> I need to develop a CDRom that will have a lot of > information, something > about 400 pages of text. In this CDROM I'll need to have a search by > keywords, title, subtitle and topics, that show all the chapters that > matches the search. Since I had never done something like > this before and > with this amount of text, I'd like, if possible, you can give > ideas, and > some direction in how is the best way to implement this. If I > need to use > extras, lists or else.
Hi Rodrigo, Considering the amount of text you are describing I would suggest using an Xtra like TextCruncher from UpdateStage. TextCruncher does lightning-fast searchs of text. You can use it in a Director projector or in a Shockwave movie to perform a real-time fulltext search or even create indices for an indexed search of very large amounts of text. The latter seems particularly appropriate in your case. Here is a link to an article in the UpdateStage archives that should help get you on your way: http://www.updatestage.com/previous/981201.html There is even a drag and drop behavior in the current demo that does the indexing and runtime search for you! The current version of the TextCruncher Xtra is a commercial product available for sale through www.updateStage.com. It is $129, is on Mac and Windows, supports Director 6-8 and is Shockwave safe. For more information, download a trial version or to order TextCruncher go here: http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/textcruncher.html I think you will find it will do what you need and save you a ton of time. Cheers, Al Hospers Marketing Associate UpdateStage alhospers<at>updatestage<dot>com http://www.updatestage.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/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!]
