[AS3] Do you still have to use Flash wrappers?

[matthbooth]

Do you still have to use Flash wrappers like Zinc to be able to save files from a CD using a Flash projector. In the same way you would use Filereference.save?

I've got a DVD style project where I need to be able link to files such as PDFs, JPGs and WMVs giving the user the ability to save these to their local drive.

Thanks in advance

[northcode]

I created a FREE tool called proxy (http://www.northcode.com/blog.php/2007/08/07/Conquering-FSCommand-EXEC-Part-1-Proxy) for executing BAT files (without the ugly DOS box). Using proxy and BAT files you can accomplish quite a bit, but if you have to set up a lot of files it won't be a lot of fun.

You don't HAVE to use the commercial swf2exe tools, but they can make the task a lot more pleasant and some of them can do a LOT more (http://www.northcode.com/v3/features.php) than just open and copy files.

The Best

SWF Studio http://www.northcode.com

The Rest

mProjector http://www.screentime.com
SWFKit http://www.swfkit.com
SWiSH Studio http://www.swishzone.com
Jugglor http://www.jugglor.com
Zinc http://www.multidmedia.com

[matthbooth]

I've got a DVD style project where I need to be able link to files such as PDFs, JPGs and WMVs giving the user the ability to save these to their local drive.

I'm creating it with CS4 but the Filereference.save doesn't work as it needs a HTTP or HTTPS address.

Can this be done and if so how?

Thanks in advance

[northcode]

Check out 2desktop (http://www.northcode.com/misc/2desktop.zip) or copy2 (http://www.northcode.com/misc/copy2.zip). These utilities can be called from Flash and will allow you to copy one file at a time from the location of your choice to the users desktop (2desktop) or a location of their choice (copy2). They're FREE.