Fscommand exec problem

Hello everybody,
I know similar questions have been many times asked on this forum, and I've read them and tried the diffrent solutions proposed, without attaining my goal.
My goal is to launch a software some_software.exe with an executable projector created with Flash in ActionScript 3.
The software some_software.exe must absolutely be in a sub-subfolder compared to the position of the projector launcher.
I've tried many things I read on this forum and others, like :
fscommand("exec","Products/some_software/some_software.exe")
or
fscommand("exec","./Products/some_software/some_software.exe")
or
fscommand("exec",".//Products/some_software/some_software.exe")
I know very well that it is said in Flash MX CS3's help file that the executable to launch some_software.exe must be in a fscommand folder.
I have tried :
fscommand("exec","Products/some_software/fscommand/some_software.exe")
with no more success.
I have also tried to launch some_software.exe in a sub-sub-folder from a batch file .bat.
During my direct tests while launching the batch file, this one containing :
@ echo off
start Products/some_software/some_software/some_software.exe
exit
The batch file worked fine, even with paths in the subfolders very deep.
But when I launch the .bat file indirectly, with the Flash projector, in which I wrote :
fscommand("exec","batch_file.bat")
the batch file seems to open very briefly the black MS-DOS subscreen, this subscreen disappearing immediately, and some_software.exe was never launched !
Did anyone have the same problem ? Were you able to make it work ?
If it's the case, many thanks by advance if you can show me a solution to my problems, or, even better, if you can propose the sources of your solution compressed in a .zip file !
Many thanks for your help,
Roland

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/60643?tstart=0

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Problem with fscommand exec

Hi everyone ;)
im creating a Flash Projector to use in a interactive cd.
I need to open .doc files
i try this:
on (release) {
fscommand ("exec", "test.doc");
i put the test.doc in a subfolder named fscommand on the root
of the
projector.
i try to put the .doc in the same folder of the projector
nothing happens
anyone knows what im doing wrong?
I use Flash 8
Ps.: Sorry my bad english... i'm from brazil
Tks

ToKa wrote:
> Hi everyone ;)
>
> im creating a Flash Projector to use in a interactive
cd.
> I need to open .doc files
> i try this:
>
> on (release) {
> fscommand ("exec", "test.doc");
> }
>
> i put the test.doc in a subfolder named fscommand on the
root of the
> projector.
> i try to put the .doc in the same folder of the
projector
Unfortunately you can't do that. EXE is for executable type
of files only.
Such as EXE, COM or BAT, not doc, gif, rtf, jpg etc...
You could use BAT file to open it but that's not very neat
solution.
Another way would be with 3rd party tools.
Try Jstart. I have been using Jstart for many years now, very
reliable tool,
here is the url.
http://flashjester.com/?section=tricks_jtools_jstart
JStart will allow you to not only launch a program, but use
parameters to make
the program open files, perform special actions and just
about anything you can
use parameters for. You can also choose to launch files with
their default
associated program.
Another solution is provided by Rick Turoczy, it's pretty old
but it should
still work. Perhaps give it a try.
http://www.flashgeek.com/tutorials/07_launchapp_01.asp
Easy to use tool that allow you to launch basically anything
from the projector.
As long as there is system default application supporting
particle file.
Best Regards
Urami
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder...
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If you want to mail me - DO NOT LAUGH AT MY ADDRESS
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Fscommand exec on mac to open pdf works in a cs3 projector file but not in a cs5 projector file

Hi,
I could succesfully open a external pdf with the following command in Flash cs3 on a Mac:
fscommand("exec", "test.app");
test.app (inside an fscommand folder) is an apple script that opens the pdf inside the fscommand folder, to make it work I needed to copy the fscommand folder into the MacOs Folder of the Mac Projector File. The same steps don't seem to work with Flash cs5. I can't downgrade my cs5 project to cs3.
Is this problem a bug in Flash cs5?
Has anyone solved this problem?
Thank you.

I had this same issue today - could not get a mac projector, FP 10, built in cs5, to run fscommand("exec", "test.app") no matter what I tried. I also couldn't find any definitive threads via google, so here's everything I know about fscommand("exec") for anyone who's looking.
I wanted to run a custom batch (.bat) file on windows and a custom applescript file on mac. I needed to restart a legacy, cross-platform kiosk application on a click (unfortunately could not use AIR).
On the Mac (Flash CS5) - First off - Flash CS5 on Mac did not work no matter what I tried
I also tried opening up the .app package contents and copying the fscommand folder into that, with no luck.
You have to create the projector in CS4 (I down-saved to CS4 and used my PC running CS4 to publish) and put the "callee" .app in a folder named fscommand alongside the projector.
I used these directions to create an .app of my applescript that restarts my projector: http://soapbox.lafayette.edu/node/517
Here's the applescript I wrote:
tell application "kiosk"
    -- kill the "caller" app if running
    quit
end tell
set myFile to (path to me)
tell application "Finder"
   -- the delay wasn't needed in practice, but might be of help
   -- delay 1
    open application file "kiosk.app" of container of container of myFile
end tell
Now when I call
fscommand("exec", "restart.app");
on a mac, my kiosk restarts as expected.
For PC peeps, I used this awesomely simple solution on windows (Flash CS4)
http://www.northcode.com/blog.php/2007/08/07/Conquering-FSCommand-EXEC-Part-1-Proxy
I put two files in my fscommand folder (at the same directory level as my projector):
- restart.exe (proxy.exe from above link renamed)
- restart.bat
The .bat file simply has 1 line that starts my projector (in the parent folder):
..\kiosk.exe
I call
fscommand("exec", "restart.exe");
and then have a 1 second timeout to kill the first "caller" projector. I wrapped the function as it didn't seem to work otherwise:
setTimeout(function(){fscommand("quit");}, 1000);
Yes, this means that I have two instances of the kiosk running at the same time for about 1 second.
Apologies if my response was slightly off-topic, but I hope the info helps someone avoid losing a whole evening on a pressing deadline like me!

Fscommand("exec".... substitute???

I feel like ahab chasing moby dick.
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I am looking for a simple alternative to this problem. I
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variables to an external program that will work in flash 8?
the premise is basic.
1) have flash projector call a program , perhaps with
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I don't know how simple this is to manufacture. but I believe
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if AFsaver has a way to do this, that would be great too. I
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try third part tools like SWiSHstudio or Flash Jester or SWF
Studio. Also
look at free ones like the open source screenweaver. If all
you need is to
pass parameters to an exe, then you may not need the more
expensive third
party tools.
Jeckyl

FullScreenTakeOver, fullscreen, and fscommand exec

I am not a programmer. I switched to CS3 for flv ease of
skins, but I'm finding AS3 to be extremely difficult to learn.
I have an .fla that I am publishing as a Mac projector and a
Windows projector. It took me 2 days just to learn the new way to
handle simple buttons and now the Mac projector is already acting
up on other simple commands. I haven't even had a chance to test
the Windows .exe because I can't get the Mac version to work. I'm
hoping the problems are the same so I only have to deal with this
once.
I'm at the point where I'm trying to get this to work:
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Thanks, but it needs to be a hybrid cd. If only the windows
version works then its useless.
I got the fullScreenTakeOver = false; to work. I also found
out that if you put
fscommand("fullscreen", "true") in the first frame and then
fscommand("fullscreen", "false") in the second frame and then
fscommand("fullscreen", "true") in the third frame, then the menu
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frame.
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I find Flash 9 and AS3 to be bad product "advancements" and
am happy I used the trial version before paying out the money for a
product with so many flaws and setbacks.

[AS] fscommand "exec"

Estoy ejecutando en un botónde flash la siguiente
accion:
on(release){
fscommand("exec","archivo.bat");
Y el archivo.bat (que esta dentro del directorio fscommand)
contiene lo
siguiente:
start subdirectorio\archivo.exe
Pues el problema es que parece que me lo ejecute pues aparece
la ventana de
msdos pero no lo hace.
Que es lo que sucede? Lo he hecho de esta manera para crear
subdirectorios
en la carpeta fscommand para poder ejecutar.
Gracias

Parece ser que el flash cs3 por seguridad no interpreta bien
las rutas del
bat... en cambio con flash8 va ok... cosas de la
tecnología :-S supongo que
ya aparecerá alguna solución con el cs3 sino mal
vamos.
"Luciano A. Ferrer" <[email protected]>
escribió en el mensaje
news:fcosd6$ov8$[email protected]..
> "Markus" <[email protected]_no_spam> escribió
en el mensaje
> news:fcorhc$nsc$[email protected]..
>> He probado de sacar el start pero entonces no
ejecuta nada... tengo
>> windows 2000
>
>
http://www.google.com.ar/search?q=fscommand+exec+windows+2000
>
> que tengas una buena lectura :)
>
>
>
>> "Luciano A. Ferrer"
<[email protected]> escribió en el mensaje
>> news:fcoql0$msj$[email protected]..
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Markus" <[email protected]_no_spam>
>>> Newsgroups: macromedia.general.espana
>>> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 4:18 PM
>>> Subject: [AS] fscommand "exec"
>>>
>>>
>>>> Estoy ejecutando en un botónde flash la
siguiente accion:
>>>> on(release){
>>>> fscommand("exec","archivo.bat");
>>>> }
>>>> Y el archivo.bat (que esta dentro del
directorio fscommand) contiene lo
>>>> siguiente:
>>>> start subdirectorio\archivo.exe
>>>>
>>>> Pues el problema es que parece que me lo
ejecute pues aparece la
>>>> ventana de msdos pero no lo hace.
>>>> Que es lo que sucede? Lo he hecho de esta
manera para crear
>>>> subdirectorios en la carpeta fscommand para
poder ejecutar.
>>>> Gracias
>>>
>>> Probá sacar el start, según tengo
entendido es para windows viejos
>>>
>>>
>>> Por otro lado, alguién sabe cómo
conseguir algo similar a esto pero para
>>> una
>>> MAC?
>>>
>>> Saludos!
>>> Luciano
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Fscommand "exec" doesn't work in Mac (Flash Player 10.1)

Hi All,
I am trying to launch an external application using fscommand in Mac ('fscommand' works fine on Windows). I have done following things to make it work:
Written an apple script to launch a pdf and saved it as "test.app"
I copied "test.app" to "fscommand" directory. (fscommand is a directory under 'flash projector.app')
Tried to launch the "test.app" using fscommand, as shown below:
fscommand("exec", "test.app");
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More Info:
Mac version: Mac OS X 10.6.2
Hardware: Intel Core duo 2
Flash Player Version: 10.1 (standalone projector)
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Praveen,
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After reading this
http://www.morgadinho.org/2007/03/12/launching-an-app-with-fscommand-on-mac-os-x/
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just say to be impossible ?

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Hi,
I'm trying to use fscommand exec with a relative path and the
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work.
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no response of Adobe
just say to be impossible ?

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Yes its possible using FlashJester JStart
http://jstart.flashjester.com
Look at this example
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I wonder why?

Thanks for all of your reply, and now I can run the command, however I met some problems when I tried to get the result of the exec.
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----------- output in the console of the IDE start -------------
==========the output start========
==========the output end========
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out>GRASS 6.4.0RC5 (2009)
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we have a c program which does the encryption on the input files.
IF we ran this program in unix os, it will take 30 secs to finish.
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u will just run the executable using a.out. For processor its just the execution of the executable, so 30 secs
In case of java
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of the required libraries and class files.
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I'm using the system exec+ file to read in a msdos executable into labview, and to have it stay open until the user exits. Whats happening now is that when its reading in my program (awc.exe), it pops up an error message (in dos) that says "cannot find fonts." The font files are in the directory (c:\awc) with the executable. Do I need to link the font files somehow to awc.exe, or is this being caused by some other problem?

jdaltonnal wrote:
> I'm using the system exec+ file to read in a msdos executable into
> labview, and to have it stay open until the user exits. Whats
> happening now is that when its reading in my program (awc.exe), it
> pops up an error message (in dos) that says "cannot find fonts." The
> font files are in the directory (c:\awc) with the executable. Do I
> need to link the font files somehow to awc.exe, or is this being
> caused by some other problem?
Not sure about your awc.exe prog but I have had similar problems with
other exe progs.
The awc program is probably expecting c:\awc is set as the dos current
directory; I don't think exec+ does this.
Try this:
Open a dos session manually in Windows.
Don't change directory; keep the default one dos gives you.
Type in the
command you are passing to exec+; maybe c:\awc\awc.exe (or
just awc.exe if c:\awc has been set in your path?) What happens?. Same
problem? So now try running awc.exe again but first change to c:\awc
directory. Does it now work ok. If so you need to set c:\awc as the
working directory from within exec+. To complicate things you must set
this current directory in the same dos session as awc.exe is called so
you can't do this by running two exec+ commands.
I use the following technique. Write a .bat (just a text file saved with
the file extension .bat). You could call this awc.bat
In this file put something like:
c:
cd \awc
awc.exe
then call exec+ to execute awc.bat instead of awc.exe
You will need to tell exec+ to wait for execution to finish but I guess
you already know that.
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Dave.

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