PDF doesn't open on CD version

[Katherinep webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Hello,

can anyone help me? I have created a projector on a CD that allows the user to open PDFs using Acrobat Reader. When I run the CD on the machine I created the projector on the CD works fine, but when I run it on any other computer the links to the PDFs don't work. I don't get any error messages, just nothing happens. The links to the PDFs use the 'moviePath' Lingo to direct to the PDF (same folder as the projector) and then use MoviePath again to state how to open the pdf, using the A.R. thats on the CD.

Anyone any ideas why when its running off the cd it should work on one PC but not on others?

Thanks in advance,

Katherine

[Charles Parcell webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I would use BUddyAPI to open PDF files. The "open" command is hit or miss.

Hope this helps.

Charles Parcell
Team Macromedia Volunteer for Director MX
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[Gretchen Macdowall]

In article <bjqubc$6ii$1@forums.macromedia.com>, "Katherinep"
[email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

It will probably work better with an xtra. You can use Kent Kersten's free
FileXtra3 to launch Acrobat with the PDF:

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

on mouseUp
pathToFile = the moviepath & "whatever.pdf"
pathToParentApp = the moviepath & "Acrord32.exe"
pathToFile = QUOTE & pathToFile & QUOTE
instance = new(xtra "filextra3")
fx_FileRunApp(pathToParentApp & " " & pathToFile)
end

Gretchen Macdowall
[url]http://www.updatestage.com/[/url]

[Katherinep webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Thanks for all the help so far, am currently trying to use the FileXtra4 as its free! Only thing is im new to xtras so I am still a little stuck!

I have put the Xtra into a folder called Xtras in the same folder as my projector and then I put the code that Gretchen gave me into my button (but changed the name to fileXtra4). But I am getting a script error saying it can't find the xtra

Script error: Xtra not found
instance = new(Xtra "FileXtra4")

This is the code im using

on mouseDown
pathToFile = the moviepath & "Letter.pdf"
pathToParentApp = the moviepath & "AcroRd32.exe"
pathToFile = QUOTE & pathToFile & QUOTE
instance = new(Xtra "FileXtra4")
fx_FileRunApp(pathToParentApp & " " & pathToFile)
end mouseDown

Any further help would be great as I am sure this is a simple thing to do!

Cheers,

Katherine

[Katherinep webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Ok,

I have managed to fix my own problem so thought that if anyone else has the same problem it would be good to show how I fixed it.

1. I put FileXtra4 in the folder with the projector.

2. Then in director go to

Window>Message

type in

openXlib "FileXtra4"

then you can type

showXlib

this shows that it has been added ok.

3. Then use this bit of code in your button

on mouseDown
fxObj = xtra("FileXtra4").new()
put fxObj.fx_FileRunApp("Reader\AcroRd32.exe Letter.pdf")
-- 1
fxObj = 0
end mouseDown


Seems to work ok for me, hope this helps anyone with the same problem

[Gretchen Macdowall]

In article <bk6qt1$oq6$1@forums.macromedia.com>, "Katherinep"
[email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> Thanks for all the help so far, am currently trying to use the FileXtra4

as its free! Only thing is im new to xtras so I am still a little stuck!

>
> I have put the Xtra into a folder called Xtras in the same folder as my

projector and then I put the code that Gretchen gave me into my button
(but changed the name to fileXtra4). But I am getting a script error
saying it can't find the xtra

>
> Script error: Xtra not found
> instance = new(Xtra "FileXtra4")
>

If you are sure that the file "filextra4.x32" is in your xtras folder, it
sounds like something happened to it, because it is not getting recognized
by Director. Best bet is to download it again.

> This is the code im using
>
> on mouseDown
> pathToFile = the moviepath & "Letter.pdf"
> pathToParentApp = the moviepath & "AcroRd32.exe"
> pathToFile = QUOTE & pathToFile & QUOTE
> instance = new(Xtra "FileXtra4")
> fx_FileRunApp(pathToParentApp & " " & pathToFile)
> end mouseDown
>

I see that the code has a slight error in it. Sorry about that. It's not
the cause of your problem, but use this instead:

on mouseDown
pathToFile = the moviepath & "Letter.pdf"
pathToParentApp = the moviepath & "AcroRd32.exe"
pathToFile = QUOTE & pathToFile & QUOTE
instance = new(Xtra "FileXtra4")
fx_FileRunApp(instance,pathToParentApp & " " & pathToFile)
end mouseDown

Gretchen Macdowall
[url]http://www.updatestage.com/[/url]