Advanced Macromedia Director

Joystick xtra
What xtra do i need to read joystick button and axis values. using director mx 2004 on mac osx 10.4 i don't mind complicated work around. as long as it gets the job done. directxtras directcontrol xtra is not compatible jet enheancer xtra gives errors..... thanks in progress for your reactions. Remko ... 6 Jan 2007 23:46

Mousedown event
Hi guys Is there a way to find out how long the mouse button has been pressed down for I have played with _system.Milliseconds but it did not work Cheers Sam ... 3 Jan 2007 09:21

displaying the date
I'm trying to display the date in my own format. I know I can use: the date the abbr date _system.date() Is there a way I can decide the forrmat I can display the date? For example: Mon, Jan 1, 2007 or Jan 1, Mon, 2007 or Monday, January 1, 2007 or whatever? Thanks. ... 4 Jan 2007 01:46

QuickTime 6 playing mpeg4 movies
Hi, I have a series of QuickTimes rendered with an mpeg4 compression. These *.mov files wont run in QuickTime 6, and the application needs to be compatible with MacOs 10.0, but QuickTime 7 doesn't run on earlier MacOs 10s. If I open up QuickTime6Pro and then import the video file it will play, but doesn'... 23 Dec 2006 05:23

creating a "Click + Shift" button command
This should be simple but Im having problems with creating a button command. All I want is to make the user have to click and use a key command to go to a marker - i.e. click while holding down the shift key or on the letter "a". The only thing I was able to come up with was: --- on keyUp if the key =... 20 Dec 2006 11:47

Load projector
Hello: My projector last 30 seconds to load. I have a small movie that call to the principal movie. But still last 30 seconds. Is there any way to load quickly? thank you ... 17 Dec 2006 19:42

how to change the color of text to an swf file
Hello: In a menu of four options (each option is only text) I would like to change the color of the text that is clicked., the menu is a group. Can you hep me please? thank you ... 13 Dec 2006 15:42

FileXtra4
Hello again, Can any one tell me why this wont work? Im using the FileXtra4 Xtra to open a PDF file from a CD, however when I click on the cast member it just opens adobe acrobat reader with the error "File not found", the file is in "DRIVE/PDF/" Heres the code im using: on mouseup fxObj = xtra("FileX... 13 Dec 2006 16:15

Director and databases
Good day, We need to develop an application that should be able to write information to a database stored in a server and retrieve from it as well. There will be 3 levels of user access, and the main application will be published as a Director Projector. We have a programmer that has developed the databas... 8 Dec 2006 10:11

faster loading
I have created a projector with 10 screens and audio on each screen. It takes forever for it to load. I think there is a way to start the presentation before all the media loads but I cannot find information on it anywhere. I would like the presentation to begin right away. How can I have it begin as the ot... 23 Dec 2006 05:23