Playing a Flash .swf file

[Gecko]

Is there anyway to Start the stand alone player I have and open the .swf file I want to play (both on the CD) with one click of a button?

[Mark]

Hi,
Try using the PLAY MULTIMEDIA action, that should open your file in an outside viewer.

mark.

[Gecko]

Mark;
Thank you for your reply,
But that did not work. I guess I going to have to learn about editing the registry for file association with the stand alone player, or do a check for installed plug-in for flash and install the plug-in if not found. My customer insists that his demo CD play the flash file I created with just one click.

Gecko

[surfindaddy]

I went to the Macromedia website,developers, and got a free licensed version of the flash player.exe. Then put in the same folder as the flash.swf. Made a button to execute the flash, made two actions for that button. One action is execute/execute program, then point it to the flash player. Then the second execute/execute program pointed to the swf file. The only problem is that I have not yet figured out how to have the flashplayer.exe recognize that the machine already has it installed. Any recommendations? Would you use the boolean conditions?

Originally posted by Gecko:
Mark;
Thank you for your reply,
But that did not work. I guess I going to have to learn about editing the registry for file association with the stand alone player, or do a check for installed plug-in for flash and install the plug-in if not found. My customer insists that his demo CD play the flash file I created with just one click.

Gecko

[fargus]

If you're using a standalone player on the CD, you can probably add the filename of the swf file into the command line as an argument.

[Tronage]

Originally posted by Gecko:
Is there anyway to Start the stand alone player I have and open the .swf file I want to play (both on the CD) with one click of a button?

Also an easier option would be to open the file within the standalone, then under the menus have it create a projector. That way your .swf file is it self now an .exe which will do what you want, load the player w/ the .swf but all in one.