open an external file with AS3

[TRixation]

Hi All....does anyone know how to open an external file on your hard drive from your swf and .EXE using AS3? I wana click on a button and basically just open a PDF

Searched high and low and even liveDOCS hasnt got an answer.

Thanks a million

:thumb2:

[Keeno]

open it as a URL

navigateToURL()

[devonair]

Might want to check out AIR development.. http://agknology.com/blog/http:/agknology.com/blog/air/29

there are also 3rd party "swftoexe wrappers" such as swfkit or zinc you could look into..

[Keeno]

Might want to check out AIR development.. http://agknology.com/blog/http:/agknology.com/blog/air/29

there are also 3rd party "swftoexe wrappers" such as swfkit or zinc you could look into..

i dont think air can execute shell commands ?

zinc is amazing! If air could do everything Zinc could we would be laughing

if your app is an offline app zinc will do it.

[TRixation]

Thanks for the help...managed to do this and it works like a charm: :)

import flash.net.navigateToURL;
import flash.net.URLRequest;


myButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goPDF);

function goPDF(event:MouseEvent):void {
var url:String = "UserGuide/USER-GUIDE.pdf";
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
navigateToURL(request);
}

[devonair]

i dont think air can execute shell commands ?

it can't, but if you check out that link, it basically uses an HTML object instance to display the .pdf


zinc is amazing! If air could do everything Zinc could we would be laughing

if your app is an offline app zinc will do it.

Personally, I found zinc to be horrible. It's buggy (if your registered at their forum, check out this thread: http://www.mdmforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=13837) and AS3 support is horrible.. SWFKit is my fave if AIR won't do the trick..

[Keeno]

it can't, but if you check out that link, it basically uses an HTML object instance to display the .pdf



Personally, I found zinc to be horrible. It's buggy (if your registered at their forum, check out this thread: http://www.mdmforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=13837) and AS3 support is horrible.. SWFKit is my fave if AIR won't do the trick..

indeed, i had to learn flex becuase zinc didnt use AS3, dunno if they fixed that yet

to be honest, i totally forgot about that :D
i did however use it in flex with AS3 for a project. Go figure. Just doesnt with Flash.

it has gotten me out of a lot of tricky situations however :)

[IvaK]

Hi everyone!
I just googled and found this thread which I need very bad!
I'm building a standalone EXE application, and I need to open some files just like the user TRixation wanted exept I want to open another Flash EXE or SWF. I've used a code you've provided, but when I use it in application, an internet browser is opening wanting to download or open that URL. That's annoying and I want to ask is there any chance to avoid this? Just to open raw EXE, SWF files instant?

Thank you in advance! Cheers!

[IvaK]

Sorry for double posting, but can anyone please respond?

[pradvan]

Anyone got a solution to this?

Need to open an exe without using navigateToURL.

Would prefer not to use 3rd-party wrappers...

[joeycrash135]

this post has the answer for you, scroll down to the end.

http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=356089

[pradvan]

Thank you for the reply.

So the short answer is that you can't do it without a 3rd-party wrapper. :(