How to start extern videos and apps?

Question

Hi, I try to figgure out to start some Captivate -videos and
some applicaions in a Flash 8 CD/DVD-Menu. Is there a helpfile,
sample or template available?
It would be a big help why I'm new in this business.
Thanks a lot for any help, Wolf

Answer 1

Wolvo wrote:
> Hi, I try to figgure out to start some Captivate -videos
and some applicaions
> in a Flash 8 CD/DVD-Menu. Is there a helpfile, sample or
template available?
> It would be a big help why I'm new in this business.
>
> Thanks a lot for any help, Wolf
If you make these files EXE, you can use "FSCOMMAND EXEC" to
call them up.
fscommand("exec", "filename.exe");
you will need to place the content into folder call
FSCOMMAND. This is a
security feature to prevent users from calling commnad lines
and messing
around with your system files (use to be possible few years
ago).
Flash by default seek its content in that folder so do not
specify it in
the action path. Just the file names. Keep in mind tho, you
can't have any
sub directories.
If you like more freedom and arrange the way you like it w/o
using
FSCOMMAND folder, you could try either one of these:
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.
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