Scott Rossi wrote/ schreef:
> Might there be some way to launch a file in an external app and have the app
> automatically start playing the file?
For launching, use the 'launch' command (see help>index).
For starting... I don't know, but I believe most systems have their players
set to 'auto start'. Or otherwise you have to use AppleEvents and the
Windows equivalent of that (I forgot what it was called).
> Specifically, I've got a link in an MC stack that opens a video file in
> whatever player software the user has installed in their system. Is there
> any way to tell the player to start playing the file?
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Scott
Hope this helps,
Sjoerd
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