Add it to your PATH like this (make sure it's in quotes, or escape the spaces):
<flash player parent dir>/Flash Player.app/Contents/MacOS/

Then, you should be able to type:
Flash\ Player
and it should launch.

Logan

http://groups.google.com/group/flex-mojos/msg/e6e4c4259c41d74c

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Laura Arguello <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Velo,
>
> I must be missing something, but I tried everything I could to try to
> make it run in Mac: adding it to the path, passing it via -
> DflashPlayer.command=, moving it to an already existent path such as /
> usr/bin and nothing works. The fact is that if I try to open Flash
> Player from the command line it only works if I specify the full path,
> regardless of where the player is, the PATH variables or anything. But
> even if the PATH is not correct, it should work by passing -
> DflashPlayer.command, right?
>
> Any clues?
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Aug 28, 7:50 am, Marvin Froeder <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I guess you could make a shortcut as well to FP in some already existing
>> path right?
>> At least I did that on linux and worked very well so far =D
>>
>> VELO
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:02 AM, James Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I should mention, if the code above is run from inside Eclipse (or some
>> > other IDE _not_ launched from the Terminal), the system path will not
>> > include any of the paths that may of been added in .profile or
>> > .bash_profile. On Mac OS X at least, if you want to add a new path to the
>> > global system PATH environment variable, you edit the /etc/paths file.
>>
>> > -- jim
>>
>> > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:32 AM, James Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >> Hi Logan,
>>
>> >> My understanding was when launching Java from the terminal, Runtime.exec()
>> >> will have full access to the system path of the current process (unless 
>> >> you
>> >> override them). That is what the second parameter to Runtime.exec() is 
>> >> for.
>> >> Is this not the case?
>>
>> >> Since JDK 5, I've preferred to use ProcessBuilder.
>>
>> >> import java.io.*;
>>
>> >> public class Paths {
>>
>> >>         public static void main(String[] args) {
>> >>                 System.out.printf("PATH environment variable is: %s\n\n",
>> >> System.getenv("PATH"));
>>
>> >>                 try {
>> >>                         String[] cmd = {"/bin/bash", "-c", "echo $PATH"};
>> >>                         Process process = new ProcessBuilder(cmd).start();
>>
>> >>                         InputStream is = process.getInputStream();
>> >>                         InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
>> >>                         BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
>>
>> >>                         String line;
>> >>                         while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
>> >>                                 System.out.println(line);
>> >>                         }
>>
>> >>                 } catch (Throwable t) {
>> >>                         t.printStackTrace();
>> >>                 }
>> >>         }
>> >> }
>>
>> >> They two paths output are the same on my Mac when I run the class from
>> >> Terminal.
>>
>> >> -- jim
>>
>> >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Logan Allred <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >>> Runtime.exec() in java doesn't honor your .profile or other settings
>> >>> that alter the default path and other environment variables. So just
>> >>> because it runs from the shell, doesn't mean it will run in java.
>>
>> >>> Logan
>>
>> >>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:08 PM, wlepinski<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >>> > is exactly what happens. When I run the flashplayer from the command
>> >>> > line it opens normally. But when I run mvn clean install that does not
>> >>> > happen and I get an error saying that flash player can not be
>> >>> > executed.
>>
>> >>> > =/
>>
>> >>> > On Aug 27, 3:16 pm, Marvin Froeder <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>> >> Ow man....
>> >>> >> Something is very wrong there...
>>
>> >>> >> You are saying that if you run FlashPlayer.exe on command line it
>> >>> launches
>> >>> >> FP and when you run mvn clean install flexmojos can't launch FP?
>>
>> >>> >> Makes no sense to me =/
>>
>> >>> >> VELO
>>
>> >>> >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:13 PM, wlepinski <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >>> >> > works....
>>
>> >>> >> > On Aug 27, 12:21 pm, Marvin Froeder <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>> >> > > Not sure what you mean, but on command line, if you run$
>> >>> flashplayer
>>
>> >>> >> > > Does it work?
>>
>> >>> >> > > VELO
>>
>> >>> >> > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:38 AM, wlepinski <[email protected]>
>> >>> wrote:
>>
>> >>> >> > > > because don't affect the plugin.
>>
>> >>> >> > > > On Aug 27, 11:19 am, Marvin Froeder <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>> >> > > > > I wounder why you can put it on OS path?!
>> >>> >> > > > > VELO
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:00 AM, wlepinski <[email protected]
>>
>> >>> >> > wrote:
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > this not work for me.
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > <build>
>> >>> >> > > > > >               <plugins>
>> >>> >> > > > > >                       <plugin>
>>
>> >>> <groupId>org.sonatype.flexmojos</
>> >>> >> > > > > > groupId>
>> >>> >> > > > > >                               <version>3.3.0</version>
>> >>> >> > > > > >  <artifactId>flexmojos-maven-plugin</artifactId>
>> >>> >> > > > > >                               <extensions>true</extensions>
>> >>> >> > > > > >                               <configuration>
>> >>> >> > > > > >                                       <testRunner>
>> >>> >> > > > > >                                               <launcher>
>>
>> >>>  <flashplayerCommand>${flashPlayer.command}</flashplayerCommand>
>> >>> >> > > > > >                                  </launcher>
>> >>> >> > > > > >                                       </testRunner>
>> >>> >> > > > > >                               </configuration>
>> >>> >> > > > > >                       </plugin>
>> >>> >> > > > > >               </plugins>
>> >>> >> > > > > >       </build>
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > $ mvn test -DflashPlayer.command=c:/work/flashplayer.exe
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > the only way to get it working is putting the flashplayer on
>> >>> the
>> >>> >> > build
>> >>> >> > > > > > folder.
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > On Aug 27, 10:49 am, Marvin Froeder <[email protected]>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>> >> > > > > > > You could use like this:
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > <build>
>> >>> >> > > > > > >                <plugins>
>> >>> >> > > > > > >                        <plugin>
>>
>> >>> >> > > >  <groupId>org.sonatype.flexmojos</groupId>
>> >>> >> > > > > > >                                <version>3.3.0</version>
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > >  <artifactId>flexmojos-maven-plugin</artifactId>
>>
>> >>>  <extensions>true</extensions>
>> >>> >> > > > > > >                                <configuration>
>> >>> >> > > > > > >                                        <testRunner>
>> >>> >> > > > > > >                                                <launcher>
>>
>> >>>  <flashplayerCommand>${flashPlayer.command}</flashplayerCommand>
>> >>> >> > > > > > >                                   </launcher>
>> >>> >> > > > > > >                                        </testRunner>
>> >>> >> > > > > > >                                </configuration>
>> >>> >> > > > > > >                        </plugin>
>> >>> >> > > > > > >                </plugins>
>> >>> >> > > > > > >        </build>
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > For some reason maven is not injecting the flashplayer
>> >>> command on
>> >>> >> > > > > > component.
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > VELO
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:42 AM, wlepinski <
>> >>> [email protected]>
>> >>> >> > > > wrote:
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > this also works for me. but is very impratical put
>> >>> flashplayer
>> >>> >> > on
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > every flex project.
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > On Aug 27, 10:23 am, Brian <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > We've also gotten this error when trying to set the
>> >>> >> > flashplayer
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > command via a system variable.  The only work around
>> >>> we found
>> >>> >> > was
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > putting the flashplayer executable on the path for the
>> >>> user
>> >>> >> > > > running
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > the build.  We also found that allowHeadlessMode set
>> >>> to false
>> >>> >> > did
>> >>> >> > > > not
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > work and xvfb-run still tried to spawn a process to
>> >>> execute
>> >>> >> > the
>> >>> >> > > > test
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > runner; we were trying to use the xvnc plugin for
>> >>> Hudson and
>> >>> >> > we
>> >>> >> > > > > > didn't
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > want to use xvfb.  In the end we switched over to xvfb
>> >>> since
>> >>> >> > we
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > couldn't turn it off.
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > On Aug 27, 9:15 am, wlepinski <[email protected]>
>> >>> wrote:
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > > <build>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > >                 <plugins>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > >                         <plugin>
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > <groupId>org.sonatype.flexmojos</groupId>
>>
>> >>> <version>3.3.0</version>
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > <artifactId>flexmojos-maven-plugin</artifactId>
>>
>> >>> >> > <extensions>true</extensions>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > >                                 <configuration>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > >                                         <testRunner>
>>
>> >>> <launcher>
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > <flashplayerCommand>flashplayer.exe</flashplayerCommand>
>>
>> >>> </launcher>
>>
>> >>> </testRunner>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > >                                 </configuration>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > >                         </plugin>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > >                 </plugins>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > >         </build>
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > > i'm getting the same error.
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > > =(
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > > On Aug 27, 9:59 am, Marvin Froeder <
>> >>> [email protected]>
>> >>> >> > wrote:
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > > > Could you try the following configuration on
>> >>> >> > pom:<testRunner>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > > >   <launcher>
>>
>> >>> <flashplayerCommand>yourCommand</flashplayerCommand>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > > >   </launcher>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > > > </testRunner>
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > > > VELO
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:52 AM, wlepinski <
>> >>> >> > [email protected]
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > wrote:
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > > > > Running the following command
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > > > > $ mvn clean install
>> >>> >> > > > > > -DflashPlayer.command=c:/work/flashplayer.exe
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > > > > i'm getting...
>>
>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > > > > [INFO]
>>
>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> ...
>>
>> read more »
>
> >
>

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