Opening an external application with lingo

[g11 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Lingo "open" command does not seem to open/launch files with extension .msi. Is there a workaround to this? Are there any other commands that can be used instead of "open"?

[Arturo Toledo]

There´s not a chance of problem here...

open "myFilePath" with the applicationPath & "program that opens .MSI files"

open {whichDocument) with (whichApplication )

You must specify the application you want to use for opening your msi
files... If plan on distributing your director project you will have to
provide users with the application to open msi files... Director does not
automatically finds the application required to launch any format.

for instance...

open "testPDF.pdf" with the applicationPath & "reader/acrord32.exe"


Arturo




"g11" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> Lingo "open" command does not seem to open/launch files with extension

..msi. Is there a workaround to this? Are there any other commands that can
be used instead of "open"?

>
>

[Andrew Morton]

Use an xtra like buddyAPI ([url]www.mods.com.au[/url]) or fileXtra4
([url]http://kblab.net/xtras[/url]) to open the file.

Andrew

[g11 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Hello and thanks for your replies.

This .msi file is actually an install application for Quicktime. It launches similar to an exe file (by double-clicking on it). The lingo open command fails to launch this application due to the .msi extension and I'm not sure how

open "myFilePath" with the applicationPath & "applicationName"

would work, since the msi file IS an application. Any ideas?

[Andrew Morton]

I can't tell if you've seen my previous reply because the web forums don't
always keep up with the newsgroup, however, because explorer.exe "knows" what to
do with .msi files and Windows knows where explorer.exe is, you could use

open the moviePath & "installers\x.msi" with "explorer.exe"

but I would not bet on it being reliable, and unlike using an xtra you do not
get a result back to indicate if the operation was successful.

Andrew

[Arturo Toledo]

That´s right... the buddyAPI Xtra is the best solution for you.





"Andrew Morton" <akm@in-press.co.uk.invalid> escribió en el mensaje
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> I can't tell if you've seen my previous reply because the web forums don't
> always keep up with the newsgroup, however, because explorer.exe "knows"

what to

> do with .msi files and Windows knows where explorer.exe is, you could use
>
> open the moviePath & "installers\x.msi" with "explorer.exe"
>
> but I would not bet on it being reliable, and unlike using an xtra you do

not

> get a result back to indicate if the operation was successful.
>
> Andrew
>