Director ActiveX Contractor Gig

Hello.
I'm in need of an advanced Director contractor to help on a
small piece which involves an ActiveX control.
This is a paid opportunity which could lead to a lot more
work.
No phone calls please. Please email brief experience level,
hourly rate and avialability to [email protected]
Thanks -
Patrick

FabienBipMedia wrote:
> i'm writing in C++ / DirectX (no MFC) and I would like
to play ".dcr"
> files with the activeX. I found on popcap website a c++
activeX
> interface sample to do it for Flash,
URL?
> but i can't find the equivalent
> for director.
> So where can i find the activeX functions documentation
or a sample
> for how to use them in C++ ?
This might help:-
http://groups.google.com/group/macromedia.director.basics/browse_frm/thread/a33fa8f2580db6 9f/76605a721c6df539?lnk=st&q=c%2B%2B+shockwave+activex+-flash&rnum=10&hl=en
Also, if you're using VS, if you add a reference to the SW
ActiveX control
in the Solution Explorer pane then you can look at what's
available in the
object browser (as in double-click the reference after you've
added it).
Other than that, I have no idea.
Andrew

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Dim crxapp As CRAXDRT.Application
Dim crxRep As CRAXDRT.Report
Dim crxDB As CRAXDRT.Database
Dim crxTab As CRAXDRT.DatabaseTable
Dim crxConnPs As CRAXDRT.ConnectionProperties
Dim crxConnP As CRAXDRT.ConnectionProperty
Dim apropSubLoc As String
Dim apropConnBufStr As String
Set crxapp = CreateObject("CrystalRuntime.Application")
Rem
crxapp.LogOnServer "p2sodbc.dll", "AP_WORKSHEET", "<CRWDC>DBQ=D:\0ood1",
Set crxRep = crxapp.OpenReport
("D:\3g\run\Vision\apcyto\Reports\crBlockWS.rpt")
Set crxDB = crxRep.Database
Set crxTab = crxRep.Database.Tables(1)
apropConnBufStr = crxTab.ConnectBufferString
apropSubLoc = crxTab.SubLocation
crxDB.LogOnServer "p2sodbc.dll", "AP_WORKSHEET", "<CRWDC>DBQ=D:\0ood1",
Rem crxTab.SetTableLocation "D:\0ood1\BlockWS.txt", apropSubLoc, "DSN="
Rem Set crxConnPs = crxTab.ConnectionProperties
Rem Set crxConnP = crxConnPs.Item("DSN")
Rem crxConnP.Value = "AP_WORKSHEET"
Rem Set crxConnP = crxConnPs.Item("Database")
Rem crxConnP.Value = "D:\0ood1\BlockWS.txt"
Rem crxTab.Location = "BlockWS.txt"
crxRep.DiscardSavedData
crxRep.PrinterSetup (0)
crxRep.PrintOut
End Sub
For VB macros, the problem exists in all of CR 8.5, 9 and 10. However,
for another platform we are using, Unify Vision 4GL, it works for CR
8.5 while not working for CR 9 and 10.
Following is the source code in Unify Vision 4GL. This language may
not be popular, but I thin you are about to see how it calls the
Runtime Library methods LogOnServer(), OpenReport(), PrinterSetup() and
PrintOut().
%gfPrintCrystalReport
BOOL FUNCTION gfPrintCrystalReport($reportName)
BEGIN
if NOTMKNOWN(GF:$oSeagateId) then
create service of activex
class 'CrystalRuntime.Application'
object_ref into GF:$oSeagateId;
if MKNOWN(GF:$oSeagateId) then
begin
/* TD23013: Database directories are dynamic to
accommodate multiple user requirement of Citrix */
send message LogOnServer to GF:$oSeagateId
using
( 'PDSODBC.DLL', 'AP_WORKSHEET', '<CRWDC>DBQ='+GF:$WinTempDir,'','')
identified by $msgHandle;
if $msgHandle:MSG_STATE 'RESPONSE_PROCESSED'
then
begin
display 'Crystal Reports cannot connect
to the datasource ' for fyi_message wait;
return (FALSE)
end
send message OpenReport to GF:$oSeagateId using
($reportName, 1)
identified by $msgHandle returning
$oCrystalReport
if MKNOWN($oCrystalReport) then
begin
if (NOTMKNOWN(GF:$printerName)) then
set GF:$printerName to
$oCrystalReport->PrinterName;
if GF:$printerName $oCrystalReport-
PrinterName then
send message SelectPrinter to
$oCrystalReport
using
(GF:$driverName,GF:$printerName,GF:$portName)
identified by $msgHandle;
set $oCrystalReport-
DisplayProgressDialog to FALSE;
while TRUE
begin
DISPLAY NOTICE 'Print to : ' +
GF:$printerName
LABELS 'Ok'
DEFAULT, 'Cancel', 'Printer Setup'
RESULT INTO $userOption
switch ($userOption)
begin
case 0 :
send
message PrintOut to $oCrystalReport
using
(PROMPT_USER, NUMBER_OF_COPIES, COLLATED, START_PAGE, STOP_PAGE)
identified by $msgHandle;
set
$oCrystalReport to UNDEFINED
return
(TRUE);
case 1:
set
$oCrystalReport to UNDEFINED
return
(FALSE);
case 2:
send
message PrinterSetup to $oCrystalReport
using
(0)
identified by $msgHandle;
if
GF:$printerName $oCrystalReport->PrinterName then
begin
set GF:$printerName to $oCrystalReport->PrinterName;
set GF:$driverName to $oCrystalReport->DriverName;
set GF:$portName to $oCrystalReport->PortName;
end
break;
end
end
end
end
return
(FALSE);
END

Hi Sydney,
If you search the Developers help file you'll find info on using the method:
How to change the data source
This example demonstrates how to change the data source from native Access to an OLEDB (ADO) data source by using the ConnectionProperty Object, as well as how to change the table name by using the Location property of the DatabaseTable Object. CrystalReport1 is connected to the xtreme.mdb database found in the \Program Files\Crystal Decisions\Crystal Reports 10\Samples\En\Databases folder. The report is using the Customer table. A copy of the Customer table is added to the pubs database on Microsoft SQL Server.
' Create a new instance of the report.
Dim Report As New CrystalReport1
Private Sub Form_Load()
' Declare a ConnectionProperties collection.
Dim CPProperties As CRAXDRT.ConnectionProperties
' Declare a DatabaseTable object.
Dim DBTable As CRAXDRT.DatabaseTable
' Get the first table in the report.
Set DBTable = Report.Database.Tables(1)
' Get the collection of connection properties.
Set CPProperties = DBTable.ConnectionProperties
' Change the database DLL used by the report from
' native Access (crdb_dao.dll) to ADO/OLEDB (crdb_ado.dll).
DBTable.DllName = "crdb_ado.dll"
' The connection property bags contain the name and value
' pairs for the native Access DLL (crdb_dao.dll). So we need
' to clear them, and then add the name and value pairs that
' are required to connect to the OLEDB data source.
' Clear all the ConnectioProperty objects from the collection.
CPProperties.DeleteAll
' Add the name value pair for the provider.
CPProperties.Add "Provider", "SQLOLEDB"
' Add the name value pair for the data source (server).
CPProperties.Add "Data Source", "ServerA"
' Add the name value pair for the database.
CPProperties.Add "Initial Catalog", "pubs"
' Add the name value pair for the user name.
CPProperties.Add "User ID", "UserName"
' Add the name value pair for the password.
CPProperties.Add "Password", "password"
' Set the table name. ' for SQL types it would be "database.dbo.table"
DBTable.Location = "Customer"
Screen.MousePointer = vbHourglass
' Set the report source of the viewer and view the report.
CRViewer1.ReportSource = Report
CRViewer1.ViewReport
Screen.MousePointer = vbDefault
End Sub

Error: This application required an Xtra (ActiveX...) that either does not exist or failed

Hi All,
im having trouble few days now , i hope someone can give me a lead here.
i have a director mx file written in arabic, i open it in Director 11.5, the file behave strangely, very slow publishing process, very slow access to the xtra list.
after publishing (shockwave and html), i open the html, the preloaded start to run but i can see its not reaching 100%, after a while i get the error massage:
"This application required an Xtra (ActiveX...) that either does not exist or failed..." and firebox or IE crashes.
In the movie extra list (Modify menu) i can see all extras, and all have "download if needed", but in ActiveX the "download if needed" grays out. i have no idea why
things i try with no success:
uninstall and reinstall shockwave player
check the same file in another machine
exclude and include xtras in Publish Settings > Files
add activex.x32 from other places
Hope for good news
Win Xp sp3
Thanks
Shay

In the movie extra list (Modify menu) i can see all extras, and all have "download if needed", but in ActiveX the "download if needed" grays out. i have no idea why
Because AX controls aren't SW-safe. You will have to redesign your file to remove the ActiveX control if you want it to run in a browser.

Veiwing a PDf using Activex Direct to stage

I'm new to Director, and to the scripting side especially. I have managed to complete all of my project except for when I get to a point I need to be able to have the users click on a button and have a PDF load in the PDF's Activex sprite. This is the code I have attached to the button:
on mouseup
     sprite(17).src = the moviePath &"OSME.pdf"
end
When they click on the button, nothing happens, any ideas on why this wouldnt be loading?
Thanks!
Tim

You shouldn't have to do anything with the AX sprite to make it work (assuming it implements a src property). I assume you have a copy of Buddy API for your platform already - if not, grab it from here. To install it you need to place it in the folder named Xtras inside the folder your authoring application is installed. You must be on Windows to be running AX controls, so you should put it in the 'Adobe Director 11\Configuration\Xtras\Scripting\' folder. Restart Director and the xtra should be available. To test that it's installed properly you could check the Scripting Xtras drop-down list in either your message window or a script window (it's the menu with an xtra icon) - you should see an entry for BudAPI.
Now alter your script like so:
on mouseUp
tPath = the moviePath & "OSME.pdf"
if baFileExists(tPath) then
    sprite(17).src = tPath
else
    alert "File not found:" && tPath
end if
end
Sorry, I can't seem to view your attachment - how do I access it?

OPC-Server + ActiveX

Hi! I'm trying to communicate with some hardware via OPC and datasocket. The
problem is the great and variing number of the channels for the data
acquisition (400-1500 channels!). So I decided to automatize the "Browse to
OPC item.vi" via ActiveX with every single item written into an array with
its specific properties like datatyp, access right, OPC-URL and so on. For
better understanding: Similar to the "List directory.vi" I want to analyse
how many OPC-Server ("harddisks") at the local PC do exist, how many groups
(directories) they contain, how many subgroups (subdirectories) there are
and what kind of items (files) they contain. Additionally, I want to get
some information of them and I want to build an array where all informati
on
(path, properties...) is stored in. I succeeded in displaying a string array
with the installed OPC-servers, but that's all. Puuh, hard staff. I hope
somebody can help me.

For your information, there is a new TestStand Add-on "OPC DA Connect" which adds a StepType Palette dedicated to OPC Data Access.
You can configure each step by browsing the OPC servers on your network and browsing variables within these servers.
The browsing functionnality that you where looking for as been implemented in this toolkit.
Hoping this helps.
Jean-Louis SCHRICKE
├ CTA - Certified TestStand Architect (2008 & 2010 & 2014)
├ CTD - Certified TestStand Developer (2004 & 2007)
└ CLD - Certified LabVIEW Developer (2003 & 2005)

ActiveX Xtra - projector doesn't terminate

Hi all,
Has anyone had problems with the projector not terminating
correctly
when working with the ActiveX Xtra? We are working on a
Director
application that uses some custom ActiveX controls. When the
user
quits the projector, the Process for the projector does not
terminate. If you look in the Windows Task Manager and click
on the
Processes tab, the process for the projector is still there
even
after the user quits.
I am using Director MX 2004 on Windows XP Pro. Users with
other
versions of Windows are also seeing the problem.
One interesting note is that if we put the ActXPriv.x32 user
interface component in the Xtras folder that the projector
uses, the
problem goes away (the process terminates correctly upon
quitting).
Unfortunately the documentation for the ActiveX Xtra says
"Under no
circumstances should the user interface component
'ActXPriv.X32' be
redistributed with a packaged Director multimedia title."
Thanks for any help!
Tom

I just thought that you might fail to unregister your activeX component when you stop the projector (in case you deliver the component's dll to the user with your projector package). Say my component is called axvlc.dll. It is placed in the same directory as my stub projector (given by: _movie.pass)
On startMovie -- I register the component:
     axRegSuccess = ActiveXControlRegister(_movie.path&"axvlc.dll")
     --axRegSuccess must be -1
end
on stopMovie -- I unregister it
      axUnRegSuccess = ActiveXControlUnRegister(_movie.path&"axvlc.dll")
      --axUnRegSuccess must be -1
end

Mountain Lion: problem with Time Machine directories and spotlight indexing

I'm using a fresh install of 10.8 Mountain Lion on a 2011 MBP. It's a work laptop with many ASCII files containing numerical data (floating point numbers), with varying file extensions. Some of the files are multi-gig, some are only a few hundred K, and there are tens of thousands of them. Roughly 500G of numerical data.
I can disable spotlight from indexing certain subdirectories of my home directory on the local drive. However, when using Time Machine to backup, I seem to be entirely unable to prevent spotlight from attemping to fully index the external drive (Time Machine volume). I actually let spotlight run for over 36 hours this weekend in a futile attempt for it to finish indexing the TM volume. The /.Spotlight-V100 index on the external drive is roughly 100G and continuously written and overwritten. /var/log/system.log had various "Merging failed" messages for temp spotlight files. I deleted the index, let spotlight run again overnight, but it did not finish indexing. "sudo fs_usage -f filesys mds mdworker mdimport mdworker32 | grep open" showed spotlight slowly chugging through the thousands of numerical files.
I believe the problem is related to this old report from someone who noticed a leopard -> snow leopard change:
http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?t=106703
http://forums.cnet.com/7723-6126_102-366184/snow-leopard-10-6-spotlight-indexing -and-disk-usage/
However, I don't see an easy solution. In ML, if you drag the TM volume to the spotlight privacy list it gives you a message about how you can't disable indexing of TM volumes because it's essential for TM. I have not yet tried to manually put in some kind of .metadata_never_index file in the relevant TM volume directories (I am not sure if that will do anything, or perhaps break TM backups), but that's one possible next step.
Anyone have ideas on how I can have my TM backups work but the spotlight indexing of all these data files (their subdirectories) disabled? I'm not specifically TRYING to back up those data files with TM (they're duplicated elsewhere), they're just on the same machine as a bunch of other stuff I need backed up via TM. Apple has a disaster on their hands for anyone trying to backup a machine which also has large data sets.

I'm not aware of any avenue to tell spotlight to not index all or part of a backup.
However, the indexing should work, even if takes a long time.
I don't think this is a new issue and has been part of TM from the start.
Realistically, it may be time to consider whether TM is the best choice for these data files?
Are they very volatile do they change frequently both as to content of individual files and total set of files?
If not, then a clone or syncing type of backup might be better suited for these files.
I do not back up all my files via time machine. I keep photographs and music outside of Time Machine. to be sure they are backed up but via clones.
To show why this might the best take photographs. My photographs are basically immutable once they enter the system, but I may come back with 5000 images from a trip and whittle that down to a few hundred eventually. This would cause a lot of files to be saved in TM that are no longer wanted, - but are not easy to remove formthe backup. while the ones I want haven't changed. TM is not geared to make handling that easily.
As a further aside, ideally one should back everything of value up twice via 2 different means.
I've had backup drives fail.I've had TM logically fail (disk is fine -TM internal data structures bad).

Presentation Director - Docked?

I have noticed that in Presentation Director there is a section in the settings labelled:
"When notebook is docked."
"Immediately apply this Scheme..."
However, this section of the options is always greyed out for me, so I cannot select that option. They option is unavailable regardless if the laptop is in the docking station or not.
How do you use this docking feature with presentation director?
ThinkPad T61 (7662-CTO) Core2Duo 2.2GHz 2 Gig RAM 1 Gig Turbo Memory 160 Gig HD 5400 rpm
nVidia Quadro NVS 140M graphics Advanced Dock (2503)

1. Make sure secondary is enabled..
...when undocked click capture on normal setting in presentation director ...
2.
The nvidia driver and the windows display settings has to enabled as attached as external] and the presentation director have to have the same resolution 1024x768 or whatever..? and the nvidia driver version(Old version 6.14.11.5666 9/27/2007) Rt click device manager display .. properties look at driver. If 5666
(New version 6.14.11.7471 3/20/08 )(This driver also fixes Dual Monitor Display issue with Docking Stations)
Download updated driver from lenovo.(7471 )3/20/08
Then disable desktop manager
Apply the following changes:
1. Right Click on Desktop-Select Nview Properties:
Disable click ok.
Open Nvidia control
Right Click on Desktop and Select Nvidia Control Panel
Click on Change Powermizer Settings
Select - Not manage my power consumption (Disable Powermizer)
Setup in Nvidia Control panel:
Use the following settings and go to profiles and save.
2. Go to Display Properties and use the following settings:
NOTE: Make sure both LCD's are set at the same resolution! Ex 1280x1024 pixels.
The NEC LCD in this example is the Default LCD:
To move mouse from left to right, make sure Display 1 is on the left side in the Display properties.
To undock, Press the Undock button on the Docking station and wait until Laptop goes into Sleep Mode and undocked. Press power button to put into normal mode.

ActiveX MS webbrowser no tab key

Hi,
I was successfully trying to load a web page in the MS
webbrowser
activeX control but the tab key is not recognized. Is there a
way to
jump beteween the fields of a web form when pressing the tab
key?
TIA

I reserched the heck out of the same question. I could not
find a way to get
the tab key to do anything. I tried various things to track
down where the
tab key goes, but couldn't figure out how to get it to work.
Over on
mediamacros.com there's a behavior that has code to handle
the tab key on a
web browser, and I couldn't get that to work either.
So I just used VB and made a shell for the browser. It
actually worked
better for everything. There was some Flash interactivity and
something else
that using the MS web browser in Director interfered with
that was fixed
using straight VB.
TR
"CastTen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:ecurko$aci$[email protected]..
> Hi,
>
> I was successfully trying to load a web page in the MS
webbrowser activeX
> control but the tab key is not recognized. Is there a
way to jump beteween
> the fields of a web form when pressing the tab key?
>
> TIA

Script for Director in Authorware

Hello,
I am new here and I hope that someone could help me.
I have a Director movie and I want to play this in Authorware
with the ActiveXcontrol. I see the movie playing but Authorware
goes on running the complete flowline in the back while the
Director movie is playing in front of it.
I am not good in scripting in Authorware but I need a script
that tells Authorware to play the Director movie, (and stay at that
point of the flowline) and continue the flowline after the Director
movie Quits. (The Lingo command Quit in the Director movie)
Is there someone to help me?
O.... something else, the stage of the Director File is the
same size as the Authorware stage
Thanks
Marius

To elaborate on what Erik has said, you'll need an
interaction with an event
response set up that will catch some sort of event set up
with Director. I
don't think anyone on here uses Director on here much, so
they'd have to
experiment with the files as much as you would. You may find
that looking
at the Flash ActiveX ShowMe gives you some ideas of things to
look at while
you're experimenting.
HTH;
Amy
"Erik **AdobeCommunityExpert**"
<[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
> I've not worked with Director in Authorware in a real
long time.
> If the Authorware presentation is continuing, then it
needs to stop until
> the Director movie says it's ok to move on.
> In Flash, you could do this with a fsCommand or getURL
function. Flash
> would execute that function when done and you would
setup an 'Event
> Response' interaction in Authorware to wait for it.
> Can Director send such an event?
> Erik
>
> marius siroen wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am new here and I hope that someone could help me.
>>
>> I have a Director movie and I want to play this in
Authorware with the
>> ActiveXcontrol. I see the movie playing but
Authorware goes on running
>> the complete flowline in the back while the Director
movie is playing in
>> front of it.
>>
>> I am not good in scripting in Authorware but I need
a script that tells
>> Authorware to play the Director movie, (and stay at
that point of the
>> flowline) and continue the flowline after the
Director movie Quits. (The
>> Lingo command Quit in the Director movie)
>>
>> Is there someone to help me? O.... something else,
the stage of the
>> Director File is the same size as the Authorware
stage
>>
>> Thanks
>> Marius
>>
>
> --
> Erik Lord
>
http://www.capemedia.net
> Adobe Community Expert - Authorware
>
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/
>
>
http://www.awaretips.net -
samples, tips, products, faqs, and links!
> *Search the A'ware newsgroup archives*
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=macromedia.authorware
> *The Blankenship Caveat: Note that direct linking to
http content
> through any Authorware icon will likely fail if a proxy
server is
> present!*

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