Flash :: Opening An External File

Opening External File Help
Hi im working in Flash MX right now and im try to make a open that will open an EXternal video file in windows media player. I put the file in an external folder and i tryed using the action "getURL" and typing the name of the folder and file name and this still doesnt help get i get some help here
-Apples

OPENING EXTERNAL SWF Using Another Swf File
hi guys

have you guys came across the following situation?
I came

1)ok in my web site INDEX PAGE, i have a small flash banner(name it as SMALL)on the right hand side...
and when i click that banner I NEED ANOTHER TRANSPARENT FLASH MOVIE(call it as BIG) to be opened in the INDEX PAGE....

so my question is

1)how to link the BIG.SWF to the SMALL.SWF to open it

2)can i have control over the BIG.SWF where it has to appear in my index page..as i want it to appear exactly on the center of the PAGE.

pls help me if any of you read my query

thanks
venky
ramvenkat@lmedubai.com

Opening An External PDF File
I am using an application called PdfName.exe to open an external PDF file, this application just runs and opens the file. I configure this app correctly and put it on an fscommand folder and when I double click it it open the file I need. However when I try to open it with a button on my Flash presentation using the following ActionScript

on (release) {
fscommand ("exec", "PdfName.EXE");
}

it fails, it opens the application just fine but it can't find the PDF anymore, which btw is in an external folder to fscommand (i also tried inside fscommand)

any ideas?
any other way to open the PDF?

Opening External File W/o Dos Window
Using:

on (release) {
fscommand ("exec", "cmd /c explorer.exe");
}

(this is for NT2000)

Using the above, my flash file opens up the word, pdf, ppt file by a link to the various files. However upon doing so I get a dos window that also appears, before the file opens up.

anybody know how to get rid of it?

Opening An External File Using Button
hi Iam new to flash.can anyone help me to open an external file using button

Opening An External Help File From Inside Flash
I'm trying to create a swf file that has a button that when clicked opens a help file (saved as help.hlp). I've tryed to use the fscommand:

on (release) {
fscommand ("exec", "help.hlp");
}

but when clicked it does nothing. I've also tryed to use the getURL command and that doesnt work either. Any suggestions?

Opening Url Link From External Text File
hi,

i have a dynamic text field which reads its data from a .txt file. in this file i have referred to several url inks.

eg. textAbout=dynamic text.<a href="urllink" target="_blank">url link</a>

is it possible to use javascript to open a specific sized window from this external text file?

Opening A External Sound File Such As .RM In Flash
Hey,

I am in a slight delemma , and was wondering if someone here could help

Ok , well heres the problem. I have created a swf file for the music section for my site... now within that swf file there are buttons that when clicked should open up the corresponding sound file which in this case are of .rm format.

Now heres the problem, to do this I used the GETURL command like this GETURL("sakar.rm") - rm being the real player sound file extention...with the assumption that once the user has clicked the button, real player will open up and play the sound file. - but pratically this has not worked.

Can someone please please tell me how to get this to work? Thank you.

Opening An External Sound File Such As .rm In Flash
Hey,

I am in a slight delemma , and was wondering if someone here could help

Ok , well heres the problem. I have created a swf file for the music section for my site... now within that swf file there are buttons that when clicked should open up the corresponding sound file which in this case are of .rm format.

Now heres the problem, to do this I used the GETURL command like this GETURL("sakar.rm") - rm being the real player sound file extention...with the assumption that once the user has clicked the button, real player will open up and play the sound file. - but pratically this has not worked.

Can someone please please tell me how to get this to work? Thank you.

Opening An External .swf File And Making It Go To A Certain Frame?
Hi all.

This is probably really simple I just can't think of the code right this second. I have a button and when I click it I want it to load a .swf at level 0 and I want it to go to frame 5 in the .swf that is being opened.

I know the code

on (release) {
loadMovieNum("home_screen.swf",0);
}

but how do i get it to go to frame 5 in home_screen.swf?

thanks in advance.

Opening An External Sound File With Flash
Is there a way to load an external sound file into Flash, in order to save memory? Not adding it to the library? If so... What are the downfalls of that, and are these downfalls fixable, that you know of?

Opening SWF File In External Swf File.
Hi,

I got two set of swf files, one is the navigation part and other is the main stage where all the info is displayed.

I know how to open swf file in the SAME file with container and all but this time I got buttons in navigation part and the swf file i want to load is in main stage. How can I do this?

If any part I explained here is not clear please let me know... I need to find solution asap so please write back

Cheers,
A

[F8] Help Opening An External File From A .swf File
Hi there. before i begin asking help i;d like to clarify that i am very inept at flash. i'm just editing a template to use for my online portfolio for my architecture degree. So if you do help me can you please explain everything in a very very simple manner giving exact code i need to use ect. a step by step guide on how to do this would be be brilliant.

right ok.... I downloaded a flash portfolio online and am editing it as explained. i would like to create a button that opens up a file in the default application it used to open it. specifically i would like to open a .ppt file with either power point viewer or power point.

so far i have managed to get it downloadable through my internet browser once. but tried again and couldn't remember what i did. but as i said i would like to open it in power point.

any help would be appreciated greatly.

i am kinda working on a very tight deadline as i have to submit this is 3 days. so quick responses would be great.

Im running vista premium 32 bit if thats any help with flash 8
thanks in advance

Andrew

IE Not Opening Swf File But It Is Opening At Mozzila As Weel As Netscape
Hi All,
IE not opening swf file but it is opening at mozzila as weel as netscape
see following link at netscape & IE and mozilla too

http://ugmumlmri40/mrIWeb/mrIWeb.dll?I.Project=DIMENSIONFLASH&i.test=1

Thanks,
Ganesh

Opening A Swf File Inside An Open Swf File?
Hello,

I am making a game which has ended up being a really large file. I split the game into 5 separate swf files. Presently, I am calling up the next swf file by using this script on a button:

loadMovieNum("Game Quiz.swf",1);

Where Game Quiz.swf is the name of the file being opened.

There is a problem to this, however, as the information from the previous file is not retained (i.e. visible mc's that were invisible until the player obtained them). I was wondering if somehow I could do the same thing but have the actionscript transfer over to the next swf file.

Thanks,

Lindsay

Opening 1 Swf File Using Another Swf File In A Web Page
hi i have an peculiar situation in my client site...that

i have 1 flash file(name it as small banner) in the web site

and when i MOUSE OVER it ...i need to RUN another flash file(NAME it as MAIN BANNER)on A pre defined PARTICULAR PLACE ...

and as soon as I take my mouse OUT FROM THE small banner FLASH file...THE MAIN BANNER flash file should DISAPPEAR

so is this really possible?

if this is possible could u pls guide me in that?

regards
venkat
ramvenkatraj@hotmail.com

Opening 1 Swf File Using Another Swf File In A Web Page
iam venkat..from dubai

hi i have an peculiar situation in my client site...that

i have 1 flash file(name it as small banner) in the web site

and when i MOUSE OVER it ...i need to RUN another flash file(NAME it as MAIN BANNER)on A pre defined PARTICULAR PLACE ...

and as soon as I take my mouse OUT FROM THE small banner FLASH file...THE MAIN BANNER flash file should DISAPPEAR

so is this really possible?

if this is possible could u pls guide me in that?

regards
venkat
ramvenkatraj@hotmail.com

Opening An External .swf
Hi,

I know its simple, but how do I get a flash movie to launch an external .swf in a new window? I know about the loadmovie command, but don't know how to make the target movie open in a seperate window...

Many Thanks

Elliot.

Opening External Swf. Into A Mc
Ok i want to load a external movie(swf) into my movie. Its a picture gallery. I can load it in there but i can't get it to go where i want. I tried this command:

on(release){
container.loadMovie("pictures.swf");
}
To make it appear innside the contoainer movie clip. But that didn't work. But when i use the command:

on(release){
loadMovieNum("pictures.swf",1);
}

The movie comes upp. But not in the place i want it to apperantly.
So i must be doing somthing wrong conserning the mc. since nothing appears inside the box of the mc. How can i make the swf appear where i want it to. And in the right size??

Thanks.

Opening External App Problem
Note: duplicate post from "Newbies" Board...

I'm trying to launch a Smoothmove (now iMove) panorama from a movie. Searching tutes, I found the following action:

filename = "Office1.pan";
fscommand ("exec", "start "+filename);
fscommand ("exec", "cmd /c "+filename);

...which works, but opens a second Flash player window over my movie window, and leaves the DOS cmd window open (testing on Win2K right now).

How can I accomplish this without opening the two windows? I just downloaded the trial of Jugglor, as I see it referenced many times, but I haven't much time to experiment. Is that the best solution?

I'm about 8 years removed from my Lingo days, but am not really a dcoding novice -- just miss the days of Pascal and non-visual BASIC --and am in a real time crunch...any and all advise GREATLY appreciated!

hobo

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 External Applications
i'm sure you guys have answered this question before but...
i'm creating a Flash app that will be autostarted on a CDRom of games (solitare, etc). i want to be able to click on a button and start the game, but i haven't been able to find an ActionScript that does that.
i'm really new to all this, so please bear with me.

can anyone help???
thanks in advance,
miasma d'cur

Failure At Opening External .exe
i want to call the external exe file saver.exe by

fscommand("exec", "saver.exe");

but it simply doesn´t work, can anybody help me? are there any things that have to be set for that command? i´m helpless...

Get URL - Opening External Files
Hello

I created a cd-rom where i could open powerpoint presentations, and pdf within the cd.

I used the following code:

on (release) {
getURL("filename.pps")
}

Now i want to create an Interface to open Excel spreadsheets on an network environment.

So i thought the following would work

on (release) {
getURL("File:///ServerName/FolderName/Filename.xls")
}

This doesn't work could anyone point me in the direction on how to do this?

Opening External Files
How do I open external files such as .wma or .mpg just by a click of a button in an .exe published flash presentation?

[F5] Opening An External Web Site
It seems simple enough to link from a Flash movie (button) to a web page on your own computer, though it doesn't seem to do anything when attempting to link to an external web page.

It would seem simple enough - I've literally cut and pasted this code from someone else's code though I just can't seem to figure out why this command doesn't seem to work on a button:

on (release) {
getURL ("http://www.google.com/");
}

The Flash Help tells me that for the URL command, the URL must be in the same subdomain as the URL where the movie currently resides.

It must be something very simple.

Thanks in advance.

Opening External SWF In New Window
I am creating a sort of menu SWF at the minute. The aim is for it to launch and give 2 options. Each option, when clicked should launch external SWFs through Flash Player and close the menu with the 2 options.

I am having problems getting the SWFs to open in a new window of Flash Player. I tried LoadMovie but that only adds the SWFs in to the current scene, which I don't want.

I can't have them opening through a browser as the SWFs dont view properly unless they are full screen and I can't seem to get that using the browsers.

Here is the .fla file for the "menu". Any help would be great.

I am using Adobe Flash CS3

Opening External Shows
Hai to all
I hav a Powerpoint Slide show.
And i hav a flash intro.
I want to open the slide show when the intro completes.
How do i do this.
I want to put some actions on the last frame b which he slide show opens automatically??
plz solve this prob. of mine
Thanks in advance!!

Opening An External .swf In New Window..
How do you open an external .swf file (flashPaper file) without loading it into a browser? I want to open it as if I double clicked the .swf file on the desktop.

Thanks

Opening External Movies
I have an external .html file loading on a page. In this .html file I have a link opening to another .html file. I would like to make it open a .swf instead.
Is it possible to have that link open a seperate external .swf in a popup window, rather than a new browser window?
Thanks

Opening External Swf In New Window
Hi:
Anyone can suggest what do we use to open an swf file into a new window, without opening the browser.

It should be some codings like this:

_root.button_btn.onPress=function(){
loadMovie("flower.swf", )
}

Thanks
uxk

Opening External Files
Hello, im starting in flash, and i want to open external files with buttons, for a cd menu that i'm creating. I have created an fscommand folder and a launcher.bat that execute the file that i want when i press the button. But what i really want is to execut a file whatever it name is. For example i want to execute a .pdf file whitout calling it by the name to give me the chance to use de cd menu with various cds. Can anyoune help me with the code to the launcher.bat file? I have tryed start *.pdf but it didn't work. Thank you.

Opening External Files
i need to open a previously saved file (pdf/rar/zip, etc) through a button in a swf. how do i do it? is it with a code or something?
please, it's kinda urgent

Opening External Files Using SWF
Hi all,

Is there a way to open external files using swf? I have gone through a number of forums and all seem to tell me to open with a window projector. my problem is, I need to embed the swf into a html to be viewed online... So I need to do it in swf format.

Any ideas?

Opening External Files
For my CD based portfolio, I'd like to put larger samples of my work (probably JPGs and some HTML) into a folder. So the file structure would look like this:

CD:
|
+-Projector
|
+-Images
......|
......+-image01
......|
......+-image02
......|
......+- and so on...

is it possible to code this once and have these open on both Mac and PC? I know with director the seperator was an issue. Either your path used the PC "/" or the Mac ":"

Can anyone help?

Opening External Link
Hi,

I am using a dynamic text field in my flash movie to load in an external text file (html) that contains a list of links, unfortunatly there are issues when the flash is loaded in Firefox browsers (all files loaded or linked to are in the same server/folder).

I used a tutorial, http://www.oman3d.com/tutorials/flash/loadvars_bc/ , (minus the UIScroll Bar part) and so far clicking on the links it displays works (opens up link in a new window _blank) but only in IE browsers.
The Problem comes up in firefox. Where the text box loads in the external text file correctly, I can even mouse over the links, but clicking on them has no effect (sometimes at random, like 1 in 25 clicks, it would work)

My Current text file contains the following:

news=<a href="releases/1.html" TARGET="_blank">March 5, 2007 Test Link 1</a> 

<a href="releases/2.html" TARGET="_blank">February 15, 2007 Test Link 2</a> 

The other action script code is the same as in the tutorial (except it has my variable name of 'news') and my flash text box is named 'myText_txt'.

myData = new LoadVars();
myData.onLoad = function() {
myText_txt.html=true;
myText_txt.htmlText = this.news;
};
myData.load("news.txt");

Can anyone offer a solution to get this working smoothly in Firefox browsers. I am aware there are bugs in Firefox that relate to flash's 'getURL' use but I'm not sure how those solutions can be used in this case (if there are any solutions)

How Can I Opening External Pdf's From A Movie?
Hi there.

I'm making a presentation to be distributed on CD-Rom.
It have to be PC-Mac compatible.
The movie.exe (PC) or movie projector(Mac) must have a button on it to open a product monography.
I've got that product monography on a Freehand file, so I can make .swf or .pdf files from that.
I prefered to use .pdf, so the problem is, how can I make that .pdf open from the Flash movie? I know how to open from a html/swf web site (using getURL), but not from a Stand alone movie.

Please help me. I'm on a dead line.

Opening A File
I saved a .fla v5 file on the Mac, when I tried to open it in F5 I get a message saying that, Access to test.fla was denied. This is the second time this happened to me. Does anybody know why this happens and how can I fix that file.

Opening An .exe File?
Hi, all,

Does anyone know if I can open .exe files from within Flash?
If so, is there an equivalent method for opening Mac's application files?

Thank you for any information.

Brian

What File Am I Opening?
hey guys, can you help me. I want a flash NAV that I'm working on to goto a certain place in the timeline if it's opened in a certain page. Can this be done? Is there any way to have flash ask the browser for the current URL?

Opening A PDF File
I am creating a flash application (in flash MX) in which the user must open pdf files in a new window. Is there anyway to code this and if so how do I do it?

Opening A File
I'm putting together a disc full of demo's for a friend without internet access (one of the 4 people left in the world...) and i'm making it with a purdy gui type screen so he can click on a picture and it will open for him
so my question is...how can i get it so it opens the file for him and close the flash when he clicks the picture?
any help would be great, be it URL, tips, etc

Opening .xls File
Is it possible to open an .xls(Microsoft Excel) file on click of a button if so what actionscript should i use.

Opening File
I had created a .swf file for my web page when I was using swish 2 as the free demo. I have now purchased, and unlocked it in order to update part of the movie. How do I open the movie I already made? I can not find it anywhere??? It is live, and online, and I don't know how to get it back into my files, so I can change a link and add some color. Here is the link to my movie...www.simplebeauty.net

Thanks for helping in advance!!!

Opening A File
Hi there.

I'm developing a presentation in Flash to run in CD to call other many files in Powerpoint, Word, Excel, etc...

The only way to call the files is under the browser? Only by hyperlinks?
I can't call these files directly, without the message "Do you want to run or to save the file?" of the browser?

I thanks your attention.
André Pasold [Brasil].

Opening A .RAM , .MOV Or .WMV File
Hi everybody!
I want to open a video file from a flash movie.
For example, I have my .RAM file to be launched by clicking on a button. When I do that, the .RAM file is opened into the Real Player, wich is exactly what I want, but also opens a blank browser window. It doesn't matter if set the traget to _blank, _self, etc., because the windows opens anyway.

I don't want either to display the video embedded into a pop up window.

Any idea or suggestion.

Thanks a lot!

Opening .fla File
I made a website in flash in november 2004. I tried to open the original .fla file today and it wont, it says "unexpected file format" but is made in v 6 and I am opening it with same version. The file is saved on CD. At first I thought it didnt open because I'd created it on Mac and tried to open it on PC, but have tried to open it now on both platforms to no avail.
Any ideas?

Opening An External File

Hi, I'm using flash to create an exe file that will reside on a cd. Is it possible to have the exe file open an external file, a pdf file for example.I've tried "get url" and its takes at least a minute for it to open and it opens acrobat reader as well. Any help is greatly appreciated.thank you