Greetings!
I am in dire need of assistance! I am working on an interactive CD-ROM
and I have the supposedly simple task of creating a button that, when
clicked, opens a PDF file (included on the CD) into Acrobat Reader 5.0
(also included on the CD). I have tried everything and cannot concoct a
behavior script that will work -- most of the scripts open Reader but
will not open my PDF. I don't know how to fix this because I am a
beginner and am woefully ignorant when it comes to programming/Lingo.
The project is being designed in Director MX 2004 on a Mac running OSX.
The projector I am creating is destined for a Windows OS (version
immaterial). I flirted with the idea of using the Buddy API Xtra to
simply find Reader on the user's computer, but I instead opted to just
include Reader on the CD since our particular target market may not
even have Acrobat Reader on their computers -- hard to believe, I know,
but true!
To elucidate my problem, I have included a list of the scripts I have
tried (below -- don't laugh), as well as what goes wrong when the
CD-ROM is tested on a PC operating on Windows. Let it be noted that the
rest of the project -- complete with sound, URL links and QuickTime
Movies and Virtual Reality panoramas (VRs) -- functions perfectly in
Windows. Let it also be noted that, once I fixed the application name
in Scripts 1&2 from "Acrobat Reader 5.0" to "acrord32.exe," Acrobat
opened from the CD...the PDF, however, which resides in the same
folder, cannot be opened. That seems odd to me; why can it find the
Acrobat .exe and not my file? They're in the same place!!! HELP!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for your time. I have wasted much of my own trying to
figure this simple operation out. My apologies for the "novel-esque"
message!
Cordially,
Leila
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****PLEASE NOTE: All error messages pop up in Acrobat Reader after it
unsuccessfully attempts to open my PDF.****
1) NOTHING HAPPENS: when button is clicked, neither the app nor the
file opens. The projector just sits there.
on MouseUp
open "lccc_app.pdf" with "Acrobat Reader 5.0"
-- Syntax open {whichDocument with} whichApplication
end
2) NOTHING HAPPENS: when button is clicked, neither the app nor the
file opens. The projector just sits there.
on mouseUp
open the moviePath&"@:reader:lccc_app.pdf" with the
moviePath&"@:reader:Acrobat Reader 5.0"
-- Syntax open {whichDocument with} whichApplication
end
3) FILE DOESN'T EXIST: Reader opens (Reader referred to incorrectly in
previous scripts), but PDF does not.
on mouseUp
open the moviePath&"@:reader:lccc_app.pdf" with the
moviePath&"@:reader:acrord32.exe"
-- Syntax open {whichDocument with} whichApplication
end
4) FILE PATH DOESN'T EXIST: Reader opens. PDF does not. Error message
pops up in Reader.
on mouseUp
open "@:reader:lccc_app.pdf" with "@:reader:acrord32.exe"
-- Syntax open {whichDocument with} whichApplication
end
5) FILE NAME, DIRECTORY NAME OR FILE LABEL DOESN'T EXIST: Reader opens.
PDF does not.
on mouseUp
open "@reader:lccc_app.pdf" with "@reader:acrord32.exe"
-- Syntax open {whichDocument with} whichApplication
end
6) FILE DOESN'T EXIST: Reader opens. PDF does not.
on mouseUp
if the platform contains "Windows" then
open the moviePath&"@:reader:lccc_app.pdf" with the
moviePath&"@:reader:acrord32.exe"
end if
end if
end
7) NOTHING HAPPENS: when button is clicked, neither the app nor the
file opens. The projector just sits there.
on mouseUp
open "reader:lccc_app.pdf" with "reader:acrord32.exe"
-- Syntax open {whichDocument with} whichApplication
end
8) FILE DOESN'T EXIST: Reader opens. PDF does not.
on mouseUp
open the moviePath&"reader:lccc_app.pdf" with the
moviePath&"reader:acrord32.exe"
end
9) FILE PATH DOESN'T EXIST: Reader opens. PDF does not. Tried sticking
PDF in a different folder in this version just for kicks.
on mouseUp
open "@:reader:app:lccc_app.pdf" with "@:reader:acrord32.exe"
-- Syntax open {whichDocument with} whichApplication
end
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