I have made a flash autorun splash screen for a CD containing numerous pdf' files. When I click on the files in the flash movie however, they open in a browser window. Is there any way to make them open in acrobat by default?
View 1 RepliesI'm creating a Intro and menu in Flash CS4 (actionScript 3, I'm new to AS, but experience with flash animation) for a CD based Product Catalog, the flash will open several different PDF's in Acrobat Reader, located on the CD.
Here is the code--
latentPrint_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, launchPDF);
function launchPDF(e:MouseEvent):void
{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("test.pdf"));
}
Anyone have the experience of opening Acrobat PDF file using actionscript? If so, what actionscript you used?
View 4 RepliesI created a Flash interface that links to a bunch of PDFs. I'm currently using the "GetURL, _blank" function to open the PDFs, which opens them in a browser window. Is there a way to "tell" the PDF to open in Acrobat instead of a browser window?
View 1 RepliesI'm constructing a website in Flash that is based on a DVD I'd put together in Director a few years ago.
One of the major components is PDFs files that need to be printed out. I've spent the last couple of days trying to find a solution, but seem to keep hitting brick walls.
It seems that most solutions only work with projectors running from cds rather than swfs on websites.There's been a couple of snippetts I've tried that are based on opening the pdfs in a new browser window. Aside from the fact that none of them have worked so far, a new browser window is not the ideal solution.I've set up the pdfs so they open the Print dialogue as now as they open in Acrobat. So what I really need is a way to get them open in Acrobat from Flash using AS3 (or whatever else may be the solution).
I work with 3d animation. Im have a problem with a personal website Im doing, I have a link in a button inside a flash movie to open a new window and play a youtube movie:
on (release) {
var jscommand:String = "window.open('http://www.youtube.com/v/b0L4XLODhAA&hl=en&fs=1&','win','height=344,width=4 25,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes');"; getURL("javascript:" + jscommand + " void(0);");
}
This works fine in Firefox but in IE it doesnt work, I then change the /v/ in the youtube link with /p.swf?video_id= and now I have the window open showing the small youtube thumbnail of my video but once a click play, nothing happens, I check it and is not loading anything.
I'm working on a Catalog for a company I'm employed with, but I'm having issues with the PDF files opening in a browser rather than Acrobat or Reader.The PDF files are all going to be on a CD, that once inserted launches a Flash .exe file which has a button for the end user to click and view the PDF. Now for Actionscript the code to open a PDF file is the same as opening a web page:
view_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.C... fl_MouseClickHandler);
function fl_MouseClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
[code].....
I happily use the CS2 suite. I would like to buy and use Flash CS4 (unless CS2 is still available). Will I have compatibility problems?
View 1 RepliesI've included some simple shockwave animations in a pdf to be viewed onscreen.
The flash content seems to be disabling the arrow key (or any keyboard shortcuts for that matter) page advance in acrobat.
Someone in the Acrobat forum mentioned adding "stage.focus = null" but I don't seem to be having any luck with it.
The code I have in my first frame looks like this...
stop();
playButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startMove);
function startMove(e:MouseEvent):void {
[Code]....
1) how do you open a new window if you have thumbnail pics in the flash movie but want the full pic to open up in a new window? Is this Javascript inside flash?
2) How do they do the menu bar here at this site:[URL]
I want to open up a pdf-document (included within the *.air-package) with adobe acrobat (or any other pdf-reader). I've followed this solution openWithDefaultApplication fails on files in application folder.
var _myfilename = "John_Doe-tax_return_2011.pdf";
// = my filename
//run:
var realFile:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath(_myfilename);
var tempFile:File = File.createTempFile();
realFile.copyTo(tempFile,true);
tempFile.openWithDefaultApplication(); //nothing happens ?
//end;
I've tested it all, so it's not a directory issue
trace(tempFile.extension)
// > tmp (?? tempFile.extension = "pdf" doesn't works)
trace(realFile.exists)
// > true (original pdf-document exists!)
Been planning on making a reader that can read in acrobat files but wasn't sure if it's possible.
If it is possible, could anyone give me a bit of advice on how to import the file
Anybody can tell me how to display pdf file inside of the flash player with acrobat?I got this same option in AS2.0. But now i required in AS3.0. Using flash paper i've tried this option in AS2.0. But flash paper is not upgraded after AS3.0 release so its not supporting in AS3.0.
View 3 RepliesAnybody can tell me how to display pdf file inside of the flash player with acrobat?I got this same option in AS2.0. But now i required in AS3.0. Using flash paper i've tried this option in AS2.0. But flash paper is not upgraded after AS3.0 release so its not supporting in AS3.0.
View 1 RepliesI'm currently making an animation which will eventually exceed the 16,000 frame limit (don't ask haha), so, short of making two movies and having to just start up the next one, what is the code for loading a movie? I presume they need to be in the same directory? So basically all I want is on the last frame of the movie the code executes and the second movie file opens up and starts. I guess I'd want the current movie to close, too.
View 1 RepliesI tried posting this in the general flash forum with no sucess. I'm guessing my question is more geared towards AS3 anyway. So here goes:
I've created a flash intro for a website and I have it setup so that in the first frame of the intro it opens a popup window, and then in the last frame it opens the actual site in the same window as the intro. Right now when it hits the last frame it opens up the popup window a second time! In a lot of cases this would be fine but the popup is a music player and the two players playing on top of eachother just doesnt work.[code]...
I've created a fullscreen Flash .exe. I want to be able to build a button that can allow you to close the exiting movie and open a new one (kinda like Lingo's OpenMovie command). I'm sure there's an easy way to do this in AS, I just can't find it.
View 1 RepliesI want to clic a button and open a new window with a flash movie (with the exact dimensions of the SWF), without the browser options and centered, how to?
View 2 RepliesI have a html file with a flash movie-menu embedded into it. I'd like one of the buttons to open an external html page strictly in a new maximized window. It does not matter if the new window has toolbar or not. I want it to open a new maximized window (not the full screen thing) onclick.
View 1 RepliesHow do you open a mini window inside a flash movie, draggable of course and with a close X, im talking inside the SWF not a new Explorer win.
View 6 RepliesI am trying to open a greybox window from my flash movie. I am not getting a syntax error, but the window will not open when I click the button, either.
Here is my actionScript 3 code:
ActionScript Code:
ericEmail.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonclicked);
function buttonclicked(event:MouseEvent){
ExternalInterface.call("opengreybox",'http://www.cosmogrey.com/contacts/trautmann.html');
}
[Code]...
How do I get an mp3 file to auto-play when I open a Flash movie on my computer? I presume it is actionscript but I am not sure what the code is.
View 2 Replies1) how do you open a new window if you have thumbnail pictures in the flash movie but want the full pic to open up in a new window? Is this Javascript inside flash?[url]...
View 1 RepliesI have a button on my stage. On press I want it to open a pdf document. I dont want it to open it in the browser window. It has to launch acrobat only.
View 1 RepliesI have tried to open the file using the url script and it works. But I would liek to use the following but it doesn't work. I am on a Mac not sure whether this will work I have done what it says in thr instructions below.
on(release){
fscommand("Exec","filename.bat");
}
Then open notepad and type in the following START filename.pdf Then go to save as and type in a file name then .bat
N.B make sure the file that the flash button is opening it is the same name as your .bat file. They both have to be in the same directory.
I own and I am trying learn and use the CS3 Master collection which comes with Flash 9. I own and had a website built several (9) years ago which I am trying to update the files, So basiclly, I am trying to make updated changes to my own orginal .swf files and todays Flash program give me the message of "cannot open protected movie" I was not ever aware we locked any of the oringal .swf files we produced.
View 8 RepliesFlash crashes when I try to open any Movie Clip with a text field. This happens with both CS 5 and CS5.5. I am on a Mac Running 10.6.8. The files in question began as a CS4 about a year ago and have been converted to CS5 and CS55 since.
This problem happens sometime but not always, but it has definitely gotten worse with the latest Flash Pro update. (Flash Pro CS5.5 v. 11.5.1.349)This appears to be related to Mac only. I have reprouced on two other Macs, but have not been able to on a PC. (all running CS 5 or CS 5.5)We have a Javascript that goes through the FLA and embeds the fonts in all text fields. (Because font embedding in CS5 or CS5.5 infamously does not work at all). Sometimes if you run this script before you try to open the MC it will apparently fix the problem and let you in, sometimes it will not.
I just want part of my flash movie to open a new window when the button is pushed instead of taking the user away from my site.
View 2 RepliesI am making a flash site and there is a main SWF which loads and unloads all other SWFs into and from it. For example, there are links to pages Home, Biography, Gallery, etc. When you click the Gallery link, gallery.swf loads and it is added to the main SWF.
So here's my problem: when I test my movie, everything works perfectly, but when I open the SWF that was created by testing movie in a stand-alone Flash Player or a browser, those SWF's sometimes don't load. If I click Biography link, for example, it usually doesn't load biography.swf but if I click Gallery link, which may or may not load gallery.swf, and then Biography link, there's a greater chance that biography.swf will be loaded.
My query is how would I open windows open or save as dialog box through flash?
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