Hello Everybody, Thank you all for the response to my Web Browser Question ;)
One Last Question: I have played with the demo WebXtra from Tabuleiro and like it. But before I buy it I would like to try using the Active-X browser That comes with Director. I can't seem to figure out how to use it? Can somebody give a quick Sample/explanation on how to using it? When I try placing the Active-X browser Icon on the stage nothing comes up? Thank you Tom -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Dempsey Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 2:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Web Broswer in Director MX Hi Tom, Sorry to be a few days late in getting to you on this. I am currently using the Active-X browser control in a projector for a major project, and it seems to be working fine. We are beta-testing the software, and so far have only had one problem with it - it was on a WinXP professional system, and clicking to view the website in the active-x sprite caused the projector to hang. However, this was the only XP computer that did this, others worked fine. Also, this person had the same problem when they clicked a sprite that was supposed to open a web page in their default browser (i.e., not embedded in the projector, using gotoNetPage)... Again, not a problem on other XP systems. So this particular system may have had some kind of issue. It works fine also on win 98, win me, win 2000. I am having a hard time finding a win95 computer to test on. In terms of the internet connection, I am using directxtra's directconnect xtra. It's good... works well for detecting and/or connecting/disconnecting dial-up connections. However, to take into account non-dial up connections, there is no way to cover all the possibilities other than to call a test page somewhere online. I have set it so that when they go to the part of the movie that has the browser, if directconnection can't detect a dial-up connection, an attempt is made to access a one-character text file on my webserver. If it fails after 3 attempts, an html file is then accessed from the CD that says "you are offline... please connect blah blah blah". I also have a refresh button in the projector that they can hit once they go online. One final note to anyone who's made it this far - I have a scrolling text member on the same page as the browser active-x control. When I scroll the text member, any graphics embedded in the web pages that are displayed in the active-x browser flicker. Not a big deal, but does anyone know how to fix this? Andrew ----------------------------------------- Andrew Dempsey ICT and Education Consultant Cairo, Egypt [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.andrewdempsey.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.478 / Virus Database: 275 - Release Date: 5/6/2003 [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!] [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!]
