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Choosing Internet connection settings
Director can connect to the Internet to import cast members and retrieve data. Use settings in
the Network Preferences dialog box to control how the connection works and to define a
preferred browser.
To select Internet connection settings:
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Select Edit > Preferences > Network.
2
To specify the browser to launch when a movie running in the authoring environment
encounters the
gotoNetPage
Lingo command, enter the path to the browser in the Preferred
Browser text box.
To locate the browser, click the Browse button.
3
To enable or disable browser launching, select Launch When Needed.
4
To specify the amount of space that Director can use to cache data from the Internet on your
hard disk, enter a value in the Disk Cache Size field.
5
To immediately empty the cache, click Clear.
6
To specify how often cached data is compared with the same data on the server, select one of
the following Check Documents options:
Once Per Session
checks for data revisions only once from the time you start to the time you
quit the application. This option improves performance but might not always display the most
current version of a page.
Every Time
checks for changes whenever you request a page. This option slows performance
but ensures you are always viewing the most current version of a page.
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To specify the configuration of your system’s proxy server, select one of the following
Proxies options:
No Proxies
specifies that you have a direct connection to the Internet.
Manual Configuration
controls proxy settings for your system. Enter the HTTP or FTP URL
and port number.
Browsers usually don’t require proxy servers to interact with the network services of external
sources, but in some network configurations where a firewall blocks the connection between
the browser software and a remote server, interaction with a proxy might be required.
A firewall protects information in internal computer networks from external access, and in
doing so, it can limit the ability to exchange information. To overcome this limitation, browser
software can interact with proxy software. A proxy server interacts with the firewall and acts as
a conduit, providing a specific connection for each network service protocol. If you are
running browser software on an internal network from behind a firewall, you need the name
and associated port number for the server running proxy software for each network service.