Launch a PDF

Question

I need my CD-based Flash presentation to launch PDF files. I
have a link to launch the file, but for some reason it always
defaults to the browser rather than the stand-alone Adobe Reader.
How can I change this?
From another user I now know I can get a distributable
version of Reader to include on the CD and I can use the exec
command to launch that application with a button push, BUT, how do
I actually target the PDF to only open in Reader?
I have not set up the exec command yet nor downloaded the
distributable Reader software, but I have opened Adobe Reader, then
launched the Flash presentation and then clicked my PDF link. It
still ignores the open Reader and goes straight for the browser.
AGGGGHHH!!

Answer 1

steve2057 wrote:
> Is third party software the only/best way to go here?
you could go with BAT files and FS commands but these are
rather ugly
when comes to execution. It will prompt black dos window
processing the
action while executing. Does not look neat on commercial
project.
3rd party make it look neat.
I have been using Jstart for many years but there are other
options as well.
Let me paste my other reply on same topic from few days ago:
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.
> If I use FlashPaper to convert my PDFs to .swf files,
then have a link in my
> Projector to it, what opens when they click on the file?
Since the Projector
> file is already running in Flash Player, will the new
SWF file pop into Player
> too? Will it knock the presentation out, or will it open
a web browser to
> display it?
It does not work like that :) You can't can't open none
executable file from flash.
You could use flash to load that SWF file but not open it as
standalone.
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