Using Autorun to launch a file off the Internet.

[Guest]

I've created a presentation that I want to launch from the Internet by
inserting a CD. As long as I convert the presentaiton to a .exe file, I can
launch it from the CD using Autorun, but this won't work when running from
the Internet.

This is a Flash movie file (.swf) but I don't want to run it in Internet
Explorer. I want to run it in the Flash standalone player. In order to do
that, I have to run the Flash player from Autorun. The challenge is...so
far...Autorun doesn't seem to allow you to use an arguement following the
program name.

So when I use the following Autorun entry:
open=flashpla.exe mark.swf

The Flash player opens, but it doesn't load the presentation file. If
Autorun won't do this...what suggestions does anyone have? I know this can
work...I have a CD that does it. Unfortunately, I can't get any info from
their developer so I don't know how they're doing it.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I've created a presentation that I want to launch from the Internet by
inserting a CD. As long as I convert the presentaiton to a .exe file, I can
launch it from the CD using Autorun, but this won't work when running from
the Internet.

This is a Flash movie file (.swf) but I don't want to run it in Internet
Explorer. I want to run it in the Flash standalone player. In order to do
that, I have to run the Flash player from Autorun. The challenge is...so
far...Autorun doesn't seem to allow you to use an arguement following the
program name.

So when I use the following Autorun entry:
open=flashpla.exe mark.swf

The Flash player opens, but it doesn't load the presentation file. If
Autorun won't do this...what suggestions does anyone have? I know this can
work...I have a CD that does it. Unfortunately, I can't get any info from
their developer so I don't know how they're doing it.

You could try this:
open=launch.bat

Launch.bat
=======
flashpla.exe mark.swf

 

[Guest]

Thank you for the suggestion. I did try that without a lot of success. I
was hoping to avoid launching my program from a batch file. That's so DOS.
But hey, if that's what I have to do, then that's what I have to do. Thanks
again.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

DOS? DOS is an operating system. There is no DOS under
WinXP. About avoiding to run batch files: Sometimes you
have to be pragmatic. If it takes a batch file to launch your
program, so be it - who cares.

An alternative solution would be to compile a small executable
that spawns the process "flashpla.exe mark.swf".