fscommand to open external powerpoint show

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Hey all, I'm having a mare with this!! basically I am trying to open a powerpoint show (ppsx) from a flash projector, and used a tutorial somewhere on this board (just closed the page so i cant supply a link :/) which said about renaming a file downloaded from a site called proxy.exe and creating a batch file with simply a reference to the powerpoint file. This part of it all works, if i try to run the ppsx from the batch file it all works fine, but there must be some miscommunication between the flash file and the batch.

Here is my code

_root.menuMc.scrol.onRelease=function(){

fscommand("exec","start.exe");

}

where start.exe is the link to the batch which runs the powerpoint file. Ive tried placing the files in an fscommand folder, I've tried it on the desktop, i feel like ive tried everything, but flash just wont communicate with the start file!!! argh!!

Help greatly needed asap!! cheers

[Adover]

also I have noticed that flash does seem to be opening the bat file but an error comes up. Only problem is im running vista and there's no option to stop it closing before i can read it!! helllllllllppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp ppppppp!!!

[Adover]

and to add to the bitterness, i tried opening up the batch file in a cmd window to see what happens, and it works!! :@ but still wont from the flash!!

[Adover]

http://www.northcode.com/blog.php/20...n-in-Flash-CS3

problem solved!!! info there for anyone else with a sore head due to this bug!!!!