May 17, 2005
Using Web Services in Director
Hey folks, have you ever puzzled over how you might go about utilizing web services from within Director-authored content? Dan Sadowski, one of our development engineers just gave it a go and wrote up a nice article for the Director Developer Center:
Using Web Services in Macromedia Director MX 2004
Dan talks about how this can be achieved either natively in Lingo or via Flash sprites on stage. Naturally sample files are provided for you to peruse, enjoy!
Posted by thiggins at 04:25 PM | TrackBack
April 05, 2005
Using LocalConnection Objects
Just a heads up for folks following my ramblings, a new article was just posted to the Director Developer Center, written by yours truly, that discusses how folks can use LocalConnection objects to allow communication between any two pieces of Director or Flash content that are both running on the same computer, whether those be in the browser, as projectors, a Flash movie embedded inside a Director movie or any other combination you might imagine. LocalConnection objects are a great way to allow local inter-movie communication, if you aren't familiar with them then you might give my article a look:
Making Connections - Simple Use of LocalConnection Objects
Enjoy.
Posted by thiggins at 12:55 PM | TrackBack
March 23, 2005
Need help debugging script errors?
Thanks to Boaz Englesberg we now have a great new Breeze presentation available in the Director Developer Center on macromedia.com. The article is about using the alertHook and ini files in order to help debug script errors at run-time. Obviously when working within Macromedia Director you have the normal debugging utilities at your disposal, but for those errors occurring at run-time in your projector or Shockwave movie things are a bit different. Have a look:
Using the Director.ini and AlertHook to Troubleshoot Script Errors
Enjoy!
Posted by thiggins at 01:21 PM | TrackBack
December 02, 2004
developer resource: my poppy website
For quite a while now I've used my poppy website account as a means of sharing information relating to Director and Shockwave content development. After sitting in a state of disarray for a bit I'm finally getting around to cleaning things up and organizing them a bit more. Have a look:
I've already posted a few articles and code chunks that I'm working on and I have more to post over the coming weeks. My goal is to have the items found on my poppy site eventually find their way on to macromedia's web site, either in the Director Developer Center or the Director Support Center, but for now I'll keep writing and posting to my poppy site so the information is available while awaiting editing and final posting elsewhere.
I hope that this proves a useful effort in helping folks develop using Macromedia Director.
Cheers,
Tom
Posted by thiggins at 03:06 PM
November 23, 2004
More about scriptExecutionStyle
A new DevNet article was just posted for Director users that discusses checking for any new features used in movies authored in Director MX 2004 in order to ensure safe publishing to the 8.5 file format. In the article the author, Dan Sadowski, also discusses all the various scripting areas that are affected by the new scriptExecutionStyle property which is some information not covered well enough in our documentation. Have a look as I think it makes for a good read:
Checking for New Features When Publishing for Shockwave 8.5
Enjoy!
Posted by thiggins at 05:37 PM