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DirectXtras
[December
23, 1999] DirectXtras is pleased to announce new auto-downloadable
Shockwave safe packages of DirectTransition Xtra and a special offer
- DirectNet Package.
DirectTransition
Xtra for Shockwave
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DirectTransition Xtra is a collection of high quality, high performance,
platform independent transitions for Macromedia Director, Authorware
and Shockwave.
New auto-downloadable Shockwave safe packages of DirectTransition
Xtra are now available.
The Shockwave safe packages are compressed, small sized
(about 30K) versions of each transition, that can be downloaded
automatically from a web site to the user's local machine whenever
needed, and once installed provide Shockwave applications on the
web the ability to utilize the 'Direct' transitions.
DirectNet
Package
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DirectNet Package is a bundle of our Internet Xtras, which we
currently offer at a special 30% discounted price.
DirectNet Package includes the following Xtras:
DirectEmail Xtra - a cross-platform, easy to use Scripting Xtra
that
lets you compose and send e-mails, with attachment support, from
within Macromedia Director, Authorware and Shockwave applications.
DirectConnection Xtra - a cross-platform Scripting Xtra for Macromedia
Director and Authorware that lets you control the process of establishing
a dial-up connection with another computer.
DirectOS Xtra - a powerful cross-platform Scripting Xtra for Macromedia
Director and Authorware, which provides direct access to the Windows
and MacOS operating systems.
DirectFTP Xtra - an easy to use Scripting Xtra for Macromedia Director
and Authorware which provides an interface to the FTP protocol.
Registered users of one or more of the above Xtras can also take
advantage of the special discounted DirectNet package by upgrading
to it.
Please visit our Web site located at http://www.directxtras.com
for
more information, and feel free to send us your comments, suggestions,
ideas and any questions you might have.
[November
10, 1999] DirectXtras is pleased to announce.... DirectTransition
Xtra.
DirectTransition Xtra is a collection of high quality, high performance,
platform independent transitions for Macromedia Director and Authorware.
DirectTransition
Xtra features the following customizable transitions. Virtually
unlimited variations can be created from each transition:
- Avalanche:
simulates the before image melting and falling to reveal the after
image.
- Bricks: simulates the before image as a brick wall exploding to
reveal the after image.
- Headline: simulates a movie style spinning newspaper headline
moving towards the viewer with the after image projected on it.
- Pivot: simulates a 3 dimensional image rotating around a pivot
to reveal the after image.
- Shatter: simulates the before image shattering like glass and
falling to reveal the after image.
- Splatter: simulates the before image being obscured by expanding
paint like spots of the after image.
- Turn Table: simulates a train track style turntable spinning to
reveal the after image.
- X: simulates an X looking door opening or closing to reveal the
after image.
- Zipper: simulates a zipper or curtain opening or closing to reveal
the after image.
DirectTransition
Xtra is available for Director 5 and above, Authorware 5 and above,
and is compatible with Windows 9X, 2000, NT and MacOS (PPC) under
8 bit or higher color depths.
A fully functional
evaluation version of DirectTransition Xtra can be downloaded from
our Web site located at http://www.directxtras.com/ .
We encourage you to download the trial version to experience the
breakthrough 'Direct' transitions for yourself, and look forward
to your comments, suggestions, ideas and any questions you might
have.
[August 16,
1999] DirectXtras is pleased to announce a new cross-platform version
(2.0) of DirectOS Xtra.
DirectOS Xtra is a powerful cross-platform Scripting Xtra for Macromedia
Director and Authorware, which provides direct access to the Windows
and MacOS operating systems. Many new features have been added to
the new version, which is now available for both Windows and MacOS.
By using DirectOS Xtra Director and Authorware developers can:
- Retrieve the operating
system type and exact version
- Set and get screen resolution and color depth
- Create, display, and operate a message box
- Find an application associated with a specific file type
- Create, display, and operate 'open', 'open multiple' and 'save'
file selection dialogs
- Manipulate external application's windows
- Set cursor position or confine it to a rectangular area of the
screen
- Generate a mouse click for any of the 3 mouse buttons
- Check whether any one or more keys are being held down
- Change desktop wallpaper and pattern
- Log off, shut down or restart the system
- Launch external applications at a specified state with command
line support
- Retrieve information about disk drives, such as type, name, size
and free space
- Check for existence of files and folders
- Get and set file and folder attributes
- Get file size, date, time and version
- Open or print a file using it's associated application
- Copy, move, delete and recycle files
- Retrieve a list of subfolders and files in a folder, with powerful
wildcard support
- Create and delete folders
- Create and resolve file or folder links/shortcuts
- Retrieve a unique pathname to a nonexistent file that can be used
as a temporary file
- Retrieve the pathname of special system folders
- Get and set the current 'working' folder
- Set the system date and time
- Read from, write to and delete from INI files
- Easily read, write and delete strings, integers and binary data
to/from the Windows registry
- Install screen savers, get and set their activity and time-out
- Disable/Enable Ctrl-Alt-Del, Alt-Tab, Microsoft key and other
system keys
- Query for all available printers on the system, set the default
one and its properties
- Retrieve the command-line string passed to the application
- Convert long pathnames to short
- Get a file's creator and type
- Check whether a sound card is installed
- Encrypt/Decrypt text and string variables
- ... and much more...
DirectOS Xtra is compatible with Windows 9X, 2000,
NT and MacOS (PPC). Limited 16bit version for Windows 3.X is also
available.A trial version of DirectOS Xtra 2.0 and extensive documentation
are available in our web site located at http://www.directxtras.com
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[July 2,
1999] DirectXtras is pleased to announce.... DirectXport Xtra.
DirectXport is a cross-platform Scripting Xtra for Macromedia Director
that provides export capabilities to Director applications.
DirectXport Xtra can export image and text cast members into various
image file formats. In addition, various types of image processing
effects can be performed on the exported image during the export
process, or directly on the cast member.
DirectXport
Xtra supports the following file formats:
BMP, DCX,
DIB, EPS, EPSF, EPSI, EPT, GIF, HTML, JPEG, MIFF, PCD, PCDS, PDF,
PICT, PS and PSD.
... and
provides the following image processing effects:
Blur, OilPaint, AddNoise, Despeckle, Emboss, Sharpen, Flip, Flop,
Magnify, Minify, Scale, Sample, Zoom, Roll, Edge, Implode, Solarize,
Spread and Swirl.
An evaluation
version of DirectXport Xtra can be downloaded from our Web site
located at http://www.directxtras.com/
.We look forward to your comments, suggestions, ideas and
any questions you might have.
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[March 24, 1999] DirectXtras
is pleased to announce a new cross platform version of DirectConnection
Xtra and an update to DirectEmail Xtra (now Shockwave-safe).
DirectConnection Xtra
version 1.5: The new version has been optimized, improved, and
now available for both Windows (9X/NT) and MacOS (PPC). The new
MacOS version includes support for OT/PPP and FreePPP.
DirectConnection is a Scripting Xtra for Macromedia Director and
Authorware that lets you control the process of establishing a dial-up
connection with another computer. A properly written Internet-enabled
application should automatically connect to a user's ISP on an as-needed
basis.DirectConnection Xtra makes doing this possible and simple.
By using DirectConnection Xtra you can:
- Check whether there is an active dial-up connection to the Internet.
- Connect and disconnect your applications to the Internet on an
as-needed basis. No interaction from the user is neccecary. The
process can take place in the background, invisibly!
- Connect and disconnect other dial-up connections.
- Create, delete and modify dial-up connection profiles.
- Get and set dial-up connection properties.
DirectEmail Xtra version
1.5.1: DirectEmail is a cross platform, easy to use Scripting
Xtra for Macromedia Director and Authorware that lets you compose
and send e-mails, with attachments support, from within Director,
Authorware and Shockwave applications.
New in this release:
- The Xtra was marked as safe, so it
can also be used with Shockwave 7 or later and when safety features
in Director are turned on.
When the Xtra is in safe mode it does not send attachments or locate
the user's e-mail preferences.
- GetUserEmailPref() function is now available on the Windows version
of the Xtra as well, implemented as a lingo function using the help
of FileIO and DirectOS Xtras.It can be used to locate the user's
default mail server and e-mail addresses.
Fully functional evaluation
versions of DirectConnection and DirectEmail Xtras, on-line documentations,
sample Director movies and further information are available in
our Web site at: http://www.directxtras.com
As part of the DirectXtras guarantee, all registered users of DirectEmail
and DirectConnection Xtras will automatically receive the upgrade,
free of charge.
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[February 19, 1999] We've
released a Shockwave 7 safe version of DirectControl Xtra,
so you can now use joysticks in Shockwave applications. The new
safe version is available to all DirectControl Xtra registered
users, free of charge.
[February 19, 1999] DirectXtras is pleased to announce.... DirectFTP
Xtra. DirectFTP is an easy to use Scripting Xtra for Macromedia
Director and Authorware which provides implementation of the FTP
protocol. FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It provides a standard
method for transferring files between different computers. By using
DirectFTP Xtra, you can log into an FTP server, get directory listings
and files information, retrieve files, upload files and perform
other file and directory operations, such as create, move, rename,
append and delete file or directory.
DirectFTP Xtra is available for Windows 9X and NT. Fully functional
trial version of DirectFTP Xtra can be downloaded from our Web site
at http://www.directxtras.com/ . The trial version includes documentation
and a sample Director movie that utilizes the Xtra by implementing
a basic FTP client application.
DirectXtras - Xtra Power for Director and Authorware - http://www.directxtras.com
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