Re: [flasher] RE: Is there a way to check the online status froman e xe without the error dialog?

[Andries van der Leij]

Thanks for tour reply paul. this is quite a usefull script but it is not

what I was looking for. Forgive me if I wasn't clear:


The user is ALWAYS using an exe. The whole app is a presentation with

animations, sound etcetera. I just want to add some dynamic elements to it

using a link to the internet:


My client can change the content of a  "news.txt" file whenever or better:

he can add data to a "news" database recordset using a web form. every time

the user pushes the "news" button he sees the latest news content loaded

into a field. This way my client can keep (a part of) his nice CD-ROM

presentation fairly up-to-date without having to hire us to add new content

every time he thinks that's neccesary...


I want to load data into the exe from an online database or even a .txt

file. The problem with the standalone flash player is that when it gets a

command to load (variables from) an URL and the loading fails (when the user

is not online) it prompts the user with an irritating error dialog box like

you get with the online flash version that tries to load a "broken" link:


"The attempt to load "http://someserver/somefile.html" failed. "


And the user must push the OK button to get rid of this dialog box.


I want to check the online status (the user is connected to the internet at

the time that he is using the exe) WITHOUT the risk that he is prompted with

that annoying dialog box so that the projector can do one thing when he is

online and another when he isn't.


I know that there are more Flashers that had the same problem and I would be

very glad with a solution.


Thanks!


Andries van der Leij





on 2/12/01 1:56 PM, Paul Willoughby at

paul_willoughbybeap [dot] co [dot] uk

 wrote:


> I'm not quite sure what you're trying to do (ftp from a Flash exe?? dynamic

> content from the web into an exe??), but you can check whether a user is on

> an exe version of your site rather than the online version by using the

> inbuilt _url property of a movie. If you're online, the first four

> characters of the _url variable are going to be 'http', but if you're using

> an exe it will be 'file', so:

> 

> If(substring(_url, 0, 4) == "file"){

> // the user is using an exe

> }else if(substring(_url, 0, 4) == "http"){

> // the user is at your website

> }

> 

> hth

> 

> paul

> 

>> -----Original Message-----

>

> From: Andries van der Leij [andriestheMetroStation [dot] com (mailto:andriestheMetroStation [dot] com)]

>> Sent: 12 February 2001 12:34

>> To: flasher from chinwag

>> Subject: [flasher] Is there a way to check the online status

>> from an exe

>> without the error dialog?

>> 

> 

>> 

>> I was wondering if there is a trick  to check the online

>> status without the

>> dialog box from appearing...?

>> 

>> you would very much help me out if you know a possible solution!!

>> 

>> Thanks in advance,

>> 

>> Andries van der Leij

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