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I'm working on an interactive CD for a summer camp.

What are my options for showing a PDF file within a Flash projector? AIR or a .NET wrapper are not options because we can't rely on any frameworks that may not be installed on the end-users' machine.

(We've used FlashPaper in the past, but it looks bad and its not supported anymore. What's about fscommand?)

EDIT:

Reading a link posted in Jordan's question, I saw the possibility of embedding a web browser in the flash projector. Is there a way to embed a web browser or trigger a web browser (pointing to a particular local file) in a Flash Projector?

Moshe
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...what? AIR is cross-platform and definitely NOT a third-party framework.

And fscommand works ONLY on windows (ActiveX).

You would be better with a third-party class (AS3.0 class) - Googled and found this:

http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/

ByteArray.org being a very respected website.

Aurel Bílý
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  • Note that, as far as I know, alivepdf is used to generate PDF, not to load them. – blue112 Nov 07 '10 at 23:40
  • Aurel300 - When I said third-party, I made a mistake. I need a single independent projector file. AIR requires an install, as does .NET. The point is that AIR and .NET are frameworks that require installation. – Moshe Nov 07 '10 at 23:51
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I asked a similar question here. The conclusion is that its very difficult if not impossible. I found many libs for as3 that would generate PDF's but not display them.

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Jordan
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There are other desktop flash-platforms besides the AIR. For example mdm Zinc or Northcode (both not free unfortunately) that deploys standalone exe(cutables) and provide extra functionalities.

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