Macromedia Director

Best Director Forum
I am just starting with Director and am wondering if this is the "best" Director forum available. I come from Flash and the Adobe Flash forum is way more active than this one. I know there are a lot of reasons for this, and this is by no means a criticism of Director itself, nor the people that provide help in... 10 Dec 2007 01:18

Xtra problems Urgent can someone please help
I have created a cd rom that runs onto a pc. Ihave included the xtras in a folder and created a stub file to runthe projector. When i put the cd into the drive the cd contains the xtras and plays the application fine. But when i install the cd the xtras and one of the quicktime movies doe not copy onto the hard... 10 Dec 2007 01:18

How do I make frameLabels
I am using Director 8 and I am trying to figure out how to label a frame. I already know how to create markers, but I can not find how to makers. I am creating a electronic report and I want to have auto numbering. I have markers 1 thru 50 with three frames inbetween. I run the following script and all I ge... 10 Dec 2007 01:18

no progress bar when using IE7 and innerHTML
hello; when I use javascript to: [code] document.getElementById( "my_shockwave_container_div").innerHTML = my_object_embed_string [/code] the progress bar does not work but instead just sits there on the screen blank, even though the .dcr does load and does begin playing when downloaded; if I simpl... 10 Dec 2007 01:18

10.1 update problem
I downloaded the 10.1 updater and double-clicked the "dmx2004_101_update_en.exe" icon. All it does is open what looks like a command line DOS window, then exits immediately. How do I apply this update? Thank you!! ... 20 Dec 2007 10:51

Please help i have a Quick time video problems
I am currently working on a mac and have created an application that displays video. The format im using is quick time and i have imported the video into director and placed it on the main stage. When i test the project on the mac it works fine but when i test the published file on a pc the quicktime file does ... 10 Dec 2007 01:18

Need some advice
I would like to create a corporate e-learning system. This system will be incorporated with Dreamweaver MX and Director MX. Dreamweaver will serve of the main platform, wherelse Director will be the e-learning. Most of the e-learning modules will be incorporated with short videos which is about 45 seconds to 1 ... 10 Dec 2007 01:18

Control Panel: Rewind
Coming from Flash I was used to testing my movie (alt+enter) to check it's performance. In Director I thought that the equivalent was pressing Rewind from the Control Panel and then pressing Play. This does not seem to be the case. The Director environment allows you to modify things on stage, and pressing r... 10 Dec 2007 01:18

Electric Rain Announces Papervision3D Support
Hi all, Maybe this topic should be in Flash forum but I think it helps to illustrate how flash is getting into the 3D world. In some way, these kind of news confirm the fact, Flash is getting features which were exclusive from Director. http://www.erain.com/Company/Press/PressReleases/Swift3D_v5_Mac_Ann... 10 Dec 2007 01:18

Problem with opening default web browser
I'm not sure if this is directly related to Director, but I'm not sure where else to ask about this... In the software that we sell (developed in Director), there's an option to set a default web browser for opening various websites through the program. However, one of our clients has selected Safari as their... 10 Dec 2007 01:18