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How to make Windows Flash games run on Linux?

I have some educational flash games for Windows (legally bought), that I would like for my daughter to be able to use on her OLPC. I know that some users have been able to run them under Linux by using wine, but that is really not an option on the OLPC as they need the cd in the drive to run, and the OLPC does not have a cd drive. The ...

Director 11 and Flash with AS 2 communication

I have a Director project with 3 scripts (2 behaviors and 1 movie script). I have the following code in my movie script: on startRecording () --do stuff _movie.script["script2"].passGrade(75, 3, 4) end and in one of my behavior scripts, I have the following: on passGrade (acc, dur, tim) member("Assessment", "Assessment").displa...

What is the best free (as in beer, FOSS would be good as well) replacement for Mercury TestDirector?

The question is as its title. I'm looking for a replacement for Mercury TestDirector. Now, TD is a bug tracking tool, but it's more than that - it allows for test script storage and execution, and for the execution reports to link to bugs. In order to be considered, the replacement must provide this bare minimum functionality - bug tr...

Program Director file with actionscript?

I am taking a class on Director. I have no interest in learning director or lingo, but its a required course, I would much rather be learning something relevant like silverlight. I have been programming flash/actionscript for a number of years though. So I was wondering if there was a way I could make a Flash/AS3 project and export it as...

Is there a way to test Macromedia Director on a PC?

We have a customer using a program written in Macromedia Director. They're getting an error that Macromedia Director is not responding. I wanted to test it and show the customer "hey, there's something wrong with your computer, the test doesn't work". ...

Adobe Director (dcr) "wmode" question.

can *.dcr be set the 'wmode' just the *.swf does? ...

Adobe Director (dcr) depth (z-index) problem

Can *.dcr depth (z-index) can be controlled such that a flash or some other layers can appear on top of it? ...

How can I connect and get facebook profile information from a director apps (.dcr not .swf) ?

We currently have a director apps (.dcr not .swf) that we want to integrate with the facebook api. (to connect via facebook, to challenge facebook friend from within the game) Can I embedded a flash in the director apps that take care of connecting to Facebook ? From what I saw from my search it seem that most of the tutorial or answ...

Cocos2D Director Pause/Resume Issue

I am trying to play a .gif animation in cocos2D. For this i am using the library glgif. Now, to display the animation i am pausing the Director, adding a subview to show the animation and after the animation is done i am resuming the Director. However, I am not able to resume the state of the Director and it shows blank. So I tried this ...

Will a Flash .swf file execute a .exe file on Mac?

Hi there I am busy updating a Flash application from a previous developer, but it was written for Windows. I am busy developing on Mac and there is this segment of code: _global.localSO = SharedObject.getLocal("personalCookie", "/"); _global.localSO.data.name = textFileContent; _global.localSO.flush(); fscommand("exec", "fscommand/save...

DIRECTOR "TCP/IP Socket sever/client"

Would Director be an option for creating a socket client? My client needs to accept server commands; frame rate, start etc. Director seems like it was made for controlling movies. I've got Director 11.5 at the office. Any lingo experts that could advise? Interaction with client SERVER==>XML PACKET==>CLIENT==>swf plays on given frame a...

Should I learn Flash or Director?

I just had this conversation with a colleague and I am now turning to the SO community to provide evidence based on fact, not opinion, as to which tool would be ideal to grow into in the current programming environment. Director or Flash? I am deciding if I should stick with Flash or bother learning Director 11.5. He want to know if he ...

How do I get a bounding box for a 3D model in Adobe Director?

Hi - I have a 3d model imported from a .w3d file. I want to derive a bounding box for an arbitrary model or group, or any other sense of its actual extent. I can get a bounding sphere simply via the boundingSphere property, but I can't find any way to otherwise introspect the model's dimensions. ...

Director/Lingo, making an application toggle between fullscreen and windowed?

Hi. I recently had a client contact me asking for an update to his project that I used to maintain/develop years ago. It was done using Macromedia Director (now Adobe Director) and Lingo. Since I haven't developed anything using these technology in such a long time I need some assistance. The majority of the changes are simple, but ...

Does Shockwave's preLoadMember actually cache?

Hi - I am trying to use Shockwave Director with a large 3D .w3d file. I load it like so: on enterFrame me if member(g3dMemberName).mediaReady = 1 then preLoadMember(member(g3dMemberName)) else go to the frame end if end which seems to work fine. However, the w3d never seems to come from the user's local cache. The documentat...

Is it possible to extract cast member(swf file) from '.dir' file (director)??

Hi, I am new to adobe director. I need to use swf file from director to flash. But I am unable to extract swf file from dir file. Can any one give me any idea about this or is there any software, by which i can extract cst file? Plz I need help urgently! Thanks in advance... ...

Can I export or publish an Adobe Director movie to a format that can be played in Adobe AIR?

Is it possible to export or publish an Adobe Director movie to a format that can be played in Adobe AIR? ...

how to pass input data from swf to Lingo?

Hi We have an Arabic educational application in Director 11.5, published originally as projector for desktop use. Since Director don't support “right to left” languages, the application uses an ActivX component to call external encoded html and load it into a textarea container, in this way the Arabic language can be written and redden...