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From: 1catlover on 1 Aug 2005 12:07 I'm a Captivate user, but am trying to help one of my colleagues with this Director question. Can a file created in Director (not sure of the version) with a .dcr be made into a .swf? He's trying to use the "Shockwave ActiveX Control-10" in a C++ application to play a .dcr file, and it's not working properly. The "Shockwave Flash Object Active X Contol" plays fine. Thanks for your help.
From: JB on 1 Aug 2005 14:10 Only director can play flash files ( with the facilities of a macromedia provided Xtra code extension ) One would hve to export a director animation as a simple linear sequence of frames, playing this as a series of stills or video inside of flash.
From: Charles Parcell on 1 Aug 2005 15:59 The simple answer is no. You can not convert a .dcr into a .swf. Director and Flash are two very very different beasts. I am willing to bet that his main problem is the fact that his Shockwave file (.dcr) uses some Xtras beyond the basics. I have no experience plugging Director movies into other applications so I can't be of more help. I will say this though... Flash is not extendable in any form. Meaning that once you "compile" a Flash .swf it is completely self contained. All you need is the player to view it. Director on the other hand is a bit different. You can compile a Director movie into a .dcr but it not completely self contained. You as the developer might have utilized some aspect which requires additional libraries (aka Xtras). For example if you have any text in your project, your end users player must have the Text Asset Xtra. While this is a standard Xtra of the Standard Shockwave install other Xtras such as 3D or Font are not. All Macromedia Xtras are usually installed "silently" in the background without the end user knowing that they needed it. But thrid party Xtras are not. I think that is enough rambling on that. :)
From: 1catlover on 1 Aug 2005 15:53 Thank you so much. I've passed your information onto my colleague.
From: Mike M. on 2 Aug 2005 11:53
Thanks Charles. I am the "co-worker" who is trying to use the Shockwave player in an application. I found a problem between PowerPoint and the Shockwave ActiveX control where PowerPoint crashes and wants to send an error report when I tell it to close a running presentation that contains this control. We were hoping to be able to convert the content to avoid the issue. I have no way of determining if the problem is with PowerPoint or the control. I posted a bug report to Macromedia but I M.S. wants to charge me to report bugs so I won't go there. "Charles Parcell" <webforumsuser(a)macromedia.com> wrote in message news:dcluvg$8r9$1(a)forums.macromedia.com... > The simple answer is no. You can not convert a .dcr into a .swf. Director and > Flash are two very very different beasts. > > I am willing to bet that his main problem is the fact that his Shockwave file > (.dcr) uses some Xtras beyond the basics. I have no experience plugging > Director movies into other applications so I can't be of more help. > > I will say this though... Flash is not extendable in any form. Meaning that > once you "compile" a Flash .swf it is completely self contained. All you need > is the player to view it. Director on the other hand is a bit different. You > can compile a Director movie into a .dcr but it not completely self contained. > You as the developer might have utilized some aspect which requires additional > libraries (aka Xtras). For example if you have any text in your project, your > end users player must have the Text Asset Xtra. While this is a standard Xtra > of the Standard Shockwave install other Xtras such as 3D or Font are not. All > Macromedia Xtras are usually installed "silently" in the background without the > end user knowing that they needed it. But thrid party Xtras are not. > > I think that is enough rambling on that. :) > > |