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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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

The link should be :
http://www.northcode.com/resources/utilities/run.html

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....

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...

Quick little survey --

What types of things are you using Flash for? Presentations, web sites, banner ads, cd-roms, applications?

you can check net connection and download data using Director ( getNetThing)- i think is the lingo if I remember correctly.

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...

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.

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...

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...

can you export it as flash 5?
Director 8.5 supports flash 5.

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...

k - first off, mac's don't use extensions - such as .pdf or .jpeg

Try a) dropping the extension

Also -
try just opening Reader just to make sure that it is the name of the pdf that is giving...

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...

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...

>> 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...

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...

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...

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...