Cheers Sean, thats a big help.
that FileXtra4 extra can do some pretty styln stuff.
Cheers
Fozzybear
Sean Wilson wrote:
> >Cath has shown the 'quickTimeVersion', whats the other method?
> >and what are the advantages or disadvantages of the various methods.
>
> All approaches involve an xtra of some sort. For example
> 'quickTimeVersion()' is dependent on the QT3 or QT6 Asset xtra - both of
> which ship with Director (and are therefore "free").
> There are third-party xtras which will do something similar. For example,
> with BudAPI you can call baVersion("qt3") for similar info. BudAPI returns
> a string, quickTimeVersion() returns a floating-point number.
> I would imagine MasterApp has similar functionality, though I don't own a
> copy or have the demo version installed.
> FileXtra4 - which is free - contains a method fx_FileGetAppPath, which
> should tell you which application is associated with a given filetype. So
> fx_FileGetAppPath(".qt") should give you the full path to the application
> associated with QT. If it returns a non-empty string you know there's at
> least a version of QT installed, even if the xtra doesn't contain a method
> allowing you to determine *which* version.
> (Most) third party xtras require payment before you can use them. This is
> the only real "disadvantage". And I can't see any advantage between
> different methods.
>
> Links to the above xtras:
> BudAPI: http://www.mods.com.au
> MasterApp: http://www.updatestage.com
> FileXtra4: http://kblab.net/xtras/
> A good site for a list of available xtras is
> <http://www.updatestage.com/products_table.html>
>
> Actually, a non-xtra method comes to mind. You could write a routine using
> "getNthFileNameInFolder" to search the entire machine for
> "QuickTimePlayer.exe" - this would also tell you if QT was installed, but
> again fail with version information. And it would take, potentially, a
> *very* long time. Now there's a distinct disadvantage!
>
> -Sean.
>
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