Can't exit fullscreen DVD playback

Hello, I'm working on my first Director/DVD project, but have
found that I can't exit fullscreen playback mode when the project
is compiled as a projector (I can exit out of fullscreen fine in
the authoring environment). In fact, it seems as though the
application stops responding to all user input (mouse&
keyboard) when playing back fullscreen (the cursor disappears also,
although since it is playing back DTS I would imagine that is
normal?).
Is there anyway to interact with a projector in fullscreen
DVD mode? thanks

I see nobody answered you on this, but if you figure it out,
could you
provide the answer for future reference?
Thanks!
Timm
"hitparader61" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hello, I'm working on my first Director/DVD project, but
have found that I
> can't exit fullscreen playback mode when the project is
compiled as a
> projector
> (I can exit out of fullscreen fine in the authoring
environment). In
> fact, it
> seems as though the application stops responding to all
user input (mouse&
> keyboard) when playing back fullscreen (the cursor
disappears also,
> although
> since it is playing back DTS I would imagine that is
normal?).
>
> Is there anyway to interact with a projector in
fullscreen DVD mode?
> thanks
>

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