User Guide

638 Chapter 14: Properties
See also
displayTemplate, titlebarOptions, visible, Window
applicationName
Usage
-- Lingo syntax
_player.applicationName
// JavaScript syntax
_player.applicationName;
Description
Player property; specifies the name of the running copy of the Director application during
authoring, or the name of a projector file during runtime. Read-only.
The property value is a string.
Shockwave Player does not support this property.
Example
This statement displays the name of the Director application, Director.exe.
-- Lingo syntax
put(_player.applicationName)
// JavaScript syntax
put(_player.applicationName);
See also
applicationPath, Player
applicationPath
Usage
-- Lingo syntax
_player.applicationPath
// JavaScript syntax
_player.applicationPath;
Description
Player property; determines the path or location of the folder containing the running copy of the
Director application during authoring, or the folder containing the projector during runtime.
Read-only.
The property value is a string.
If you use
applicationPath followed by & and a path to a subfolder, enclose the entire
expression in parentheses so that script parses the expression as one phrase.
Shockwave Player does not support this property.