sundeep wrote:
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m creting an educational multimedia title. it would b around 100 pages of
text. how can i add a search option in my CD......so that a student type in
a particular world and reach the related text/topic.....m on windows
platform and have director 7 and 8 version.
is it necessary to have the CD instaaled on hard disk for the search option
to work.
is there any place where i could find some readymade behaviours
freeware/shareware for this.
thanx in advance
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There is an Xtra named TextCruncher, published by UpdateStage, that will do
what you need. You can see an article on exactly how to do this and some
sample code on the site at
http://www.updatestage.com/previous/981201.html#item2
TextCruncher does lightning-fast search and replace of text. You can use it
in a Director projector or in a Shockwave movie to:
Perform a real-time fulltext search
Create indices for an indexed search of very large amounts of text
Search HTML pages retrieved with getNetText
Search and modify field or text members
Change the formatting of rich text members by replacing tags in "the RTF of
member" property
Change HTML tagging or links of rich text member by replacing HTML tags in
"the HTML of member" property
Search and change code in script members by modifying "the scriptText of
member" property
http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/xtrahome.html
Price: $129.00
Platforms:32-bit Windows, Mac
Director versions supported: Director 6,7,8
Shockwave-safe, Shockwave auto-install
You can download a demo version and check it out for free.
HTH,
Al Hospers
Marketing Associate
UpdateStage, Inc.
al<at>cambersoft<dot>com
http://www.updatestage.com
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