topic HeaderControllerWidget.mxml - &amp;amp;quot;About&amp;amp;quot; link in ArcGIS API for Flex Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-flex-questions/headercontrollerwidget-mxml-amp-amp-quot-about-amp/m-p/427580#M10007 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I do not want a splash page to open when the user click's the "About" tab in the Flexviewer 2.5.&nbsp; Instead, I want to replace it with a simple hyperlink, so that when the user click's the "About" tab in opens a website in another window. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for any help!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Paul</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:26:13 GMT PaulFerro1 2012-09-27T15:26:13Z HeaderControllerWidget.mxml - &amp;quot;About&amp;quot; link https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-flex-questions/headercontrollerwidget-mxml-amp-amp-quot-about-amp/m-p/427580#M10007 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I do not want a splash page to open when the user click's the "About" tab in the Flexviewer 2.5.&nbsp; Instead, I want to replace it with a simple hyperlink, so that when the user click's the "About" tab in opens a website in another window. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for any help!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Paul</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:26:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-flex-questions/headercontrollerwidget-mxml-amp-amp-quot-about-amp/m-p/427580#M10007 PaulFerro1 2012-09-27T15:26:13Z Re: HeaderControllerWidget.mxml - "About" link https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-flex-questions/headercontrollerwidget-mxml-amp-amp-quot-about-amp/m-p/427581#M10008 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Paul,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; This post belongs in the Flex Viewer Forum:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://forums.arcgis.com/forums/111-ArcGIS-Viewer-for-Flex" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://forums.arcgis.com/forums/111-ArcGIS-Viewer-for-Flex</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>But the answer is in the HeaderControllerWidget.mxml find the showAbout function:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; private function showAbout():void &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; { &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; HTMLPopup.show(aboutContent, aboutButtonLabel, aboutWidth, aboutHeight); &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>And replace it with something like this:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; private function showAbout():void &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; { &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; var u:URLRequest = new URLRequest("yoururl"); &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; navigateToURL(u); &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV></BODY></HTML> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:36:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-flex-questions/headercontrollerwidget-mxml-amp-amp-quot-about-amp/m-p/427581#M10008 RobertScheitlin__GISP 2012-09-27T17:36:19Z