Will a Flash .swf file execute a .exe file on Mac?

Question

Hi there

I am busy updating a Flash application from a previous developer, but it was written for Windows. I am busy developing on Mac and there is this segment of code:

_global.localSO = SharedObject.getLocal("personalCookie", "/");
_global.localSO.data.name = textFileContent;
_global.localSO.flush();
fscommand("exec", "fscommand/save_personal.exe");

What it basically does is the following:

• it stores a value to a session variable in Flash (was told this by previous developer)
• it calls a file compiled from Director, save_personal.exe
• save_personal.exe calls another fl_save_personal.swf inside the .exe file
• fl_save_personal.swf retrieves the session variables and passes them to the save_personal.exe
• save_personal.exe writes this variable to a text file personal.txt (as it gets it with no other calculations on the variable itself)

Now, my real question is the following, can this save_personal.exe execute on a Mac at all (by means of the original Flash app calling it, in this case myApplication.app), or must I publish the Director file as save_personal.app also in order to test the file creation?

Answer 1

.EXE on MAC? NO! only if you use Wine for darwin :)

i think that this can help too: board[dot]flashkit[dot]com/board/showthread.php?t=140971