Re: FLASH: qt 4 + flash 4 - Actions supported?

[John Dowdell]

At 1:01 PM 8/22/99, Andreas Ua'Siaghail wrote:

> Just to clarify do you mean AppleScript or some native Quicktime

> methods?


I'm not sure if this is what you're seeking, but QuickTime does not support

LiveConnect or ActiveX Scripting the way that Shockwave and Flash do...

there's not something similar to "FSCommand" or "externalEvent" within

QuickTime.



> I would want to load movies(swf) into a higher level(via tell

> target?) or different track dynamically. Would I be naive in

> assuming that the QT track functions in a similar fashion to

> levels in the flash player? Or are they analagous but not alike?


I'm not sure whether the current QuickTime player supports dynamic loading

of individual tracks. The format tends to interleave its various media

elements together, although there are certainly exceptions to this rule.

You might wish to check within some of the new interactive QuickTime tools,

such as Electrifier Pro and LiveStage, to see if this ability is exposed

and accessible.



> Guess it's still where it was when I left UCON 99. Anybody at

> MACR or Apple (Charles are you listening!) care to comment on

> when(if?) Quicktime 4 will support Flash 4 actions/load variables

> etc.?


The Flash/QuickTime mutual support was announced at the June conference,

and we're working here on the list with it now. I haven't seen

announcements of the next generation of such support, though. If you'd like

to see Flash 4 support in the next version of QuickTime, then Apple does

have input sources, including its developer mailing list.


jd






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