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How Do I Get A CD To Auto-launch Flash Player?
Last edited by LaurieS : 2003-04-15 at 19:39.

Help...

I've searched through a pile of flash books and the web for info on how to get a cd-rom to auto launch the exe and mac projector files. I'm building a cd rom interface with flashMX (the cd will be cross platform).

Any advice is appreciated!

Laurie

I Know, I Know.....sorry... Auto Launch Pop Up
Hi! i was just about to post this question in the newbie section but i work with flash for more than 4 years so far so.. I dumb, but i´m not really a newbie. ok, as allways i checked the answer to this question in the forum and there were a hundred of them, but i can make them work! i don´t know if i too stupid to fill generic parameters with mines or what, the thing is that i need the more explicit answer to this question.
I need to have an automatic pop up window at launch, what i mean is, you type www.newarrecife.com and then appear the logo of the company and automatically, without press any button, a centered pop up with the size of the main site appears.
The pop up will have 600 x 325 and the file will be main.html
What exactly i have to put in my index.fla? and in my index.html?
Can you help me please? Thanks a lot!

Please Help ----- Swf Cd Rom Auto Launch
Hi, really need some help with this one. im not sure if its really an actionscripting problem but, hopefully someone may have been in the same situation.

I have a portfolio of my multimedia work in a swf that is to be distributed on CD-ROM to emplyers. I need to make it so that the swf launches as soon as the disk is inserted (like a standard auto-run). Im just not sure how to do it????

ive seen it on audio music singles that bring up a flash or shock wave file instantly so it must be done somehow???

any ideas???

Thanks in advance

COXY

Auto Launch Of CD
hello,

i want to make a CD that launches automatically when its mounted. I am familiar with making projector files, but I don't know how to, or even if I can, tell the standalone player to launch on it's own and start my movie.

thanks for the help,

sumsum

Auto Launch SWF
I want to make a pre-loader swf and have it automatically launch another swf after x-number of seconds.

I tried this >>>

on (release) {
getURL("http://mydomain.com/myflash.swf", _blank);
}

but that only works if someone clicks the link. i need it to load by itself. anyone know how?

Auto Launch
Hey guys, I ownder if you could pls help me.

Im putting my flash portfolio on a cd and would like to know if there is a way I can auto launch it without the user having to open it up themselves?

Auto Launch A CD
How do I make a CD of my flash file auto launch when placed in a computer??

How Do I Get My Page To Auto Launch?
When i have my first page open " index" i want to be able to have it auto launch my .SWF popup page. I could just make a button then have them click it, but i would rather just have it auto launch if i could.

thx

Issues W Auto Launch/launching Pdf's?Please HELP
I have a projector file that I want to auto launch when the cd is entered.

I Figured that out with help from one of "themaster" apps' and I also was able to launch a Pdf from the projector thanks to "themaster" .....but when I take the files from the hardrive and put them to cd the autolaunch works but the PDF"s will not launch?????

If anybody has a clue or a bone to throw my way I would greatly appreciate it !!!!!

Thanks, nauhs

Even Possible? Auto Launch CD/with HUGE Swf File
I'm about to cry like a stupid girl.

This is what the client has asked for:
In short, he wanted a quick flash website that was based on a 5 minute infomercial that he could put on CD and mail to customers.

Easy enough--it's even less than six pages!

Then, he got to talking to a "flash guru" who told him he could put the 5 minute infomercial on the CD as well. So the client decided that he wanted the informercial to auto-launch with Quicktime, then call the flash file, all in a browser window. However, the client's programmer couldn't figure it out, so I got called two days ago and asked if I can use loadMovie to take care of the whole mess in Flash. I said I'd see what I can do.

The "flash guru" used Sqeeze to compress the video into a 30 meg swf file.

QUESTION ONE: Does that seems HUGE to anyone but me?

So far, I've used loadMovie like I knew I could, but the hugeness of the swf is such that on playback, it looks horrible from dropped frames.

QUESTION TWO: I could use a preloader, but wouldn't that take forever to load?

QUESTION THREE: The client would also like to put the whole mess on his website once it's finished. Is he high?

Any ideas? I'm way over budget on time and I'm about ready to drop it back in his lap and tell him he's on his own.

Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.

Auto Launch Fullscreen Browser From A Timeline
I have seen the onclick scripts for fullscreen and the fullscreen projector ones.............but what I need to do is make a browser window that opens centered and focused and fullscreen on page loading by itself.

Can I launch a browser window at frame 0 with the same url and have it then close the window that started the launch automatically?

What is the easiest way? I have done it in frame 0 of a flash timeline but only for projector exes.

I would appreciate seeing the entire code which will work on the internet for browsers.

Thanks

Auto Launch A Movie Or Projector File From CD
does any know how to auto launch a movie or projector file from CD for a MAC and a PC? thanks

Launch Full Screen Window With Auto Hide Tool Bar At Top
I've got all the correct action/java script set up so as to launch pop up windows in full screen, but I either need to implement a close window option within the pop up or allow the toolbar to appear on auto-hide at the top. Otherwise you can't close the pop up.

Any answers ? Much appreciated

Ted

[CS3] Is It Poss To Make My Site Auto Launch Full Screen?
is it poss when some types in my domain name to make my flash movie auto full screen, without having the user to click an enter button then launch full screen?

thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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?

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