Hi all,
I need to open a folder from a director movie, in its own window not in the
director window. I know how to launch an app, but dont seem to be able to crack
this one.
Thanks
- oh, and I'm using Windows, but a Mac answer would be cool too.

budgiebird wrote:
> I need to open a folder from a director movie, in its own window not
> in the director window. I know how to launch an app, but dont seem to
> be able to crack this one.
> Thanks
> - oh, and I'm using Windows, but a Mac answer would be cool too.

For Windows, you can use explorer.exe:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/152457

If you're using BuddyAPI, you can use baOpenFile with the name of the
folder, which also works on Macs.

Andrew

The path to the folder you want to open will need to be an absolute path. This
is true whether you choose to use Director's native "open with " command, or
Buddy API's baOpenFile() command. The need for an absolute path raises two
issues:

1) Macintosh and Windows use different path delimiters to define an absolute
path.
2) On end-users' machines, the absolute path you provide is likely to be wrong.

Is your application intended for a kiosk where you have total control of the
system? If not, you will need to store the path to the folders as a relative
path (with respect to the current movie), and convert back to an absolute path
on the fly.

You can find PathRelativeTo() and PathMakeAbsolute() handlers in the File
Manager script that you can find here: [nonlinear.openspark.com]. The File
Manager script depends on the two others, so be sure to copy all three scripts
to your movie.

You can then use the open() command to open the chosen folder. The application
that will open the folder is different on Macintosh and Windows. Here's a code
snippet to get you started:

on mouseUp
vFolder = the applicationPath -- oven-ready absolute path... or use your own

if the platform starts "Mac" then
vApplication = "Finder"
else
vApplication = "Explorer"
end if

open vFolder with vApplication
end mouseUp

so far I've tried
-- open "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10" with "explorer.exe"
--open (QUOTE & C:\Documents and Settings & QUOTE) with "explorer.exe"
--open ("C:\Documents and Settings") with "explorer.exe"
--open " & C:\Documents and Settings & " with "explorer.exe"
--open "C:\Documents and Settings" with "explorer.exe"
--open "C:\Documents and Settings"
--window("C:\Documents and Settings").open("explorer.exe")
--window("C:\Documents and Settings").open()
--window("C:\Documents and Settings") with "explorer.exe"
--open "Explorer /root,\\Documents and Settings"
--open "Explorer /root,\\Documents and Settings" with "explorer.exe"
-- ("C:\Documents and Settings").open = "explorer"

and not got anywhere :-(

budgiebird wrote:
> so far I've tried
<loads>
> and not got anywhere :-(

open("explorer.exe " & quote & "C:\Documents and Settings\" & quote)

Andrew