MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX, Use Manual

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