a simple question worth 5 stars?

[LikeThisName]

maybe a simple question but.. we are stuck, the five of us want to create a splash screen. i want it to do animation then go to a webpage and self exit. can some one please tell me how to self exit at the end of my clip. without having to hit a button thanks

 

[billwatson]

if i read the question correctly then in the last frame of the movie have

getURL("javascript:window.close();&quot

or maybe

getURL("javascript:self.close();&quot

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[oldnewbie]

Might be a little more to that than what "Component-Instructor-Bill" posted. In fact, a bit hard to say with the little info you provided!
Maybe a simple getURL (maybe from within the movie clip?) with "_self" as second parameter, calling up the web page, would do the trick, as opposed to closing (with a warning!), the browser window.

Regards,

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[ping292]

try this at the end of the movie, add this at the last frame
getURL('main.html','_parent')

best regards
ping292

 

[LikeThisName]

i'm sorry i should have specified. wow, looking back at my post, i can't believe i forgot to include this:

the flash is from a standalone executable and not a web page.

i wanted to create a splash screen that either loads a web page or another application actually like ms access.

im having a hard time making it self exit. would i use the fscommand? some way to kill the executable?

 

[ThomasJSmart]

fscommand("quit"

closes the flash player

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[LikeThisName]

okay, what iam loking to do is play a movie clip
when the clip has reached its end i want to:
open up an msaccess database
and exit the projector.

and can i use the fscommand to open up msaccess i searched macromedia help couldnot find anything that addresses this.

I've tried unsuccessfully

fscommand ( "exec", "mydb.mdb&quot

where do i put the code: fscommand("quit&quot

so that quits without the user having to press anything or rollover anything.

any help much appreciated

 

[LikeThisName]

getURL("mydb.mdb&quot

opens the database but first prompts user if they want to indeed open it. is there anyway around this?

 

[LikeThisName]

Or if anyone knows how i could use getURL or fscommand to run a batch file, much appreciated.

something like...
"msaccess C:\program files\mydb
mydb.mdb"

 

[ThomasJSmart]

you could try the lpflashex functions, they have some good commands for offline flash movies.

lpflashex.com

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[Trentham]

Perhaps you've got this all sorted by now (and if so I'd like to hear the details). I'm currently trying to do similar things except it's not a splash screen which kicks things off, so I don't want to close it at the end.

I'm running an app kicked off from the flash movie but the best I've been able to do is to run a batch file, eg. fscommand ( "exec", "doit.bat&quot. It seems the fscommand is very restrictive and at least the batch file allows me to most of what I want.

The problem is that there's then this batch window open until the app it starts exits!

I've had a look at LPflashEX but just can't get it to do anything. I don't know what it's supposed to do and following the 'documentation' leaves me at a loss (for example, it says, "press the blue button" and there isn't one!).

 

[oldnewbie]

What OS are you using?

Regards,

 

[LikeThisName]

im at a loss to.

the lpflash i found confusing. if anyone had a sample flash app they could email me at ryan.temporary@cox.net that would be grand.

i learn best by examples, as i think most of us do here.

the reason i posted here was to spice up my database app's icon and launch, its not vital but i'd love to learn how.