Opening external files in Director Projector... *URGENT*
Hi, this should be really basic, but I just can't work it
out...
I want to open external files (but kept in the same root
directory as my projector file) from a mouse/button click in my
projector.
I don't know any Lingo, but I am assuming it should be pretty
straight forward... I need to launch a .pdf, a .html file (I can do
this with the goto URL behaviour actually), and a .exe.
Is there not a preset behaviour for this somewhere?
Your help is much appreciated.
> Are we sure that I am doing this right?
What about the following - copy it into your cast as a
behavior and
attach it to all your buttons, one at a time, choosing the
file you want
to open when you click each button. You might need to remove
previous
code attempts from your buttons. Be sure to include FileXtra4
with your
projector - (Menu:) Modify -> Movie -> Xtras..., click
Add, locate the
xtra and add it to the list displayed; or simply place it in
a folder
named 'Xtras' alongside your projector
property myFile
on getPropertyDescriptionList
fx4 = xtra("FileXtra4").new()
tRange = fx4.fx_FolderToList( _movie.path )
fx4 = VOID
return [#myFile: [#comment: "File to open:", #format:
#string,
#default: tRange[1], #range: tRange]]
end
on mouseUp me
tDelimiter = the itemDelimiter
the itemDelimiter = "."
tType = the last item of myFile
the itemDelimiter = tDelimiter
fx4 = xtra("FileXtra4").new()
if tType = "exe" then
OK = fx4.fx_FileRunApp( _movie.path & myFile )
else
OK = fx4.fx_FileOpenDocument( _movie.path & myFile )
end if
if ( OK <> 1 ) then
alert "Error opening file:" && myFile
&RETURN& fx4.fx_ErrorString()
end if
fx4 = VOID
end
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