1) You can't make the Mac version start with Autorun. I thought there was
some trick you could do with Toast (there is some autostart field), though
I don't think I've ever managed to get it to work.
2) To launch a file for Excel or Word, you will have the most success if
the file type is associated with the application on the machine. That is,
that clicking on an ".xls" file will bring up Excel, or clicking on a
".doc" will bring up word, then you can just use the Lingo "open" command,
as in:
open "myfile.doc"
or give it a path, like: open "c:\myfile.doc"
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At 10:38 AM 3/30/01 -0400, wilson soto wrote:
>I need to know how can I launch an external application, exactly Excel
>and Word documents, from a Director Movie.
>This is for a project which has excel and word documents in it, and I
>need that with a click on an icon for the documents the applications
>launch in order to see the content of this documents, without closing
>the Director project. The documents most be seen in the launched
>application.
>I need the info for both platforms (Win and MAC)
>
>Another thing, how can I make the MAC version of the project to start
>with Autorun ?
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