Might be the Xtra(Buddy API), not the director projector it self.
I'm using FileIO Xtra in similar tasks, try that.
/Staffan
> Has anyone heard of Director forcing a complete crash of the
> system without
> showing a Director Player Error message box appearing?
>
> I have a presentation that runs in a linear mode (slideshow) and an
> interactive mode. The slideshow is tailored by the client by
> selecting the
> required screens. The list is saved out in a property list
> to a text file
> and read back in with Buddy API.
>
> The client reports that 'sometimes' during the linear
> slideshow presentation
> it crashes mid-presentation and forces windows reboot??? This
> can happen
> randomly and never predicatablgy. The irony is this does not
> happen on our
> test machine and we have not been able to replicate the
> problem at our end
> on any other systems or even when we demo the program. Could
> ducking in and
> out of linear mode and into interactive mode and back into
> linear mode cause
> Director to get lost in the navigation and just decide to
> force a crash???
>
> We are using v.7 and Windows 98
>
> Any suggestions on what would cause such a major problem and
> whether this
> could be the program or the system they are using?
>
> David
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