Advanced Macromedia Director

director, XML and russia
Hi, i want to solve the following thing and it would be great if someone can help me: I have an XML-File encoded in UTF-8 which contains text in german, spanish and russian language. When i open the XML-File with my XML-Editor (Altova-Spy) or directly with the Internet Explorer all characters are shown... 4 Sep 2006 16:26

Open MIAW and hide main projector
Hi all I have a projector that I'm using as a main menu screen. When the user clicks an option another projector opens in a window. I have no problem with this, but I want the main projector to be hidden when the other projector opens in a window. How can I hide this main projector when the window opens and show ... 27 Aug 2006 17:44

Pop-up Menus need tweaking
I've used Gary Rosenzweig's script from "Using Director MX" for a drop down menu. He uses the property pPressed to test if the mouse button is held down in order to open and select menu items. So it's a drag-and-let-go menu. I would like it to function like the Dropdown list behavior in the library. Only I ... 17 Aug 2006 16:36

Simple openFile script
I'm completely new to Director, but fairly fluent in Flash Actionscripting, which as I've found, it quite different. I've been playing about with ebooks, online tutorials and this forum trying to construct something, but to no avail. I would like to open a simple file. test e.g. function mouseUp(me) { ... 17 Aug 2006 13:20

trigger event using number pad?
Does anyboy know how to use the number pad numbers as triggers. I can get enter/return to work, but not the numbers (only the numbers on the top row of keyboard work. Need to use the numberpad. Are these considered special characters? here is what I am using for a test if keyPressed("6") then member("yo... 10 Aug 2006 15:53

How to create special effects?
How do I actually create movie-like flickering effects using Director? I am actually doing something like a short clip with the beginning flickering a bit. Just like olden days' movies. With a little while lines here and there over black background and flicker here and there. I seriously do need help. Thanks... 6 Aug 2006 23:47

cXtraComboBox
Does anyone know a way of getting the cXtraComboBox to TAB to the next editable sprite? I ve tried eveything. please iso ... 5 Aug 2006 17:09

CD Program Expiration
Hi all, I'm looking for a Lingo script or behavior or Xtra that will let me tell my CD program to stop playing after a certain date. I've seen one script which tells the program to expire after 30 or 60 days, but the client wants to prevent playback of a given video in my Director program by a particular date... 28 Jul 2006 12:07

"Director Player Error" Need help! Simple Script...
Thanks guys, I'll definetaly have to try adding the QT6Asset xtra. I'm not too optimistic about that though becuase I never added that too the older project folders. I know for sure that when I burnt the old CD's it included just the ..exe, the quicktimes, and an autorun...wouldn' t the CD's have needed that ... 27 Jul 2006 10:04

"Director Player Error" Need help!
Whats up guys, I have some lingo in the first frame of an old project (interactive CD) that checks for quicktime version 6, as well as desktop resolution of 1024x768 or greater. Works perfect and I love the script. I started a new Interactive cd and figured I'd re-use that code as I'll need it again. I op... 26 Jul 2006 20:20