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Using Flash To Launch Another Application
Is it possible to have a link in an SWF file launch another application? I thought I read a while back on the Macromedia site that they had disabled this feature to keep malicious coders from using SWF's to cause harm. For example, if I had a software tutorial made in Flash, and after explaining how to do something, the viewer could click a link, which would open the software that is the topic of the tuorial, so that they could try it themselves. Is this do-able?

Launch Application From Flash
hi,

i tried many times to fs command to launch application from swf file but it doesn't work properly also i don't to use the other third parties for this function. will you please help to do this.

thank you

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

Application - Launch PDF
Hi,

I am building a application using flash. I have a button which needs to launch a PDF. Does anyone know the code for the button?

thanks

How To Launch Another Application ?
Does anybody know how to make flash launch another application like Teamspeak or Excel

Launch An Application
I'm trying to launch an application from within an flash presentation.
For example, a button that launches a powerpoint application, or an .exe
How can I do that?
Thanks in advance.

Launch Anouther Application?
I want to make a button open a pdf file and launch acrobat from a projector file.
Can someone tell me how to launch a file in its native application from a button?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Brian

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.

How To Launch Email Application
I'm able to launch email application but have a prob with the code for the body of the email. i want it to look like this :

Name:
Email:
Contact No:
Message:

Instead it came out as one line though my code has newllne. I tried replacing newline with "
" but still doesnt work. My code looks like this:

on (release) {
getURL("mailto:yyy@xxx.com?subject=Enquiries&body= Name: " + newline + "Email: " + newline + "Contact no : " + newline + "Message: ");
}

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

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.

Open Application, Launch Program
HI!!! everyone. well im having some problems and i really need some help from u guys & girls so...i need a script that can open up other programs or install other programs from flash ive never really needed to do this before so theres always a firstime right?! hehe well i hope u guys can help me with this little and im sure simple to u guys problem but i need the help im not really new to flash script but im not quite to some of u guys level YET! but i hope i will someday well plz help a guy out thanx

Launch Avi From Flash?
I'm making a presentation with flash and i'd like to launch some avi's i've made from within flash, i've seen other people asking the same in the boards but didn't get answered, PLEASE!!! anyone?? i really need this one...

HELP Launch .exe From Flash .exe
I have tried this time and time again. I am trying to launch an .exe from a Flash .exe and it just doesn't work. The exe should be launched from a button. I am publishing for Flash Player 6. I would use 5, if needed.
Anyone have the exact code that will work for this? I have been using the fscommand and putting the files in an fscommand folder.

How To Launch A .pdf From Flash ?
How do you launch a .pdf from within flash. Do I need to use javascript to launch an .html page that subsequently calls the .pdf ? (It's for an intranet so everyone has .pdf readability).

Thanks.

How To Launch .exe From Flash
Hello
I try to launch another application in .exe from a flash button.
Flash is inside html page, how can I do (if possible)?
Thanks to help me.
Obrian

fla file is attached (82 ko)

Can I Launch An .exe From Flash? Possible?
OK.

I created a screensaver with Screentime for Flash (3rd Party). I'll call this Screensaver.exe.

The link to this screensaver is in my self executable file (which happens to be a User Agreement). I'll call this User_Agreement.exe

When the CD is put into the computer, User_Agreement.exe launches and prompt the user to either "Agree" to the terms, or "Disagree" If they disagree to the terms, they exit out of the screen. If they agree, then I want them to be able to launch SCreensaver.exe (which is an installer).

Is this possible?

Please help!!!

Having Flash Launch A .bat Off Cd
I am making an enhanced cd using flash studio mx. I am trying to have a link open an mpeg or .wmv file. right now i have the following code

fscommand("exec","final/sweethoney.bat");

}

the .bat and the sweethoney.wmv are in the fscommands folder. i cant get flash to launch the .bat file. I believe all of the files are in the right place?

do you know if it is possible to have flash launch mpegs some other way? or is there something i am doing wrong in this example...
please help

Launch EXE From Flash?
I have 2 flash projector .exe's. I need to make a button that will close one projector window, then launch another, and vice versa. The 2 projectors exe's need to be linked so that one can launch the other, then the other can be launched back. They need to be separate projectors and cannot be compiled to one file.

the file names are 'dvd.exe', and 'cityPark_PC.exe'. I need to get this done today so any help is greatly appreciated. thanks!

PLEASE HELP - Using Flash To Launch A .exe On PC
Hey Now good people, I am running into a problem and I need some insight. I am using Flash to launch an executable on a remote PC and it works on everything BUT WinXP SP2 with Internet Explorer 6 SP2... here's the thing, it should pop-up the "Run?" dialog, but with the above configuration, nothing happens unless you press the CTRL key several times (then it works) I am completely baffled as to why the CTRL keypresses would eventually launch the .exe... can anyone provide me with even a clue? It's not: security settings, pop-up blocker, firewall, etc... it's definitely between Flash and the browser. But WHY?

Please help me, I have to have an answer by Tuesday or I'm a dead man.

Can Flash Launch EVB App In PPC?
Flash Comrades,
I'm trying to build a GPS application running on an iPAQ with a Flash UI. I've got a eVB application that actually starts up the GPS and reads the NMEA sentences and writes them to a textfile but I want to start the eVB app itself within the Flash UI (so it runs more or less invisibly behind Flash). Anybody know how Flash can launch an application in the PPC environment? (PPC equivalent of fscommand exec???)

Any help GREATLY appreciated!!!!!!

Flash MX Won't Launch
For some reason after a few years of using Flash MX 2004 it won't launch on my Mac (G5-10.3.9) anymore. It gets all the way to where the work area is about to appear and then quits. The error log says " Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE"

I've tried every possible thing I can think of from deleting the .plist , repairing permissions and repairing the disk to re-installing the entire thing from scratch with no luck. It still does the same thing and I can't figure out what's going on. It doesn't happen to any of my other applications.

Does anybody have any idea what's going on or how I can fix it?

Flash 8 Will Not Launch
Hi,

I just purchased the Adobe Creative Suite 2 Web bundle with Studio 8 and for some reason I can't identify it will not launch Flash 8.

DreamWeaver ,FireWork and all the other software in the suite launch fine. Its only Flash that doesnt seem to want to launch.

Has anyone had this happen before? Any insight on this problem would be greatly appreciated.

I'm working on a G5 running OSX 10.3.9

Flash CS4 Won;t Launch
Well Adobe done it to me again, two of their programs won;t launch, just like CS3 before it I may have to format my computer just to make this product work. The culprit this time is flash and After effects. the program does not even launch and to ad insult to injury all I get is this message "The application Adobe Flash CS4 has unexpectedly quit" now that is an insult to a company like ours in this economy, adobe got our money, we don;t have their product. I would appreciate any help, I am running VISTA Pro with 3GB of memory and a terabyte of space

Launch Flash From ASP
Does anyone know how to launch a .swf from a asp page?

THANKS!!

Launch Pdf. From Flash.
Hi, Can anyone explain to me simply how to launch a pdf from a button within a flash movie and open it in a desired application?

Launch Flash From ASP
Does anyone know how to launch a .swf from a asp page?

THANKS!!

Autorun On Mac OS To Launch Flash?
Hi,

Does anyone know how to do this on Mac OS? Basically have a CD with an autorun command?

Thanks.

The following is from: http://board.flashkit.com/board/show...hreadid=269500

Quote:

Originally posted by majetta
most of the flash movies on cd`s are made in macromedia Director. but you can easily do that to in flash with some limitations

first you edit the movie and add the following script on the first frame

fscommand ("fullscreen", "true");

make sure you make an exit button with the following script

fscommand ("quit", "true");

this will close the movie.

making a autorun for a cd should be done as followed

make a text file rename it to "autorun.inf" this file should be put on the top level of the cd (x:autorun.inf) where x is you cd drive.

edit the autorun.inf file and add the following scripts to it,

[autorun]
open=my_flash_movie.exe
icon=optional_icon.exe

the icon tag is optional as you can see and you can leave it out of the autorun.inf withoiut a problem, if you don`t
declare an icon the cd-rom will use the default icon (in this case it will be the Pink Flash icon). the icon can be located in a .exe or a .ico file.

Good Luck!

Can't Launch Tutorials In Flash
Ya know how in Flash, Fireworks, etc. when you click the help menu to use the tutorials or the glossary or whatever it launches your browser and takes you to the macromedia site? Mine won't do that anymore. How do I get to the "Using Flash" on the site or is this a file that I have inadvertantly deleted from my computer?

I think it has something to do with my file type associations but I don't know what type it's trying to launch.

I'm using Windows 2K and my default browser is IE 6.0.

Any Assistance is greatly appreciated.

Can Flash Launch PDF File?
Hi there,

Anyone have the experience of opening Acrobat PDF file using actionscript? If so, what actionscript you used?!

Pls help.

Launch An Applet From Flash...
is it possible to launch an applet by a flash movie passing the parameters and opening a new window?

for examle if i wanna link a java chat into my flahmovie and open it in a new window, how can i do?

is there someone so cool to tell me if i can?

thanks a lot

nicholas http://www.mjportal.it

Launch A New Browser Using DW MX & Flash MX
Help!!! Quick!!! I created my first website, and would like to know how to launch a new browser, that will hold my entire site. Examples: http://www.bicerebral.com/
http://jcsplace.com/

How is that done? I know how to lauch a popup in dreamweaver but it's not centered, and it doesnt show the page that I link to it. Help!!!!!!!

How To Launch EXEs From Flash?
Hello,
I want to make a Flash Standalone that will launch some exe files i will be including on a CD. I can not figure out how to do this. I am using Flash MX and i can say what a difference since the old days of using Flash 4.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Can I Launch A .bat File From Flash?
please?

How To Launch PDF File From Flash?
How can I launch a PDF file with flash whit out a batch file?
I have Flash MX and I need to make a projector that can open PDF/DOC/XLS files, I think is posible but HOW?

TNX for any HELP

_LOBO_

using batch file is somone is interest:
http://www.geocities.com/bgx_2000/bat.htm

with out batch file, dosen't work to me
http://www.actionscripts.org/tutoria...cs/index.shtml

Flash Animation On Launch
Hi all,

i m an intermediate flash animation developper who loves to learn new styles of animation. if some of you visits regularly launch.com, you have certainly noticed some flash animation adds like the one for the usarmy or the one for american express. these animations look like they are playing like "over" the page and not in. i dont know how to describe it but if u know where i can find tutorial on how to do these animations and how its called... pls answer me !!!!!!

thx in advance.
W.

Launch An Eapplication Through Flash
Is there any way to launch an external aplication through flash.
When i try it goes through Internet explorer every time - and i dont want it to do that

HELP: Launch Program From Flash
How can i launch an outside program from flash? I just cant figure it out . please help me.

How To Launch An Executable With Flash?
I'm using fscommand to try to pull this off. Here is the code I'm using on a button to launch the executable:

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

}

If the flash SWF is in the same folder with the "Viewer.exe" (on the same level), it ought to launch - right? I tried using a path to the file first, but couldn't get the exe to launch (I have a feeling the path may not have been complete). I s this a better way around using a path to launch it?

Thanks for any help!

Launch Exe From Flash Projector?
Is possible to launch an external application (.exe) from a Flash movie (other than a browser or mail app)?

I have a client who has files set up for a CD-ROM. Currently there is an Autorun.inf file that launches an application called Menu.exe.

Menu.exe, in turn, provides links to other documents on the disk (PDF, PowerPoint and HTML).

The client would like a Flash animation introduction to the CD-ROM before the Menu appears.

I can set the Autorun file to open a Flash Projector, but I don't have access to the application that made Menu.exe. Is there any way I can prompt Menu.exe to launch from within a Flash Projector?

Flash Cd Auto Launch On Mac?
Hello, I am trying to put an auto launch on an interactive cd I have created in flash mx 2004. I am just trying to get the .swf to load automatically when the cd is inserted. For some reason I cannot figure out how to do this on a Mac. Does anyone out there have some suggestions? Thank you very much.

Help Can't Launch Flash On My Computer
I have Studio MX 2004. All of the programs open except for Flash. I have a Mac 450 MHz PowerPC G4 Dual Processor running on Mac OS X 10.3.5 with over 512 MB SDRam. Each time I try and open Flash it crashes on startup with a systems error message. The same program (Flash) however opens on my son's iMac. Any answers?

How To Create Flash Like In Launch.com
Is there a tutorial in here to explain how to integrate those kinda wierd popups that come up with no borders and it's an animation that goes across the page and has an X close button to close it out. They are really sharp looking. They are more like advertisments though I think but they are neat.

Flash Quits On Launch
Flash quits on launch

Please help me out my friends... I need to work on Flash this week, and every time I open the application in quits. It seems like it is going to start and then it shots down. After it quits a text box comes up asking me if I would like to restart, close, or send a report to mac. I am using Flash MX 2004 professional, and running Mac OS X 10.4.2 I tried talking to the customer service representatives at adobe, but they were no help, and I tried reinstalling flash, and reinstalling quicktime.

All the best (and thank you ahead of time),

Paul Manlove

Launch Apps In Flash MX
i've read the tutorial on how to lauch applications from flash, and i still can't get it to work. its driving me crazy! can anyone help? also, does this have to be done from a projector file, or can it be done from an swf?