1) What Xtras are "necessary" depends on what your program uses. If you
don't use any internet access, you might be able to get rid of neturl,
etc., but if you do use net calls, then you need those Xtras.
2) If speed is your concern, leave them unbundled (in the Xtras
folder). If you put them internally, the first thing Director does when
running a projector is unpack them to a temporary folder and THEN load
them. As a result, it takes longer. For quickest launches, keep them
unbundled.
- Tab
At 03:53 PM 2/8/01 +0000, Paul Steven wrote:
>Hi all
>
>Sorry if this is a really basic question.
>
>Ok I am making a cdrom that consists of a stub projector and a menu director
>file and 10 separate games as director files.
>
>Now I am at the closing stages and want to get rid of all the xtras that are
>not used - currently I just have an xtras folder containing all the xtras in
>my Director 7 Xtras folder.
>
>Normally I just include a folder with all the xtras in it but recently I
>heard they can all be packaged internally.
>
>Can anyone tell me if there is a way to include all the xtras required
>internally within the stub projector and if so how can i tell which ones are
>necessary and which ones I can safely remove.
>
>Is there any advantage of packaging them all internally and is it possible
>to package xtras like the Direct Email xtra within the stub projector.
>
>Any help on this matter would be much appreciated. Also does removing xtras
>that are not used my my application, improve the performance and loading
>time of the cdrom. Currently the client is complaining that it is very slow
>to load on Macs
>
>e.g
>
>It seems very slow to load on Mac
>G4 450Mhz ( MacOS 8.6) 25 seconds
>G3 400Mhz (MacOS 9.0.4) 30 seconds
>604e 200Mhz (MacOS 9.0.4) 34 seconds
>603e 200Mhz (MacOS 8.6) 59 seconds
>
>Thanks
>
>Paul
>
>
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