> I am programming a cd-rom where the total size is around 800 mb. How can i
> go ahead so that it fits on 2 cd-roms. I have 3 quicktime files each of
> 100mb and they need to be fit into the interface. Any clues how to go ahead
> and how to read multiple cd-roms.
Doing a multiple CD project is not that simple. The approach I take is to
use an installer (if you are ambitious, you can write one in Director with a
little help from Buddy, or use a commercial one such as VISE or WISE) that
puts my main projector and a CD-switcher movie on the hard drive. When the
projector runs, it simply searches out the CD and does a go movie to a main
dir movie on the CD - but, first it stores a path to its directory on the
hard drive in some global fashion. Everything else branches from that dir
movie, and lives on the CD.
Now, when there's a link to something on the other CD (Usually, I split my
CDs according to a main menu, so that there's only one place that you can
branch off to a second CD from), I do a go movie to the CD-switcher app. I
know the path, because the projector stored it before going to the CD. The
switcher app simply ejects the CD (only necessary on the Mac when in full
screen mode), and does a periodic search of the CD drive until the correct
CD is inserted. Then it will branch to that CD.
Naturally, this involves a decent amount of code. You need to be able to
find the CD drive, make sure you have the correct CD in the CD drive, etc.
Buddy is not necessarily essential to do this stuff (fileXtra, masterApp,
maybe others can do the same) but it is very good at these things.
If you need an example, ask. But be warned - this isn't as simple as an
object or two. The manner in which you structure your program comes into
play in a big way.
-Kurt
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