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From: dschampmd on 28 Nov 2007 08:58
I work in a locked down environment. Which is to say that the end users do not
have admin rights to any location on their machines. I was given some legacy
code that contains shockwave (dcr) files and the associated files. I am
attempting to run these via a webserver. However, when the main HTML file
launches to run the content, it attempts to download and install the newest
version of the shockwave player. How do I disable this feature so it will run
with the company approved version?

Thanks,
Dwayne

From: Dean Utian on 28 Nov 2007 21:54
Hi Dwayne,

Check out:
http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_16683

From page - after foing to a sw page
"
2 Windows: Right click the Shockwave movie.
Macintosh: Control+click on the Shockwave movie.
3 From the drop down menu choose "Properties".
4 Uncheck the box next to "Automatic Update Service" to disable the auto update
feature.
"
regards
Dean

Director Lecturer / Consultant / Director Enthusiast
http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/learning/director
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email: d.utian(a)unsw.edu.au

From: Applied CD on 29 Nov 2007 17:15
If you need to disable the version check server side in the HTML container and
if you have some background in HTML here?s a quick hack that might work
although I haven?t personally tried it myself:

1. In a scratch folder create a blank Director file with the same stage size
as the legacy dcr. If you?re not sure about the stage size get the info from
the <object> and/or <embed> tags in the original HTML container.

2. Under the publish settings check HTML, click the shockwave tab and lower
the requirement to the approved version, then click the HTML tab and select a
template that does not perform a version check ? I think the default shockwave
template will work. Then click publish.

3. Copy the HTML container from step 2 into the same folder as the live DCR
and check to see if updates are still requested. You might have to tweak some
of the paths in the HTML to make sure everything points where it should.

If step 3 works you have two choices, copy the non-shockwave HTML content from
the original to the new container, or copy the <object><embed> block from the
new container and paste it into the original HTML. If you take the second
option make sure there are no VBscripts that might also force a plug-in update.

- Bob

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