RE: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-10 Thread Karina Steffens
> Presumably, people who worked on the Shockwave 8.5 player are > working under > a non-disclosure agreement. But then, with your experience, I > figured you'd > know that :-) Well Kerry, with YOUR experience I figured you might be more then qualified to tell me all about it :-> Unless Giles ki

Re: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-09 Thread giles :: [ loadselection ]
> But then, with your experience, I figured you'd know that :-) Kerry you'll choke on your dim-sum Giles [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email

RE: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-09 Thread Kerry Thompson
>Kerry, Colin - What's an NDA?... Presumably, people who worked on the Shockwave 8.5 player are working under a non-disclosure agreement. But then, with your experience, I figured you'd know that :-) Maybe they call it something else in Ireland. Cordially, Kerry Thompson Learning Network [

RE: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-09 Thread pranavn
Non-disclosure agreement, I believe. Regards, Pranav --- A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.. What's an NDA?... [To remove yourself from this list, or to

RE: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-09 Thread Karina Steffens
> >Kerry, Colin - What's an NDA?... > > > I'm afraid I can't tell you, because I signed a > non-disclosure agreement. Aha! So NOW we're on to you ;) [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, e

RE: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-09 Thread Colin Holgate
> > >By all means, don't break your NDA--if you worked on Shockwave 3D, >> >you folks did a great job :-) >> >> Aw! They were all ready to spill the beans until you said that! >> > >Kerry, Colin - What's an NDA?... I'm afraid I can't tell you, because I signed a non-disclosure agreement. [T

RE: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-09 Thread Karina Steffens
> >By all means, don't break your NDA--if you worked on Shockwave 3D, > >you folks did a great job :-) > > Aw! They were all ready to spill the beans until you said that! > Kerry, Colin - What's an NDA?... [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.pen

Re: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-08 Thread Kerry Thompson
>Kerry has likely found the problem withyour discovery >that the public beta is not downloading some xtras properly. Yes, I have--thanks, Rich. I've run some limited tests, and it seems to be specific to the XML Parser Xtra. >Also, Kerry >said he thought his error was occuring BEFORE the PREPA

Re: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-08 Thread Kerry Thompson
>So try creating an xtras folder same level as your movies and copy the >XMLParser into that. I usually do that for a projector--in fact, it's the preferred method, because it will load faster. If you include the Xtras in your projector, they have to be unpacked before the projector can run.

Re: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-08 Thread Lists
Unfortunately, I have been SWAMPED and haven't been able to follow this thread carefully. Kerry has likely found the problem withyour discovery that the public beta is not downloading some xtras properly. However, I was reminded of an issue that occured to me when working with a Shockwave file

Re: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-07 Thread LePhuronn
Last ditch attempt here... I ran into a problem when creating a stub from a .dir with no xtras in it to keep the startup size down. However I then ran into problems running subsequent .dxr that did need xtras. For some reason they still didn't trigger when I included the xtras required in my star

RE: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-07 Thread Kerry Thompson
>the actual URL is: >http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave8/xtras/XMLParser/XMLParser.w32 Yes, you're right. I tried that and it works--it brings up the file download dialog. I tried something very similar last night--exactly the same url, except I asked for the .x32 file. Of course it

RE: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-07 Thread Mark R. Jonkman
Hi Kerry > >" file not found " > > Good idea, Gopinath--the same as Mark just suggested. I think > you'd expect > that, though, wouldn't you? Not exactly.. I believe it depends how the server has been setup to handle the situation. I'm pretty sure that I have been successful in downloading a pac

RE: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-07 Thread Colin Holgate
> >>Aw! They were all ready to spill the beans until you said that! > >They? Colin, with your knowledge and experience, I figured you were >probably involved in some way, too. You'd be on my list of the top >50, at least. I'm sure there's a wink missing in your last sentence. [To remove yours

RE: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-07 Thread Kerry Thompson
>Aw! They were all ready to spill the beans until you said that! They? Colin, with your knowledge and experience, I figured you were probably involved in some way, too. You'd be on my list of the top 50, at least. Oh, well, live and learn. Cordially, Kerry Thompson Learning Network [To rem

RE: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-07 Thread Colin Holgate
>That makes sense, of course. It's interesting that you get the >download message in the D8 authoring environment when you click the >"download if needed" box. It looks an awful lot like it's >downloading the Xtra then and there. I don't know if it does do a download, but it certainly seems to

RE: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-07 Thread Kerry Thompson
>BTW downloaded SW safe Xtras are stored in a folder 'downloads' in the SW >Xtras folder. But that folder is probably not there because no Xtras were >downloaded. Thanks, Mare. That makes sense, of course. It's interesting that you get the download message in the D8 authoring environment when

RE: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-07 Thread mare
Kerry Thompson kindly wrote: >>2). Did you try to uncheck the box... and then save and compact the movie, >>then go back in and recheck it? > >Not until you suggested it :-) Same result, though. > >One anomaly, though. In my Shockwave.ini file, I put the classic lines: >MessageWindow=1 >Display

Re: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-06 Thread Kerry Thompson
>Just an observation >just curiosity made me click on the above line(address) > >it took me to a page > >" file not found " Good idea, Gopinath--the same as Mark just suggested. I think you'd expect that, though, wouldn't you? Cordially, Kerry Thompson Learning Network [To remove yourself fr

RE: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-06 Thread Kerry Thompson
>1). When you marked it as download if needed, did it find the >Xtra? No error--it looks like it downloads it. It's strange, though--when I look in Windows/System/Macromed/Shockwave 8/Xtras, I see a lot of other Xtras, but not XMLParser.X32. You get that little "downloading" dialog box when

Re: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-06 Thread home
on 7/4/01 5:05 am, Kerry Thompson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > #package:"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave8/xtras/XMLParser/XMLPar > ser there is an extra "/XMLPar" [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To pos

Re: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-06 Thread home
on 7/4/01 5:05 am, Kerry Thompson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > #package:"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave8/xtras/XMLParser/XMLP arser" Hi Kerry Just an observation just curiosity made me click on the above line(address) it took me to a page " file not found " Regards gopinath

RE: Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-06 Thread Mark R. Jonkman
Hi Kerry Quick couple of questions for you: 1). When you marked it as download if needed, did it reach out and find the Xtra or did it display an error dialogue? 2). Did you try to uncheck the box... and then save and compact the movie, then go back in and recheck it? 3). if number 1 above fai

Xtra Download--hmmm

2001-04-06 Thread Kerry Thompson
Hello, night owls. I swear, I'm doing everything right--I think. I'm using the XML Parser Xtra. Works fine in authoring mode, but when I make a Shockwave movie, I get an error, "Xtra not found. xmlparser." It appears to happen before the prepareMovie handler exectutes. I have included it in M