Flash :: Problem With Opening Director Files

Opening Director From Flash
i created alittle sample portfolio in flash. i have a page with all my projects on it. i want to open a director project from the flash page. what script would i use to do so? i tried getURL didn't work, and i tried loadMovie, also didn't work. any ideas? i'm using flash mx.

thanks

Opening Director From Flash
i created an interface in flash. i have where i want to open a director project(exe) from. what script would i use to do so? i tried getURL didn't work, and i tried loadMovie, also didn't work. any ideas? i'm using flash mx.

Opening Director From Flash
how can i open a director file (exe) through a flash interface? i tried getURL, and loadMovie, neither work. any ideas??

Opening A Director Projector
I have created a projector for a director movie and I want it to load from a command in Flash. Can anyone tell me how this can be done?

Cheers

Opening A Director Projector
Hello

Is it possible to open a director projector from a swf movie?
If so, could you please tell me how?
Thanks so much!

Opening A Director Projector From Flash
This is probably very simple, but how do I open a Director Projector at the end of a Flash movie? I want the Flash movie I created to play and then go right into a Director projector.

Please help.

Thanks

Opening A Director Projector From Flash
I need to make a button in flash that opens a director projector. My flash movie will be displayed in a browser window. It would be nice if it worked on both mac/pc platforms. Can anyone help please?
Thanks,
Patricia

Opening Director Projector From Flash
I need to make a button in flash that opens a director projector. My flash movie will be displayed in a browser window. It would be nice if it worked on both mac/pc platforms. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Patricia

Importing Files/ Opening Files In Files/ Adding Files Into Scenes.
Alright Here is the deal.
I got some movies, which are seperate FLA. files, and I want to eventually add all these 4 seperate files, into scenes in one main FLA. file. How do I do this so that I have the symbols ect. I am pretty sure you can't just copy/paste.

Which FLASH** guru out there can lead me in the right direction?

greatly appreciated...

*g.guru.

Opening Quicktime Movies & Director/authorware Exe's
Hello.

I am creating my porfolio shell for graduation and I am having a little difficulty with some Flash issues. Keep in mind that this Flash movie is not being created for the web, but for CD. I have Director and Authorware movies that I created and I want them to open when a button is clicked on, in my Flash portfolio. Should the Director and Authorware files not be .exe format?

I hope I ve explained myself well. Any ideas or solutions would a great help!

Thanks,

Dan.

Director DXR Files In Flash MX?
Is there a way to "open" or "load" a Director .DXR file in Flash MX? .. I have some tutorials made in director I wanted to publish to a webpage.

Any help would be cool ..

Terrified

Actually, A Question About Shockwave Director Files...
Hello!
gonna deviate a little - got a quick n simple question about SHOCKWAVE DIRECTOR files--->

i have a cd that contains a whole lot of director files in the 'Macromedia Director Shockwave Movie'format. i tried to open them in my browser (IE) but each movie shows up really tiny (100 x 100 pixels).

i just need to select one or two director movies to put onto my website, but i can't seem to get them to show up properly. i tried to embed them into a website (using Dreamweaver) but they still show up small.
anyone? anyone?

*BigJuicy*

Importing Flash MX Files Into Director 8.5
Is this possible?? I tried to create a a swf file from Flash MX and inport into Director, it imported fine and it shows up in my cast as a Flash movie, but when I drag it onto the stag its an empty box. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Natasya

Combine HTML Files And Director Exe To Flash
I am making a simple flash page where I want to present my work (something like portfolio). I have done works in Dreamweaver and Director and now I want them to be accessible from the flash file. How can I do it? I want them to run only from the CD that will be included, not for example from an existing URL.
Thanks.

Launcing Pdf Files From A Swf File In A Director Projector
OK..I have read a lot of other posts about pdf docs...but I haven't been able to figure out how to do it this way. I am creating a flash file in flash mx. I have buttons that I want to link to pdf files. I will then take this flash file and import it into director mx and will use this as a part of a projector file that I am going to use for a cdrom that will need to play on pc and macs. I am working on a mac. What is the best way to do this?

I have started to do the whole actionscript thang where you put the fscomomand in flash :

on (press) {

fscommand("exec", "pdfscript");

}

And then you create a script in script editor:

tell application "Finder"
activate
select file "BoardDirLeaders.pdf" of disk "NCHTESTING"
open selection
end tell

I then place the script in a folder called fscommand. The problem with this is that it will only launch pdf's if i export projector's from flash and not swfs. Even then it asks the user to run the script instead of just launcding the pdfs//////

I need to export a swf file and then import it to a director movie to then be exported out as a projector. I cannot import projectors in director. I then need this to work on mac and pc's

Any advice?

Macromedia Director - Saving Projector Files
Hi there, I'm trying to save a Projector file, and i seem to be having a problem. I have been looking here and there seems to be a problem with saving text ?? Can someone explain this in laymans terms, what is up with this ?? Would i be better off not using text? (as mad as that sounds)

I go to File -> Create Projector and the Create Window pops up, Trying to save a Director Projector file, it asks to add movie clips (i have none in there), it has the options button and i select what i think i need. It asks for a file name ... thats fine, but do i have to include the extension? is it .dir ??

It then asks me to select file type, i have four options ... Movie Cast Xtra, Director Movie, Director Cast, Xtra .... Which one is it ??

Does anyone have any ideas on this one ??
Any help would be most welcome.

Director .. Reading Intxt Files And Report Print
reading a txt file into director to populate tickboxes and text boxes. I have had this working before but on a director machine only ... would not work on another.

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I'm building a director application that runs as a standalone projector that has a lot of radiobuttons and checkboxes in. I have to be able to save these selections to a text file and for when the user revisted their previous selections are already selected!

I've managed to create a string with all the values of the selections in that looks something like this:

q1radio = YES
q2radio = NO
q3radio = NO
q1check = 0
q2check = 1
q3check = 0
q4radio = YES
q5radio = NO
q6radio = NO
q4check = 0
q5check = 0
q6check = 1

and once the string is complete I write it to text file using this:

setPref(VarNameofUser,mytextstring)

This all works fine! The problem is that when I use GetPref to retrieve the text file I don't know how to use the info to check/uncheck the relevent radio buttons. On another forum I have been suggested to split the string into an array. But I must be doing something wrong as I can't get it to work!

Has anyone got any suggestions?

Using Shockwave Files Created In Director In Flash Pages
I have made an interactive game in director and published it as a shockwave file, the only option I could find was in the form of a web page, I have made a flash website which links to this external web page, is it possible to import the file directly into my flash document?

Do I need another plugin for director to create a more adabtable file?

I want to burn my website and all links to CD for viewing offline by a third party what paths should I used to make the links from the CD?

thanks,
Mixadacat

Linking Files - Opening Files
I am a novice on a steep learning curve!

I have just taken over a project with lots of flash/swf files which I think probably should have been setup as one file with many scenes. Is it possible to link from one file to another or will I have to start from scratch and copy and paste assets etc.

Also is it possible to create an action script for a 'button' to open a PDF file from within the movie similar to opening a URL?

Opening Files : Saving Files
Hi all, does Actionscript support the creation of simple text files?

For example, I want to create a new text file if one doesn't already exist, and then write to the file if the user chooses to save--just like using a streamreader etc.

If Actionscript supports these methods, could you point me to the documentation?

Thanks

Opening Files
Hi I have a problem which I am hoping someone would be kind enough to give me a hand. What I want to do is in my flash move when a button is pressed it opens a file with the associated program for example a word program opening in word (with the move in the background). The production is going to be used on a CD as the introduction and what will need to happen is when the install is hit it runs the setup file. Thank you for reading this and I would be most grateful if you could give me a hand

Opening Files From A Cd
I want to make it so when my cd autoruns i ca click on a butoon and it will open up a movie.
how do u go about doing this?

Opening Exe Files
hi all...

how do I open an exe file from another exe file made in flash! I plan to make a Cd of the flash files. So making exes. Has anyone faced any problems making CDs from flash as director is the worldwide accepted application for making CDs!

nixthinx

Opening Pdf Files From Swf Not Exe
i need help in opening pdf files from swf files without using the geturl...

pdfs files must be opened using acrobat reader...

how can i do this?

Opening Swf Files From A Cd Please Help
Hi All, Can anyone please help with this query …I am desperately trying to get it sorted before my deadline for college. I am trying to burn a project on to a CD ROM so that the files can be viewed from it.
It is currently running on the web no problem but when I change the path within the actionscript so that it will read from a CD ROM ….it doesn’t work.
The response I get is that no such file exists.

The Dreamweaver index file which contains the homepage opens fine, but the three links which contain the 3 sections don’t work, the response I receive is ‘no such device or address’….This makes me think that the path name is wrong or I have done it wrong

Here is the action script on one of the buttons, which is supposed to bring up the content

on (press) {
getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('file:///j/r/test2.swf','newWin','width=800,height=600'); NewWindow.focus();");
}
so when I burn this on to the cd this is the heirarchy of folders:

the main folder is j
Dreamweaver –homepage is placed here
sub folder is r
all of the swf files are in here i.e.: test2.swf

anyone know why this doesn’t work

when I have it running from the web the path name is the url path …and it works fine…
can anyone help with this please…..i have no idea why this wont work …and I am very frustrated …..starting to panic as the deadline draws near…
Please help pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…………..

Opening EXE Files
Hi,

I'm having trouble running EXE files through my flash projector. I have added the following code to a button:

code: on(release){
fscommand("exec", "/Fruity Loops/FruityLoops.exe"); }

In the same directory as the Projector file, I have a subfolder called 'fscommand', inside that another subfolder named 'Fruity Loops' and finally inside that I have the EXE file named 'FruityLoops.exe'. Does anyone have and ideas why this isn't working?

Thanks,
Luke.

Opening Files From A Swf
Does anyone know if it is possible to open an external pdf through a button on a swf file.

Opening Files
Hi

Trying to get a button to open an adobe file. I'm working on a flash presentation so the the adobe file will be in the same folder as the swf file on the c drive.

Can anyone help with the action script, which i believe starts on release?

Cheers

Opening .FLA Files On A PC
can i open a flash mx file (that was created on a mac) on a pc?

Opening Files
I use both Flash MX 2004 and 8. When using 8 I never convert to the lower format. Everytime I click on a fla it opens in MX 2004, and if the file was made in flash 8 I get that error message.

Is there a way to set up that everyime I will click on a fla file it will open in the flash version that it was made in ?

I am running on windows.

Opening SWF Files
Hello Everyone,
We have a problem in opening .swf files in our application.

We had quick time movies(.mov) which we used to open and play inside the application window, using QuickTime Framework APIs in the code.
Presently we had converted these quicktime movies(.mov) into .swf files and we are unable to open the swf files in our application using Quick Time Framework in MacOSX.
Can you please suggest me as how should I proceed, i.e which framework should I use in the code to open and play .swf files in the application window?
Can we download and use Macromedia flash sdk(http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?event=mmform&name=flashplayer) to open .swf files in our application window on MacOSX?.
It will be better, if you can send me a small sample code to use in my application for MacOSX.

Awaiting for your kind reply,

Thanking you,

With Best regards,
Anil.

Opening SWF Files
I would like to create a collection of SWF files that a user could open by clicking a button inside a main SWF file. Would this involve the flash.display.loader class or something like that? Or is there another way, more direct and perhaps easier? (I'm new to AS3)

Opening FLA Files
does anyone know a secret that i dont...can u open a flash mx 2004 file in flash mx...thanks

Opening Files
Hi everyone
I was wondering if it's possible to open files (example: .xls, .doc, .png) with their default program by flash? Something like shell. Thanks a lot!

Mark

Opening Exe Files Using GetURL
Hi,

I'm creating a sampler disk of work. The work files are exe files.

It seems that flash treats these URLs as downloads, even though they are stored locally on the CD. I'd love to be able to have these exe files run without the 'download' dialog box appearing!!! Am I missing something here? Is this possible?

At the moment, to run these exe files from a link in Flash, the user has to wait for the download box to appear and select the 'run from current location' option before the exe will appear. This is NOT GOOD, in my humble opinion!!

I should use Director, I suppose, but I like to keep the projector files smaller - and Director projectors can take an age to load - especially off CD.

Any hints or tips or ideas? I'd be truly grateful!

Thanks.

Opening Files From Within Flash
Okay, I know how to open a program from flash using

Code:
on (release) {
fscommand ("exec", "PROGRAM.exe");
}
but how can I open a file...eg:

Code:
on (release) {
fscommand ("exec", "FILE.ext");
}
or

Code:
on (release) {
fscommand ("exec", "PROGRAM.exe:FILE.ext");
}
I have no idea why the latter one would work...just thought I'd throw it into the furnace

Anywho...how?

Cheers

-Vader

Opening Files/Apps
How can I open say, an excel file from a button within a flash projector. I'm working on a mac but the final product will be on an autorun cd for windows.

Is SWF Studio for PC only? Any other similar utilities?

TIA

Problems Opening Outside .fla Files
Well, no one answered my last query, so let me try it this way. When I try to open one of the download .fla files offered here, I am told by Flash that it doesn't recognize the file, would I like to try to import it via quicktime?
I'm using Flash 5 on a Mac. I can only open it into the library. Anyone?

Opening EXTERNAL FILES...
Aside from using ***********'s JAvi...is there an alternative for opening avi's, mov's, or mpg's in their default players from flash (standalone)?
Would a batch file work?

Opening PDF Files From A Button
Very new to flash.

How do I open a PDF file from a button ? Is it just a case of using getURL ?

Opening Exe Files With FScommand
Hi i've been trying to open .exe files using FScommand, exec
I'm having a problem with spaces.

Example:
fscommand ("exec", "c:/winnt/progxyz.exe");
works fine

however something like the following won't work
fscommand ("exec", "c:/program files/progxyz.exe");

I also tried
fscommand ("exec", "c:/program" add chr(9) add "files/progxyz.exe");
that didn't work either.

I was able to use ftoolapp.exe to get around this issue of spaces but was hoping there was another way so that i'm not using external programs.

Opening Files Within Flash?
I have made a menu to autorun on a burned CD of movies I have made. What do I need to use to open the movie when I click the "Play" Button? Thanks.

Trouble Opening FLA Files (MAC)
I downloaded three tutorial FLA files that were to show me how to do some things on Flash. None of them opened up on my MAC. They were all text files. They contained the FLA suffix but were still translated as text files. What should I do??

Thanks

Opening Html Files
hi...

i want to open a html file through flash in the middle of the screen. there is a javascript function for this:

<script language=javascript>

</script>

this function works in a html file... how do i do this with flash? i saw other threads about this subject but none works... syntax error :/

thanx in advance and sorry about my english.

Opening PC Flash Files On A Mac
I'm having trouble opening a fla that was created on a PC using MX and saved in Flash 5 format.

I've got a mac running Flash 5.

The error returned is "Unexpected File Format"

I've tried droping the file on the flash icon and opening it from within Flash via File/Open. No go. I've also opened it in BBEdit and saved it as a text file. No go.

any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Opening F4 Files In F5 And Exporting Them
hi

i just got F5, and i want to go on with a F4 project i'm working on. opening goes ok.
but when i export, all i see is black and hear the background-sound.
even the movie size isn't right!

any of you know this problem & how to deal with it?

btw, a site for which i made the navigation has the same problem when i go there.
www.kryptonitegarden.com
i have flashplayer 6.0 plugin in my netscape 7.0 and a regular flashplayer 5.0 for regular, offline use

Problem With Opening Director Files

I am using the correct fscommand on my director exe files, but they will not open in front of the full screen flash movie, they open behind it and they take forever to open. I also tried opening them with a bat file, but it does the same thing. Please let me know what you think I should do.

I am using the correct fscommand on my director exe files, but they will not open in front of the full screen flash movie, they open behind it and they take forever to open. I also tried opening them with a bat file, but it does the same thing.

Please let me know what you think I should do.