.exe opener Lingo?

[flecky webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Hey folks.

Is there a Lingo that I can create on a button that will open an EXE file created from Director?

would open window "myMovie.exe" work?

thanksText

[Jayem Abania - MMTS]

Hi,

You can launch your projector (EXE) within a Director movie. However the
projector will be considered as ordinary application. For more sample
scripts, please visit:

<http://www.macromedia.com/go/12265>

Best regards,

Jayem Abania
Macromedia Technical Support


"flecky" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hey folks.
>
> Is there a Lingo that I can create on a button that will open an EXE file

created from Director?

>
> would open window "myMovie.exe" work?
>
> thanksText
>
>

[CJ]

Try,
on mouseUp me

open "myMovie"

end

cj

"flecky" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hey folks.
>
> Is there a Lingo that I can create on a button that will open an EXE file

created from Director?

>
> would open window "myMovie.exe" work?
>
> thanksText
>
>

[Mark A. Boyd]

On 08 Dec 2003, "flecky" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> Hey folks.
>
> Is there a Lingo that I can create on a button that will open an EXE
> file created from Director?
>
> would open window "myMovie.exe" work?

Please notice the clear differences in the Lingo Dictionary (F1) between
the 'open' Command and the 'open window' Window command.

To put it in different words, 'open window' can only be used to open
Director movies. These movies typically have a .dir, .dxr, or .dcr
extension. This command is used to open a Movie In A Window (MIAW). See
also: Lingo by Feature/Movies in a window.

An EXE file created from Director (or any other application) is an
executable program application. You should no longer think of it as a
Director movie and it will not open in a window as a MIAW. It is now an
application that you can run with the 'open' command.


--
Mark A. Boyd
Keep-On-Learnin' :)

[flecky webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

thank you for your responses.

On Jayem's recommendation, I went to the Director Tech notes and used the following:

on mouseUp me
open the moviePath & "myMovie.exe"
end

This did exactly what I was looking for!

Thank you again.

Mike

ps. I was a Director user for 3 years before I took a new position at Penn State University...now I use Flash exclusively. I haven't used Director for a single project for a year-and-a-half, and am surprised at how much I've forgotten....what a shame!!! Happy Holidays.

[Mark A. Boyd]

On 10 Dec 2003, "flecky" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> ps. I was a Director user for 3 years before I took a new position at
> Penn State University...now I use Flash exclusively. I haven't used
> Director for a single project for a year-and-a-half, and am surprised
> at how much I've forgotten....what a shame!!!

Welcome back! Hopefully it will come back to you quickly.

> Happy Holidays.

Same to you and yours.


--
Mark A. Boyd
Keep-On-Learnin' :)