Using Lingo In Different Internet Environments - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX Use Manual

To obtain the MIME type of the HTTP item:
•
Use the
netMIME()
To conserve memory, Director discards the results of the
,
netError() netMIME()
operation completes successfully.
•
For
netTextResult()
•
For the other functions, Director retains the results through seven subsequent network
operations.
To determine the state of a network operation that retrieves data:
•
Use the
getStreamStatus()
getStreamStatus()

Using Lingo in different Internet environments

Some Lingo features behave differently, depending on whether the movie is playing back in a
browser, as a projector, or within the authoring environment.
Using Lingo with Internet security restrictions
Because of security issues for movies that play back in browsers, the following Lingo features are
unsupported for Shockwave movies playing in a browser. Many of these restrictions are imposed
by the Internet environment. For details about security concerns when playing a movie on the
Internet, see "Director and Internet Security" on the Director Support Center website at
www.macromedia.com/support/director/internet/security/.
In general, the following Lingo features are unsupported because of Internet security concerns:
•
Setting
colorDepth
•
Saving a movie by using the
•
Printing by using the
•
Opening an application by using the
•
Stopping an application or the user's computer by using the
command
•
Opening a local file that isn't in the dswmedia folder or a subfolder of the dswmedia folder
•
Pasting content from the Clipboard by using the
•
Searching for files on a user's system with
searchCurrentFolder
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function. See
netMIME()
, and
netLastModDate()
, Director discards the results when the next operation starts.
function or the
or
on streamStatus()
for the user's monitor
command
saveMovie
command
printFrom
open
getNthFileNameInFolder()
, or
searchPath
in the Lingo Dictionary.
netTextResult()
functions within a short time after the
on streamStatus
in the Lingo Dictionary.
command
,
quit
pasteClipBoardInto
, ,
netDone()
event handler. See
, or
restart shutDown
command
,