At 9:27 PM +0200 8/11/02, you wrote: >I think the answer is "no". I just uploaded the W3D files to a HTTP >server using FTP as binary Raw Data. You mean I have to map the W3D >suffix to a MIME type in the HTTP server application... that seems >logical in an Internet backwards way. I guess an old Mac server >won't be preconfigured for this.
I don't know if you 'have to', I was just guessing. Hope it solves your problem. -Buzz >Thanks for this interesting clue! > >-Andreas > >>Is the .W3D file extension MIME-mapped on the server it's coming from? >> >>-Buzz >> >>At 7:36 PM +0200 8/11/02, you wrote: >>>About downloading .W3D in a Multiuser application: >>> >>>I've been investigating more in the problem with downloading W3D >>>objects from a http server and then importing them into a >>>shockwave movie. >>> >>>It seems preloadNetthing() downloads the file from server to the >>>local cache, but the netMIME is "text/html" so I guess the W3D is >>>for some reason treated as text. When importing the file into a >>>new SW3D member using loadFile like this: >>> >>>fresh3dMem = #shockwave3d.new() >>>fresh3dMem.loadFile(theUrl, TRUE, TRUE) >>> >>>I just get a Error 2147221484 and an empty #shockwave3d member (obviously). >>> >>>What to do? I can't use FTP because the server runs in passive >>>mode, which D8.5 does not support. Could I use Multiuser Server to >>>read the file with readvalue() and then pass it to the Shockwave >>>as a variable? How? >>> >>> >>>TIA >>>-A. >>>[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, >>>go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the >>>list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping >>>with programming Lingo. Thanks!] >> >>[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go >>to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the >>list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with >>programming Lingo. Thanks!] > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go >to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the >list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with >programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
