bsquared18
Technical User
have access to Flash MX 2004 Professional and might be described as an "advanced beginner' in the use of ActionScript.
I will be supplying a client with a dvd disc containing several .wmv video/audio files, so this is not an internet streaming application. One simple approach is to just give the client instructions to open a video file in Windows Explorer and view it using a program like Windows Media Player.
And if that's the only .simple approach, it will work. But I was wondering if a "sexier" Flash shell could be built with the client's logo, etc. on it and a button for each .wmv video file. Is there ActionScript code that could be used when a button is clicked on to send the action to a video file and open it in Windows Media Player, instead of having the user click on the file in Windows Explorer? And once the video is closed, the action would return to the Flash shell.
I'm hoping it could be done with Flash Player 7, which would be more widely available than Flash 8.
I've done some studying of the use of .flv files and so forth but wanted to find out if there is a simpler way such as I have described above. If it can't be done as I have envisioned it, someone please say so. Then, I will decide whether to use the non-Flash approach or look at other options.
Any guidance (and code even) will be greatly appreciated.
Bill
I will be supplying a client with a dvd disc containing several .wmv video/audio files, so this is not an internet streaming application. One simple approach is to just give the client instructions to open a video file in Windows Explorer and view it using a program like Windows Media Player.
And if that's the only .simple approach, it will work. But I was wondering if a "sexier" Flash shell could be built with the client's logo, etc. on it and a button for each .wmv video file. Is there ActionScript code that could be used when a button is clicked on to send the action to a video file and open it in Windows Media Player, instead of having the user click on the file in Windows Explorer? And once the video is closed, the action would return to the Flash shell.
I'm hoping it could be done with Flash Player 7, which would be more widely available than Flash 8.
I've done some studying of the use of .flv files and so forth but wanted to find out if there is a simpler way such as I have described above. If it can't be done as I have envisioned it, someone please say so. Then, I will decide whether to use the non-Flash approach or look at other options.
Any guidance (and code even) will be greatly appreciated.
Bill