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Impatica for Director Users Manual Version 2.5.0

1. Consultant Potential n Enterprise e commerce n e mail Application application marketing Online D web site ri learning r Personal Specific project use Although you can download and install Impatica for Director you will need a Registration Code to activate the software as either an Evaluation or Licensed copy Once you have completed and submitted the form with all of the required fields filled in a page will display showing your Registration information including Registration Code for your evaluation copy of Impatica for Director It is recommended that you save or print the information on this page The Registration Code for the licensed copy will be provided to you by Impatica s Customer Support group as soon as your purchase has been processed Click on the link to continue downloading Impatica for Director Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 4 Impatica for Director s Manual rient Evpliotet Fe DAD Dee diee Gea Jib ac ISR ades tithe ever rpa tica ccn doevnicaci doveri ad Hr impalica inc sn m eg eS eS ED RD EL ptica for PowerPoint Impabca One O Dupatica for Director O Current Hos emer opportunities corporste O Bmpatica far PaeerPiaist venion 2 5 06 contact us O CAPERS O Respetice for Director Windows Venion 2 5 04 customer support O ste mpo To mstel pour copy of Bengatice Foe PomerPwnt cc Bapata for Director H Click the appropriate Download Ink
2. The Impatica for Director player supports tempos that are set in the Tempo channel but does not support the puppetTempo command The player supports the following tempo settings in the Frame Properties Tempo dialog box e Tempo Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 41 Impatica for Director s Manual e Wait and e Wait for Mouse Click or Key Press The Wait for Cue Point option is not supported because cue points are not supported 7 11 Palettes For the most reliable color when authoring a movie use a standard Web palette Specifically Impatica for Director does not support palette color cycling Impatica for Director does not support the following Lingo e ColorDepth e FramePalette e FullColorPermit e PaletteMapping e Paletteref of member e Palette of member e PuppetPalette e SwitchColorDepth Impatica for Director does support the palette cast member 7 12 Behaviors The Impatica for Director player supports many of the same behaviors that come with Director All of the supported behaviors work reliably in movies converted using Impatica for Director It is also possible to write your own behaviors for use in the Impatica for Director player but when doing so keep in mind which Lingo commands are supported by Impatica for Director Specifically Impatica for Director does not support the following features and Lingo commands e property keyword Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003
3. 1 and a spinning pinwheel 2 Fi r2 L The Loading Color button allows you to select the color of the colored background 1 portion of the Loading Indicator The spinning pinwheel 2 will be automatically set to a color that is complementary to that chosen using the Loading Color selector You may select from the preset colors on the Swatches tab or tailor your colors by modifying the values on the HSB Hue Saturation Brightness and RGB Red Green Blue tabs 6 5 Translating Your Files Once you have selected all of the files that you wish to convert and have added them to the Source Files list click Translate Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 22 Impatica for Director s Manual be Impatica For Director When you click the Translate button the Translation in Progress box will appear showing the progress as each movie is translated In some cases it may take a few moments for progress to begin showing Below the progress bars the source and destination file names and translation settings are displayed Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 23 Impatica for Director s Manual I be Impaltica For Director You can use the Skip or Skip Remaining buttons to interrupt the translation process Skip will stop the translation of the current file while Skip Remaining will halt translation of the current file and all remaining files In each case any files that have already
4. Copies that were previously registered as Evaluation copies can be re registered as licensed copies without re installation To register your copy of Impatica for Director click on the Registration Code button be Impatica For Director Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 15 Impatica for Director s Manual The following dialog box will appear It is important that you enter your Name Organization and Registration code exactly as the y were provided to you including spaces and case sensitivity EL Registration Code x Name Organization Learningwelinc Registration Code MORES NERONE OK Cancel 6 3 Selecting the Source Content Files for Translation Whether you invoke Impatica for Director from the Start Menu or drag one or more file onto the desktop icon the Source Files panel will appear listing the files that had been dropped onto the program icon EIL For Director P E3 Fie Help Source Director Files CAWINDOWSIDesktoplworkldr testing dickFolder dir C WINDOWS Desktop work dir testinglcdickHP dir thes 9 r Show o Ful Paths Q C Names Orly pae a e Translation Settings for clickHP dir Save Location O cick snp n source folder Browse Source Folder tolea XeGQuiy fo kw j de g 70 recommended I Generate Log file v Use compact sound 5 V Generate HTML file Force Inclusion of all pictures and names Q O Loading Color E Apply to All Save as Defau
5. a File name L setuplmp Dir exe My Network Pl Save as type All Files 4 Once you have downloaded your copy of Impatica for Director you need to install it on your computer Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 6 Impatica for Director s Manual 4 Installing Impatica for Director Note It will be necessary to uninstall any previous version of Impatica for Director before attempting to install this version of the software see Section 5 Uninstalling Impatica for Director 4 1 Launching the Installer 4 1 1 From a Download The file setupImp4Dir exe is a standard install package Simply double click on the file icon to begin the install process 4 1 2 From a CD ROM Open the folder Impatica for Director Double click on the file setupImp4Dir exe 4 2 Using the Installer To begin the installation click Next on the first screen of the Setup Wizard Impatica For Director Setup Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Impatica For Director The InstallShield Wizard will install Impatica For Director on your computer To continue chock Next You will then be presented with the Software License Agreement for Impatica for Director You must select the I accept the terms in the Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 7 Impatica for Director s Manual license agreement option and click Next in order to proceed with installation mem For Director Setup Licen
6. 4 6 Load CO Obs cedes vov DRE vix d Sd Mud a di dh DURAM EN T pan 22 GS Lranslaung Your Piles eio et SORTA Ge oy oleate teen e BN E 22 OiG PIOVIEW PPM 25 6 8 Translation SUMMAC ys coy pea E SEE REP SERERE S toys RE RE RN SEYERRRRE ORE RXVEMEN tees ayes eae 25 6 9 Web Server Upload Dabo isses rd e xe ER ER IRE RR ORE FERRI TERR d 26 6 9 1 Establishing a Connection to your Web Server sese 26 6 9 2 Navigating through Files on your Server ceceeene cence eee e eens ee 28 6 9 3 Creating a New Folder on your Server c cece eene cence eee ee eeeeneeeeaeeees 28 Version 2 5 0 Page i Impatica for Director s Manual 6 9 4 Deleting a File or Folder from your Server sese 28 6 9 5 M plogdimb Piles Deae Meta es Te er PR E td 28 6 9 6 Previewing Files from your Server c cece ence ence eee eeeeeeeeeeeaeeeneeeeaeaes 29 6 10 PiledmiO Tab 22 208 EXER REED ae pea EU EE ER re Ee LLENO is 30 6 TT E ATMs Fabienne vta EYE RR SE EI PEE oer tek ECETES EEE 30 6 11 1 1 Notification of Rich Media Content sse 32 6 11 1 2 Link to Display Rich Media Content see 32 6 11 2 Sending Impatica Content Through E Mail eA 32 6 112 T Outlook EXptes8 J Or 0 ois s wide re OE aca persane MURS VIS IER NOR TOVES NEM ATS 33 OM Outlook 2000 aod es hase oa pode ter vk E nS eter pub esp ean 33 6 01 23 Netscape Messenger 4 T coe a oet t exce aea et
7. Impatica for Director s Manual The e mail HTML will only appear once the file has been uploaded To copy the HTML required for e mail to the clipboard click the Copy HTML button You can now switch to the HTML editor portion of your e mail client if it exists and paste the HTML Alternatively you may wish to save the e mail HTML as a text file To do so click the Save button choose an appropriate location and name and click Save Agt xd File Help Translated Impatica Files Fig C Impatica moviestt9_t14 t9xrcs imp Delete File r Show 7 Full Paths Names Only Web Server Upload File Info E mail HTML HTML for e mail lt HTML gt a lt HEAD gt BASE href http www learningwellinc com kmay gt lt META content 3D MSHTML 5 50 4207 2601 name 3DGENERATOR gt lt TITLE gt t9xres lt TITLE gt lt HEAD gt lt BODY BGCOLOR FFFFFF onunload window focus gt lt CENTER gt lt TABLE WIDTH 480 BORDER 0 gt lt TR gt lt TD gt lt CENTER gt APPLET CODE com impatica v250 ImPlayerConsole class impatica for Director 6 11 1 Attributes of the E mail HTML To ensure that your Impaticized presentation will be received and enjoyed by the widest possible audience the e mail HTML generated by Impatica for PowerPoint includes several nuances to address the following issues e Informing the recipients that the e mail contains rich media conten
8. The Impatica for Director player does not support events used by the Behavior inspector which are useful only while authoring nor the events related to MIAW which is not supported by Impatica for Director Other events not supported by the Impatica for Director player are e on streamStatus for streaming media e onevalScript for browser scripting e on cuePassed for synchronizing media e on idle for responding to idle periods e on timeout for responding to timeouts e on alertHook for handing errors e on getBehaviorDescription on getPropertyDescriptionList and on runPropertyDialog Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 44 Impatica for Director s Manual Responding to Key Events The Impatica for Director player responds to keyDown and keyUp messages only if the movie has focus within the browser The user must click in the applet before the applet can receive any keys that the user types When the movie plays back as an applet an on keyDown or on keyUp handler always traps key presses even if the handler is empty If the user is typing in an editable field an on keyDown handler attached to the field will be called and the text field will be filled in The Impatica for Director player supports key combinations in Windows using the Control Alt and Shift keys and on the Macintosh using the Command Option Control and Shift keys However the browser receives the keys before the movie and thus responds to and intercep
9. and sentences are replaced with pure silence Impatica for Director provides three levels of audio compression and corresponding quality e no additional compression standard SunAU compression Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 53 Impatica for Director s Manual e Enhanced compression e 4 bit compression e 3 bit compression e 2 bit compression 8 5 Palettes The browser controls the palette for the entire web page The Impatica for Director player cannot alter the movie s palette or perform any palette effects on cast members However at true color 16 bit and above all colors may be rendered For the most reliable color when authoring a movie use a standard web palette Impatica for Director does not support palette color cycling Impatica for Director does support the palette cast member 8 6 Keyboard and Mouse Input Keyboard and mouse behavior in an Impatica converted movie may be slightly different from original Director movies Keyboard Input in an Applet Keyboard input differs in Impatica for Director in the following ways e No key event reaches the player unless the applet has focus The user must click in the applet to give the applet focus before entering characters from the keyboard e Pressing a modifier key returns TRUE only if the user presses the key in combination with a regular key For example the controlDown returns a FALSE when only the Control key is pressed This behavi
10. and system fonts which may vary from platform to platform To use a specific font treat the text as a bitmap 7 6 4 Double Byte Characters 7 7 Casts The Impatica for Director player does not support double byte international characters in fields To display double byte characters on the Stage use a text cast member and convert the text to a bitmap The Impatica for Director player supports a single internal cast External casts are not supported since they have limited relevance in a streaming media environment The following Lingo elements related to casts are unsupported e activeCastLib cast property e fileName cast property Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 40 Impatica for Director s Manual e findEmpty function e name cast property e number cast property e number of members cast property e preLoadMode cast property e selection cast property 7 8 Parent Scripts and Child Objects Object based Lingo including parent scripts and child objects are supported by Impatica for Director 7 9 Transitions The Impatica for Director player supports the following transitions e Center out horizontal e Dissolve pixels e Random column and row e Venetian blinds e Vertical blinds You can perform transitions for the entire Stage or for only the changing area as can be done in original Director movies Impatica for Director does not support the puppetTransition command or transition Xtras 7 10 Tempos
11. and the resulting Impatica file To view the information for a different file select it from the translated file list while the File Info tab is visible w Impatica For Director E ilagl xl File Help Translated Impatica Files C Impaticalmovies dirmovies Chris dirmovies4Chrisaboutimp imp Preview Delete File Show Full Paths Names Only Web Server Upload File Info E mail HTML Source Director File Translated impatica File Name aboutimp dir Name aboutimp imp Size 1 9 MB 1 935 682 bytes Size 164 8 KB 168 736 bytes Modified Feb 21 2002 10 27 58 AM 8 0 of source Translated in 7 seconds Transfer about 46 seconds at 28 8 kbps Translation Settings Used Force Inclusion of all pictures and names no Use compact sound yes JPEG Quality 70 Generate Log file no Generate HTML file yes impatica for Director Done 6 11 E mail HTML Tab When you use Impatica for Director to send your content by e mail the content is not embedded in the e mail message nor is it attached to it Rather the e mail contains a few lines of HTML code that refer to your converted presentation Upon uploading your file this HTML code will be automatically generated by Impatica for Director To view the HTML required to e mail your presentation select the E mail HTML tab and choose the desired file from the list of translated files Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 30
12. been translated are unaffected When all files have been translated or skipped a new panel will appear presenting several options l preview the translated presentations 2 delete one or more converted files us upload files to a Web server 4 view file information and 5 view the HTML required for sending your file by e mail Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 24 Impatica for Director s Manual Ye lmpatica For Director 6 6 Preview To view the translated Impatica files simply click the Preview button Internet Explorer will be launched and the selected Impatica file will be played 6 7 Deleting Impatica Files Simply select the Impatica file you wish to delete and click the Delete File button Any associated files such as log files and HTML files will also be removed from your hard drive 6 8 Translation Summary Impatica for Director produces a translation summary to report the successes warnings and problems encountered during translation The translation summary will appear automatically after translation if any warnings or problems occurred during translation Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 25 Impatica for Director s Manual 6 9 Web Server Upload Tab 6 9 1 Establishing a Connection to your Web Server Before you can upload your Impatica files or applet to your FTP server you must first establish a connection to the server This may require some assistance from
13. e goto the frame e marker e pause e the frame e the pauseState Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 46 Impatica for Director s Manual Impatica for Director does not support the following Lingo e play frame e play frame of movie e play movie e play done The Impatica for Director player has the play and play done commands disabled to avoid potential problems in branching between movies 7 15 4 Variables and Data Types The Impatica for Director player supports global and local variables Unlike Director however Java treats variables as specific data types These Director data types are built into Java and are supported by the Impatica for Director player e Booleans e Characters e Integers e Floating point numbers e Strings These Director data types are not built into Java However they are supported by the Impatica for Director player e Symbols e ists The following data types are not supported by the Impatica for Director player e Member references e Sprite references Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 47 Impatica for Director s Manual 7 15 5 Strings The Impatica for Director player supports most Director features for working with strings You can use Lingo to Concatenate strings using amp and amp amp Identify specific substrings of characters within strings by using chars and offset Determine a string s contents by using charToNum numToC
14. executed they should be pre loaded in a pre load channel 7 2 4 Unsupported Lingo for Cast members Impatica for Director does not support any of the following Lingo related to handling cast members move member e new member Type e erase member e picture e media Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 36 Impatica for Director s Manual 7 3 Sprites e scriptText e scriptType size Cast members cannot be modified in the cast window It follows that the modified cast member property is always 0 in Impatica for Director The Impatica for Director player can only refer to a cast member using the explicit member keyword It is not sufficient to assign the member keyword to a variable The following statement is an acceptable work around to this problem put the text of member mem However the following statements do not work in the Impatica for Director player because the second statement does not use the member keyword when referring to the cast member Set mem the member of sprite the spriteNum of me Put the text of mem Impatica for Director supports the following types of sprites Bitmap Rectangle shapes Text Text fields Many of the features and Lingo commands for manipulating sprites are supported by the Impatica for Director player 7 3 1 Supported Sprite Features The Impatica for Director player supports the following sprite features Enterprise Product Manual March 17
15. same folder as the corresponding Impatica file 6 4 4 Generate HTML File Selecting the Generate HTML Option will cause Impatica for Director to create an HTML document that can be used to preview the translated file that was saved on your local drive The HTML file will be saved in the same folder as the corresponding Impatica imp file Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 20 Impatica for Director s Manual X Impatica For Director e ctwiDOWSIpeshtaplwerkdr tesingiidFolder dr WINDOWS Desktop hworkidir te 6 4 5 Use Compact Sound The Use compact sound option allo ws users to control the degree of sound compression applied during translation When the option is selected Impatica for Director will convert sound objects to Impatica s compact sound format which is designed for streaming sound over the Internet When the option is left unselected sound will be converted to a larger but higher quality sound format This would be appropriate when distributing content via CD ROM or within a controlled network where a sizeable bandwidth is always available to the end users Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 21 Impatica for Director s Manual 6 4 6 Loading Color During playback while the Impatica player is loading the first segment of the presentation a Loading Indicator will be shown in the presentation are The Loading Indicator consists of two parts as shown below a colored back ground
16. your technical support person Click on the Connect button on the Web Server Upload tab The following dialog box will appear H Connect to Server xj Account Mame Learningwell FTP Server Name ftp learningwellinc com e g fip yourserver com FTP Port Optional defaut port is 21 FTP User Name ICE FTP Password S T Web Documents Folder public html eg public htm or wwwroot Web Site Location http www learningwellinc com eg Wew yourservercom or WW vourisp comyouraccount Connection Type Active Passive V Upon connecting ensure Impatica applet is on server V Remember Password Connect Cancel The connect dialog box will present you with the information for your default account or for a new account if no accounts have been previously specified From the Account menu which can be accessed by clicking on the button at the right of the Account Name field you can choose to create a new account make the current account the default or choose a different account Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 26 Impatica for Director s Manual For each account you must specify values for the following settings e FTP Server Name e FTP Port optional e FTP User Name e FTP Password e Web Documents Folder e Web Site Location e Connection type e Upon Connecting Ensure the applet is on the server and e Remember password If you are uncertain about any of these va
17. 2003 Page 37 Impatica for Director s Manual Switching cast members assigned to a sprite Location control and animation Resizing sprites Inks only copy matte and background transparent inks are currently supported Editable fields Visibility Testing whether two sprites intersect 7 3 2 Unsupported Sprite Features The following sprite features are not supported by Impatica for Director Setting shape color Changing the cursor s image when the cursor is over a sprite Blends Trails Moveable sprites 7 3 3 Inks A limited set of inks is available in Impatica for Director The inks that are supported vary depending on the type of sprite Bitmap sprites Shape sprites Text sprites Field Sprites Furthermore unlike Director Impatica for Director assigns the ink to the cast member not to the sprite This means that a sprite s ink cannot be changed after it has been set Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 38 Impatica for Director s Manual 7 3 4 Unsupported Sprite References in Lingo The Impatica for Director player requires explicit reference to sprites That is the keyword sprite must precede the sprite s name number or a variable containing the name or number It is not sufficient to assign the sprite keyword to a variable The following statement is an acceptable work around to this problem put the locH of sprite s The following statements do not work because the second statement r
18. 4 8 6 Keyboard and Mouse Inp t cisco e wise EE SES NER ET ea eene ae FRE RE 54 Keyboan Inputanan Applet esscr arre eao a Kn OS ER X EIN De Ep KP OU a RUE 54 Mouse Inp t iman Applet avai sect en t a ol ehe tdt eaa ota pua eg 55 8 7 Cursor TYPES ouledexee t eno rey enr eu Ee NE cag okay deua ERECRRURE ond eve E REY RE Rod 55 Path and File Names Osr god oec c es css 55 5 9 Menmory Managemehb eeren PERO tp AEE E EE eer pp EE EE E TE 56 Bel SHee Size and Color gereon sss eain TAR s dus bh E TENE as 56 8 11 Computer and Monitor Control 2 celere ey RH dense ERR EN PEE lees 56 Version 2 5 0 Page iv Impatica for Director Users Manual Enterprise Product Manual Page 1 Impatica for Director s Manual 1 Introduction Welcome to the wonderful world of plug in free interactive rich streaming media This User s Guide explains everything you need to know about using Impatica for Director to transform existing or newly developed Macromedia Director movies for delivery over the Internet without plug ins and at low bandwidth Why use Impatica for Director Or more to the point why not use Shockwave or Director s own Save as Java That s really two distinct questions with two distinct answers Shockwave is certainly an impressive capability with a lot of great branding and market acceptance Unfortunately Shockwave files are large often too large to be delivered over the Internet or through e mail at normal connect
19. Applet is on the Server setting specifies whether or not Impatica for PowerPoint should verify that the applet files exist on the FTP server If this option is selected the files will automatically be uploaded if they are not already there The Remember Password checkbox allows you to indicate either to save an encrypted version of your password with the other settings or to omit the password from saving If you make any changes to your accounts you will be prompted to save changes upon clicking Connect or Cancel 6 9 2 Navigating through Files on your Server To open a folder on the server select it from the list and click Open Alternatively you may double click on the folder 6 9 3 Creating a New Folder on your Server To create a new folder first navigate to the appropriate location Click the New Folder button Enter the desired folder name and click OK 6 9 4 Deleting a File or Folder from your Server To delete any file or folder from your server simply select it and click Delete If you choose to delete a folder all of its contents will be deleted before deleting the folder itself 6 9 5 Uploading Files To upload one or more Impatica files you must first navigate to the appropriate location on your FTP server To upload the HTML required to launch your presentation ensure that the Include HTML checkbox is selected To upload the currently selected Impatica file simply click Put File To upload the whole list of transl
20. Impatica for Director Users Manual Impatica for Director Users Manual Version 2 5 0 March 17 2003 Impatica for Director Users Manual Copyright 2003 Impatica Inc All rights reserved Impatica for Director User s Manual The contents of this manual and associated Impatica for Director software are the property of Impatica Inc and are copyrighted All specifications claims features representations and or comparisons provided are correct to the best knowledge of Impatica as of the date of publication but are subject to change without notice INFORMATION IS PROVIDED BY IMPATICA ON AN AS IS BASIS WITHOUT ANY OTHER WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABLE QUALITY SATISFACTORY QUALITY MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL IMPATICA INC BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF REVENUE OR PROFIT OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIALDAMAGE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPECIAL INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES WE ARE ALSO NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLAIMS BY A THIRD PARTY OUR MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXCEED THIRTY DOLLARS CANADIAN 30 CDN Director is a trademark of Macromedia PowerPoint Windows 95 98 NT Me 2000 XP and Outlook are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Netscape is a trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation The Java Impatica for Director runtime is distributed i
21. Page 42 Impatica for Director s Manual e spriteNum of me property e Messages sent to sprites by using the sendSprite or sendAllSprites commands e Messages sent to handlers by using the call or callAncestor commands e Inheritance set from other behaviors through the ancestor property e Use of scriptInstanceList of sprite property to determine which behaviors are attached to sprites e Use of Behavior Inspector during authoring by using on getBehaviorDescription on getPropertyDescriptionList and on runPropertyDialog 7 13 Computer and Monitor Control Impatica for Director does not support any of the following properties and commands Properties e BeepOn e ColorDepth e DeskTopRectList e FullColorPermit e MachineType e MultiSound e Version Commands e quit e restart and e shutdown Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 43 Impatica for Director s Manual 7 14 User Interface The Impatica for Director player supports the alert command but does not support Director s custom menus buttons radio buttons or checkboxes 7 15 Lingo Impatica for Director supports an ever increasing number of Lingo features and commands This section identifies the supported and unsupported Lingo features and suggests work arounds for many of the unsupported features 7 15 1 Events Most events in Director work the same in the Impatica for Director player following the same event order and message hierarchy
22. ain Text and HTML Copy and Paste your e mail HTML into the message area Unfortunately Netscape Messenger modifies the HTML you insert often rendering it inoperative To verify and remedy this in the Tools menu select HTML Tools and Edit HTML Source Edit out any extraneous information that has been added by Netscape Messenger Alternatively you can enter your HTML directly into the HTML Edit window Unfortunately it is not possible to Copy and Paste your HTML directly into the HTML Edit window Click OK to close the Edit HTML window Address and Send your e mail in the normal fashion 6 11 2 4 Other E mail Alternatives In addition to desktop e mail programs there are numerous Application Service Providers that offer broadcast e mail services and a growing number of software products that are fully HTML capable For further information contact Customer Support at Impatica Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 34 Impatica for Director s Manual 7 Supported and Unsupported Features of Director 7 1 Overview Impatica for Director supports an ever increasing array of Director features and Lingo commands and elements The supported elements have been carefully selected to maximize functionality and flexibility while minimizing file and player size As this document and your own experience will show most functionality and effects can be implemented using the supported features This section of the User s Guid
23. al 6 4 1 Save Location for Your Translated Content Impatica for Director allows you to specify the location on your hard drive in which the resulting Impatica file will be saved By default Impatica for Director will save the translated file in the same folder as the source file To change the save location for a file select the file in the Source Director Files list box then click the Browse button To save the translated file in the same location as its source file click on the Source Folder button be Impatica For Director rect I6 C WINDOWSIDesktoplworkidr testinglckkF older dr BE WINDOWS Desh testing chckH dr Caution Impatica for Director does not prompt when overwriting an existing imp file imp is the extension used to identify Impatica files unless you specify the save location by clicking the Browse button Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 19 Impatica for Director s Manual 6 4 2 JPEG Images The JPEG Quality slider bar lets you select the desired quality of JPEG images and therefore the corresponding extent of image compression For most images 70 quality provides a significant degree of image compression with no noticeable degradation in image quality be Impatica For Director 6 4 3 Generate Log File Selecting the Generate Log File option will cause Impatica for Director to create a log file of error and or warning messages The log file will be saved in the
24. ated files click Put All Files Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 28 Impatica for Director s Manual WiImpatica For Director B zi xi File Help Translated Impatica Files C Impatical moviestt9_t14 ti4xrcs imp Preview Delete File ul Show Full Paths ES Names Only f Web Server Upload File Info E mail HTML Remote Server Path public html kmay impatica for Director ImpVideoPpt250 jar d j E com Open New Folder Delete Put File Connection Status Connected to ftp learningwellinc com Put All Files cnt ITFC 1 T 1200 Type set to I SENT PWD Include HTML 1257 Imagmajusers u30 learn public html kmay is current directory Y m gt Put Other The Put Other button can be used to upload any file for example previously translated files custom HTML or any other file Simply click the Put Other button and choose a file from the Open dialog box that appears 6 9 6 Previewing Files from your Server To view an Impatica file from your server select the desired HTML file from the list of remote files Click the Open button or double click on the HTML file The HTML file will open in Internet Explorer Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 29 Impatica for Director s Manual 6 10 File Info Tab The File Info tab provides you with information regarding the source PowerPoint file the translation settings
25. below Z Gelect an appropriate location far the mentions file your Desktop it the defauk 2 Uoiree tll any pereraious sesioni of Inga Gca Ser PowerPoint o bap fee Double cid on the downloaded setuopot exe for bepatice for PeserPetet o setuplm pte ene for bmpatice for Director S Polow the on screen instructions Plesca note that dowrlod tine forthe Bmgatica for PowerPoint catuppot exe tle and Iaspatica far Director cecupimosCu exe file wil vary depending on sour madem speed and intemet conection Sore eitimated dawnload Grec are at follarci LIospatica for Passer Paint 39 0 khpe 70 minuter Z bpe 20 minutes Jespetice for Director 29 0 kbpr 70 minutet Z bbpe 20 minutec there ras era epproximakbs end mey very Doone Basgpoaduca fer Pasees Paka Yoesian 2 5 0 Reread Baspaduca fer Paser Padel Dan s Manual Cast foro at Dunnteed impeta fer Director iom FEET gp Review the download instructions and click on the link for the product and version you desire to begin the download process Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 5 Impatica for Director s Manual You will be prompted to specify the location to which the software should be downloaded You must remember this location so that you can install the software once it has been downloaded The download file is called setupImp4Dir exe for Impatica for Director History i Desktop My Documents My Computer waco 22 se e
26. ctor Setup is performing the requested operations Installing C Program FilesMmpatica For DirectorMibNt jar When the setup is complete the following dialog box will appear Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 10 Impatica for Director s Manual Impatica For Director Setup InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstalShield Wizard has apicis ad installed Impatica For Director Click Finish to exi the wizard V Launch Impatica For Director Here you can choose to launch Impatica for Director and to see the readme file To complete the process click Finish Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 11 Impatica for Director s Manual 5 Uninstalling Impatica for Director To uninstall Impatica for Director from the Start menu choose Settings and then Control Panel From the Control Panel double click on Add Remove Programs In the Add Remove Programs dialog box select Impatica for Director from the list of Currently Installed Programs Then click Remove Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 12 Impatica for Director s Manual 6 Using Impatica for Director Impatica for Director is a software program that reads dir movie files that were created using Macromedia Director and translates them into a compressed and web friendly format Once translated the Impatica for Director movies can be embedded in web pages for efficient and plug in free delivery over the Internet or co
27. e 49 Impatica for Director s Manual min e setaProp e setAt e sort However the Impatica for Director player does not currently support the following Lingo related to lists e addAt e deleteProp e findPos e findPosNear 7 15 7 Using Rects and Points The values for rects and points are in list form but Director does not consider rects and points as linear or property lists Points and rects are distinct data types The values for rects and points are integers or real numbers 7 15 8 Reserved Terms There are no additional reserved words when using Impatica for Director 7 15 9 Operators The Impatica for Director player supports all operators that are available in Director including arithmetic and conditional operations 7 15 10 Data and Time The Impatica for Director player supports the following elements for measuring time date Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 50 Impatica for Director s Manual e onldle event handler ticks function e startTimer command and e timer property However it does not support basic time function The Impatica for Director player does not support the following Lingo that detects and responds when there has been no keyboard or mouse activity for a given length of time e lastClick lastEvent and lastRoll e the on timeout event handler Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 51 Impatica for Director s Manual 8 Building a Movie
28. e enumerates the Director features and Lingo commands that are supported in Impatica for Director and those that are not 7 2 Cast Members Impatica for Director supports the following types of cast members e Bitmaps e Shapes specifically rectangles e Fields e Palette e Sounds e Transitions e Scripts The following cast member types are not currently supported by Impatica for Director and will result in an error message being generated during the translation process e Digital Video e Movie e Film Loop e Text Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 35 Impatica for Director s Manual Shapes other than rectangles Vector Shapes Buttons Xtra Streaming Shockwave Audio SWA Although Impatica for Director does not support SWA it does support plug in free streaming audio using a proprietary format which translates supported sound formats into Sun au format 7 2 1 Linked Cast Members Impatica for Director does not support linked cast members 7 2 2 Cast Member Properties Impatica for Director supports testing but not setting of the name number and type cast member property 7 2 3 Loading Cast Members Impatica for Director loads the cast members in the order in which they appear in the score Cast members that are not explicitly in the score but are referenced only in a script will not be loaded until the end of the movie To ensure that such cast members are available when their script is
29. efers to the sprite without using the sprite keyword set s sprite of the spriteNum of me put the locH of s 7 4 Bitmaps Internal bitmap cast members are supported by Impatica for Director Impatica for Director supports Director graphical formats for bitmaps PICT BMP and others and converts them into either GIF or JPEG depending on the color depth of the Director bitmap Impatica for Director converts all bitmaps that have a color depth of 8 bit to GIF format and all bitmaps that have a color depth greater than 8 bit to JPEG format 7 5 Shapes 7 6 Fields The Impatica for Director player currently supports only the Rectangle shape cast members Filled and unfilled shapes are supported however patterns and line thickness attributes are not The Impatica for Director player supports editable fields Editable cast member property vs editable option in the score Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 39 Impatica for Director s Manual 7 6 1 The Impatica for Director player also supports most of the Lingo text chunk expressions including e char word e item and e Jine Field Text and Style Attributes Under development 7 6 2 Field Characteristics Inks Field size word wrapping borders auto tabbing position 7 6 3 Fonts Java supports only a very limited number of cross platform fonts At this time the Impatica for Director player supports only the default serif sans serif
30. for Internet Delivery 8 1 Overview Director movies that are converted using Impatica for Director will play consistently and reliably over the Internet provided that the movie is adapted to conform to the constraints of Java and that the movie itself is designed for streaming delivery This topic describes how to adapt Director movies for efficient and reliable delivery e Score control including animation navigation sounds tempos transitions and palettes e Behaviors e Keyboard and mouse input including cursor types e Path and file names e Memory management e Stage size and color e Computer and monitor control and e User interface 8 2 Animation The Impatica for Director player performs most animations controlled by the Score or Lingo However the player does not support sprite rotation or skewing The Lingo elements typically used to animate sprites are available except for the centerRegPoint and quad properties Because Java does not generate images as quickly as native code Java s animation may be slower than in native Director especially on slower processors Always test your applets on all target platforms 8 3 Navigation The Impatica for Director player supports most of the Lingo elements used for navigation Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 52 Impatica for Director s Manual Navigating Between frames and Movies The Impatica for Director player has the play and play done comma
31. har and length Change a string s type by using string and value The Impatica for Director player supports all Lingo for specific constants The only exception is ENTER which should not be used for cross platform applications because it applies only to the Macintosh Chunk Expressions Enterprise Product Manual The Impatica for Director player supports most of the Lingo text chunk expressions that identify parts of a field cast member Specifically the following Lingo is supported e Char e tem e ine e Word However the following Lingo is not supported by the Impatica for Director player e Jast e number chunk expression e delete e hilite e itemDelimiter March 17 2003 Page 48 Impatica for Director s Manual Double byte Characters e put after e put before The Impatica for Director player does not support double byte international characters in fields or within strings in Lingo statements To display double byte characters on the Stage put the double byte characters into a text or field cast member and then convert them to a bitmap Alerts The Impatica for Director player supports the alert command 7 15 6 Lists The Impatica for Director player supports most Lingo associated with lists including the following Enterprise Product Manual add addProp append count deleteAt duplicate list getaProp getAt getOne ilk list listP max March 17 2003 Pag
32. ica for Director is how to install it how to run it how it works and how to publish your content to the web or deliver it through e mail e A list of Director features that are supported by Impatica for Director and those that are not In some cases we even provide suggestions for working around the unsupported Director features Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 1 Impatica for Director s Manual 2 What is Impatica for Director Impatica for Director is a software tool that allows Macromedia Director movies to be played over the Internet or corporate intranets without plug ins and even at modem speeds as low as 28 8 kbps Impatica for Director reads and interprets the Director file and produces a compressed file that can be streamed over the Internet Impatica for Director extracts the various text graphic audio and scripting elements and their attributes and where possible converts them into a more efficient format for web delivery Ly Director file impatica file The new Impatica file with the extension imp can then be read by Impatica s Java Player applet ImPlayer250 and played in real time while the file is streaming over the Internet Once you have created the Impatica for Director version of your movie it can be played from any HTML web page or can be embedded within an e mail message No special server side software is required e There is no requirement for Director to be installed on
33. ion speeds However the major problem with Shockwave is that it requires a plug in Many potential viewers of your content won t have the plug in or perhaps the correct version of the plug in And if they do not they may not be willing to download it Or perhaps they are behind a firewall or working within a corporation s security policy that does not permit plug ins Or maybe they are running Solaris or Linux or OS 2 or using a set top box none of which are supported by plug ins There are many reasons why more and more Internet users are fed up with plug ins The real question is simply this Do you want to restrict access to your content to only those people that have the correct version of a plug in and the patience and know how to maintain it or do you want to make your content available to everyone Macromedia Director also offers a plug in free solution the Save as Java Xtra The advantage of Impatica for Director over Save as Java is simply performance Our player applet and the converted movie size are both substantially smaller than the corresponding Save as Java components That means with Impatica for Director you can deliver fully narrated interactive content plug in free at connection speed as low as 28 8 kbps Save as Java cannot This Users Guide is not intended to teach you how to use Director or Lingo We presume that you already have an adequate knowledge in that area Here is what it does cover e What Impat
34. kept confidential and will not be provided to third parties Here is a portion of that form Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 3 Impatica for Director s Manual Z Evaluate impatica for Director Mor Net Communications Inc Ele Edit View Favorites Tools Help ebak gt OA A QSeach Favorites Hristoy D S fl S Q impatica inc ORR 8 Communicate with Impact evaluate patica for PowerPoint O Evaluate Impatica for Director Impatica OnCue O Impatica for Director O Impatica for Director is available for no obligation evaluation The evaluation version is fully opportunities O functional but is intended for evaluation purposes only Content produced by the evaluation corporate version carries and Evaluation banner and is not to be used or distributed for commercial contact us O purposes careers O To request your evaluation copy simply fill out all of the required fields below and click the customer support O Submit button You will be provided with a link to download the software You will also require site map O an evaluation code in order to install and use the software This information will be sent to vou by e mail Please allow one business day to receive this information If you requirement is immediate please contact sales impatica com Impatica for Director Version Windows 95 98 NT 2000 Reason for rm Evaluate for a specific Evaluation application General Media o interest
35. lues please contact your web master or service provider for details The FTP Server Name is the domain name or numeric IP address of the FTP server to which you wish to upload the translate files e g ftp yourserver com The FTP Port is an optional parameter that may be required due to the unique set up of your FTP server The default value is port 21 Normally this field is left blank The FTP User Name and FTP Password are used to authenticate your identity when connecting to the FTP server The Web Documents Folder is the public folder on the FTP server that contains HTML and supporting files that are published to the web site This field must contain the name of the folder or be left blank when the web documents folder coincides with the FTP home folder The FTP home folder is the folder that is presented upon connecting to the FTP server The Web Site Location is the address URL for the web server HTTP server It is the address value you supply to a web browser to view the top page of your web site The Connection type can be set to Active or Passive Active is the default connection type that will be applicable to most FTP servers In certain cases especially with firewalls you may have to use a passive connection Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 27 Impatica for Director s Manual Generally if an active connection fails the protocol will automatically revert to passive The Upon Connecting Ensure
36. n Eastridge Technology s Jshrink format This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group Impatica for Director s Manual T able of Contents IB noii E 1 2 What is Impatica for Director _ euseeutisesses eek ture urna soe EROR RP EA NE eas eee tes See 2 3 Downloading Impatica for DITeCEOE oe ao op redet reto tios eter ped rp Ute de debuts 3 4 Installing Impatica for Director oo eee cece cece ence eee e eee III emen 7 5 Uninstalling Impatica for Director 2 0 0 0 cece cece eee ene e nee e ene eneenae eae en anes 12 6 Using Impatica for Director soi wise HERES EUER CERE NER REIS NURUR REO RANEMURD MEL ee 13 6 1 Running Impatica for Director on Windows 95 98 NT 2000 XP s 14 6 2 Registering Your Copy of Impatica for Director cece eee e ee eee eee eee ee cnee 15 6 3 Selecting the Source Content Files for Translation so esses 16 6 4 Setting Translation Options 0 cece cece eee e eee eee ee ee etna e eee e n eene 18 6 4 1 Save Location for Your Translated Content cece ece scence eset eee neeeaeees 19 642 PING MAGE So Subs se wcrc toate DRM dud dob SD rade Eu RS aA 20 6 4 3 Genetate Log File cei eee o rre E SOEUR HEAR PA NER TH ERE TPRS Fu PU RA een d VR 20 644 Generate HIMEL Pile eroe y puo dee hese EDEN Pro oo tuor dr EE AE E DES Ero iru depo Pun 20 GAL 5dUse Compact Sound ees eec redo E RESI Ma ATA Ta NE 21 6
37. nds disabled to avoid potential problems in branching between movies When an Impatica for Director movie is played the Impatica for Director player is normally downloaded as part of the movie unless the player is still in cache from playing a previous movie When playing multiple movies either in conjunction with one another or independently you can avoid downloading the player applet again depending on how you set up you server s file system Navigation between frames of a single movie must be designed very carefully to avoid delays between the source and destination of a branch The Impatica for Director player loads elements in a linear fashion If a movie jumps ahead all of the sound and graphic elements appearing in the score during the skipped portion of the movie must be read prior to the target portion of the movie being available to be played In some instances it may be necessary to separate the branch destination as a second movie and set up branching between the two or more movies 8 4 Narration All audio must be in the format supported by Java 1 0 2 namely MuLaw 8 bit 8kHz AU format colloquially known as SunAU format Impatica for Director will correctly read wav or aif format audio and convert to SunAU format Sound Quality Good quality audio delivery over the Internet depends to a large extent on the quality of the original sound clip Compression is maximized when quiet periods between phrases clauses
38. or is different from playback in Director Impatica for Director does support the keyPressed keyCode and key properties Therefore the Impatica for Director player can detect keys during a repeat loop Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 54 Impatica for Director s Manual Mouse Input in an Applet Mouse input differs in Impatica for Director in the following Ways e The player applet does not receive mouse events if the cursor is outside the applet e The Impatica for Director player does not support right mouse button events e The Impatica for Director player does detect mouse movement events or update the mouseDown mouseUp mouseH or mouseV properties while Lingo is in a repeat loop however it is advisable to call updateStage within that loop e Ona Macintosh platform Java performance is slower than on a Windows platform As a result mouse clicks may take much long to register than on a Windows platform 8 7 Cursor Types The Impatica for Director player currently supports only the Arrow cursor type 8 8 Path and File Names By their very nature Java applets are designed to run on any Java enabled platform including Windows Macintosh Unix Linux OS 2 set top boxes and the emerging handheld devices The Impatica for Director player applet can be launched and the associated Impatica content can be streamed from any HTTP server No special streaming server software is required It is therefore impo
39. os e as 34 6 11 24 Other E mail Alternatives 2 5 tage i nasa e ir ees oes 34 7 Supported and Unsupported Features of Director cc cece eece eee eee eeeeeeeaes 35 pae der 35 T2 Cast Members PEE 35 72 1 Linked Cast Members 2 ere Ub ee eee ee eek 36 do2 2C ast Member Properties voe pe ECNE ON EN R E oa Qu M dan 36 1 2 5 Loading Gast Members ssc coisex o RES ire n E EPEENSYAXKRP ER CERA MURS E EFE NFEMERS MEO ERN 36 7 2 4 Unsupported Lingo for Cast members ssessssesse eeeaeeneeenaes 36 PO eni EET 37 7 3 1 Supported Sprite Features sicci ee x yea dea Cu ea cas eva SAVE Y Yn Ng dina 37 T 3 2 Uns pported Sprite Peauires sronarerpirene trn xu OE ETO AEI ERE E 38 43 9 1nES ule eie ea sas xen Set basieren ue a UV ER pu De da CR EEVEE a a 38 7 3 4 Unsupported Sprite References in Lingo sssseusseessessR 39 TA Bi maps uio bya t Y X rd XAR ee ENARRARE Ye xo RR CREE ERE BER SAVE Y Ye VERNA 39 Version 2 5 0 Page ii Impatica for Director s Manual fro a cc 39 SO RDIEHISe uasstitesope ote eto d ea ete Md Ades Nb EE 39 7 6 1 Field Text and Style Attributes d svessetves eee Rabe ER EOS REPE SEWER REY ERN EEEEER ES 40 1 6 2 Field Characteristics ixl RED el Aa IRP RIA RR URL RP ae RUNE 40 Rose Malen cc 40 7 6 4 Double Byte Characters 1 ier rere sinaaren ERE RR RRRE EE ER ERMRREREEERTEYERRM RE anes sine 40 F c cec 40 T 8 Parent Scripts and Child OBIGet
40. rporate intranets Impatica for Director movies can also be sent as e mail messages to specific recipients Provided that the recipient s e mail client supports HTML mail messages and is Java enabled the Impatica for Director movie will play spontaneously when the e mail is opened Once you have installed Impatica for Director on your computer you are ready to translate Director movies for Internet delivery If Impatica for Director encounters any unsupported features in the Director movie that is being translated a warning message will be generated In the case of fatal errors i e the translation could not be completed an error message will appear in a pop up window Handling of warning messages depends on the platform see below Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 13 Impatica for Director s Manual 6 1 Running Impatica for Director on Windows 95 98 NT 2000 XP To translate a Director movie launch Impatica for Director from your Start Menu or desktop icon Um Programs wo em 1 Impatica for Director uS Alternatively you can drop one or more dir file s onto the Impatica for Director desktop icon to invoke the translator Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 14 Impatica for Director s Manual 6 2 Registering Your Copy of Impatica for Director Each copy of Impatica for Director must be registered as either an Evaluation copy or licensed copy before it can be used
41. rtant that to specify pathnames and file names that are meaningful on your server platform s The following conventions should be followed for linked cast members e Do not use pathnames that begin with HTTP or FTP Impatica for Director does not support such pathnames e Make sure the linked cast members are stored in the same folder as the movie or in a sub folder of the movie s folder Then use relative pathnames to define paths to the linked cast members Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 55 Impatica for Director s Manual e Do not use spaces in file or folder names use underscores instead Director does not support long file names in a Windows environment and blanks are not permitted in Unix pathnames e Some servers e g Unix are case sensitive 8 9 Memory Management The Impatica for Director player does not support the pre load command However an acceptable and perhaps even preferred solution is to allocate a specific channel say channel 2 as the pre load channel Any cast members that are not specifically referenced in the Score for example cast members that are referenced only in Lingo will not be loaded until the end of the movie These cast members should be placed in the pre load channel at appropriate frames in the score to ensure that they will be loaded by the time they are referenced 8 10 Stage Size and Color The Impatica for Director player allows some control over the size and color of
42. s od cese xo Oohet kv a e tuee sacs a Ku 4 DV RAMSIUONS qe ee tel ceed scien EU 41 FLUE I ES 41 TAN Palettes ER 42 7 12 Beb viors nca ag nag eee ae Set ades e rue bu or KRT pma DE del e aA EP e UP T E seks 42 7 13 Computer and Monitor Control ccc ecee cece ence ence eee e eee me eene 43 TA User Intertace p UR 44 JUS EH ware en arate bles oit ets e otitis attest oe dd E e cr 44 TAS Events 2i ce tede e eee ees eic eee ee EQ 44 715 2 Syntax and LOGIC SUMCIUIES npese rener re eto Thren eU Ep E oA D duas 46 TAL NNGSREHON gt Cervoreuiiuds epe a NE EPEINS Ex IDEO UEM ver E VE IR Ra 46 Jdo4 Vanablesand Data Types espe eU e PENA EN E UE pea domus 47 FS Euri pU 48 PASO LASS ici Ye D ER AA E YR ERE REA Ee NOES 49 71557 Using Rectsand Points lieet xS PIS RV exp Ene UR EUER EPUR EN aay 50 7 15 8 Reserved Terms lil ex en restent dale to e e ed LER od 50 Esto 38 cir Nr 50 715 10 Data and Time ue i eh a vede 50 Version 2 5 0 Page iii Impatica for Director s Manual 8 Building a Movie for Internet Delivery sess 52 ON NUI MC D EA AE EES aaa e AE AE E EE EAO 52 8 4 AMMA OM ays eder eret e rsen tea SE E nives a EEE E SEN EEPE SR E DE EE 52 8 3 INAVIB ANON es scan eens nena a E a ER a HOO REESE E MEEPSSU RA awe 52 Navigating Between frames and Movies _ eee eee ecee ence ence ence eee me eee 53 8 4 Narration E 53 erui E 53 III C TE 5
43. s etc Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 32 Impatica for Director s Manual 6 11 2 1 Outlook Express 5 or 6 l 2 4 5 6 Open a New Message window At the bottom of the window click the Source tab If the Source tab is not visible from the View menu select Source Edit Paste the e mail HTML into the message area replacing the default HTML that may be present FiTIET LIS Fe fd Vw weet fewe Too Wanpe Hei 4 X auMosg Oa S28 PARARE NANI rA eT PADAX MAME POCOLOR VALUE ffffff APPLET CENTER Click on the Preview tab to test your content Click on the Edit tab Address and send your e mail in the normal fashion 6 11 2 2 Outlook 2000 l 2 Enterprise Product Manual Save the e mail HTML Open the HTML document in Internet Explorer From the Edit menu choose Select All From the Edit menu choose Copy March 17 2003 Page 33 Impatica for Director s Manual Launch Outlook To ensure that Outlook is enabled to send HTML content from the Tools menu select Options and in the Options Window click on the Mail Format tab and select HTML as the message format Open a New Message window Click anywhere in the message area and choose Paste from the Edit menu Address and send your e mail in the normal manner Netscape Messenger 4 7 Open a New Message window Click on the Options button In the Format drop down box select Pl
44. se Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully You will then be prompted for a directory in which to install the files The default directory is C Program Files Impatica for Director If you wish to change the destination directory click the Change button otherwise click the Next button Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 8 Impatica for Director s Manual Derg gees peat Sl ae no Impatica For Director Setup _ Choose Destination Location Select folder where setup will install files Choose Folder C Program Files impatica for Director j Choose the desired location click the OK button and then click the Next button when you are returned to the Destination Folder window Once you are confident that you have specified the correct settings click the Install button to proceed with the installation If you need to modify any of your settings click the Back button to return to the appropriate screen Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 9 Impatica for Director s Manual Impatica For Director Setup Ready to Install the Program The wizard is ready to begin installation Click Install to begin the installation If you want to review or change any of your installation settings click Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard Impatica for Director will now begin to install on your machine Impatica For Director Setup x Setup Status Impatica For Dire
45. t Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 31 Impatica for Director s Manual 6 11 1 1 6 11 1 2 Dealing with e mail clients that cannot display rich media content Notification of Rich Media Content The recipients of your rich streaming e mail may not be expecting a narrated animated message To inform your viewers Impatica for PowerPoint includes the message This e mail contains a rich media presentation In addition in your e mail message editor you may want to add text such as Please ensure that your sound is turned up and that you are online This would help ensure that your viewers have the most complete experience possible Link to Display Rich Media Content Also some recipients e mail clients may not be able to display rich streaming e mail messages within their e mail window To ensure that all of your recipients have access to the content Impatica for PowerPoint adds a link to the content If the recipient s e mail program cannot process the Java applet the added link will be displayed in the recipient s e mail window When they click on the link the Impaticized presentation will be displayed in their browser as it should have been displayed in their e mail window 6 11 2 Sending Impatica Content Through E Mail Many desktop e mail programs are capable of sending HTML encoded e mail messages including Outlook Express 5 and Outlook 2000 for Windows Netscape Messenger 4 7 for Window
46. t Registration Code vary her Hu iQ Translate Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 16 Impatica for Director s Manual You can add any number of dir files to the list or any file s from the list as often as you wish When you click the Add button an Open dialog box will occur impatica for Director Open in SY dir testing Jef clickFolder dir clickHP dir directlinkFolder d Lp E To remove dir files from the Source Director Files list simply select the desired file and click the Remove button Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 17 Impatica for Director s Manual 6 4 Setting Translation Options In addition to selecting all of the files you wish to translate there are a number of translation options you can select These settings can be selected individually for each file being translated Simply select the file from the source file list and set the appropriate options be Impatica For Director Click the Apply to All button to apply the settings to all files being translated all files displayed in the files list To create default settings click the Save as Default button Once saved as the defaults the settings will be applied to any additional files added to this batch of source files and will be the default settings when you run Impatica for Director in the future Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 18 Impatica for Director s Manu
47. the Stage e The APPLET tag in the HTML page that calls the applet sets the size of the Stage through the WIDTH and HEIGHT parameters e The stage color will be as set within Modify Movies Properties menu The stageBottom stageLeft stageRight and stageTop functions are not supported It is not possible to determine the applet s location within a Web page through Impatica for Director 8 11 Computer and Monitor Control Due to security restrictions imposed by Java the Impatica for Director player can not test or set properties in the user s computer system For example you cannot use Lingo to test or change the computer s color depth determine the computer type or check whether the system has more than one sound channel Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 56
48. the system running Impatica for Director Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 2 Impatica for Director s Manual 3 Downloading Impatica for Director Impatica for Director can be downloaded from the Impatica Web site and used either as a licensed copy or an Evaluation copy Go to the Evaluation page of the Impatica Web site or simply follow this link http www impatica com evaluation gt Evaluate Impatica Software Mor Net Communications Inc Ele Edt View Favorites Tools Help Stack D A Al Aseach GiForoter Hes hy dE JR hitp weew impaca com evaluabon mpatica inc Se eee ra ra Cormern nsi ole wth mpa ome LI evaluate ipatica for PowerPoint O Evaluate Impatica Software Impatica OnCue O Impatica for Director O All of Impatica s products sre available for no ebigation evaluation All evaluation versions opportunities O corporate O contact us O To dovnload an evaluation copi of Impatica for Director please cick here are fully functional versions of the software b ax avaluation purposes only careers O customer support site map O To download an evaluation copy of Impatica for PowerPoint please dich here To dovnload an evaluation copy of Impatica OnCue please click here or contact us directly at Telephone 1 800 548 3475 Facsimile 613 736 3084 E mail sales impatica com Please complete the information form provided Rest assured that the information you provide will be
49. ts any key combinations that are browser keyboard shortcuts For example if the user enters Control R or Command R the browser reloads the current page the movie never receives the key combination To ensure consistent and reliable playback on a variety of platforms avoid common key combinations Primary Event Handlers The Impatica for Director player does not support any of the primary event handlers e keyDownScript e keyUpScript e mouseDownScript e mouseUpScript and e timeoutScript Passing Events The Impatica for Director player does not support the Pass or stopEvent commands Enterprise Product Manual March 17 2003 Page 45 Impatica for Director s Manual 7 15 2 Syntax and Logic Structures The Impatica for Director player supports the following branching and repeat structures e if then structures e case statements e repeat while repeat with repeat with in list loops Exiting Handlers To exit a handler use the end return or exit command The Impatica for Director player does not support the halt or abort commands Obtaining Results of Functions Impatica for Director supports the return function for passing results back from a user defined functions The result function is not supported 7 15 3 Navigation The Impatica for Director player supports the following Lingo elements used for navigation e continue e delay e goto frame e go to frame of movie e go to movie

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