Hi Everyone- The mail server seems to have rejected my earlier messages, so here goes again:
Thanks for the responses. I understand the security concerns and sympathize with them, but I still want my users to be able to install the app much easier regardless. I'd be happy to display a warning much like FireFox does when launching exes. Taking a step back, launching exes is generally dangerous, and yet still vital. Granted, I'm trying to lower the barriers to exe launching (skipping the user clicking on the download window and selecting to launch the file), but the fact is people can still launch exes downloaded from web pages without my devious schemes to make it easier. The signed Java applet option is interesting. I'd basically like a signed Flash movie that could do the same thing, using Flash instead of Java because it's more ubiquitous and doesn't take so friggin' long to launch. I imagine there's still no way though huh? Thanks again everyone. -Adam On 11/10/06, Cortlandt Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Adam, I think this is one of the rare opportunities to actually say "definitely not possible". If you could do this it would be a major security flaw as the .exe could, say, wipe out a hard drive instead of doing something beneficial. If somehow you find any way to do this, please notify Adobe as we are all in grave trouble. Glad to be able to say that ! :D -Cort On 11/9/06, Adam Fisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there any way to launch an exe with any version of Flash? I basically > want to download my installer using Flash and then automatically launch > it, > basically bypassing the browser's download and launch cycle to make things > easier on the user. > > I know very little actionscript/mxml, but I'm just curious if something > like > this is possible. Would I have to set something in a policy file > somewhere? > > Thanks so much. > > -Adam > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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