Opening an external image.

Question

I currently have a small thumbnail image which I need to open
up the larger version of it on a click. Like most movie websites
do. (It's a wallpaper thing).

Answer 1

Jacoolh wrote:
> I do have them imported and I think it would be easier
to have it open the default browser for the user's system.
If you want to open the full size image in the users default
browser,
then the easiest way is to keep the full sized image as an
external
file. In your director file you will have a thumbnail sized
image, correct?
Director has a function named "open" which you can look up in
the help.
It opens a file with a specified application. For example,
lets say you
want to open a file called "picture.jpg" with th users
default browser.
Director doesn't have the built in ability to know what the
users
default browser is. That is where an xtra like Buddy API
comes in handy.
So the first thing you need to do is go to their website
http://www.mods.com.au and
download, then install the Buddy API xtra.
They let you use 2 functions for free. You only need one at
this point.
Once you have the Buddy API xtra installed the rest is pretty
easy. Use
Directors Open function along with the function from Buddy
API which
returns the users default browser. It is a simple as
attaching this code
to you "thumbnail" sprite.
--start of code
on mouseUp me
open the moviePath & "picture.jpg" with baFindApp("htm")
end
--end of code
This does assume that the picture.jpg file is in the same
folder as your
Director file. Try it and let us know how it works out.