Prev: Director and WMV video
Next: Director Player Error
From: oreopeewee on 3 Oct 2006 10:10
I am looking for some training on how to collect data from withing Director.
To be more specific...I am making a kiosk that will inform patients of the type
of procedure they are going to have, the risks, the benefits etc. I need to
collect by patient identifier (patient medical record number) information on
each section of the kiosk they visited, whether they had a question about a
particular section and if so what the question was, the date and time they
visited each section. I am basically lingo illiterate. I am willing to
purchase online training or book with cd. Any suggestions?

thanks so much

From: Word One - Denver on 3 Oct 2006 14:19
What you're wanting is pretty complicated. You basically need a
database to store all that information. You can do it with strings, but
depending on how much information you're trying to collect, that can get
pretty messy.

The trouble is Director isn't really set up to handle databases too
well. I've simulated databases with property lists quite a few times,
and that should handle what you want to do fairly well. Doing that,
though, is going to be pretty hard if you're new to Lingo.

Two suggestions -
First, since you can probably do what you want with property lists, I
would go buy Gary Rosenzweig's book, "Special Edition, Using Director."
I've had the book since version 7, and it's still my main source for
problem solving. It has a great explanation of property lists, as well
as a CD with some examples that you can cut-and-paste from to fit your
project.

Second, if you decide you really need database functionality, there are
several third-party database tools you can purchase for Director. Just
do a search on the forums for them.

HTH,
Matt
From: oreopeewee on 4 Oct 2006 11:19
Thanks for the info...are there any other opinions out there? Has anyone tried the level 2 director online training? if so is it worth 249?

thanks
From: oreopeewee on 16 Oct 2006 08:38
Just wondering...has anyone tried the level 2 director training offered by
Adobe? I'm thinking of buying it but if there is something out there that's
better I'd appreciate hearing about it.

thanks

From: duckets on 16 Oct 2006 11:03
This sounds like a fairly significant project. Have you had experience in
dealing with databases in other languages? Are you familliar with SQL? If
you're starting with no knowledge of lingo or general database usage, I would
recommend spending a good while using online tutorials to teach yourself the
basics of database usage and lingo separately.

If you've had any experience with SQL before (or even if not), I'd advise
using an xtra which allows you to make sql queries, such as Valentin Schmidt's
free SQLite xtra:

http://dasdeck.de/staff/valentin/xtras/sqlite/

Worth downloading and looking at the example director files inside, before
spending out on a training course. If you've had experience in any other
programming languages, things might fall into place.

hope this helps!

- ben











 |  Next  |  Last
Pages: 1 2
Prev: Director and WMV video
Next: Director Player Error