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Launching Quicktime Mov In New Browser Window From Flash
I'm having trouble with the placement of my quicktime movie (there's borders around it and I don't know why) which i launch from my flash movie (on web) into a new window (unresizable and set dimensions) using this javascript:

on (release) {
gotoAndStop(49);
getURL("javascript:window.open('test.html','win1', 'width=400,height=320, top=15,screeny=15,left=15,screenx=15,toolbar=no,sc rollbars=no, resizable=no,menubar=no,status=no,directories=no,l ocation=no'); void(0);");
}

the problem i have, is that the new browser window which plays my quicktime, leaves a border to the left, bottom, top, and right of my quicktime movie... This is the html code for "test.html" (with qt embedded):

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<TITLE>bkuhl</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B"
codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"
width="400"
height="320">
<param name="src" value="cd1/fringenew.mov">
<param name="autoplay" value="true">
<param name="controller" value="true">
<embed src="URL"
width="400"
height="320"
autoplay="true"
controller="true"
pluginspace="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/">

</BODY>
</HTML>

If there is code in the "object" and "embed" parts above which eliminate this strange border around my quicktime, can someone tell me what they are?

The new window is 400x320... my quicktime is 400x320, i don't know why there is a 20 pixel or so margin to left, top, right and bottom

www.gmunk.com (click on broadcast then one of the movies) to see how I want my movie to play.

I don't have a link to the movie, but i could provide one if my explanation makes no sense.

i know this isn't strictly a flash problem, but as I'm trying to launch the window from flash, perhaps there is something in the javascript that'll solve this...

I'm pretty sure the problem is with the html, however.

Thanks, and help appreciated

Launching Windows Media Player/Quicktime From Flash?
I have a demo reel clip that I need to be able to launch from a multimedia CD with company info. I have been all through the Flash 5 help files, training videos and Tek-Tips forums and can't find anything on this. Surely there is a way to do this! Can anyone help me?

Thanks in advance,
Jeff

Launching Mpeg Movie From Projector Movie
Hi

Can anyone help with this:

I am trying to launch an mpeg movie from a projector movie. All are contained on the same CD in the same directory.

ANY IDEAS - URGENT...!!!

Launching A Projector Movie From Within A Projector Movie
I am presently working on a projector file that I would like to have call other projector files. Issue I have is that when using a getURL Windows coughs up a virus warning and asked if your are sure you'd like to continue.

Any way to call a projector from within another projector and avoid this?

Launching A PDF From A Mac Flash Projector?
I desperately need to know how I can launch a PDF file from a Mac Projector.

I can currently get it working on a PC by launching an .exe file which then reads a .txt file to then open the PDF, but because Mac's cant read .exe files I got no idea what to do.

My CDROM has to be cross platform!

Thanks heaps.

chaps

Launching PPS From Flash Projector(.exe)
Hi All I need to open a power point PPS file from flash exe but I dont want it to open in a browser using getURL() method is there any possibility that it can be done???
I'll be grateful for an urgent reply...

Launching Popup From Flash
Hi

does anyone know a way of launching sized popups from flash which works in Netcape/Mozilla as well as IE? The macromedia support page on launching popups only seems to support IE.

Thanks for any help!

PopUp Windows With QuickTime Movie?
can u do that? if u can can u tell me how,cuz i tried the tutorials on this site,but i didn't go no where.

ThaNKS

Auto Launching Flash Projector From CD
I'm developing a promotional cd for a local company. Is there action script that I can include, that will command the Flash projector to launch once CD is loaded into the bay? Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Launching PDF Files From A Flash Projector.
Hi,

I can currently launch a pdf files from a button with a flash projector(exe) files using the flashgeek.com method, which launches an external .exe file to read a text file, then opens the .pdf.

However, I need this method to also work from a macintosh projector file, but I dont think that macs will read the external .exe file.

Is there any way around this at all so I can launch .pdf files from a projector file on a MAC??

Please help, I desperate as!

Thanks heaps.
chaps

Issue With Launching A PDF From A Flash Projector
I'm sure this has been posted before, but I am having a wierd issue with trying to launch a PDF on a CD-ROM through a flash projector file. I am using just a basic GetUrl action, calling th especific PDFs and whatnot. Everything works fine on a MAC, PDFs open just great. On a PC it's a diffeerent story. The PCs seeminly freeze. In reality it takes a SUPER long time to open Acrobat. Once it does open though, every tim e you click on a PDF it opens instantaneouly.

These are tested on brand new PCs, laptops and towers all with the same result.

Anybody know a workaround for this issue?

Flash Projector Launching Capabilities...
Ok, so I have 4 seperate projects made in director that have their own projector exes. This is a demo disc that will let people be able to choose the project they want to view via a menu that I am making in flash.

I want to know if it is possible when I put in the cd with the projects and menu, that the menu pops up and the person can select whichever of the 4 projects they want to view, and when they click it, the button launches the director executeable?

If so, what is the actionscript i put on the button for that to work.

Thanks.

Launching Applications With Flash Projector MAC
I am having problems launching email from my Flash projector on a MAC. I can launch a pdf file with using Applescript, but I'm not sure how to do it for email. Any and all help would be appreciated.

overdraft -

Launching Files From A Flash Projector
Hi there!

I've been trying for some time to find a way to launch files using their associated app from within a flash projector. I was pointed in the direction of a program called JStart from FlashJester, which does do exactly what I want. The problem is, I would need a worldwide licence, and at $299, it's a bit steep!!

So my question is, does anyone know of an alternative program that does the same as JStart and doesn't cost more than the Flash MX 2004 Upgrade!!

Launching A Popup Window From Flash
Does anyone know a way of launching a popup window with no browser bar and set to a particular size from within Flash?

Cheers.

Launching External PDF File W/ Flash Projector
Hello!

I'm creating a CD-Rom presentation and auto starting with a projector created in Flash 4.
The criteria is ( From a buttion link ) to launch a PDF file located on the same CD-Rom
without the intervention of a browser. The "Get URL" command works successfuly,
yet it doesn't work without the intervention of the browser poping up and then launching the file.

Is there a script available for launching external files

Smitty,

Launching A Word File From Flash Projector
Hello

I am working on a projector for a cdrom project, and they want an option to launch a word file containing information directly from the Projector.

The word files will be burned to a cdrom along with the projector. What's the most efficient way to launch one of the word files? I tried using the GetURL feature, thinking it would simply try to launch the file, but it doesnt recognize it.

Any help would be appreciated...

Thanks! Jenn

Launching Excel Files From Flash Projector
I really need to be able to launch a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet from a flash projector on a cd. I simply want a user to be able to click on a button and have excel launch with the associated .xls file that I designate. It seems like this would be easy to accomplish, but I'm having very little luck figuring it out or finding any information that might help. I have both flash MX and MX 2004 and will use whichever works best and easiest. I need it to work on windows applications.

I have a client who really needs this soon.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Launching File Browser From A Flash Projector
I am making a CD that is a Flash projector with links to several .PDF and .DOC files that are located on the CD. I am trying to set it up where the user can just click on the file they want and their computer will open it.

The problem is I am trying to do so in a way that will work on both Windows and Mac. I did some Googling and in order to get the exec function to launch files, it needs to be tied to a batch file for Windows or a apple script file for Mac. I was thinking it would work better if there was a way to just have the button open up the folder that holds the file, if it works in both Windows & Mac.

Anyone know if there is a way to do this?

Launching A Centred Popup Window In Flash Cs3
I have followed the tutorial for doing this exact thing here:

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/centered_popup.htm

Unfortunately this is for flash 8 and the whole way buttons work in flash has changed. How ould you go about replicating this in flash cs3?

Thanks

Projector Launching Projector & Email Links On A Mac
Bit of a newbie...

I created a projector file and now been told that I have to link to another projector file that's been supplied to me, I don't have the .fla file for this projector. I've managed to get the other project to open but it has been set to full screen.

Can I control the size of the projector when launching it from mine and also deactivate the menu bar that appears with it. The menu bar doesn't appear if I launch the projector independently but does if lauched from my projector. I would like to scale the linked one by 90%??

Also I have an email link setup which launches my browswer (explorer/safari) before launching my email program (entourage). Is there a way around this, I'm using a Mac but the presentation will be mainly view on a PC, but would like to know how to sort this for both. I'm sure the last time I used flash a couple of years ago it launched the email program without the browser, so it may be me doing it wrong. I'm using the "getURL("mailto:" command.

Any help appreciated.

Launching Popup Windows From Flash Makes My Website Hang
I've got the most bizarre problem with my site www.nitrovortex.com when using flash to launch a popup window to show certain content.

The 1st time you launch a window, any one doesn't matter whuch it works fine.

But if you then go to click on another one, the window pops up like it should but no content will load in it, in fact the entire site seems to not respond and refreshing the entire site brings up nothing.

After about 15-20 mins its ok again.

any ideas?

I'm using IE 5.5 on win2000, thought it might be a browser bug but it happens on IE6 on XP too.

I can post the code I'm using if anyone's interested.

Launching Popup Windows From Flash Makes My Server Stop Responding
I've got the most bizarre problem with my site www.nitrovortex.com when using flash to launch a popup window to show certain content.

The 1st time you launch a window, any one doesn't matter whuch it works fine.

But if you then go to click on another one, the window pops up like it should but no content will load in it, in fact the entire site seems to not respond and refreshing the entire site brings up nothing.

After about 15-20 mins its ok again.

any ideas?

I'm using IE 5.5 on win2000, thought it might be a browser bug but it happens on IE6 on XP too.

I can post the code I'm using if anyone's interested.

How To Open A Quicktime Mov From Flash Mx Projector
I am building a flash mx projector and would love it if someone could help me with a way to open a quicktime mov.
I have been to flashjester.com but the price of there tool is not in my budget as this is an assignment for college.
Can anyone help me with how to create a batch file to achieve this outcome.

Problems Launching Projector From Another Projector
hello,

I'm creating a CD that starts off with an autorun projector file that pops up when the user puts the disc in. This projector file has an interface that contains a menu that gives the option of viewing the contents of the disc, installing Flash Player or installing Adobe Reader. The buttons that launch the installer .exe files for Flash player and Reader work fine. My problem comes when viewing the contents of the disc. Upon clicking the button that launches the contents, another projector file is launched (GSmaster.exe). This projector goes into full screen mode and serves as a container/shell and presents the user with a table of contents. Each button in the TOC is supposed to load separate .swf files into this container/shell. When running the GSmaster.exe by itself (totally bypassing the autorun projector file) everything works fine. When running the autorun, the button that launches the contents of the disc works in that it launches the GSmaster.exe file, however the links in the TOC stop working when going this route. This makes no sense to me at all. Is there an issue with using a projector file to call on another projector file that would cause these links to stop working?
FYI - GSmaster.exe and all the .swfs that load into it are located in a "fscommand" folder. In the autorun projector file, the AS for the button that launches the GSmaster.exe is as follows:

btnStart01.onRelease = function() {
fscommand("exec","GSmaster_full.exe");

};

Again, if I run the GSmaster.exe by itself everything works fine, but if I go through the autorun interface, the GSmaster.exe launches in full screen mode as it should, but the links inside stop working.

any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

thanks!

Launching Quicktime Files?
Hi there,

I've been working on a front end in flash for a DVD of quicktime video files, ultimately the idea was simply the make a menu interface and have it launch the quicktime files in quicktime or whatever the associated player is on the users computer.

im jumped in head first with a geturl, obviously to find that it launches the qt file in a browser at weird resolution, which was abit inappropriate. I then linked up geturl to a .qtl file, which had moderately better results opening the movie in quicktime just like i wanted, but alas it left me again with a blank safari window.

I realise why getURL is doing it, but it's the extent of my flash knowledge in terms of linking to files. Is there another less obvious command or plugin that can simply launch a file into its default associated program?

I would like this to run as a projector application more than having to embed it in to an html.

Or do I need to go buy a Director book

Thanks

Using A Keypress Button To Navigate Flash Projector Movie
Hi, Any help will be greatly appreciated. What I am trying to achieve is to have one key -lets say the letter 'n', to control my flash presentation- which has different sections that need to go in order as the presenter speaks so it will serve basically as a next button. I don't want a mouse running around the screen pressing buttons as its a visual presentation on a huge projector screen! I have tried this using an invisible button and this As:
on (keyPress "<Space>") {
gotoAndStop("next Scene", 1);}
which does'nt work and I havent been able to figure out why! If I could just get the key press to work even to goto the next frame then I can make this work but no luck there either.

I can get key presses to work if I use a movie clip;
onClipEvent (keyDown) {
if (Key.isDown(78)) {
_root.myMC.gotoAndPlay(2);}

I'm not sure if this will work using the same key for all my events? Surely it will just keep playing the same movie clip over and over. If anyone can shed some light or knows of a better way to achieve this please help, I have never had to use anything other than mouse navigation so I am rather clueless about this side of Flash.

B

Launching A Movie Clip With Button?
Howdy. I'm in a jam. I'm taking a Flash class online right now and I just can't figure this out. I made a little movie clip of a bug buzzing around to demonstrate my knowledge of motion tweening with motion guides. Well ... I can't get the thing play. I want it to play when I hit a button. I have the movie clip on it's own layer. I can't figure out what script to put on the button to target the movie clip and play it??? I've think I've seen every script error they can throw at me. Frustrated. Brain numb.

Flash Projector & Popup Windows
I'm making a cd presentation with Flash and the final product will be a projector (.exe)

I'm having trouble with one thing. I would like to open a popup window from within the projector with a specified size. Since the movieclip is not embedded in an .html page, I'm having difficulty.

Doesn't anyone have any ideas? Also, would it be better if the cd presentation was created/exported with Director 8.5? - I'd have to learn it though! hehehe

Thanks a lot!!

Launching A PDF Or DOC From Projector
I am on a MAC...and I need to create a projector that will launch PDF and word docs....can this be done or is there a third party product I can purchase to do so?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Jennifer

Launching .doc From Projector
mx2004 pro. mac osx 10.3.9. Here is the problem. i'm trying to make a cd-rom to be played on pc's. i have a bunch of .doc's and .ppts. and some .pdf's to be opened from within the projector .exe. here is an example of how i'm doing the fscommand. i'm putting the code right on the button.

on(release){
fscommand("exec","Word_document.doc");
}

i would have thought from the other threads i read that this would have opened that document in word. i have a main folder with the .inf file the .exe file and then a folder named fscommand with the Word_document.doc file placed in it. I thought this could be done with flash. To test it i put the main folder on a cd and burn it. pop it in my pc and automatically opens it like i would expect, but the button isn't launching the word .doc. i tried to read as many posts as i could. please help

Launching A Movie Clip When Pressing A Button
I am having problems when I click on a button to launch a movie clip. I can't seem to find instructions on what I could be doing wrong in MX.

I have a button at the bottom of a scene & when I press on it I need text to appear over the background of the scene.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Deb

Projector Launching Html... Help
I have an exe that autoruns from a cd...
I need a button to launch an html file that is local to the cd, not on a web server... I know I can launch a link to a web page that's on a server but just a relative path to an html file doesn't seem to work...
Any ideas???
I can (if I have to) launch the whole thing in a web page, but that screws up the autorun and I'd prefer to keep the whole thing a projector and launch the html file from it....

Launching A File From A Projector....
I have an .EXE and I want to launch a power point show from a button thats inside my flash movie.

I tried getURL but, it opens Powerpoint inside an Internet Explorer window.

Is there any way that I can open the file in it's own window without having to go through IE?

Thanks for your help.

Tone.

Launching Files From A Projector On CD Rom
I want to launch PowerPoints, PDFs, and other files from my projector from a CD Rom. I have been successful using the FSCommand "Exec", but when I burn the CD Rom it doesn't work on other people's computers. I believe it's because I need to use the LOCAL% command to read from the current drive. Can someone help me with the correct command?

Launching An .exe File From Projector
I am trying to launch an external application from a flash projector. I've inserted on the specific button the fscommand

on (release) {
fscommand("exec", "autorun.exe");
}

I've placed the file autorun.exe in the folder fscommand but it does not execute.

In Swish 2 this works out OK, Am I doing something wrong?

Launching A PDF From A Projector Using FreeMX
hi, ive followed the readme.txt & looked at the sample.fla but still cant seem to get my projecter exe to launch a pdf

in the first frame i have added:

#include "freeMX.as"

for the action button i have:

on (release) {
fmxExec("Library
eadme.pdf");
}

the readme.pdf is in the Library folder (subfolder of the fscommand folder) with the freemx.exe file in the fscommand folder, the freemx.as is in the same folder as the projector folder

i am using mx

any ideas what im doing wrong? probably something really simple ... thanks for ur help

2/ also do u know how to execute the browse command - do i just replace "Library
eadme.pdf" with explorer?

thanks a lot for ur help!

Launching A Browser From Projector/.EXE
I am working on a Flash exe/projector file that needs
to launch a browser at the end. When I attempt to launch
the browser on a Mac, it is fine and comes up the way it should.

However, on a PC it opens BEHIND the running exe file.

Is there actionscript that will force a browser launch to the
front on both PC and Mac?

Appreciate any help on this...

Launching An Application From A Projector
Anybody know a way to launch a word doc. or powerpoint file via a Flash projector? I know you can open an executable through fscommand or a pdf through a browser, but what about other applications?

Launching Applications From A Projector
hi there

anyone know how i can launch adobe acrobat from a flash projector - have tried getURL(filename.pdf) which works fine on a pic but not on a mac (it actually opens it in explorer)

appreciate any help

cheers

steve

Launching A Projector File
Hi,

I've created a projector file that I want to copy onto a CD and have it autolaunch full screen when the person puts inserts it into their computer.

Does anyone know how to do this??

I think most users will be on a PC, but there may be a stray mac user or three as well.

Cheers!
Jenny

Launching Email From A Projector...help?
i have a cdrom project that needs to have a link...problem is it's all in a projector....any advice on how i can get this running? the regular mailto isn't working for me...this is the code i have on the button:

on (release) {
getURL ("mailto:person@address.com");
}

i have also tried:
on (release) {
getURL("href=mailto:person@address.com");
}

any help would be totally appreciated! thanks.
pete

Launching A Projector File?
Hi,

I've created a projector file that I want to copy onto a CD and have it autolaunch full screen when the person puts inserts it into their computer.

Does anyone know how to do this??

I think most users will be on a PC, but there may be a stray mac user or three as well.

Cheers! ;)
Jenny

Launching A Popup Window In AS
Hello,

I'm trying to launch a popup window in AS. In order to do that I'm using the following code:

Code:
getURL("javascript:void(window.open('/cswf/getmedia.aspx?id=" + p_mediaId + "','MediaPage','toolbar=no,width=300,height=300,noresize'))");
where p_mediaId is just a number that is passed to the ASPX.

Unfortunately the I.E. popup killer catches this link and prevents the window from opening.

Is there an effective way to solve this problem? How can I launch a popup window that isn't detected by the popup killer?

Popup Browser Window Launched From Flash Projector
Problem: I'm using Flash MX to create a full-screen Flash projector (for a CD-ROM). A link in the CD needs to launch a web browser window IN FRONT of the projector. Currently, I'm using getURL to launch the browser, but it always opens it behind the projector (in which case the user can't see it). Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

Launching External Programs Through MAC Projector...
Need a little assistance...I'm making an interactive menu for a CD that I want to make cross platform. I am able to create the PC .exe that will launch external programs using an executable MS-DOS .bat file just fine. Is there a way to do the same for auto-launching on the MAC by using the FSCommand line? Any suggestions???? And also, is there a way to make the Mac projector auto launch? Would that just work by selecting that file as an Auto Start file when I burn it? All responses...much appreciated.