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Angelic_friends15D5
Inspiring
July 20, 2006
Question

link to files not sites

  • July 20, 2006
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I am preparing a flash presentation (movie) which will be contained on an autoboot CD. All the files will be contained in a folder. There are some items which are too big for me to fit into my presentation but i would like for the information to be available. I would like to add a linked button which woudl open a .pdf file that I would contain on the CD. What would script should i use and also how would I address the files on the CD. Do i have to add _root.folder.file.pdf or can i get a way with this.folder.file.pdf or neither of the two. Any help is appreciated.
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coreysyms
Inspiring
July 20, 2006
you can use fscommand to execute an exe file, but not a direct file call. a way around this is to create a .dat file that can be executed via flash and that file will start the program and call the proper file.

here is a link on how to do all this > http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14280#Exec
derobinson
derobinson
Participating Frequently
July 20, 2006
You can use the getURL() method with relative paths to the files. It doesn't always work like you might want (for instance if your Flash preso is full screen and you click the button, Acrobat may open behind the preso so the user thinks the button didn't work). I seem to remember that one of the FlashJester products may be helpful here but I haven't personally used them, so I can't speak to them but there are folks from FlashJester that hang out here so maybe they could give you some info.

Cheers!
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