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JSFL FLfile.runCommandLine Updated in Flash CS3

The undocumented JSFL method FLfile.runCommandLine as of Flash CS3 now works on a Mac, so you can write shell code and execute it from your JSFL scripts.

For example:

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Actionscript:
  1. FLfile.runCommandLine("exec /Apollo/bin/adl /Users/guy/desktop/myapp.xml")

Will run Apollo from JSFL on a Mac.

In previous versions of Flash (7.2/8), FLfile.runCommandLine only worked on Windows, so this is great news. FlappleScript is no longer required, nor does it work anymore in Flash CS3 which i found out the hard way when trying to port my Test in Apollo application over to the Mac. This function is still undocumented, but its been in a few versions of the authoring tool now, so i cant see Adobe removing it.

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