I have created a small menu.swf file that loads full-screen on a single use
computer. (This application is NOT intended for the internet). The menu.swf is
works like a type of juke box to help users select mp3's on the hard drive. I
have created buttons to open folders to show the mp3's, like:

on(release) {
getURL("C:\\audio_files\\jazz");
//double back slash used as escape character for folder path
}

My question is: This opens a typical window with the title bar, menu bar and
address bar. (I'm using Window XP Home). How can I retrieve the contents of the
folder (titles of the mp3's) and make a list in a flash pop-up window? The user
should be able to click on an mp3 title (in other words, these are links) and
have Winamp play it. I assume any javascript (and actionscript) will be in the
flash file because there is no html page.

My other question is: Does anyone know what actionscript I could use with a
flash button to shut down the computer?

I don't know about getting a list of the files locally.. but making the
computer turn off is pretty simple:

'You can use a batch file... Just open up notepad, and paste in the following:

@echo off
shutdown.exe -s

And then, go to File > Save. Create a new folder named fscommand in the same
direcotry as your flash file published as a windows projector file.Save as
shutdown.bat and set the file type to "All files ".

In your flash doc,use:

fscommand("exec","shutdown.bat");

'

http://groups.google.com/group/macromedia.flash.actionscript/browse_thread/threa
d/138b7b3a8b41700d/0d9d71543786d0ce?lnk=st&rnum=7#0d9d71543786d0ce

After about an hour of playing with DOS, I was able to come up with a solution
to get the files in a directory... (I'm a DOS-noob). You can check it out here:

http://swf.y11.net/experiments/filesInFolderDOS.zip

If you want to change the directory of the music folder, open up
fscommand/getFiles.bat using notepad. Replace %CD%\..\mp3s with the desired
path... note %CD% means current directory.

Thanks NSurveyor: I used your suggestion for shutting down the computer and it
works!! It gives a 25 second countdown and then shuts down. That'll work.

I tried to open or save from the link for
http://swf.y11.net/experiments/filesInFolderDOS.zip. Is it busy, or maybe
another URL??
I've used this script to open the music folder:
on(release) {
getURL("C:\\audio_files\\jazz");
//double back slash used as escape character for folder path
}

I was trying to use javascript to open a window so a can give parameters.
It'll work for an html page but apparently not for a folder. What do you think?
on(release) {

getURL("javascript:menu=window.open('www.macromedia.com','','width=600,height=60
0,left=50,top=50,toolbar=No,location=No,scrollbars=Yes,status=No,resizable=No,fu
llscreen=No');menu.focus();void(0);");
}

If you want instanct shut down, I believe you could use:

@echo off
shutdown.exe -s -t 0

Hi NSurveyor: I like the "zero" countdown better. Thanks
I still can't open the URL
http://swf.y11.net/experiments/filesInFolderDOS.zip. Says "Page cannot be found"
When I right click and select "Save Target as", I get a message that says
"Site is unavailable or cannot be found"
Is the URL address right?

Did you click on the link you made in your last post, because you added a . after the zip...

The post reply had the period, but I'm clicking on the link in your post.
Can you post the code here in the message board? Or maybe another link/URL?