Flash :: Launching An External Application From MX

Email Without Launching Application
hello,
i'm trying to set something up with input text fields that will send off an e-mail to the specified address in the text field. the subject and the body are to remain the same. i've seen things that do this without automatically launching an e-mail application such as http://www.flaminglips.com/player. does this require something beyond flash, like cgi scripts?

Launching PDF Application From Flash 5
Hi there!

Can anyone tell me how to launch Pdf's in acrobat reader from a flash website. I need to know for the latest website I am designing. The action will be on a button.

Thanks

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 A Java Application From Flash 5
Hi everybody !

Does anybody know how to launch a Java class from a Flash movie ? An applet is not convenient for instance.
I have a Java application, application.java, which receives one parameter.
I would like to make the Flash player launch this application with a given parameter. Is it possible with FScommand ? I did not manage with it. I tried FScommand("application.class",<parameter>) and it doesn't work.

Thank you very much.

Launching External App
i need to be able to check if a user has a certain application installed and then launch it if they do , and direct them to a website if they do not..

im using Flash 8 and been outta the Flash game so long ive forgotten so much...

any ideas ??

[F8] Launching External Doc
I know how to luanch an external document from a Flash exe player, using the fscommand.

Is it possible to do the same, launching a powerpoint or excel file, from a swf?

Launching External Apps?
I have recently updated some flash 5 flas to MX and discovered that the MX projectors won't launch external apps
here's the script:

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

Worked fine in Flash5
Any pointers as to why this aint working in an MX projector?
It just quits, so it's doing that part.
The "tscc.exe" file is in the same directory as the projector.

Launching An External File
Okay guys,

I really need you on this one...

I need to launch and external .EXE file from a projector on a CD. How do I do that?

Thanks.

Launching External Stuff
Anybody know the script to launch an
avi or quicktime movie using flash...
ie: launching the application as well

Launching External Applications
Sorry if this is a stupid n00bish question, but I want to attach an action to a button within a Flash Movie that will launch Wordpad. I tried getURL (path to exe) but I'm now getting Security Warnings popping up asking me if I want to save or run this file. I'm using XP Service Pack 2 which I know has a lot of additional security measures but the project I'm working on is for eLearning and warnings like this will scare the s*** out of people so is there anyway around this issue

[F8] Launching External Exe Files
Does anyone know if it's possible to create a custom UI in Flash and save it out as an exe file. This cutsom UI will have various icons and they will launch local programs on that computer. For example you could have an icon of a notepad. Click it and it launches notepad in windows. I need to create an interface for a commonly used programs list for a small company. They do not allow any icons on the desktop and do not want tons of programs in the start menu, but to link from the HD or from the server using this custom UI with company logo etc.

I also want to be able to take two text variables: Username, Location. Use them as parameters when executing a VBScript, which already works very well. One problem I read about was executing VBScript with ActionScript. It might be necessary to use JavaScript to interface the two.

Thanks,
Jeff
ImCoolToo@aol.com

Launching External File From Mac
Hi, I have a Flash application with a 'keyword' search facility. The search facility returns a list of links to external PDF files. Each PDF file has a series of keywords assigned to it in an external xml file. The search facility firstly checks the external xml file to work out which PDFs match the keyword. It then creates a hyperlink for each PDF using the asFunction command. The hyperlink tells the computer to run a .exe file which in turn opens the appropriate PDF.

All of this is working fine on a PC, however... I need to make it work on a Mac.

I have managed, in the same application, to launch PDFs from Flash using some apple script from a static file list, but I am lost looking at the ActionScript for the dynamically created search results list.

I think this is the bit of code I need to play with...

if (found != -1) {
AllKeywords.push("
"+"<A HREF="asfunction:launchAdobe,Chapter"+Chapter+".e xe">Chapter "+FullChapter+"</A>"+Words+" ("+Pages+")"+"
");

And I think that 'launchAdobe' is a function (correct term?) that has been set up by the original programmer. I think this is the code that does that...

function launchAdobe(pFileName)
{
fscommand("exec", pFileName);
}

I am completely lost trying to understand how to change the code to make it work on a mac. I suppose what I need to do is make the asFunction command 'pull in' the name of the applescript which launches the appropriate PDF, but I don't know how...

Can anybody help?!

Thanks

Launching An External .avi In A New Window
hi all,

I've been searching for a way to launch an external movie file (preferably a .avi) from a button inside of flash mx 2004. I am trying to get it so a new window (seperate from the .swf or .exe that the flash is in) pops up and plays the .avi in the user's default player, whatever that may be.

I have tried the fscommand, which works great for launching another .exe, but does nothing for other files. I have also tried getURL, but that just opens a new default browser window.

does anyone have any suggestions? any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

thanks so much,
emily

USER32.dll Bug While Launching An External Exe
Hi all,

we´ve built a flash app launched as a projector file from a cd. While using this app you can open a video, embedded in a director exe. On some systems after pressing the open button there appears a windows alert: "video.exe - Einstiegspunkt nicht gefunden
Der Prozedureinstellungspunkt "FlashWindowEx" konnte nicht in der Dynamic Link Library "USER32.dll" gefunden werden." (sorry, german I know...)

Has anybody an idea, why this appears and how could we fix it?

thanx,
Jan

Launching External Applications From An Swf
I've got this little interactive portfolio I'm building in Flash 5. It's in Flash because I havn't had time to get familiar with Director.
Got a problem though...
I need to be able to click on a button and tell it to launch an exe. Is there any action script command that will allow me to do that? Is it something similar to "getURL"?
Anyone?... Please?

Launching External PPS File From Button...
I know this has to be possible.

I have some buttons in my presentation that I'd like to launch .PPS shows from. (projector-type Powerpoint shows).

All it's gotta do is open the file in the root directory.

What's the script for this? How can I make this happen.

I definitely don't want to use getURL cause it opens the show in a browser window. I just need it to run the file.

Thanks so much!
Tone.

Launching External Apps And Detection Of
I need to detect if a user has a certain app, and if they do, to launch it through flash. Similar functionality as browser sniffer, but not web based. (CD ROM)

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.

Launching An External .exe File From A Projector
Hey guys.

I have a movie that when you click a button I need to launch an external .exe file. In Flash 5 I used the fscommand of "exec" and then the file name. It doesn't seem to work in MX. Any ideas? Thanks.

Launching External Apps From Flash
Loading external appx in Flash 5+
I am trying to figure out how to launch an external application from a flash movie.

I have tried the "exec" command in the action settings of a button with no luck. I think that I am just missing somthing simple.

In this (wrong) example, I am trying to launch windows notepad.exe:
-------------------------

on (release) {
fscommand ("exec", c:windowssystem32
otedpad.exe);
}
----------------------------

I know that this is not right (getting errors).

Any help would be greatly appreciated! I am needing to launch other applications from within a flash demo.

Thanks in advance.

dcolby

Launching An External QuickTime Movie?
Hello,
I'm pubishing a CD-Rom and I've been using GetURL to call to some external QuickTime movies. It works well on the Mac side, but on the Windows side, it's wanting to open the movies in Internet Explorer.
Is there a better command to call to a QuickTime movie, that would make it default to open in the QuickTime player?
Thank you!
Jason

Launching A Pop-up From An External Text File
I need to work out how to launch a pop-up browser window with customised features from a <a href=...> link within an external text file which is loaded in.

I've searched but not found anything more than i know.

I'm thinking as:function will be involved but i am short on time and need to know wether it can be done or not.
anyone who want to try and work it out now or has any ideas, i would be really grateful!

Thanks a lot.

Launching A Centered Pop Up From A Button In An External Swf
I used the kirupa tutorial on launching a centered pop up window, and the code works great when the buttons used to launch are on the main timeline. However I would like my buttons to be within a movie clip, which is located within an externally loaded swf. Is this possible? I can't get the code to work for that, specifically. Any help would be appreciated, here is the external swf on which I am working.

http://www.innelladesign.com/print.swf

Click on "other marketing collateral" to view the thumbnails. I would like the user to be able to click on the thumbnail and launch the centered pop up window.

Also you can see where the the above clip will be loaded when you go to
http://www.innelladesign.com/newsite.htm

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 External Files Like Excel, Pdf, MSWord
Hi, Need some help to launch multiple links from flash for some multimedia content. Any idea how do i do it with actionscript. I hope the script is not too complicated.

Million thanks to those who manage to solve my problem

My email, leepgiap@yahoo.com

Mark

MC Buttons Launching External SWFs W Transitions
Hello all,

Please bare with me... I can handle animation but am somehow ignorant about ActionScript as my knowledge of Flash goes back to the Tell target actions...

I've been playing around with 2 tutorials I've found on Kirupa (see links below) in order to build a text based navigation:

My first level is made of MC buttons. All working great when adding the script indicated in the first tutorial.

From there, I would like to be able to load external SWFs when clicking on one of those first level buttons and in order to do so I added the script from the second tutorial (Transitions Between External SWFs)

Doing so, I was told I could only add that script on button symbols which is unfortunately i not an option at this point.

My question -- how can I launch external SWFs that would allow transitions from those MC symbols?

The tutorials:

Complex Button RollOver/RollOut Effects
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...ton_effect.htm

Transitions Between External SWFs
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/transitions.htm

External Application
Hi there

Is there any way of starting an external application such as MS Word or a setup file from within flash ??

Thank You

External Application
How to load an External Application ?

I want to make a flash wich is able to load 3 of my games !
These games are nonflash, they are win32 binaries
(Game.exe)

on (release){
getURL("files:///D:/game.exe","_blank");
}

Why ? Its funny to have a 3d Desktop with 3d Icons loading their stuff

Explorer MyPc Trash Icons work !

But .exe files don't !
it asks me if i want do download em !

How Do I Run An External Application From Flash
I have a command line utility (printfile.exe) that prints a file passed as argument to it. Someone please tell me how to call this utility from flash action script. Thanks a lot

External Application Call
I tried to make button with action fscommand and exec following flash help instructions, but when i made folders and copied my application into this folder nothing happends when i push my button.

Launch External Application
I am using Flash 5 . I have put together some CDROM content to run on bith Mac and PC, which enables the user of the CDROM to launch some installation applications (which have been supplied to me) and Word Files from the Flash application.

I have a button sutup with the following script, but it does nothing (on a mac it simply beeps)

on (release) {
fscommand ("exec", "Operating_Systems/TI-83_Plus_and_SE/OS116.8Xu");
}

I have also tried to locate the application file in the same directory as the flash application, with no effect.

I have checked that this is correct with Macromedia.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Craig

Launch An External Application
I've designed a flash projector file that will launch external files and I need it to launch files located on a cd.

If the following example will launch a file located in c: which is represented by [SrcDrive]

--------------------------
on (release) {

fscommand ("Shell", "Result=[SrcDrive]Serverlog.exe,,1");
}
--------------------------

How would I launch a file from a CDROM?

[cd rom]
[cdrom]
[?????]

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Running External Application
is it possible to run a program from flash?
for example on a button action (on press) to launch acrobat?
(not in a explorer window...)

External Application ActionScript
Hi Guys,

I am trying to launch an external application via actionscript. I found an old post on here that didn't help much. My original method to call the external app was:

CODE
on (release) {
getURL("nav/navwin16.exe", blank);
}

Launch An External Application Or Document
Help!
Is there any Action Script that will allow a Microsoft document to launch the Word application?

I have a flash movie where I have sub-folders with Word documents. If you click on a button I would like for the Word document to launch the Microsoft Word program.

Hopefully I am making some sense of what I need. My action script now tell Flash to go and getURL and launches a web browser. We would prefer no launching a browser since this Flash movie and support files would be on a CD.

Thanks for any suggestions or help.

Gene Harrawood

Launch A External Application From Flash
Hi
i am crating a CD rom in flash and one of the buttons wants to launch a PPoint.pps file is there some code that will launch it i know in director lingo it is
on mouseUp
open "PPoint.pps"
end

but im struggling in flash to get it to work

anyone out there who can help

Cheers Paul

External Preloader Via 3rd Party Application
I have a scenario I'm hoping someone can help me with. I understand how to preload a main .swf file and then preload external .swf files (that are created in flash originally) if needed. The problem that I'm having is that I want to create flash files using Camtasia Studio which then the application will create a .swf file when finished. Having said that, what is the correct action script to use if I want that outside .swf file to preload and play right when the index html page starts up. I know .. probably a dumb question, but I'm stumped on the solution.

Thanks,
MrHelper

Possible To Embedd External .exe Application In Flash?
Im creating a sort of game with C++ supported by the OpenGL API. However, the exe file generated from there is nothing more than the gaming arena.

I want to add more features to it using Flash, like a message chatbox and dynamic scoreboard (yes, it's a multiplayer game connected via XMLsocket). The idea i'm having is to use Flash (projector .exe or .swf) to create a sort of interface menu for the game, and a section WITHIN interface is reserved to load my C++ .exe gaming arena.

Is this possible? Can any one give me any hints on how to start?

I realise that fscommand doesn't work, since i want to embedd the exe file within flash, not opening it from flash externally

Under Linux, How To Launch An External Application ?
Hello everybody!
I used a stand alone Flash player.

I can used fscommand() function to
launch an external application
under Windows.

But it failed under Linux environment.

How can I launch an external application
under Linux environment?

Thank you very much.

Passing Variables To External Application From Flash
Hi there..I have a problem..i want to run an external application(executable) from flash..and also pass variables to that application from flash..please help

How To Open External Application In Flash MX Projector.
I am wondering if someone can give any ideas for the best way to open external application such as .PDF files, QuickTime movies, .txt files and other through progector.exe created in Flash MX. I mean what the code can be used for doing that.
Before it was possible with using Ftools plug-in (http://flashtools.net), but now it seems that it is not working well in Flash MX.

Many thanks in advance!

Using A Listener To Detect Data From An External Application
could anyone please let me know how to detect when variables are sent through to a Flash movie from an external application? i have tried to set up a listener but so far have only managed to activate it on mouse or button events.

the external application (designed by a third party) sends variables to the main timeline. i need a listener to detect when these variables arrive, so i can update dynamic text fields.

if you need any clarification, i can supply the relevant information.

thanks in advance

Andy.

Looking For A Code Thatcan Be Used To Open External Application / Flash MX Projector.
I am wondering if someone can give any ideas for the best way to open external application such as .PDF files, QuickTime movies, .txt files and other through progector.exe created in Flash MX. I mean what the code can be used for doing that.
Before it was possible with using Ftools plug-in (http://flashtools.net), but now it seems that it is not working well in Flash MX.

Many thanks in advance!

Using Mx.core.Application.application.url In A Class
I have a VERY simple class that does not work and I would like to know why. Here it is:

package Test{
import mx.core.Application;
publicclass Environment{
privatevar CurrentURL:String;
publicfunction Environment(){
this.CurrentURL = mx.core.Application.application.url;
trace("Current URL: "+this.CurrentURL);
}
}}

The error message is "TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference". This is because mx.core.Application.application is null. My problem is that when I trace mx.core.Application.application.url in my Flex2 application it is defined, and it is the current Request URI. Why can't I access it from within my class? Can this be some kind of namespace issue? Why does ActionScript insist on making me mad (rhetorical).

Thanks in advance!

Launching
Is it possible to shell/exec out to a different program from within Flash, I went through 3 books and can't find
anything other than GetURL to call a url or FSCommand (but that seems to only communicate to the program already running the flash file).

We are expanding our APT Launcher to be able to call other files into flash and track them.

Currently we only track flash/powerpoint/director presentations on CD-ROM & Kiosk with APT launcher.

http://www.presentationkit.com/info.htm

Thanks,

Agent_Coop

Launching .exe's
Does anyone know how to launch a swf or exe offline from say a cdrom. Its for a portfolio and it use to work fine but with mx something has changed and the script I was using is useless. Its probably pretty simple so if anyone knows what I speak about please share some knowledge, Im supposed to drop this off in the morning.

Launching EXE
I am trying to lauch an exe from my Flash MX exe, (or the swf on an htm page if possible).

I am trying to use a batch file.

My MX button has this script on it:

on (release) {
fscommand("exec", "launch.bat");
}

My bat file (launch.bat) has this:

@echo off
start ad_hoc_formulas.exe

All files are in the same directory. I'm confused. Please help.

-Lemorris