This issue is pretty high on Tom H list of items to update too. I hope that he can throw enough weight in the scale to get it through.. heck, while they're working on it, why don't they drop the text xtra and replace it with a fully features HTML xtra.
J. -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] nik crosina Verzonden: vrijdag 30 juni 2006 13:20 Aan: Lingo programming discussion list Onderwerp: Re: <lingo-l> Unicode Update no - but I am getting close to it! I can;t seem to find an email address for Tom H, buyt maybe he does 'cahnce' upon this little tread? BTW - I am using the DVD features in Director, they ARE pretty cool if you get used to them, especially for training material (again!) Nik On 6/30/06, Tim Welford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone ever attempted a director community petition? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nik crosina > Sent: 30 June 2006 11:53 > To: Lingo programming discussion list > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Unicode Update > > Yes, becasue most people have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what this Unicdoe > issue is and are compeltely perplexed that Director does not support > it (mind I am too!!!) > > And the work arounds are so time consuming and in my case impossible > (I mean how do you create a workaround for charactersets you don't > even knopw will be used? My app will be rolled out globally and I > cannot make a work around for every character set now, isn't it. I > might as well do that for Adobe directly! ;) > > It is very frustrating as I am faced with re-creating the project in > something else or scrap it, which I don't think they'll like very > much? > > Or do you know another dev tool that can be used to create a suite of > software apps that allow you to translate content into other > languages, then select / compile courses from a HUGE pool of content > (using various tree View style menus), store these course on your > disk, include a certain degree of hard disk admin, then create the set > of files for the final course to go onto the DVD (including the > autorun file, .ico file, etc.), and then go and burn the DVD AS WELL? > > Flash can do bits and pieces, but can it burn DVDs? Does it have a > close access to the machines OS as Director - I don't think so. Does > it have Xtras, or the possibility to write one if you need some more > featurs? - I don't think so! > > ... > Nik > > On 6/30/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yeah, great fun explaining that to your boss... I had the same problem > when suddenly a major client wanted their corporate CD-ROM in Chinese a > couple of years back, and they weren't prepared to pay for all the extra > work required to work around the lack of Unicode support... Really fun > getting slapped around for using a MM product for which you have nothing > to do with it's lack of up-to-dateness... > > > > Chris. > > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens nik crosina > > Verzonden: vrijdag 30 juni 2006 11:43 > > Aan: Lingo programming discussion list > > Onderwerp: Re: <lingo-l> Unicode Update > > > > Hi Chris, > > > > Mentioning the 5 billion or so people who can't use Director easily or > > BE REACHED easily with any Director made product is a very good point. > > > > I have developed a training application that organises a huge content > > library of video clips, PowerPoint's, text docs, images, etc. and that > > can be used to create tailor made course for clients, and burn a DVD > > with it literally within minutes. > > > > Easy to use even for filed based sales people who use their laptop > > only to keep in touch with head office from the road side. > > > > Hugely popular with the middle and upper management as it saves them > > hundreds of thousand of pounds or dollars or whatever the currency you > > choose... > > > > So far rolled out in Europe. Now they want to take it global. > > > > This is a training product that could find itself in every Hilton > > Hotel, Mac Donald, Pizza Hut, Burger King, WalMart, Sainsbury, > > Radisson, etc (training cleaning staff) > > > > I get emails from people in Malaysia, China, Thailand, India, Brazil, > > Czech Republic, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Pakistan, > > etc., etc. basically saying one thing: > > > > WHEN CAN WE START USING THIS AS IT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO QUICKLY > > TRAIN OUR PEOPLE. > > > > What do I have to tel my Boss? ...Shame the global roll out was not an > > original requirement, because Director doesn't do UNICODE, so I got to > > do it all over again. ... It only took me 6 month to get it all > > done.... > > > > It is hugely frustrating, that with Director we have such a brilliant > > development tool that allows you to work in a 1000 different ways, > > that has a huge third party developers following with its Xtras, that > > has been around for way more than 10 years... > > > > ... but can not be used on a global basis! > > > > Very frustrating! > > > > *sigh* > > Nik > > > > On 6/30/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I've been naggin' about this for 5 years... I've stopped counting on > it long since... real great customer support :) (guess the five (?) > billion people that don't use friggin' ASCII aren't supposed to be that > important a target according to the director marketing reps) > > > > > > Chris. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens nik crosina > > > Verzonden: donderdag 29 juni 2006 11:28 > > > Aan: Director - Shockwave - and Flash Game Production; Lingo > programming discussion list > > > Onderwerp: <lingo-l> Unicode Update > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Has anyone heared an update on how the Unicode implementation in > > > Director is coming along? (Tom Higgins; are you reading this?) > > > > > > I got to start implementing Unicode support to our global training > > > tool soon and would not want to move it to Flash or another app. > > > > > > Is it such an issue, hard to code, difficult to support, or what is > > > exactly the reason that this is not in place by now? Isn't there a > > > tremendous lost opportunity for martketing Director into countries > > > that do not follow the currently implemented character set? > > > > > > Having lived and worked in this area for years (amongst other > teaching > > > Director), I am thinking mainly of Asia Pacific, but it is hard to > > > even get proper character set support for Polish, Czech, etc. > > > > > > Does anyone know whether there is a firm plan or commitment to this > > > issue from Adobe? > > > > > > Thanks!! > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Nik C > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go > to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, > email [email protected] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. 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