Adobe AIR? Or one of the Flash2EXE projector technologies: SWFStudio: http://www.northcode.com/swfstudio.php SWHX: http://screenweaver.org/doku.php or its wrapper, HippoHX: http://hippohx.com/
(For completeness, Zinc also exists, but I'd never recommend it to anyone.) Additionally, I thought - and it is only a distant memory - that using fscommand you could open/exec a _document_ and that the operating system would open the appropriate viewer. Have you actually tried it? (It should be a one-line test. :-) ) HTH, Ian On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Ali Drongo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your replies Kevin and John. Unfortunately it seems that neither > of your solutions will work for me. > > Director > I don't have Director and would rather try and use a current technology if > it is available and compile my application from Flash or using the Flex > command-line compiler. > > fscommand > As far as I can see using this route requires that the application to be > launched must exist in a specific folder on the DVD. I need to be able to > open WMVs and I don't believe there is a free viewer for this file type. > > Any other suggestions very gratefully received, surely this is a pretty > common action? > > Thanks :) > Ali > > > > > On 3 Nov 2008, at 17:55, Kevin Newman wrote: > >> If you are using a Projector, you could look into fscommand - that has >> the ability to execute applications: >> >> >> http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary372.html >> >> Kevin N. >> >> >> Ali Drongo wrote: >>> >>> Hiya, I'm building a DVD that will allow the user to open powerpoint >>> and wmv files on their computer by clicking on buttons. >>> The user will already have Windows Media Player and Powerpoint >>> installed and the files will exist on the DVD. >>> >>> How can I trigger the actions to launch these files? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any help, >>> Ali >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flashcoders mailing list >>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders