flash and a .bat file

[wdaniel]

is there any way for flash to execute a .bat file? example would be, if you want to open up the calculator, or photoshop. I'm not using this for a web page just a flash training exorcise.

thanks

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[sunder]

At one point in time, you could use fscommand("exec", filepath ) but this only works if you publish to a projector. Also, you can't exec files outside of the projector so you need to write a .bat file that will open your program and then fscommand exec it in your projector. This bat file needs to be in a folder called fscommand at the same level as your projector.

Example:

on (press) {
fscommand("exec", "test.bat");
}

In test.bat, type something like this
start c:\WINDOWS\system32\calc.exe

[wdaniel]

great thanks it works that's cool. ok next ? do you know if it is possible to use flash on the desktop Example ...

http://rocketdock.com/

my goal is to make something like this using flash (obviously not as extensive) just want it on the desktop with no frames or the flash box.