[Anaz]

lol stealth, its all good...

the database will point to a download site, and a few screenshots. Also you can have a description with it...

[Stealth]

in that case feel free to add it

...when it's completed that is :wink:

[Stealth]

i'm going to have to include a plugin, until i can figure out the real way

[Stealth]

release tomorrow, or (if i have to) the day after.

Credits:

Myself (for making the entire thing, duh)
Goober5000 (for converting to GIFs)
Hades (original concept, providing ANIs/AVIs)

am i leaving anyone out?  anyway, stay tuned... coming very soon.  i'll PM you both and make a new thread in the HARD LIGHT forum which (hopefully) Sandwich can sticky for us, giving the release.  when all bugs are out of that release, i'll start on the Bastion, then the FS2 main halls.  it should go pretty smoothly the others, cause i'll know how to do everything... perhaps about 2 hours of work maximum on each hall.  perhaps Shrike can even get us a forum for this!  I mean, it's a pretty big thing... four main halls (desktops)... also, i was thinking maybe the three of us could form a team and have a forum, website, etc. that specializes in everything Freespace interface related... including desktop themes, desktops, etc.
?

[Goober5000]

Stealth, did you figure out how to launch programs using hyperlinks?

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Stealth
perhaps Shrike can even get us a forum for this!

I don't quite think so...

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Sandwich


I don't quite think so...

yeah i know that'll never happen... but it sounded good

i think maybe i can set up a forum for us at VW, i'll see... probably not though.

Goober5000:  They're going to have to install a plugin, but that shouldn't be too bad

[Stealth]

try this:




HERE




it asks if you want to downlaod it... so i'm going to have to include a plugin.

put that code into notepad and save as a .HTML or .HTM file... you see it links to the file, but it asks if you want to download a plugin or something like that, which is really gay... gah i dunno!

[Stealth]

****!!! i'm not going to give up this close to the end!!!!!

*decides to lower himself to the level of asking flash mastas in online forums*

[Goober5000]

What's happening with the project nowadays?

[Stealth]

seems a great loss to quit now... my greatest obstacle:

finding a way to link to folders/files in Flash

everything else is done... 99.999999999999999% of the work...

if anyone knows, i beg them to come forward...

otherwise:

*still searching for a way*

[Goober5000]

Can you start a program within Flash?  Like, suppose you didn't use hyperlinks.  Could you hard-code Calculator to start automatically when you click somewhere?

If that's the case, then what you could do is start a batch file that would start another program based on its arguments.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Goober5000
Can you start a program within Flash?  Like, suppose you didn't use hyperlinks.  Could you hard-code Calculator to start automatically when you click somewhere?

If that's the case, then what you could do is start a batch file that would start another program based on its arguments.

i've never had to do that... i'm sure (in fact, i KNOW) it can be done through Javascript, but i can't find exactly!  if people would help me search for the answer i'd appreciate it

[DTP]

all you need to do is to use a java script with on mouse over properties and actions. i have it somewhere.

the rest is putting in a background, and place the gifs so it looks right, which may be the hard part.

and then make an html document and point the active desktop, towards it.

pretty sure i could do it, if i set my mind to it.

edit 4

that Vb code "code" dont work properly

i tried posting some java aswell assome plain html, and it parsed it and did all sort of screwy things.

test:ok i know the following is not PHP so ignore it, but it dont parses IMG tags.so the following is part HTML and part java.







And this is the HTML



onMouseOver="links.src='images/headers/menu2.gif'"
onMouseOut="links.src='images/headers/menu2.JPG'">
 
onmouseout="window.status='Welcome to frames 3d page'; return true">



Note the JPG files can be replaced by an GIF files so that you have one for opening doors, and one for closing doors
just make them a single time loop. and it will play GIF1 when you move the mouse over, and GIF2 when you remove the mouse from the picture area.

enclose it in "a href ="  tags and you have the normal html links.
that would take you somewhere when you click it.

note the java script is optional, its just a handy thing for making sure that people get all images displayed at once sine they already have the pics cached in "temporary internet files" directory.

[Goober5000]

Okay...Stealth has done all that (read the thread) and the flash is just about ready for release...the only thing he needs is a way to hyperlink a file without bringing up the Save As dialog.  See for yourself...

Click

When you click on it, Calculator doesn't run...it brings up the Save As dialog.  How do you get Calculator to run instead of be "downloaded" from something that's on your hard drive already anyway?

[EdrickV]

You have to use something other then HTML hyperlinks.

[Goober5000]

Such as?

[EdrickV]

Well, I don't know Flash and don't know what Flash languages/whatever you have available so I can't say for sure, but it looks like FSCommand might work, if you can use "ActionScript" stuff. (A little searching is a helpful thing.)

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary372.html

[Goober5000]

Well, I wasn't working on it, but it looks like this is what Stealth is looking for.  Thanks for your help.

[DTP]

Originally posted by Goober5000
Okay...Stealth has done all that (read the thread) and the flash is just about ready for release...the only thing he needs is a way to hyperlink a file without bringing up the Save As dialog.  See for yourself...

Click

When you click on it, Calculator doesn't run...it brings up the Save As dialog.  How do you get Calculator to run instead of be "downloaded" from something that's on your hard drive already anyway?

no he has not, he has created a flash file, i would do it with a active desktop with normal html / java thing.

so there i said, "all you need to do"

read between the line "instead of flash".

and i have read most of the relevant replies. The thing with him wanting to open exe files directly, with confirmation from the user us not possible with a plain Flash or HTML or even some sort of nifty PHP or java script.

i can see it before me if it where possible, what would happen. virus would be everywhere if ones HD could get written to, by a single click.

the embed tag would ofcourse open exe files that are linked to open files but, the calculater uses no files and therefore the embed command would not work for that.

maybe  a windows scripting "script" could be configured to open exe files that are indrectly activated by an embed tag, but that would require people to have windows scripting host installed, and some anti-virus programs may not like it.

maybe the script file would look something like this in a vbs file.

a file called runcalc.vbs

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "%windir%\calc "

and in an html doc




but you also need to create a regfile so that the explorer knows what prog to open in order to execute the VBS file

read more about that here

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/workshop/components/activex/activex_node_entry.asp?frame=true

and click

How to Register an ActiveX Object as the Player for a Media Type