Running a .EXE off a CD

Question

I'm trying to call .PDF files stored locally on a CD from my
Flash projector. Using a 'VIEW' button, I want to launch Acrobat
Reader and open a pdf from the CD.
How is this done?

Answer 1

Now that you've heard from the "buy my product too" sheep,
here's a
FREE solution you can try
Check out the original thread from FlashKit (link below) to
find a
link to the ZIP file with the examples that the post below
talks
about.
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=674688&highlight=pdf+topmost
Here's a BAT file that will make sure the Acrobat Reader is
made the
topmost application after your PDF file is opened. It uses a
BAT file
for loop to repeatedly call topmost so the PDF has time to
load. In
the BAT file in the ZIP file I attached there are a lot more
X's which
translates into a better chance of topmost working.
----- code ----
start test.pdf
set repeat=x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
for %%i in (%repeat%) do call topmost Adobe
----- /code -----
In the ZIP file I also included a file called test.exe which
is a
renamed copy of my PROXY utility to hide the ugly DOS box
that appears
when you run a BAT file.
Put everything in the ZIP file in the fscommand folder, then
if you
want to just run the BAT file you can just add
fscommand("exec",
"test.bat"); to your FLA.
If you use fscommand("exec", "test.exe"); you'll be using the
proxy
utility to launch the BAT file indirectly. What this does is
hide the
DOS box that appears when you run a BAT file.
If you want to open other PDF files, just make copies of
TEST.BAT and
TEST.EXE and rename them to say MYFILE.BAT and MYFILE.EXE and
edit
MYFILE.BAT to open the correct PDF file. Then use
fscommand("exec",
"myfile.exe") to open the PDF.
You'll need a BAT and EXE file for each PDF file you want to
open.
Tim Goss
Northcode Inc.
http://www.northcode.com