Trouble loading other files on CD-ROM

[larZ]

I thought I could use Flash 5 to create CD-ROMs. I did the tutorials and made a pretty good movie but now I’ve hit a wall. I want to create "links" to other files on the CD (avi's, pdf's and mp3's) so that they open on the default application on whatever computer the CD-ROM is in.

I can’t find any clues in the help file but I know it can be done because I’ve seen CD-ROMs that claim they were created in Flash.

larZ

[larZ]

I thought I could use Flash 5 to create CD-ROMs. I did the tutorials and made a pretty good movie but now I’ve hit a wall. I want to create "links" to other files on the CD (avi's, pdf's and mp3's) so that they open on the default application on whatever computer the CD-ROM is in.

I can’t find any clues in the help file but I know it can be done because I’ve seen CD-ROMs that claim they were created in Flash.

larZ

[pknair]

The command you want to look at is the FSCommand "Exec".

The syntax looks something like:

fscommand ("exec", "[filename and path]");

and point that to a batch file or some other program that will open the file with the associated application. Flash can't associate the files on its own. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif[/img] FlashJester, on the other hand, might be something worth looking into.

[Bill Spencer]

you can simply just put the file name in the get url command as long as the file is in the same directory as the swf. ie

on (press, release) { getURL ("mymovie.mov");}

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