Wow, that's a neat one! I wonder what other nifty things you can do by hijacking the JavaConvert xtra? Hmmm....
~Mathew -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of elewis Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 6:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: <lingo-l> Save as binary file There is another way?! I've dug this up from my box of goodies. Straight cut/paste from somewhere! e. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Originally posted by jeepee: ok this is what I found and indeed it is easy!! well here's the trick....for all you who can use this also.... > This is an easy, yet powerful one: Have you ever wondered how the JavaConvert Xtra could be used in your own Director movies? How about exporting JPEGs for free – no need for an Xtra besides the Macromedian ones... Be sure you have these Xtras installed / in the Xtras folder near your projector: JavaConvert, Mix Services, BMP Import Export, JPEG Export I tested one-by-one, so even if it's not obvious what BMP Import Export is doing, it's necessary (all tests on MacOS, BTW). Also, don't include your movie in a projector, leave it external, and name it "as usual" aName.dir or aName.dcr also on the Mac. And put this script into your movie: on convertToJPEG mymember,myfilepath, myquality myinst = new(xtra "JavaConvert") set the itemdelimiter = "." myinst.ExportMedia(item 1 of the movie, mymember, ¬ myfilepath, 1, myquality, mymember.castlibnum) -- put the result -- will be <VOID> myinst = 0 end and call it like this: converttojpeg(member "hans", "aDisk:aFolder:aFile.jpg", 75) That's it! JPEG Export on your own... Large castmembers may take a moment or two to export. BTW: most likely these Xtras are not Shockwave-safe. [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!]
