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Launching a PDF from a Flash movie

I'm developing a CD that autostarts using an AUTORUN.INF file to launch the Flash executable. It also needs to use the Reader installed on the CD to launch a PDF file from the CD.

Right now only the Flash movie is launching and when it completes nothing else happens. I need to have it at the very least launch the Start.pdf file and preferably launch the Start.pdf file with the version of Adobe Reader that is on the disk.

Any ideas?

The last frame of the Flash movie reads as follows:

fscommand("exec", "Start.pdf");
fscommand("quit");

The AUTORUN.INF file reads as follows:

; autorun.inf generated by CDEveryWhere 1.2.3, Build 12
[AutoRun]
open=medline.exe
open=InstallReader\PC\Acrobat\Reader\AcroRd32.exe Start.pdf

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Is there a way to force it to launch the version of Reader that is on the CD like in my AUTORUN.INF file?

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Vicker Leung

befidled

I think possible,
but still you need to put inside a "fscommand" subfolder

Vicker

blue-genie

Hi,

what if you use a bat file, and include the following in your autorun.inf

open=run.bat

then in your run.bat, something to this effect

if exist d:\Start.pdf start /max /w d:\Start.pdf
if exist e:\Start.pdf start /max /w e:\Start.pdf
if exist f:\Start.pdf start /max /w f:\Start.pdf
if exist g:\Start.pdf start /max /w g:\Start.pdf

this checks possible CD-drives on the user end.

We usually use this code for autorunning html pages, so should do the trick with pdf me thinks.

blu.