Opening a .hlp file with director

[SchneiderPapier webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Hi guys (and girls), i allready posted this on the lingo forum but cant find any answers but i hope one of you guys might have a clue.

I made an .hlp file and i want director to open it when people press the F1 key.

I can trigger the F1 key (keycode 122) but how do i let it open a program?

I tried the gotonetpage command (i just tried) and the open command but it did not work. I can trigger an alert with the key so i know the code to trigger it is allright.

I dont want to use any extras in fact but if there are no other ways it should at least be costless. i heard of the file extra on [url]www.kenlab.net/xtras[/url] but its showing offline. Is there something to do with the FileIO xtra Macromedia is giving me?

BuddyApi is already used but if there is no other way can anyone give me the code to try to open the file?

Thanks in advanced,


Frenk
the Netherlands

[Andrew Morton]

Try

open "explorer.exe" && the moviePath & "helpdir\helpfile.hlp"

....but do test it on all your intended Windows platforms.

Andrew

[johnAq webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Below is the correct link for the fileXtra, which is free and can do what you require

hth

johnAq



Referring URLs
[url]http://www.kblab.net/xtras/[/url]

[SchneiderPapier webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Thanks man, trying it right now!