FLASH: Projectors & Cross-Platforms

[Unger, Russell]

I hope I'm not too late to answer you on this one...


The answer, although simple, does somewhat get confusing if you aren't

thinking about it (not a slam; I do it all the time).


When you make a "standalone" projector, you are, in effect, creating an

EXECUTABLE.  What this means is that the file will be a "self-running" file.

Each OS (Mac, Win, Unix, etc.) has its own way to create those, so making

one cross-platform would be somewhat similar to expecting Diablo II to come

out on Windows and be able to play on a Mac, as well.


HTH,


Russ


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		Subject:	FLASH: question on stand-alone mode


		Flash experts,


		One of the things you can do with Flash is save the file

		in a stand-alone application called projector format.


		I realize you wouldn't want to do this often, but there

		are some cases where it would be the easiest solution given

		the end-users setup.


		I have a Mac and when I send a "projector" stand-alone

		to others with Macs they can run it fine. Windows folks

		can not run it. I don't see any Macromedia documentation

		on this issue. Does someone know how to create a "stand

alone"

		project on the Mac that will subsequently run on Windows

		machines (or visa versa)?


		Thanks for any help that can be provided,


			Mathew Mitchell

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