User Guide
Chapter 27598
To obtain the MIME type of the HTTP item:
• Use the netMIME() function. See netMIME() in the Lingo Dictionary.
To conserve memory, Director discards the results of the netTextResult(), netDone(),
netError(), netMIME(), and netLastModDate() functions within a short time after the
operation completes successfully.
• For netTextResult(), Director discards the results when the next operation starts.
• For the other functions, Director retains the results through seven subsequent network
operations.
To determine the state of a network operation that retrieves data:
• Use the getStreamStatus() function or the on streamStatus event handler. See
getStreamStatus() or on streamStatus() in the Lingo Dictionary.
Using Lingo in different Internet environments
Some Lingo features behave differently, depending on whether the movie is playing back in a
browser, as a projector, or within the authoring environment.
Using Lingo with Internet security restrictions
Because of security issues for movies that play back in browsers, the following Lingo features are
unsupported for Shockwave movies playing in a browser. Many of these restrictions are imposed
by the Internet environment. For details about security concerns when playing a movie on the
Internet, see “Director and Internet Security” on the Director Support Center website at
www.macromedia.com/support/director/internet/security/.
In general, the following Lingo features are unsupported because of Internet security concerns:
• Setting colorDepth for the user’s monitor
• Saving a movie by using the saveMovie command
• Printing by using the printFrom command
• Opening an application by using the open command
• Stopping an application or the user’s computer by using the quit, restart, or shutDown
command
• Opening a local file that isn’t in the dswmedia folder or a subfolder of the dswmedia folder
• Pasting content from the Clipboard by using the pasteClipBoardInto command
• Searching for files on a user’s system with getNthFileNameInFolder(),
searchCurrentFolder, or searchPath