> While looking at the Xtras I got an idea for creating a small > utility that uses > the 3D obj converter in a stand-alone application. I have looked on the > Macromedia site, but can find no information that pertains to actually > communicating with the Xtra. From what I can tell, it seems to only be > functional inside Director. I did some further investigating and > found that > along with the W3D Xtra, you can add an Xtra that deals with 3D > Authoring. Does > anyone know what this Xtra does? > > Second, is there and information about communicating with the > values in Xtras > in general? Some universal values or items that can be accessed > thru Lingo?
1). Not sure why this doc wasn't "announced", but take a look at: http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/ts/documents/director_xtras.htm 2). If you're interested in whether you can communicate, via lingo, with an xtra, try these steps. Make sure the xtra you're interested in is installed in the Xtras folder of the version of Director that you're using. Open Director and in the message window type "showXLib". This command lists all the available installed xtras that are "script-capable" ie. they add to lingo functionality or in some other way are exposed to lingo. Note that the names that appear here can differ from the file listed in the Xtras folder. eg. in Director's Xtras folder I see an xtra called "QT3Asset". From the result of the showXLib the same xtra lists itself as "QuicktimeSupport". So, now you know which xtras you can communicate with, the next question is how do I communicate with them? *Most* of the scriptable xtras have a method for exposing their other methods. Again in the message window type 'put interface(xtra "QuickTimeSupport")' and the xtra being queried will spit out the commands it supports. HTH, -Sean. [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. Thanks!]
