Packaging Xtra for Shockwave download

Question

A few questions regarding packaging an xtra for Shockwave:
I have created a Windows scripting Xtra that is
Shockwave-safe - works fine if manually placed into the local cache
for downloaded xtras (...\Documents and Settings\...\Application
Data\...\Shockwave Player\xtras\...."). I would like to make our
Shockwave application pick up the xtra from our web server. I
understand that xtras can be made for automatic download, but am
not clear on the details of how you do this, and have struggled to
get anything detailed from my web searches. The questions:
1) do I need the "Xtra Packaging Kit"?
2) where do I get the above? (was looking at previous thread
on this - the product doesn't seem to exist anymore) Is it part of
the forthcoming Director release?
3) would it suffice to make the application manually download
the xtra (and is this possible)?
4) does the packaging kit also deal with digital
certification, or is this down to me to sort separately?
Kind regards,
Sam

Answer 1

AmegoSam wrote:
> Thanks for the info. Does anyone have any clues on why
Adobe do not have the
> Xtra Packaging Kit on their online stores, and make no
mention of it anywhere?
> It seems like they have abandoned the idea of people
publishing xtras (a sign
> of their unwillingness to continue supporting
Director?).
Hi Sam,
A few people have asked about the Director Xtras Packaging
Kit and I followed up
the question with Adobe.
The XPK was taken off the online store as Adobe transitioned
Director and
Shockwave from a Macromedia product to Adobe. The transition
to Adobe has taken
longer than expected because of things like neglect from
Macromedia, old codebase,
new Operating Systems... From my understanding, once the new
XDK is fully updated
to be compatible with all OS's, it will make its way back
onto the site. This will
likely correspond to the release of the next version of Adobe
Director 11.
Adobe should be giving some public info soon on Director 11.
regards
Dean
Director Lecturer / Consultant / Director Enthusiast
http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/learning/director
http://www.multimediacreative.com.au
email: [email protected]