flash (macromedia): Hi everyone -

I'm putting together a CD that has a Flash "splash" page. That page includes
links to a number of different documents - a webpage, an HTML file that resides
on the CD, a Word file, a PDF, etc.

One of the files is a PowerPoint file. For the benefit of folks that don't
have PowerPoint installed on their computer, I've used the "Package for CD"
option that includes the PPT viewer, etc. 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 text of the
autorun file:


open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"

What I want to know is: how to replicate the autorun 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 then load and automatically load the presentation (which
is named in "playlist.txt"). If I link the autorun file to the flash button, it
just opens the text file; if I link the PPT viewer exe file, it just opens the
viewer and doesn't automatically load the presentation. If I link the PPT file
itself, it launches full-blown PowerPoint (which I have; I don't know what
it'll do for someone who doesn't have the program loaded.)

Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any assistance!

- Ali

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Flash can only call executable files like BAT EXE COM ...
You can't open file and give it parameters.
It's only possible with 3rd party tools like Jstart from
http://www.FlashJester.com


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Urami


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Try converting the entire.ppt to .swf, first. Then create your own viewer with
Flash that calls either a succession of individuals slides or the whole
presentation. If you want the viewer to be able to advance his own slides, have
a new individual .swf slide being externally called to a blank_mc in each
successive frame. So, the user stops on a frame and sees the slide; clicks on
that slide and advances to the next frame and, consequently, sees the next
slide.

There are several third-party programs that will do the conversion. I have
done this quite a few times, to great success.

One of the converters I use is PowerConverter (www.presentationpro.com).