Authorware error launch of PDF files

Hi all

I was big into Authorware from 1999 to 2005, but migrated to Flash since then.

I have a program that has 34 lessons created in this time and distributed on CD. This program is starting to become a great use once again, and to my delight, it still works pretty well. However, there are links throughout the CD that will launch a PDF file that are local CD when I click the link, it launches the pdf perfectly, but when I close it, closing the document, but I find myself with a white screen on my program. The program is still running back, but I can't get rid of the big white top box which held the pdf.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

Gene

Assuming you have all of the PDF files in a folder called 'pdf', it would be calc icon code something like this:

JumpOutReturn ("" ", FileLocation^"pdf\\filename.pdf ")

In the dialog box A'ware functions:

JumpOutReturn ("program" [, 'document'] [, "creator type"])

JumpOutReturn opens the application specified in the program, and Authorware continues his presentation in the background. Use JumpOutReturn in calculation icons.

When you specify the program argument, remember to use the exact name of the application. On Windows, it is also a good idea to specify the extension of the application. Unless the application to which you jump is stored in the same folder as the Windows search path or Authorware file, you need to specify the path of the program.

[ERIK: usually you can leave this empty as the operating system should automatically determine the good parent program.]

The document of the optional argument opens another application with a specific file. It is best to store this file in the same folder as the Authorware file; otherwise, you must specify a path as part of the argument. If you specify only the document without specification of program, Authorware prompts you to locate the appropriate application.

[ERIK: same as above, this should not happen in most cases]

The third argument optional, available on the Macintosh, specifies the type of creator of the application (a four-character code) and Authorware helps localize the application on the user's system. It is useful to include the creator type if users may have changed names or locations of the program files. If you ResEdit, about creating a program type use the command read the information. If you do not specify a document, but you're including a creator type, insert a string NULL for the first argument. Jump to other files Authorware (rather than other applications) use the JumpFile and JumpFileReturn functions.

[ERIK: it is completely obsolete]

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