> Just I am wondering if you have the answer for this little problem:
>
> I know that director can control if any apps exist on the
> user hard drive
> which is necessary to open a pdf or mov file, through any
> Xtra like IOXtra.
>
> Can you tell me where can I donwload it?, Is there another
> similar Xtra to
> do that?, Is this included in D8, D8x?
Hi,
I'm not totally sure that I understand what you are asking. It sounds
as if you are trying to figure out how to open an app like Acrobat to
display a PDF file. Is this correct? Director contains the following
function
open "fullPathToDataFile" with "fullPathToApplication"
However, there are three issues:
1 - finding path to the PDF on your CD
2 - finding the path to the Acrobat reader on a given user's machine
3 - opening the Reader with the PDF
if you ABSOLUTELY know 1 & 2, you can simply use the built-in Director
functionality to do what you desire. That said, you will most often
know only item 2 with moderate certainty. The reason for this is that
the user may or may not have installed the Acrobat reader and they
could install it anywhere. To find this information you will need to
look in the system Registry. Additionally, they may put your CD into a
drive that may or may not be one that you can guess the path to.
All in all it's a conundrum that is made simpler by using an Xtra to
determine these seeming unknowables. There are several Xtras available
to help you with this, MasterApp is one such Xtra. The MasterApp Xtra
contains a function specifically designed for that purpose named
mappLocateExecutable()
It returns the path to the executable registered to handle the
document at the file path specified. MasterApp gives you broad control
over other applications from your Director presentation. The most
common application for MasterApp is building connectivity between your
Director piece and various Web browsers and Web pages. However,
MasterApp is much more powerful than this basic use, including dozens
of methods for launching, monitoring and controlling external
applications.
Price: $299.00
Platforms: 32-bit Windows, Win 3.1, Mac
Director versions supported: Director 4,5,6,7,8
Author: Glenn Picher
MasterApp is a commercial Xtra sold by UpdateStage. You find out more
information, download an evaluation version or purchase the Xtra here:
http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/xtrahome.html
I hope that this information is useful.
Cheers,
Al Hospers
Marketing Associate
UpdateStage
alhospers<at>updatestage<dot>com
http://www.updatestage.com
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