RE: lingo-l protecting files

To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: lingo-l protecting files well, i never reference the casts at all, and when i reference the movies, i never use the extension as for absolute path name, i can not answer that question. is it a preference somewhere? At 12:07 AM 06/09/2001 +0300, you wrote: Hmm. Are you

lingo-l protecting files

i've never bothered to protect files before, but thought i would give it a fling. dir 8.0, win 98 i got everything changed to .dxr, .cxt ok, but when i installed software on another machine, it was trying to find the old .cst files in the path on the machine they were developed on...what am i

RE: lingo-l protecting files

:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dale Withroder Sent: 9. kesäkuuta 2001 0:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: lingo-l protecting files i've never bothered to protect files before, but thought i would give it a fling. dir 8.0, win 98 i got everything changed to .dxr, .cxt ok, but when i

RE: lingo-l protecting files

. kesäkuuta 2001 0:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: lingo-l protecting files i've never bothered to protect files before, but thought i would give it a fling. dir 8.0, win 98 i got everything changed to .dxr, .cxt ok, but when i installed software on another machine, it was trying to find the old

RE: lingo-l protecting files

Hi Dale Taking a little stab at things, why not make a complete backup of all your movies into a new folder. Rename your old folder for safety. then select Xtras - Update Movies - Select Update Then provided you've already created a solid backup then you can select delete original files. As

RE: lingo-l protecting files

coolwe'll give it a shot At 03:14 PM 06/08/2001 -0600, you wrote: Hi Dale Taking a little stab at things, why not make a complete backup of all your movies into a new folder. Rename your old folder for safety. then select Xtras - Update Movies - Select Update Then provided you've already

RE: lingo-l protecting files

] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dale Withroder Sent: 9. kesäkuuta 2001 0:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: lingo-l protecting files well, i never reference the casts at all, and when i reference the movies, i never use the extension as for absolute path name, i can not answer

RE: lingo-l protecting files

Use the update movie (in director) to protect them all in one go (make sure to select backup to folder). Then, (on a PC) you can issue the following command from the command prompt : ren *.dxr *.dir Dunno bout a Mac though. Jason. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest

Re: lingo-l protecting files

Mmmm.. I think it's safer to reference movies by their names without mentioning the suffix... Director should know which one to call. If it doesn't find the .dir it will look for a .dxr or a .dcr (I don't recall the exact order...) Anyway, under Xtras/Update Movies you can select the files to

Re: lingo-l protecting files

1) Change your movie so that any reference to external files (.dir or .cst) doesn't explicitly mention the extension. For instance, change: go to movie "intro.dir" to simply be:go to movie "intro" Director will look for any file that qualifies. Note that it used to also count

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Thank you guys, for all help I did it!!! It's working!!! My first work in Director is working and that is soo cool! And now I'm going on vacation!!! Catch ya all later, problably after January 10th!!! Have a wonderful new millenium See ya! Fabio Grachiki [To remove yourself