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From: daves@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Dave Scroggins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Director Demos, etc.
Message-ID: <2030123@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Date: 28 Nov 88 19:24:55 GMT
References: <11744@cup.portal.com>
Organization: HP Design Tech Center - Santa Clara, CA
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Thad,

>Another serious problem with nearly every DIRECTOR-created animation I've
>seen is the misuse of file search paths.
>
>For example, consider Probe_Sequence:
>
>1) starts off fine, using "DDemo1:", but very quickly some of its components
>   begin referencing ":" (root of the connected file system) thereby precluding
>   the operation of this demo from other than the TOP of a filing system; not
>   nice when one wishes to put demos in sub-directories on a HD.
>
>2) its "script" file is encoded (somehow) so that one cannot even have the
>   option of patching it to "fix" the problem.

This sounds like an "operator malfunction" (or programmer malfunction in
this case>) rather than a Director problem.

Of course I haven't done much with my Director. Too much gets in the
way!! :-( (such as kids, wife, home repairs, WORK!! ;-) )

By the way -- I haven't seen that many DIRECTOR demos.
Could you maybe point me in the right direction to get some Please???

Thanks,

Dave S.