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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 .exe File From A Flah Projector.
Can anybody help me find out how to launch an .exe file from MX.
The fsCommand does not work for me in MX but only in Flash 5.
I also need to know how to launch a .mov Quicktime file from a projector.
Please Help
Thanks

Trouble Launching PDF File From Projector
Hi,

I need to launch a PDF file from a PC projector. I was given some instructions on using a .bat file and an FS command and it's not working. Using the "get url" is not the answer either...

Any help you be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bingo

Launching Word File From Projector Not Working
Howdy,

Have a projector file with numerous links to files in the fscommand folder. Using a FlashGeek hack that:
1. Uses fscommand to link to a .exe file, with the same name as;
2. A text file, with the name of the .pdf or .html or .ppt file in the first line;
3. Then it goes to that file and opens it.

But not for a Word file!
All other types are fine.

If I double click the .exe file directly, it opens the correct file, but when I click on the button in the projector file that points to the .exe it fails.

Word tells me that the file can not be found.
The .exe is doing its job correctly, but when the instruction comes from projector, it adds a '\?' to the beginning of the directory path. Any ideas?

Seems very strange when every other file (and there are a few) keeps failing.

Thanks in advance!

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...

Run An External File From A Flash Projector
I'm building up a Projector and I need a help on a certain Subject.
I want to run a SCM file using flash.. (SCM is for Lotus Screen Cam)
It's like a Windows Media Player Vídeo. I Have the main executable file, which I can run to open the software and run inside it the SCM. What I want is to load this file from a Flash Projector. It must, like, open the software and run a specific SCM file when I click the button in the Projector. Do u have ANY idea of how do I do that?

Does anybody accept the challange?

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!!

Launch External PPT File From Flash Projector
I have a CD that launches a Flash splash screen automaticly when it is inserted. This splash screen has a number of options such as install powerpoint viewer, read more about us, launch the presentation, etc.

So basicly, i have got the powerpoint viewer launching ok as it is an exe file but when i use the same code to lauch a powerpoint (.PPT) file it does nothing.

Any ideas on what code i need to insert to make this happen?

Thanks

Open External File From Flash Projector
I've done everything I can think of and looked all over, does anyone have any idea of how I can open an external file like a .doc or .pdf form the standalone flash exe projector.

Someone sent msg that I have to have a subfolder on the cd however, they wasn't sure how to call it.

Any clue or can this be done.

Loading An External Exe Thru A Flash Projector File
hello -
I am looking for a solution to loading an executable (Filemaker) underneath a Flash projector file.

Documentation is well described on the following kirupa page:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flas...orcommands.htm

In my case I work with a full screen projector file. The excutable is
loaded via actionscript in a frame:
fscommand ("exec", "MyFileMaker.exe");

This works fine, but this loads over the projector file.

My problem is that I want to have MyFileMaker.exe
loaded underneath the Flash projector file.
How can this be done?

Finally I close the projector with a button:
on (release) {
fscommand("quit");
}

Suggestions welcome!
Kind regards Foxtrot

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 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 A Director Projector Within A Flash Movie
I am currently producing a portfolio site, and I am desperately trying to incorporate some Director pieces. how can I make buttons in my flash movie so that it will launch a Director projector in a new window?

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 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 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.

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.

Flash Projector - Button Launching Quicktime Movie Popup
I am doing a interactive flash movie projector on a CD. I also have on that CD a Quicktime video.

In the flash projector I want to set a button that when clicked will launch a quicktime movie screen in a popup fashion and run as a quicktime movie and not embedded in the projector. I want it to be seperate from the projector.

CAN ANYONE HELP ME ??

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 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

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 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 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 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

Writing To External File In Projector
Hye There,

I'm working on a project at the moment which will install off a CD and run using a projector file, not a browser. Is it still possible to write to an external file when viewing the SWF files through the projector? And If so...how?

I'll need this for such things as an exercise form with user inputs, a progress saver so users can continue where they left off and back and forward buttons with an extensive history. If anyone knows how to do any of those using just the projector it would be much appreciated. I'm using flash 5 but if there's a solution in Flash MX I may have to go that way and fork out the big bucks

Launching Executables From Standalone Projector
Hi

It sounds so simple and it really is.
For some reason though, i cant get it to work.

I am making a standalone projector application for a online gaming clan.
In games, the clan uses a voice communication program called Teamspeak.
Inside the projector i am making i have a button, wich when clicked, should launch the TeamSpeak program.

Since the installation of TeamSpeak allows users to specify where they want to install the program, a hard-coded path to teamspeak.exe isnt really a option for me.

The path to the teamspeak folder is loaded from a textfile into a variable called teamspeak.

I also have a action wich combines the folder and the executable

Code:
teamspeakpath = teamspeak+"TeamSpeak.exe";

Now for the button that actually has to launch the program:

Code:
on (release) {
fscommand("exec", teamspeakpath);
}

Now for the problem, when the button is clicked, nothing happends.
Can anyone give me some pointers as what i am doing wrong?
I really dont have a clue.

I hope my explaination of the problem makes any sense, if not, please say so and i'll try to clarify it.

Thanks in advance

***Edit****
I forgot to mention, i'm using MX

Launching Excel/PDF Fron CD Projector
Hi:

I'm having great difficulty trying to get 2 excel files and 1 PDF file to launch from a projector burned onto a CD.

I made the fscommands, .bat files, etc.

The files open, the DOS window closes, and all runs well on XP.

But when it's installed on Windows ME, 2000, or 98 I get errors saying the excel files can't be found, and the DOS window does not close.

Does anyone know what might be causing this, or if there's a tutorial/link/code that will fix this?

Any input would be great; I'm really under the gun and a bit out of my league on this.

Thanks!

SP

When Launching IE From Projector IE Stays In The Back
When launching IE browser from projector IE stays in the back, is there a way to force it to the front.

Thanks

Launching Browser Window From A Projector
Is there a way to open a browser window to a specific size from a projector file. I know how to do it with javascript when the .swf is embedded in an HTML file, but can it be done from a projector?

Thanks.

Loading External Apps From A Projector File
Hi,
I am in the process of creating a presentation/dvd and have wmv and word files. These need to be opened up within the presentation is this possible? and if so would they open up behind the flash not on top as the presentation is full screen. Any help on this would be really appreciated.

cheers

steph

Launching .exe File In Flash MX
Heya all, after searching thru the forum archives on launching an external application with Flash MX, I'm still stumped. Here is what I'm trying to do:

I'm trying to launch an .exe file from a swf file (it will ultimately be a projector file on a CDROM).

The file is called "PPView97.exe", and it resides in the "fscommand" folder.

The swf file is located one folder up from the fscommand folder, and here is what the code for my button looks like:

on (release) {
fscommand("exec", "PPView97.exe");
}

I've also tried this:

on (release) {
fscommand("exec", "fscommand/PPView97.exe");
}

And neither of them seem to work.

I'm fairly experienced in Flash, and had no trouble doing this in ver.5.

Any help, ideas, or suggestions will be incredibly helpfull (so I can finally get this project out the door!).

Thanks in advance everyone!