RE: FLASH: launching a .exe

[Rey, Chrissy]

>is there anyway to launch an .exe from a .swf (within ie4 on pc)  or a flash projector without >bringing up the dialog box or any prompts?

>thanks in advance/


You can call an executable from the stand-alone projector, using the FSCommand "Exec"  The only thing is you need to know the path of the executable you want to open (unless it can be run directly - like "notepad" or "netscape").  Also, I don't believe you can actually do this from within the browser (IE4), but only the stand-alone.  A nice way to get around knowing the path is also to write a BAT file to open a particular file that uses the executable (one that you could include in the same directory as your projector).  So long as there is a default viewer for that file type, it should open with that file :-)


Check out http://www.erols.com/artemisian/cd/bat.html for more BAT info (no, still don't have the whole site up yet!!)


Chrissy Rey

Web Developer

United States Trustee Program

chrissy [dot] reyusdoj [dot] gov

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