Stumped on Stubs

[Lutris Man]

Hi,
I'm trying to create stub projectors (pc, OSX, OS9) on a mac using dmx2004, to
play my main movie. I've read the technotes, forum posts , manuals, etc, but
can't get them to work just right. The os9 one works when I keep it in the same
folder as the dir file, but if I put it outside the folder it always asks me to
locate the file. Is there a way to just keep the stubs in the main directory,
but the rest of the files (.dir, external casts, linked files, etc.) in another
folder, for the sake of keeping things neat and tidy? Also, it asks me for a
text xtra, which I am not sure where to find. I have been able to find all the
other xtras that it asks me for (flash, vector, etc.), but don't know about the
text one. Any ideas?

[Lutris Man]

Disregard the text extra question from my original post, I just figured that
out, sorry. I am still wondering about how to best organize my files though on
the CD. I should add that I have a folder of external files (photos) that I use
in the movie. Is there any way of protecting these easily so that user can't
access them outside of the projector? Thanks!

[JB]

There's not a nice clean way to protect external media, you could embedd
the images and if needed export the members to HD using commercial
directImage or free seiko xtra.

To minimise the files at the root level you can have a projector jump to
a main.dir file located in an "Asssets" folder ajecent to the pojector,
this Assets folder can contain multiple director files and external
linked resources.

-- entire stub projector movie score script

on exitFrame
go to movie the pathName & "Assets\Main"
end

[Lutris Man]

Thanks for helping me once again JB, I wish I could offer some advice in
return, but believe me, thqat is the last thing you want :-)

It is not a big deal that I protect the external files, I figured I would do
it if it was easy, but seems like it is beyond my current level of
understanding...maybe on a future project.

So I tried the script that you gave me, but it still asks me to locate the
file when I play the projector. Any idea what is the problem, or should I just
forget about it?

[JB]

You can probably set the search path in the first file embedded in the
projector so it's in place when you use go to movie to access the one
with the linked resources.

Having the stub projector jump to a director file in a folder also
containing the linked resources is the most reliable way to deal with
link problems.

See the other replay for a good reason to shockwave compress while
getting a handle on protecting the director file.