Comments interspersed below
At 07:57 AM 9/8/00, James & Mary Hudson wrote:
> >From: "Mark A. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >Example:
> >isDirectShowInstalled(member 1)
[snip]
> >Did I miss any of your cross posts?
>
>Thanks for your help. Yes, I realize that Acrobat has nothing to do
>with video or mpeg playback. I was referring to the "method" of using
>Buddy API to find out if it is already installed by looking at the
>registry and if this method was similar to finding out if Directshow
>was already installed on the user's system.
There may be, but since Microsoft has changed DirectShow around so much (it
used to be called ActiveMovie) and because I don't have direct access to
all 5 of their operating systems to dig through all the registry entries, I
trust the isDirectShowInstalled() method.
>I am using the demo version right now, while I show the client that
>this is a desirable solution ie:" purchase" I did not find a
>reference to this in any of the docs that came with that. Maybe I
>didn't look hard enough, or in the right place.
I actually copied that from the online help at:
http://xtras.tabuleiro.com/products/direct/help/index.htm
It may not be that easy to find in the docs. I seem to recall asking a
similar question of Tabuleiro.com before purchasing it here. The on line
support is outstanding.
> I'm not sure what you mean by that last line there about crossposts,
>unless you read the Director Newsgroup, and the Director List. I was
>only trying to maximize my return response and not irritate or cause
>problems. I apologize if having read this question three times caused
>undue stress. :)
Well, it would take more than that to ruin my day, but it is generally
frowned upon and considered bad netiquette. Whew, I can relax now. ;-)
>I just try to use as many resources as possible when trying to find
>answers. If this is a no-no, then I will only send the question to one
>of these three resources.
Please do.
>At least I'm not sending HTML format email to the list as I see a lot
>of people doing. :)
Yes. It's almost a reflex for me to hit the delete key when a message
appears in HTML
>Anyway, I really do mean it when I say thanks for the help. The
>patience of experienced users is the only thing that keeps us newbies
>going sometimes.
I think you'll find DirectMedia well worth the purchase. Even if you don't
convince this particular client (and I don't see how they wouldn't be
convinced), it's a very reliable Xtra. They've been giving us Windows users
outstanding MPEG playback through Director since the days of XObjects and
Win3.1. I highly recommend their products.
--
Mark A. Boyd
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