FireUp
 
Fire-up enables you to open, print or copy files or folders from a Macromedia Flash projector (executable).
  • Open / launch files with the default application
  • Open folders with Windows Explorer or the Finder
  • Copy / install files and folders to a local disk or network
  • Print files with the default application
  • Use with Flash projectors, Director executables,
    Powerpoint, autorun CD-roms, ...
  • Available on Windows, Mac OS9 and Mac OS X
  • € 38 for both platforms
  Warning
 

There is a bug in Flash 9 projectors for Macintosh.
The exec fscommand doesn't work in Flash 9 projectors for Macintosh. Therefore Fire-Up won't work with Mac projectors created with Adobe Flash CS3. If you save your .fla file as a Flash 8 file, open it in Flash 8 and publish again, it will work.
 
Fire-Up will be discontinued soon and released as open source software.

 
  Description
 

Macromedia Flash projectors allow you to launch an application, but not to open a file. Fire-Up solves this issue, but Fire-Up can do more than that: Fire-Up can also print and copy files. And it can be used with Director projectors, PowerPoint slideshows and autorun enabled CD-roms.

Opening a file or folder with Fire-Up mimics doubleclicking the file or folder in Windows Explorer or the Finder on Mac: a file is opened with it's default application, a folder is opened in Windows Explorer or the Finder.
Printing a file with Fire-Up mimics right-clicking a file and selecting "print": it opens the file with it's default application and prints it.
Copying a file or folder with Fire-Up opens a standard file save dialog box. If a valid local or network path is selected, Windows Explorer or the Finder on Mac is told to copy the file or folder. A standard progress dialog will pop up. When a folder is copied, the folder and all of it's contents are copied.
  General usage
 

Copy the Fire-Up application is the same folder as the file you want to open/copy/print and rename the Fire-Up application: the first part is the name of the file to open/copy/print. The second part is the command, which can be "open", "copy" or "print". The third part is the standard extension for executable files: "exe" on Windows, "app" on Macintosh. All parts of the filename are separated by a dot.
 
  e.g.You want to open "Fire_Up.pdf",
Copy the Fire-up application in the same folder as the PDF document and rename the Fire-up application to "Fire_Up.pdf.open.exe" on Windows or "Fire_Up.pdf.open.app" on Macintosh.
Launching “Fire_Up.pdf.open.exe” from Flash (with the exec fscommand) or any other application, will open the PDF document.
  System requirements
 

Windows NT4, 98, ME, 2000, XP
MacOS 9, Mac OS X