Skip to main content
J
JLUCC
Known Participant
October 18, 2010
Question

How to launch SWF from an HTML hyperlink

  • October 18, 2010
  • 1 reply
  • 1250 views

Hi -

I have a completed Flash (AS2) project that's pretty involved.  Now, I need to launch it from a hyperlink on an html page.  I want the hyperlink to launch the ".app" or ".exe" file - not the html that Flash publishes.  I don't want the user to view the project in an html/browser window but rather as its standalone projector/exe.

I tried a regular hyperlink like this:

<a href="FLASH/GUIDE.app">Flash for Mac</a>

...but that doesn't launch the .app.  Instead I got a browser screen showing the path to the app inside the "FLASH" folder.  The app is viewed as a folder named "GUIDE.app".  (weird)  So I surmise that a regular hyperlink isn't going to do the job.

How do I launch a Flash projector or executable file from a hyperlink on a separate HTML page?

TIA your expertise.

JL

This topic has been closed for replies.

1 reply

kglad
Community Expert
kgladCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 19, 2010

if that html file is NOT on the user's harddrive with the exe/app, that's not going to work.

J
JLUCCAuthor
Known Participant
October 19, 2010

Hi and thanks for that answer -

It would be in the same  folder on a CD in their drive.

does that help?

I'm trying to give the user who may be visually or physically handicapped, the option to select a Flash or Non-flash (HTML) version of the project.

I figured I would open with an html page with 2 links.  (Actually 3 links - non-Flash, Flash Mac, & Flash Windows).  Simple - I thought.

Can it be done?

jl

kglad
Community Expert
kgladCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 19, 2010

that will take some effort:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-GB;q232077

Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices