Linked Cast

[pedrovargas]

Hi,
I had these director files that were made on PC and I had to convert them to
OS X.
The problem is that they have linked casts and when I export the dir files the
path stays as my computer path. I tried everything to change the path but it
says that it can't find the CST file. Any idea to help me?

Cheers

[JB]

Director stores the absolute castlib location, but as a second choice
tries to find the cast file at the same relative locations as the
previous cast.

Develping it;s no big issue, just find it by hand when the 'where is..."
file open dialog comes up, resiving after locating the casts fixes
things.

Creating CDs with linked files in other folder not a sub branch of the
..dir file location tends to confuse things when the CD drive letter
changes on different systems.

[pedrovargas]

Hi JB,
The problem is that it is not the .dir file that has the problem but the published file.
Any idea of what is going on? I did a couple of tests today and no luck so far.

cheers

[jim59]

I'm kind of having the same problem. Editing a 7.0 version in 8.0 Plays fine
in Director but when I make a projector there's no images. The cst is in the
same folder as the dir!

When I load the movie to edit, the external cast does not auto load, and the
cast will only show in the stage after I load the cast.

[jim59]

Got it. I put in this in onStart Movie
set the searchPaths = ["d:\MyFolder" ]

Guess I'll have to change this for the cd burn

[Mark A. Boyd]

"jim59" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in news:c71efb$ek$1
@forums.macromedia.com:

> Got it. I put in this in onStart Movie
> set the searchPaths = ["d:\MyFolder" ]
>
> Guess I'll have to change this for the cd burn

Try using the moviePath. If "MyFolder" is at the same level as the Dir
movie/projector:

the searchPaths = [the moviePath, the moviePath &"MyFolder"]


--
Mark A. Boyd
Keep-On-Learnin' :)

[pedrovargas]

Wouldn't that create a problem when changing the drives name? If another computer's cd rom is F:.
What happens than?

cheers

[Mark A. Boyd]

"pedrovargas" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in
news:c71m5o$6tc$1@forums.macromedia.com:

> Wouldn't that create a problem when changing the drives name? If
> another computer's cd rom is F:. What happens than?

Typing a specific path letter would cause that problem, yes. If the
projector is running from the CD then 'the moviePath' system property will
automatically contain the drive's letter (or volume name on a Mac).

If the projector is running on a different drive, then there are other
methods to find CD drives and detect whether the correct CD is inserted in
one of them.


--
Mark A. Boyd
Keep-On-Learnin' :)

[pedrovargas]

Hi
Thank you all for the help. I think I found the solution. Well it worked for me!! :)

on Start movie
searchCurrentFolder = TRUE

CHEERS