I want to make a swf that people can download onto their desktop, and which will open windows or smaller movies as pop-ups, WITHOUT them having to go online again. Is this better as self-contained swfs, or is it possible to open offline browser windows populated with content? Eg if they click on a button, they should be able to open a window with some information in it, but all of which is defined in the original 'mother' swf. Thanks.

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It will be very hard to predict. Depends on user cache setting . SOme might cleat
with every session , some once a month ... Best to make downloadable EXE out of that swf so they can view it later of line on desktop.



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Thanks Urami - I'll probably do it as an exe, but how do I open offline browser windows from a flash movie? If I just want to open a window with some offline content in it, not a URL, what sort of actionscript do I need to be looking at?

Thanks.

Thanks again Urami - sorry to labour the point, but my query is more about how to open a browser window from an exe. I'm wondering if it's possible to have an exe that on clicking a button, a browser window will open with content of some sort - all of which is contained within the exe. When they download the exe, it won't be a zip file - everything must be self-contained.

Thanks again...!

Hi Urami,

Thanks for that - I was wanting to make an advent calandar, with pop-up windows with content such as animations, pictures and christmas recipes! This can be done in flash obviously, but such content for non-technical readers would probably have been more user-friendly in recognisable browser format, easier to print off or cut & paste. But thanks very much for your time!

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using "get url" action but instead of URl just target directly file name.
It will open default OS web browser .




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urami_*



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No , you can't open within the EXE. Flash does not have browser abilities and support
very basic html formatting on variables string .
It must be separate browser window.
ANd to call it , Flash's only way is by Geturl , the action seek
for user default browser on the OS and trigger it .

What kind of content is that ? Perhaps you can just load it in level or target
from text file and display in flash ?



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urami_*



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