RE: [flexcoders] AIR: Forcing a file to be opened By OS Default Application

2008-04-16 Thread Jim Hayes
! :-) By the way, is there an AIR specific equivalent of this group? -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffry Houser Sent: 16 April 2008 15:54 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] AIR: Forcing a file to be op

RE: [flexcoders] AIR: Forcing a file to be opened By OS Default Application

2008-04-16 Thread Battershall, Jeff
rom: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cutter (Flex Related) Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 10:32 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] AIR: Forcing a file to be opened By OS Default Application According to a talk that Ben Forta gave here in Nash

Re: [flexcoders] AIR: Forcing a file to be opened By OS Default Application

2008-04-16 Thread Jeffry Houser
True, but I thought you could link to a file and then let the OS handle it. I haven't tested this, though... Cutter (Flex Related) wrote: > > > According to a talk that Ben Forta gave here in Nashville, not long > before product launch, the AIR sandbox strictly prohibits access to > other

Re: [flexcoders] AIR: Forcing a file to be opened By OS Default Application

2008-04-16 Thread Cutter (Flex Related)
According to a talk that Ben Forta gave here in Nashville, not long before product launch, the AIR sandbox strictly prohibits access to other programs on a system. Steve "Cutter" Blades Adobe Certified Professional Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer _ http:

[flexcoders] AIR: Forcing a file to be opened By OS Default Application

2008-04-16 Thread Battershall, Jeff
Pardon the cross post, but I'm trying to find out if AIR supports triggering a file to be opened by the OS's default application for that file extension. Like having MS Excel open a .xls file. Jeff Battershall Application Architect Dow Jones Indexes [EMAIL PROTECTED] (609) 520-5637 (p) (484) 477-