problem with function SmartExec(target)

[Shmeed4020]

Hey guys:

In need of your DESPERATE HELP. I can't get this function to work on the PC.

I have put on the first frame of my movies:

function SmartExec(target) {
platform = $version.slice(0, 3);
if (platform == "WIN") {
fscommand("exec", target+".exe");
} else {
fscommand("exec", target+"");
}
}

And then on the button links I have put

on (release) {
_parent.SmartExec("01smp_bud_spread");
}

as the button is in a nested_MC.

I tested it before hand on a smaller scale and it worked for both the mac/pc but when I started to implement, I checked it on the PC and it doesn't work! However, when I create a projector file of each seperate movie file it works, but I don't want to do that. I have a main projector files that loads each movie, so it should work, right?

PLEASE HELP ME, I AM DESPERATE!

Cheers,
Jag

[Northcode]

I wrote the little SmartExec function SPECIFICALLY to make it easy to call EXEC on either platform to run EXE files or AppleScript scripts. If you just want to load SWF files you can use loadMovie and load the SWF file into your projector. loadMovie works the same on both platforms so there's nothing special you have to do there.

[Shmeed4020]

hey northcode,

the problem wasn't with the loadmovie. It's just when I used the loadmovie command, your function stopped working as for some reason, on the PC, flash player wasn't recognizing that the movie being loaded was in a projector...

Anyhow, I managed to fix it. I basically called the function on the parent projector and it works fine now.

THANKS!