Re: How Do Vandals Stop (break into) Kiosk Movies?

2006-06-30 Thread Colin Holgate
At 11:22 PM -0400 6/30/06, Carl West wrote: No, it was in there: ... but I didn't think anyone could get in with nothing but a mouse connected to the computer with a full screen Projector running. Maybe it should have been up front, but it was there. It wasn't in there, but it also was not

Re: How Do Vandals Stop (break into) Kiosk Movies?

2006-06-30 Thread Carl West
Paul Fretheim wrote: Sorry-When I posted this earlier I left out the important fact that there is no keyboard connected to the computer in the kiosk. No, it was in there: ... but I didn't think anyone could get in with nothing but a mouse connected to the computer with a full screen Projector

Re: How Do Vandals Stop (break into) Kiosk Movies?

2006-06-30 Thread Colin Holgate
At 3:03 PM -0700 6/30/06, Paul Fretheim wrote: Sorry-When I posted this earlier I left out the important fact that there is no keyboard connected to the computer in the kiosk. One suggestion I had was to use a Mac one button mouse. That would rule out any right-click hacking. [To remove yours

Re: How Do Vandals Stop (break into) Kiosk Movies?

2006-06-30 Thread Paul Fretheim
Sorry-When I posted this earlier I left out the important fact that there is no keyboard connected to the computer in the kiosk. Paul I have several retail displays that are running Director Projector Movies that have the TaskBar/Start Menu set so it does not stay on top of other programs and

Re: How Do Vandals Stop (break into) Kiosk Movies?

2006-06-30 Thread Colin Holgate
You didn't mention if the computer had a keyboard. If you used a touch screen then there would be no keyboard and no right-click available. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email lingo-l@pe

RE: Unicode Update

2006-06-30 Thread Thomas Higgins
> Does anyone know whether there is a firm plan or commitment > to this issue from Adobe? Well, very similar to Macromedia, Adobe doesn't allow "firm commitment" to release features this far ahead of the next major release so I cannot say yes/no for sure on any specific feature. What I can tell yo

Re: How Do Vandals Stop (break into) Kiosk Movies?

2006-06-30 Thread Jeremy Aker
It's complete speculation, but they may be getting in by right-clicking on the Task Bar. You can get the the Task Manager that way. I'm not sure exactly how you're hiding the Task Bar, but it might be possible to get to this feature even if there is a window over it or if it is visible for even

RE: How Do Vandals Stop (break into) Kiosk Movies?

2006-06-30 Thread Mentor, Kraig
Is ctrl-alt-del disabled? That acces will let 'em get at the Task Mgr. K | -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf | Of Paul Fretheim | Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 11:53 AM | To: lingo-l@lists.fcgnetworks.net

RE: How Do Vandals Stop (break into) Kiosk Movies?

2006-06-30 Thread Tim Welford
Catch all key strokes, and tell the movie to do nothing unless it's a code you have specified? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Fretheim Sent: 30 June 2006 16:53 To: lingo-l@lists.fcgnetworks.net Subject: How Do Vandals Stop (break int

How Do Vandals Stop (break into) Kiosk Movies?

2006-06-30 Thread Paul Fretheim
I have several retail displays that are running Director Projector Movies that have the TaskBar/Start Menu set so it does not stay on top of other programs and the Movie is set to full screen at 1024x768 resolution on monitors set to 1024 x 768. Somehow people are able to stop the demo loop an

Re: Unicode Update

2006-06-30 Thread Thomas McCrystal
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jun 30, 2006, at 9:27 AM, Johan Verhoeven wrote: This issue is pretty high on Tom H list of items to update too. I hope that he can throw enough weight in the scale to get it through.. heck, while they're working on it, why don't they drop the

RE: Unicode Update

2006-06-30 Thread Johan Verhoeven
This issue is pretty high on Tom H list of items to update too. I hope that he can throw enough weight in the scale to get it through.. heck, while they're working on it, why don't they drop the text xtra and replace it with a fully features HTML xtra. J. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van:

Re: Unicode Update

2006-06-30 Thread nik crosina
no - but I am getting close to it! I can;t seem to find an email address for Tom H, buyt maybe he does 'cahnce' upon this little tread? BTW - I am using the DVD features in Director, they ARE pretty cool if you get used to them, especially for training material (again!) Nik On 6/30/06, Tim Wel

RE: Unicode Update

2006-06-30 Thread Tim Welford
Has anyone ever attempted a director community petition? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nik crosina Sent: 30 June 2006 11:53 To: Lingo programming discussion list Subject: Re: Unicode Update Yes, becasue most people have ABSOLUTELY NO ID

RE: Unicode Update

2006-06-30 Thread Tim Welford
My boss keeps finding major opportunities for one of our products in the UAE, I keep telling him to concentrate elsewhere. Shame, they like to spend money out there, we've seen tens of thousands of potential pass by. I suspect in reality there is an underlying technical issue why it can't be done

Re: Unicode Update

2006-06-30 Thread nik crosina
Yes, becasue most people have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what this Unicdoe issue is and are compeltely perplexed that Director does not support it (mind I am too!!!) And the work arounds are so time consuming and in my case impossible (I mean how do you create a workaround for charactersets you don't eve

RE: Unicode Update

2006-06-30 Thread chris
Yeah, great fun explaining that to your boss... I had the same problem when suddenly a major client wanted their corporate CD-ROM in Chinese a couple of years back, and they weren't prepared to pay for all the extra work required to work around the lack of Unicode support... Really fun getting

Re: Unicode Update

2006-06-30 Thread nik crosina
Hi Chris, Mentioning the 5 billion or so people who can't use Director easily or BE REACHED easily with any Director made product is a very good point. I have developed a training application that organises a huge content library of video clips, PowerPoint's, text docs, images, etc. and that can

AW: Unicode Update

2006-06-30 Thread Michael von Aichberger 2
I have no news on this subject either, but just wanted to join in the cry for Director supporting Unicode ... Michael [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email lingo-l@penworks.com (Problems,

RE: Unicode Update

2006-06-30 Thread chris
I've been naggin' about this for 5 years... I've stopped counting on it long since... real great customer support :) (guess the five (?) billion people that don't use friggin' ASCII aren't supposed to be that important a target according to the director marketing reps) Chris. -Oorspronk