Launching a PowerPoint through a Flash interface

Thanks again, it works like a charm.

-Gene

>>> jason.merrillbankofamerica.com 11/30/06
6:46 AM >>>
If your Flash is published as an .exe, you can launch other
.exe or
batch files with FSCommand.  To launch something like .ppt,
you can
created a .bat (batch) file with notepad or whatever, and in
that file
have it launch the ppt file. This will only work on Windows
of course.

Some basics of creating a .bat file:
http://
www.computerhope.com/batch.htm#windows 
(See also the section on the START command - you can use
that to launch
the ppt)

Or if you have a little cash, you can use third party apps
like
mProjector or Zinc to do all this directly from a Flash exe.

Jason Merrill
Bank of America 
Learning & Organizational Effectiveness
 
 
 
 
 

>>-----Original Message-----
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>>bounceschattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Gene
Olchefske
>>Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:28 AM
>>To: flashnewbiechattyfig.figleaf.com 
>>Subject: [Flashnewbie] Launching a PowerPoint
through a Flash
interface
>>
>>Hi all -
>>
>>I am putting together a CD that opens with a Flash
interface with a
couple of links
>>on it. These links need to launch PowerPoint
presentations using the
PowerPoint
>>Viewer. Usually - PPT files launched in this manner
are launched
directly from the
>>CD, and there's an autorun.inf file that
>>starts the viewer and the presentation
automatically. Here's the code
from the
>>autorun file:
>>
>>open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
>>
>>What I want to know is: how to replicate the
function from the Flash
interface. In
>>other words - I want the user to be able to click on
the button for
the PPT viewer
>>to load, and automatically load the presentation
(which is named in
>>"playlist.txt").
>>
>>Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
>>
>>-Gene
>>
>>
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