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buzz86us wrote:



%26gt; i was assigned to create a multimedia director portfolio
of my work done in

%26gt; macromedia director and i made all of my work into exe
files and i need to

%26gt; launch them from my main portfolio file which logic do i
use



Hi Buzz,



Are you creating the EXEs from separate Director movies? If
so, you can open

the director files - in a different window if you like or
within your main

interface. Betetr to link Director movies than have lots of
EXEs opening. But,

if ypu really need EXEs for an important reason, you can use
the 'open' command

to activate teh EXE from your main projector.



Give me more info on what you're doing and I can give other
Lingo options.



regards

Dean



Director Lecturer / Consultant / Director Enthusiast


http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/learning/director


http://www.multimediacreative.com.au

email: d.utian@unsw.edu.au



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well mainly it has to be a complete summary of my work for
the course so i need to be able to put it on a cd as an executable
file and then have the cd auto launch (i understand i need
autorun.inf but i forget the syntax on it so if you can please
include that) then the main exe. then i need to have the director
exes load up in seperate window from the main director exe and also
i need to be able to launch macromedia flash files from the
director exe file please respond asap thank your help is heavily
appreciated
buzz86us wrote:



%26gt; well mainly it has to be a complete summary of my work
for the course so i need

%26gt; to be able to put it on a cd and have the cd auto launch
then i need to have

%26gt; the director exes load up in seperate window and also my
flash stuff if that is

%26gt; possible



Hi Buzz,



The only reason I'd create multiple EXEs is if you want to be
able to open each

independently from each other. However, my suggestion is that
you create a single

application that ties all the various work together in one
interface. That way,

browsing through the portfolio, everything will look
connected rather than it

appearing to be an unorganized set of popups that appear when
you navigate through

it.



I'm not sure what stage size your various projects are, but
I'd try incorporate

them all into a single size, with the same look and feel to
the surrounding

interface to make them tie together better.



To link one movie to another you can write:

go to movie ''movieName''

- that will jump to the start of a movie called 'movieName'.
Don't add the

extension (.dir) - will talk about that later.



or

go to ''MarkerName'' of movie ''movieName''

- to jump to a specific marker in the movie



You can protect movies through Director (Xtras %26gt; Update
movies) changing them from

DIRs to DXRs. The DXRs cannot be opened in Director so
prevent a user being able to

open your files and see how you've created the whole thing. I
mentioned above that

when you link movie, you should not include the extension. If
you replace DIRs with

DXRs and you had no extension in the

go to movie ''movieName''

it will work fine.



Your other option is to open up the separate movies as
windows over the main

application (Movies In A Window - MIAW). This would be
similar to opening EXEs but

more efficient and easier to control (e.g. close/reopen). You
can learn more about

MIAWs at:


http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/learning/director/Lingo/MIAWs.asp



Hope that helps.



regards

Dean



Director Lecturer / Consultant / Director Enthusiast


http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/learning/director


http://www.multimediacreative.com.au

email: d.utian@unsw.edu.au