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Director Xtra info-
Depending on what kinda of functionality you require from Director, check out this free Xtra called FileXtra4 :
http://kblab.net/xtras/FileXtra4/
If gives you File I/O...
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Getting back to the original question about XML-
its a great option for what you are trying to achieve. You could simply create text nodes <heading>This is a heading</heading>, or attributes <item...
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If you want to auto launch an html file you can use a free utility that Northcode developed called RunFile - it will launch the html file from the autorun.inf. I think it will launch most file types...
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have you included the flash asset xtra?
you can zip and post your dir and swf if you want me to take a look at it.
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Check out this tutorial on cross platform burning:
http://www.setpixel.com/content/?ID=101
On the Mac, I know that you can use Toast and just select the file you want to autolaunch.
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You can - I think it requires a shellexecute command and it might be limiting in the sense that you have to assume that the client will have media player or something like that -
there are a...
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Is your flash movie internal or external?
Do you have a frame script to make it loop?
If the simple "go loop" or "go to the frame" doesn't work try this in a frame script:
-- flash...
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The link should be :
http://www.northcode.com/resources/utilities/run.html
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IF you need to be able to save files to the HD on BOTH MAC and PC, right now you will have to resort to using Director as a wrappper. To do this in Director, you will also require a third party Xtra....
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You could use a free utility created by Northcode called "Center". You can download it at the Extending Flash site
The description of the utility is as follows:
Center running...
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Quick little survey --
What types of things are you using Flash for? Presentations, web sites, banner ads, cd-roms, applications?
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you can check net connection and download data using Director ( getNetThing)- i think is the lingo if I remember correctly.
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Depending on what you are doing - you might want to convert the mp3 to a shockwave audio file.
If you are using director, do you have the correct xtras?
Is director controlling the audio or is...
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You can try using the TopMost utility made by Northcode -
http://www.extendingflash.com/utilities/topmost.html
This will ensure that the window is at the top of the z-order.
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Can fscommands be called using the advanced--> actionscript in KoolMoves? I want to integrate with a 3rd party extension tool, and fscommands seem to be ignored unless i use the fscommand option...
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You could create something along those lines with Flash MX and Director for cross-platform.
If you were just doing Windows platform - you could easily use a third party software such as SWF Studio...
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can you export it as flash 5?
Director 8.5 supports flash 5.
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If you are doing something basic like going to a marker then in Flash you have to use the getUrl to pass a string to talk to director.
TWO EXAMPLES
This uses a basic lingo command coded right...
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k - first off, mac's don't use extensions - such as .pdf or .jpeg
Try a) dropping the extension
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try just opening Reader just to make sure that it is the name of the pdf that is giving...
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IF you didn't need reader, you could just launch the pdf using a basic getURL - some consider this bad form of course as it launches it in a browser.
For Flash, you could use 3rd party software...
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Cross platform - I would be tempted to say go and use Director- as you will have to resort to applescript on the mac to open the reader and pdf.
In Director -
A couple of things you will have...
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>> What can director do that flash can't ( and vice versa )...
First off, an important consideration when it comes to choice of software to use for development, has to be the cross platform...
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Launching a 38 MB file can be pretty taxing - taking awhile for it to run.
Its good practice to break down the project and make a "stub" projector that basically loads and unloads external swf's...
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For the swf- you can just load the swf into your projector using LoadMovie and then load into a target or level. Html files can be opened using getURL. Mac's don't recognize exe's - that's a pc file...
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If you are using Director 8.5 - make sure you upgrade to 8.5.1 - fixes some really annoying little bugs.
If you are using MX - you can publish your swf as a flash 5 format as long as you stick to...
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