Ah yes, thanks for emphasizing that Macs get a text file dump.
Ready, set, go!
-Tom
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yariv Alter Fin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 12:25 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: <lingo-l> shockwave.ini
>
>
> Tom, thanks again!
>
> Indeed for the clarity it is nesseccary to add that that no matter
> what technique is used, a message window for a shockwave movie will
> not show itself on the mac. however, strolling to the earlier
> mentioned system path will reveal the file '1msgdump.txt' that
> contains everything you 'put' from shockwave. this can become a
> pretty big file hiding in your system folder if you're putting out
> much..
>
> >Just so we're all clear on how to do this in SW8 versus SW8.5 ...
> >
> >***********
> >Shockwave 8
> >***********
> >
> >1. Make a copy of Director.ini, renaming it shockwave.ini
> >2. Place the shockwave.ini into the Shockwave player's folder, here
> >are some typical paths to the player folder:
> >
> >on Win9x: C:\Windows\System\Macromed\Shockwave 8
> >on WinNT: C:\WinNT\System32\Macromed\Shockwave 8
> >on Mac: Mac HD:System:Extensions:Macromedia:Shockwave 8
> >
> >3. Open the shockwave.ini file (it's a text file) and find the line
> >that reads:
> >
> >;MessageWindow=1
> >
> >4. Uncomment that line by removing the ";" character:
> >
> >MessageWindow=1
> >
> >5. Close and save the shockwave.ini file with your changes.
> >
> >Now everytime the Shockwave player is invoked, a message window will
> >open and be available for your use.
> >
> >*************
> >Shockwave 8.5
> >*************
> >
> >1. At some time in the movie set 'the debugPlaybackEnabled' to TRUE
> >and a message window will open and be available for your use.
> >2. At some time in the movie set 'the debugPlaybackEnabled' to FALSE
> >and the message window will close and cannot be reopened until the
> >current movie is unloaded from the player.
> >
> >The technique required is based upon the Shockwave player version
> >and not the DCR's creation version!
> >
> >Have fun,
> >Tom
> >
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