Invoke an application using mxml or action script

Hi all
I am using flex 2.0 beta 3. And i would like to know if any
method is there to invoke a software using mxml or action script.
I tried with URLLoader and URLRequest to load and open a
file, with a hope that the file will open in the default program
that i configured for that file to open. But i got an error saying
Stream Error.
Can anybody guide me to resolve this issue ..
Rakesh

Here is one possible solution:
You can use the ExternalInterface (
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/langref/flash/external/ExternalInterface.html)
class to communicate with JavaScript. JavaScript can then popup the
media player very easily like this:
http://www.webreference.com/programming/javascript/jf/column5/index.html
The documentation on the ExternalInterface class has a nice
example (in the bottom of the page) on how to communicate with
JavaScript in a browser. Hope this helps,
-george

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Here is what i've posted :
What steps will reproduce the problem?
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[quote]
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regards
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