FScommand doesn't work in loaded swf from projector

[Twandeman]

Hi everyone,

I'm struggling with a problem which I can't figure out, I hope someone here can help me:
I'm building a cd-rom application, I'm using a main fla which only has 2 clipholders, (each of them load a swf) and some fscommands for fullscreen etc.
From one of the loaded swf, I want to open a PDF file on the cd-rom by pressing a button. Herefore I'm using nortcode's proxy.exe utility, (which works great by the way). The projector and the swf are in the same root. In the root I have the fscommand folder with the exe, bat, app and pdf.
This is the AS of the button, which checks if you're using windows or Mac:

on (release) {
	var ext;
	if (getVersion().substr(0, 3) == "WIN") {
		ext = "exe";
	} else {
		ext = "app";
	}
	fscommand("exec", "cvtkamps." +ext);
}

The problem is that the loaded swf isn't a projector, so therefore he doesn't execute the fscommand to open the pdf. But I thought a fscommand in a swf should still work if the swf is loaded from within a projector, right? I know there's nothing wrong with the paths etc. because when I publish the swf as a projector it DOES open the pdf correctly! And strangly enough, it also works on a Mac!
This is how I load the swf's in from the projector:

fscommand("allowscale", "false");
fscommand("fullscreen", "true");
fscommand("showmenu", "false");
loadMovie("portfolio.swf", "_root.portfolio");
loadMovie("geluid/mp3player.swf", "_root.muziek");
stop();

There's nothing wrong with that is it?
Any idea someone? Thanks for your time!

[Twandeman]

Okay, to save someone a lot of trouble and swearing:
If you load your swf in SwishStudio and make it an executable, the FScommand EXEC won't work anymore. That's why he didn't open the PDF.
Well, therefore I tried a similar program from northcode: SWF Studio Version 3.4, but then you have to move your exe and bat files out of your fscommand folder to the root of the projector. In your bat file you still can give the path to the fscommand folder. That works! Great!

Now I want to do the exact same thing for MAC. I still have the applescript files in the fscommand folder, and the fscommand to the app files from within the projector work. But I'm not that good with applescripting, so I get an error. This is one of the applescripts which needs to open the file:
websites/website1/index.html from within the fscommand folder

tell application "Finder"
activate
select file "index.html" of folder "website1" of folder "websites"
open selection
end tell

but it doesn't work.... He can't find the file. I read in another topic that you also need to specify the cd-rom name? In that case does it also need the fscommand folder name, like this:?

tell application "Finder"
activate
select file "index.html" of folder "website1" of folder "websites" of folder "fscommand" of disk "mydisc"
open selection
end tell

I don't get it....
If someone has an idea, it would really help me out!
Thanks!

[Northcode]

The script has to be in the fscommand folder. If the file you want to open is also in the fscommand folder then you can use something like this, which figures out the parent folder of the script and uses that to find the file you want to open.

--set the name of the file to open 

property fileName : "index.html"

--get the path to the containing folder 

set myPath to (path to me as string)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ":"

set the parentFolder to ¬
	((text items 1 thru -2 of myPath) & "") as string

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""

-- find the flash file 

try
	set targetFile to alias (the parentFolder & fileName)
on error
	--ie if there's no  file here by this name, it will quit. 
	return quit
end try

-- open the file 

tell application "Finder"
	open file targetFile
end tell

[Twandeman]

Thanks for your help northcode. The script is in the fscommand folder.
I need a little help with the script you suggested, what exactly are the spots I have to fill in my foldernames?
For example, the script should open:
cdrom/fscommand/websites/website1/index.html
What would the script look like?

--set the name of the file to open 

property fileName : "index.html"

--get the path to the containing folder 

set myPath to (path to me as string)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ":"

set the parentFolder to ¬
	((text items 1 thru -2 of myPath) & "") as string

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""

-- find the flash file 

try
	set targetFile to alias (the parentFolder & fileName)
on error
	--ie if there's no  file here by this name, it will quit. 
	return quit
end try

-- open the file 

tell application "Finder"
	open file targetFile
end tell

Thank you so much!

[Twandeman]

I got it! Thanks to the Applescript Forum !
The applescript should be:

tell application "Finder" to open file "cdrom:fscommand:websites:website1:index.html"

I tested it, and it works!

[Northcode]

That's basically doing the same thing as the script I posted except everything in yours is hard coded and mine builds the target path based on the location of the script

[Twandeman]

Ah, okay, yours was a little bit over my head but thanks for your time!

[Twandeman]

Ow, one more tip:
Make sure that you don't move or burn your applescripts on a pc,
because then they don't work anymore! Burn them on a mac!

[Northcode]

heh, welcome to world of binary incompatibility

[Twandeman]

Yeah, tell me about it
One more thing; if you decide to publish your swf as projector with SwishStudio,
make sure your fscommands in flash are like this:

fscommand("Exec", "test.exe")

(with a capital E) instead of:

fscommand("exec", "test.exe")

Weird I know, some kind of bug in Swish.
And make sure your test.exe is in the root of the projector, and NOT in the fscommand folder!