Launching external exe in AIR

[socalfish-ZaF3fV]

Need to launch an external program through Flash AIR. Tried reading up but are unable to get it working. Think there is something else I need to perform before launching my external file (exe). It is a exercise that is like a game.

var myApp:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("Hazards.exe");
var myAppProcessStartupInfo:NativeProcessStartupInfo = new NativeProcessStartupInfo();
var myAppProcess = new NativeProcess();

myAppProcessStartupInfo.executable = myApp;
myAppProcess.start(myAppProcessStartupInfo);

Throws this error when I run it inside Flash. And nothing after launching. In some debug I see that NativeProcess.isSupported = false;

Error: Error #3219: The NativeProcess could not be started. 'Not supported in current profile.'
at Error$/throwError()
at flash.desktop::NativeProcess/start()
at launching_fla::MainTimeline/launchFile()[launching_fla.MainTimeline::frame1:27]

How do I get a external file to launch with AIR?

THANKS

[kglad]

assuming you're importing those classes (and it appears you are), you should be checking if the nativeprocess is supported on the host computer by using the static isSupported property of the NativeProcess:

if(NativeProcess.isSupported){

var myAppProcess:NativeProcess=new NativeProcess();

}

[socalfish-ZaF3fV]

Yes I've done the check and it comes back false... meaning not supported. I read in the documention that you have to assign a profile? Here is the link...

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/air/build/WS144092a96ffef7cc16ddeea2126bb46b82f-8000.html

Not sure how this would help. From what I have read for AIR this is what I should be using. If I had an example that worked then I could adapt but I have not found one over the web yet at least. Even tried the File.openWithDefaultApplication and that wouldn't even open a text document or word doc file.

Any suggestions?

THANKS for getting back to me. This is as usual a time sensitive manner. LOL

[Kenneth Kawamoto]

You need to have <supportedProfiles>extendedDesktop</supportedProfiles> in the app xml for NativeProcess class to work.

[socalfish-ZaF3fV]

Thanks, I have both desktop and extendedDesktop checked off in the AIR panel. When I just use the extendedDesktop I get an error. Still won't launch an external exe file on the root of my course.

PLEASE... any suggestions greatly appreciated. They are all over me about this.

Thanks

[Kenneth Kawamoto]

What is the error? Did you check the xml?

[socalfish-ZaF3fV]

Believe I have found the problem. After reading a few more doc files it was mentioned to have a installer package. I thought AIR was the installer package. No I was wrong there. The NativeProcess.isSupported was always returning false. Not till after checking the box for the Windows Installer was I able to get the NativeProcess set to true; Below is the final code...

import flash.filesystem.*;
import flash.desktop.NativeProcessStartupInfo;
import flash.desktop.NativeProcess;

var myApp:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("Hazards.exe");
var myAppProcessStartupInfo:NativeProcessStartupInfo = new NativeProcessStartupInfo();
var myAppProcess = new NativeProcess();

myAppProcessStartupInfo.executable = myApp;
myAppProcess.start(myAppProcessStartupInfo);

Screen Shot from AIR:

Thanks to everyone for the support and help. Hopefully someone will be able to use this in their AIR projects as well.