Re: FLASH: Scripting w/stand-alone projectors

[John Croteau]

Hi Len,


> A few questions about scripting with stand-alone projectors (Wintel

> environment):

> 1) Is it necessary to use a .bat file to call another program from the

> projector?

No, you need bat files when sending more than one command or a command

that is not a straight executable.


> I need to call a VB .exe and pass it a single parameter.

> I did a quick test for basic functionality and

> put a button on a single frame movie with the release action as getUrl

> FSCommand("Exec", "notepad.exe").

> Also tried FSCommand with the argument Exec

> and the parameter notepad.exe.

> With and without quotes. No joy from any one of these.

Page 127 of the Manual.

Use FSCommand Action place   Exec  and Notepad.exe  in Command  and

Argument.

No Quotes and both should be in same directory. relative paths also

work.


> 2) How do I disable menus and user controls as much as possible?

> There are 2 FS Commands that seem to be what is wanted here:

> FullScreen: True and ShowMenu: False. I put these in my first frame

> and get the expected result except the user can press esc

> and the thing returns to menu view with all controls enabled.

> Not exactly what I'd like. Is there any way to keep things

> FullScreen with no menu? Put this in every keyframe for example?

Esc is the universal out.

I put a button or frame actionm to return screen to FullScreen.


> 3) Alternatively, has anyone on this list embedded Flash movies in VB forms? This can and has been done but I haven't done it.


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