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• When downloading files from the Internet, use it to download the file at a specific URL and

set the filename of linked media. (However, to import a file from a URL, it’s usually more

efficient and minimizes downloading to use the

preloadNetThing command to download the

file to a local disk first and then import the file from the local disk.)

• Use it to import both RTF and HTML documents into text cast members with formatting and

links intact.

Use of the

importFileInto command in projectors can quickly consume available memory, so

it’s best to reuse the same members for imported data if possible.

Also, the

importFileInto command doesn’t work with the Director player for Java. To change

the content of a bitmap or sound cast member in a movie playing back as an applet, make the cast

members linked cast members and change the cast member’s

fileName property.

Note: In Shockwave, you must issue a preloadNetThing and wait for a successful completion of the download

before using importFileInto with the file. In Director and projectors, importFileInto automatically downloads the

file for you.

Example

This handler assigns a URL that contains a GIF file to the variable tempURL and then uses the

importFileInto command to import the file at the URL into a new bitmap cast member:

on exitFrame

tempURL = "http://www.dukeOfUrl.com/crown.gif"

importFileInto new(#bitmap), tempUrl

end

This statement replaces the content of the sound cast member Memory with the sound file Wind:

importFileInto member "Memory", "Wind.wav"

These statements download an external file from a URL to the Director application folder and

then import that file into the sound cast member Norma Desmond Speaks:

downLoadNetThing http://www.cbDeMille.com/Talkies.AIF, the \

applicationPath&"Talkies.AIF" \

importFileInto(member "Norma Desmond Speaks", the

applicationPath&"Talkies.AIF")