Getting Flash To Start Playing .wmv File
I am making a stand alone Flash file on a CD and I want to get flash to trigger a .wmv movie file when a button is clicked. I don't want it to play inside the flash movie, just to open up media player and play the relevant movie.
How do I get Flash to do this?
Thanks for your help
Rob.
FlashKit > Flash Help > Flash ActionScript
Posted on: 02-07-2003, 12:25 PM
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