[Stealth]

Originally posted by Goober5000
Remember my batch file suggestion?  Have you tried that?

That way, yes, you have to "download" the batch file from your hard drive anyway, but you only need to do it once, and once you do it should run every single other program automatically (assuming you pass it the right parameters).

I've been using the batch file... that seems to be the best way, except i can't find a way to CALL the batch file when the SWF is opened in the browser or through an HTML file

[Stealth]

kasper... i don't quite get what you're saying... could you give me an example please?

[Goober5000]

Originally posted by Stealth
I've been using the batch file... that seems to be the best way, except i can't find a way to CALL the batch file when the SWF is opened in the browser or through an HTML file

just do a url - "file:///C:\temp\mybatchfile.bat -a -b -c"; won't that work?

or, as a last resort, call a separate batch file for each hotspot - and people can change what each batch file does if they need to.

[kasperl]

just an shortcut,without an icon, a desktop shortcut like standard windows. you know, those things on your desktop.
you make an invisible one, i mean one with an invisible icon and no name, if possible. you place it over the cickable area, and when you doubleclcik on the area, you actually click on the shortcut, wich will do it`s job. as i said,  it`s really messy, and if someone organzies is desktop, it won't work, because al the shortcuts will have moved, and i don't know how to make an shortcut with an script, or toplace it exactly ware you want it, but perhaps it`s possible, but look at my signature, i'm just a newbie


and one question,a bit OT. how do you create a shortcut on the desktop or in the start menu? i mean with a script, no just manually.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Goober5000


just do a url - "file:///C:\temp\mybatchfile.bat -a -b -c"; won't that work?

or, as a last resort, call a separate batch file for each hotspot - and people can change what each batch file does if they need to.

i've tried all that... the problem is it's impossible for an SWF to call anything external througha browser... the browser doens't let it

[Stealth]

Originally posted by kasperl
just an shortcut,without an icon, a desktop shortcut like standard windows. you know, those things on your desktop.
you make an invisible one, i mean one with an invisible icon and no name, if possible. you place it over the cickable area, and when you doubleclcik on the area, you actually click on the shortcut, wich will do it`s job. as i said,  it`s really messy, and if someone organzies is desktop, it won't work, because al the shortcuts will have moved, and i don't know how to make an shortcut with an script, or toplace it exactly ware you want it, but perhaps it`s possible, but look at my signature, i'm just a newbie


and one question,a bit OT. how do you create a shortcut on the desktop or in the start menu? i mean with a script, no just manually.

no that wouldn't work... we don't want double-clicks, and like you said, it's too hard to align, etc.

to create a shortcut on the desktop, right click any file anywhere, and click "send to" and then "desktop (as shortcut)"

to add something to the start menu, just drag it onto the start menu, or copy and paste it to C:\windows\start menu\

[Rampage]

Just on another topic, is there a DEFINITE release of the active desktop?

[EdrickV]

Originally posted by Rampage
Just on another topic, is there a DEFINITE release of the active desktop?

Active Desktop has been around since before Win98 I believe. It's a feature built into Win98 through XP and included with IE 4.0 or newer, so your question doesn't make a lot of sense. If you mean the shockwave desktop thing, it's looking like making one that actually does anything may be impossible through Active Desktop/Flash which would mean that there's nothing to release.

[Stealth]

it MAY be possible though... if i can make the desktop actually DISPLAY as a desktop, with all the icons and all, then i'm sure there's got to be a way to link it to files!

[Rampage]

Originally posted by EdrickV


Active Desktop has been around since before Win98 I believe. It's a feature built into Win98 through XP and included with IE 4.0 or newer, so your question doesn't make a lot of sense. If you mean the shockwave desktop thing, it's looking like making one that actually does anything may be impossible through Active Desktop/Flash which would mean that there's nothing to release.

Oops!  I mean the Freespace Desktop.  I hate it when I do this to myself!

[Stealth]

EdrickV and Rampage are the same person!?

[Goober5000]

No...

Originally posted by Rampage
Just on another topic, is there a DEFINITE release of the active desktop?

EdrickV's posting was in response to this.

[Stealth]

i knew that

[Stealth]

would anyone be interested in all four desktops (FS1 galatea main hall, FS1 bastion main hall, FS2 terran hall, FS2 vasudan hall) in one... where there's a little button (hidden) you can click which will change desktops... ?
all will have sound (you can toggle on and off) as well as the background music (you can toggle on and off)...

unfortunately clicking on a door won't make it open anything (i'm working on making it... but not yet ) but if you click it will open, but bring up a download window asking you "ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO OPEN THIS FILE" ...

anyone interested?  or is it not worth doing till i can do it 100%

[Goober5000]

I am definitely interested

and I think it stinks that you've gotten this far and the link stuff isn't working

[Stealth]

i was stupid... should've done some research first

[Stealth]

this project is dead pending further information

[Galemp]

You can still grab the Flash file and set it as your desktop. It's just that nothing happens when you click on the doors. That's good enough for me.

[Goober5000]

Good point. Stealth, put what you've got up for download.

Maybe you can work on the other ships, too - and just wait for a solution.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
You can still grab the Flash file and set it as your desktop. It's just that nothing happens when you click on the doors. That's good enough for me.

but WHY... for what purpose?
you still need icons and everything...

is there any new IE release coming out soon? Flash MX has just been released, so there's no new Flash for a while... perhaps the newest IE to be released will support this kind of thing

i can still make doors link to files, you're just going to have to click "open file" when you click on it

oh well... i'm going to keep searching, seems devastating for this amount of work to just go down the drain, or partially down the drain