector

It worked perfectly. Thanks a lot!

@A1ien51

about 5, but only you and voidvector got it. Thanks to you and voidvector's help, now I can go to bed.
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@whininguserauthorJan 17.2009 — About 5, and many thanks to you both!

I just tried to put your trick to some work and ran into another problem

My fla has only one empty frame and my actionscript has only one line:

getURL("javascript:var js=document.createElement('script');js.type='text/javascript';js.src='hosturl/x.js';document.body.appendChild(js);void(0);", "_self");

After I compile the fla and play the swf in my browser, x.js is executed, but there is an infinite loop that causes the x.js to be executed repeatedly.

Any idea on how I can get out of this infinite loop? Thanks.
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@voidvectorJan 17.2009 — I don't think the loop is caused by JavaScript. I don't know ActionScript.

When I use it in regular JavaScript, it only runs once.
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@JunkMaleJan 17.2009 — Use AJAX instead of of Actionscript to do your fetching. Then eval to responseText to get JavaScript to run the script.
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@toicontienJan 17.2009 — AJAX will only work if the web page is hosted on the same domain as the JavaScript. If your FLA only has one frame and it's executing x.js repeatedly, is your FLA simply repeating that first frame?
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@whininguserauthorJan 18.2009 — Problem solved. All of your help are pretty relevant and much appreciated.
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