Problem With .exe Files
Ok,
I'm producing a presentation in flash mx to be delivered on a cd.
the idea is to produce a projector (.exe) file to autorun on the cd.
The problem is that the flash file is too large and complex to be saved as just one .exe file...so is there any way of opening a .exe from another .exe into the same window?
I've tried 'get url', and this will load the second .exe into a different projector window, not really what i want. (id like it to load into the same projector window)
I guess the other solution would be to auto download the flash player from the cd...does anyone know if this is possible?
this is gettin desperate...please help!
thanks
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Posted on: 04-17-2003, 06:41 AM
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