Determine if Mac or PC within a flash projector? (for use with FSCommand)

[adam3000]

Determine if Mac or PC within a flash projector? (for use with FSCommand)

How do I determine if a computer is Mac or PC within a flash projector?

I need this because I've got several FSCommands I need to use within a projector (such as launching an application or file) and need to have different commands for Mac and PC.

if (MAC) {
    (do this)
} else if (PC) {
    (do this)
}

Anyone know how to do this?

Note: I'm using Flash 8 w/ Actionscript 1 & 2 (?) on a Intel Mac 10.4.11

[adam3000]

I've found this thread here
http://board.flashkit.com/board/show...67#post4152267

It shows how to do it as of 8/16/2000 ....

LoadVariables("myfolder\test.txt",0)
If pc eq "true"
Set Variable "os"="pc"
Else
Set Variable "os"="mac"
end if

Anyone know of a better way?

[adam3000]

Ok ... been testing...

I've created a button in flash that has code to launch an application:

on (release) {
	fscommand("exec", "test.exe");
	fscommand("exec", "test.app");
}

It works whether on a mac or a pc. Either platform it launches the appropriate file and I assume it errors out in trying to launch the other file.

Still... does anyone know how to do a proper "if (mac) else if (pc)" statement?

[adam3000]

I think this thread has the code I'm looking for...
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=773959

platform = substring(getVersion(), 1,3);
if (platform == "WIN") {
	// we're running on Windows
} else {
	// we're running on a MAC
}

I'll have to test it later to see if it works.

[Northcode]

Now if you wrap that code up into a function and you follow the same naming convention for your MAC and WIN applications, you will end up with a function that looks something like this...

function SmartExec(target)
{
   platform = substring(getVersion(), 1,3);
	
   if (platform == "WIN") 
   {
      // we're running on Windows, target an EXE file
      fscommand("exec", target + ".exe");
   } 
   else 
   {
      // we're running on a MAC, target an AppleScript file
      fscommand("exec", target + "_script");
   }
}

usage: SmartExec("whatever");