Tutorial: Using VB to launch files from the Flash projector
(Step 2)

First of all, download this project and open it in Visual Basic. Second, open up the form and double click to get into the code. Third, replace the "insert file name here" with the name and location of your file. You can use relational directories (..\dir) if, for instance, you're placing this on a CD and don't know the drive letter, or you can hard code the directory structure. Either way works.

Remember: This will be the file's proximity to the file it is launching, not the proximity to the movie. For example, if your movie is in the root and all of your other files are in a directory called "Files," then you would only need to add "file.tag," (e.g., preso.ppt)not the entire directory structure (e.g., \files\preso.ppt). And, with the security settings that prevent Flash from running malicious code, you're going to have to place the executable in a folder called fscommand that is a subdirectory directly below the Flash projector.

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