Clars,
Thanks for the info. I'll give that it a shot.
I did get my projector to play correctly. The help docs say that if you have
dupes it can cause problems with director. I deleted the extra xtras that my
TEMP folder had. As soon as I did this my probem went away.
However, I'm getting several repeats of the same error message when I write
my projector.
Script error: Xtra not found
-no text available-
",#name W32"
Does anyone know how to fix THIS problem? It doesn't seem to be affecting
creating a projector. I just keep canceling the window and then the
projector gets written with the appropriate xtras included. It plays fine.
Will Brown
Creative Services
> ----------
> From: clars danvold[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 10:25 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Xtra missing message
>
> The most reliable way to add Xtras to (at least) pre-D8 projectors is to
> copy the required Xtras to a folder named "Xtras" at the same level as
> the final projector. Make sure that the Xtras are not - NOT - added to
> the movies. Remove them as the final step before creating the projector.
>
> The reason is (as far as I get it):
> At runtime, a projector first looks for a folder named "Xtras" in its
> own directory. If it's there, the projector uses THEM.
>
> If not, the projector automatically creates new copies of added Xtras.
> These are created in the windows TEMP directory, and deleted when the
> projector shuts down.
>
> On different versions/updates/subversions of NT, The path to the
> windows/winNT/win32 TEMP directory varies.
> That's why projectors with added Xtras fail on *some* NT machines.
>
> Check out the technotes at macromedia for more details.
>
> Another thing worth considering:
>
> If you're branching to different movies, the movies, not the projector,
> require that xtras be added. This can be a repetitive task if you have a
> lot of movies.
>
> That's another argument for the "Xtras" folder approach.
>
> HTH, regard, Clars Danvold
> architect-designer-programmer
>
> "Brown, William K" wrote:
> >
> > I keep getting a missing xtra statement from my projectors when
> I
> > know they've been added. In addition a recent project on CDROM plays
> > perfectly without the Xtra statement on other computers but when play
> it on
> > my authoring station it gives me the same message. This problem started
> last
> > week.
> >
> > I'm on an NT box. 450 mHZ running Director 6.
> >
> > Anybody got any ideas? Should I reinstall Director?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > > Will Brown
> > > Creative Services
> >
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