Re: OT: Windows media activex

[Valentin Schmidt]

maybe there is a better way, but what I've done before is checking the
currentPosition:

if myWmpSprite.currentPosition>=myWmpSprite.duration then
  -- movie done
end if

valentin

Rodrigo Peres wrote:
> Hi list,
>
>
> I'm using the activex windows media control under director mx to play
> some
> mpg movies. There's a way to check if the video is still playing or
> already
> done?? I've tried some methods from the activex window but almost of
> then
> return errors.
>
> Thank's
>
>
> Rodrigo
>
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Re: absolute vs relative pathnames

[Daniel Plaenitz]

At 16:32 24.02.2004 -0800, Irv wrote:

and forget about at signs and slashes.
I'll second that, if the black magic doesn't work for you try use the clear 
and obvious.

daniel

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Re: absolute vs relative pathnames

[Irv Kalb]

I've never done that in Shockwave.  I don't know if it would be 
anything different than from a projector, but here's how I would 
approach it.  You said that the QT movie is at the same directory 
level as your Director movie, so just take the current value  of "the 
moviePath", and concatenate on the name of your QT movie.

  member("") = the MoviePath & ""

and forget about at signs and slashes.

Irv

At 7:05 PM -0500 2/24/04, Harry Goldberg wrote:
Nope - that didn't work either. Whenever I "Get Info" on the 
castmember from the cast window and then fill in the cast member's 
name, the name is replaced with the entire path to the quicktime 
movie. A path which is incorrect when the movie is placed on a web 
server.

Harry

Harry

Try it without "@/", just the filename.

eisenstein


All - I have a question about absolute vs relative path names. I 
am trying to change the pathname of a quicktime castmember to be 
relative to the director movie and I am unable to replace the 
current pathname with @/. My intension is to create a 
shockwave movie that accesses a quicktime file that is in the same 
directory as the director movie. When I transfer the shocked movie 
and the quicktime file to the web server, the director movie can't 
find the quicktime file (it is looking for the movie in the 
original path).

thanks in advance for your help,

Harry

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Re: absolute vs relative pathnames

[Troy Rollins]

On Feb 24, 2004, at 7:05 PM, Harry Goldberg wrote:

Nope - that didn't work either. Whenever I "Get Info" on the 
castmember from the cast window and then fill in the cast member's 
name, the name is replaced with the entire path to the quicktime 
movie. A path which is incorrect when the movie is placed on a web 
server.
How about, put the QuickTime on the server, and then link to it.
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absolute vs relative pathnames

[Harry Goldberg]

Nope - that didn't work either. Whenever I "Get Info" on the castmember 
from the cast window and then fill in the cast member's name, the name 
is replaced with the entire path to the quicktime movie. A path which 
is incorrect when the movie is placed on a web server.

Harry


Harry

Try it without "@/", just the filename.

eisenstein



All - I have a question about absolute vs relative path names. I am 
trying to change the pathname of a quicktime castmember to be 
relative to the director movie and I am unable to replace the current 
pathname with @/. My intension is to create a shockwave 
movie that accesses a quicktime file that is in the same directory as 
the director movie. When I transfer the shocked movie and the 
quicktime file to the web server, the director movie can't find the 
quicktime file (it is looking for the movie in the original path).

thanks in advance for your help,

Harry

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OT: Windows media activex

[Rodrigo Peres]

Hi list,


I'm using the activex windows media control under director mx to play some
mpg movies. There's a way to check if the video is still playing or already
done?? I've tried some methods from the activex window but almost of then
return errors.

Thank's


Rodrigo

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Re: Re: full screen video in the new Director MX 2004

[Warren Ockrassa]

On Feb 24, 2004, at 1:50 PM, Colin Holgate wrote:

Director could always burn to DVD-ROM, the new abilities don't 
change that.
Colin, you're being a DA again.
INIA (I'm not into acronyms), what's a DA?
Either District Attorney or Devil's Advocate, depending on your mood 
and/or familiarity with the legal profession.

I just meant you were being both encouraging and misdirecting at the 
same time. ;)

-- WthmO

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Re: Re: full screen video in the new Director MX 2004

[Mathew Ray]

Melinda,

One has been able to burn files to a dvd-rom, that come from director, 
and run them from a computer for a while, but I know of no way the 
director application can directly author dvds that are playable in 
traditional home dvd players...

Director is not a dvd-authoring tool, ala scenarist,dvdstudio pro, 
etc...If that's what you were asking.

~Mathew

Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Feb 24, 2004, at 1:25 PM, Colin Holgate wrote:

Director could always burn to DVD-ROM, the new abilities don't change 
that.


Colin, you're being a DA again.

;)

-- WthmO


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Re: Re: full screen video in the new Director MX 2004

[Colin Holgate]

Director could always burn to DVD-ROM, the new abilities don't change that.
Colin, you're being a DA again.
INIA (I'm not into acronyms), what's a DA? For what it's worth, I was 
misleading anyway. I meant that Director projectors could be burnt 
onto a DVD-ROM, not that Director could ever burn to anything.

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Re: Re: full screen video in the new Director MX 2004

[Warren Ockrassa]

On Feb 24, 2004, at 1:25 PM, Colin Holgate wrote:

Director could always burn to DVD-ROM, the new abilities don't change 
that.
Colin, you're being a DA again.

;)

-- WthmO

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Re: Resource Hacker

[KOS & CO.]

You can use ResHacker but not for changing projectors icon instead you have
to change projec32.skl.


Changing icon  according to macromedia TechNote


32-bit projector (Director 5.0 and above)
The process is similar to a 16-bit projector, but you need to make a copy of
and edit PROJEC32.skl, and there are two icons in the APPICON resource, a
32x32-pixel icon and a smaller16x16.

1  Make a backup copy of projec32.skl.
2  Open projec32.skl as a .exe file format in your favorite resource editor
(for example Microangelo).

3  Edit both the 16x16 and 32x32 icon resources in the icon resource called
APPICON. The resource editor may have a pull-down menu to select the
different sizes.

4  Save the file. Make sure it is still called projec32.skl and is in the
same directory.
5  Create a 32-bit projector. It will now have your own icon.
6  Optional: restore the original version of projec32.skl.

Modifying a 32-bit projector icon requires a 32-bit resource editor, because
I6-bit code and 32-bit code use totally different file formats. For example,
the 16-bit AppStudio in Microsoft Visual C 1.X cannot edit the 32-bit
Projec32.skl. Attempts to do so result in the error: "Incompatible magic
number in executable".

Additionally, when using the MSVC 4.0 DevStudio, this process can only be
performed while running Windows NT. Microsoft states that this occurs
because the API to modify a resource inside 32-bit code is only supported in
Windows NT, not Windows 95. See the MSVC 4.0 FAQ in the Microsoft Visual C
KnowledgeBase (Q138735), and another Microsoft KB article Q139030.

There are dedicated resource-hacking utilities that don't use an API but
just force an icon into the code. Some of these will find and replace the
32x32 large icon in code, but not the 16x16 small icon. Microangelo is a
shareware utility that edits icons and also edits cursors and animated
cursors. Another icon editor is IconMover from Integrated Graphics
(available at www.shareware.com and elsewhere).

To check the 32x32 icon in the resulting application, select the file on the
desktop or Explorer and choose File-Properties. To check the 16x16 icon,
change the folder in which the application resides to View-Small icons. It
may be necessary to refresh the view to force Windows to display the changed
icon.

The Custom Icon does not show up everywhere See Why can't I change a
projector's title bar, task bar and task list icons? (TechNote 1107).



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Re: Re: full screen video in the new Director MX 2004

[Colin Holgate]

Now that Director can burn to DVD, I was hoping that I could
play full screen videos for presentations. However, unlike movies
I rent that play great on my laptop dvd player, playing video in Director
still is dependent upon the computer speed as in the past. 
Has anyone experimented with video play in new Director?


Director could always burn to DVD-ROM, the new abilities don't change 
that. I've found that the playback inside Director of DVD-Video, even 
in shockwave, is more or less as good as if you play it in the system 
player (DVD Player in my case). I don't know if that's the general 
situation for everyone.

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Re: Re: full screen video in the new Director MX 2004

[Warren Ockrassa]

On Feb 24, 2004, at 1:17 PM, Melinda Geare wrote:

Now that Director can burn to DVD, I was hoping that I could
play full screen videos for presentations.
Umm, I'm reasonably certain Director cannot "burn to DVD". It can 
certainly play them.

However, unlike movies
I rent that play great on my laptop dvd player, playing video in 
Director
still is dependent upon the computer speed as in the past.
Has anyone experimented with video play in new Director?
Actually I've had little difficulty getting successful fullscreen 
playback in *older* versions. You just need to experiment with encoding 
and compression rates.

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Re: Re: full screen video in the new Director MX 2004

[Mathew Ray]

It can?

~Mathew

Melinda Geare wrote:
Now that Director can burn to DVD,


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Re: full screen video in the new Director MX 2004

[Melinda Geare]

Now that Director can burn to DVD, I was hoping that I could
play full screen videos for presentations. However, unlike movies
I rent that play great on my laptop dvd player, playing video in Director
still is dependent upon the computer speed as in the past.  
Has anyone experimented with video play in new Director?
Thanks,
Melinda Geare
www.landofdesign.com
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Re: search function in Director

[Gretchen Macdowall]

> I am trying to construct a search function for a CD-Rom project in 
> Director 
> using Lingo. I have split the projetc into a number of movies, and I 
> want to 
> have a single external cast of text members for all these movies. I have 
> done this so that the texts can easily be updated in other languages at 
> some 
> future point, and also to make the search function easier (or so I 
> thought). 
> I am pretty clear about the logistics of what I need to do, but I cannot 
> sort out the code details (I am a designer not a programmer).

There is a behavior in the TextCruncher Xtra demo movie that does what you want. You 
might be able to get some ideas from that.

http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/xtradownloads.html

---
Gretchen Macdowall
www.updatestage.com

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Re: search function in Director

[Warren Ockrassa]

On Feb 24, 2004, at 10:42 AM, chris stewart wrote:

I hope this is clear and someone can help with the actual code. I've 
got a feeling it involves lists and  defining global properties or 
something like that, but I can't get any further. Thanks in advance.
It's quite clear, and eminently doable. Feel free to contact me offlist 
to discuss consulting fees for constructing your program for you.

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search function in Director

[chris stewart]

I am trying to construct a search function for a CD-Rom project in Director 
using Lingo. I have split the projetc into a number of movies, and I want to 
have a single external cast of text members for all these movies. I have 
done this so that the texts can easily be updated in other languages at some 
future point, and also to make the search function easier (or so I thought). 
I am pretty clear about the logistics of what I need to do, but I cannot 
sort out the code details (I am a designer not a programmer).

The search set up I propose runs like this:

1) see if the user-enterd text in a "searchWord" sprite is 'contained' in 
any of the text members.

(I managed this for a simply routine which compares the searchWord sprite 
with one, named or numbered text member, but I can't work out how to tell 
Lingo to look at them all. I'm probably being dim, but I can't find how 
Lingo uses wild cards or generic statements about cast member names and 
numbers etc, so that I could write a general routine covering all the 
members of the cast.)

2) write the name of the successful text member (which is preplanned to be a 
meaningful phrase, and which is also named to match its relevant label in 
the score) into a "results" sprite.

(again I have done this with the simple routine looking at only one text 
member, described above, but I can't work out how to get *all* the relevant 
results written out, and to have them displayed in neat order one under 
another in a box)

3) These listed results then need to become active links to the actual 
score, hence the idea of name-twinning text cast members with the labels in 
the timeline.

(but once more, I don't know how to get the eventual rows of words displyed 
in the "results" box to act as real, clickable links tied to their relevant 
score labels. My matching naming convention is obviously essential for this, 
but how do you actually match up the words produced by the routine with a 
generic navigation code to make sure they all work like a proper search 
function?)

I hope this is clear and someone can help with the actual code. I've got a 
feeling it involves lists and  defining global properties or something like 
that, but I can't get any further. Thanks in advance.

cynglas

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XPost: OSControl Xtra 2.1 now available

[James Newton]

Hi everyone,

OSControl Xtra allows you to use system-specific buttons, sliders,
scrollbars and other controls in your Director projects.  Following the
release of Director MX 2004, an upgrade of the OSControl Xtra is now
available from this page:

  

This upgrade is free to existing users.

Existing users who have upgraded to DMX 2004 should register their new
serial numbers.  You will find details on how to do this in the Read-Me file
that accompanies your keyfile.  Site licences holders should contact me
directly, as the new activation procedure for DMX 2004 modifies the way site
licences work.

Even if you have not yet upgraded to DMX 2004, we recommend that you use the
new version of the OSControl Xtra, as this includes new bug fixes.

Regards,

James


James Newton
The OpenSpark Xtras Team
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