Opening A Director Projector
I have created a projector for a director movie and I want it to load from a command in Flash. Can anyone tell me how this can be done?
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Posted on: 05-15-2003, 08:17 PM
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Is it possible? My professor doesn't mind my using of flash instead of director in order to present my portfolio however he feels Director handles Video more efficiently than flash. So is it possible to import the movie to director code the movie create a projector. Then when a certain button in flash is clicked it launches the director projector displaying the video?
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