User Guide

Chapter 27600
Lingo that is unsupported in browsers
The following Lingo features are unsupported for movies that play back in browsers:
• Creating and managing a MIAW
• Installing and managing custom menus
Interacting with browsers
Lingo lets you write and read a preferences file within the dswmedia folder and display a string in
a browser’s status area.
To write to a preferences file on a local disk:
• Use the setPref command. See setPref in the Lingo Dictionary.
After the command runs, a folder named Prefs is created inside the Shockwave player folder (in
the same location as the Xtras folder). The
setPref command can write only to that folder.
The default folder locations for Windows and Macintosh are described in the following list:
Windows The \Macromed\Shockwave 8 subfolder of the system folder; the system folder is
typically c:\winnt\system32 or c:\windows\system
Macintosh The System Folder:Extensions:Macromedia:Shockwave 8 folder
The
setPref command can’t write to a file that is on a CD.
For more information, see “Director and Internet Security” on the Director Support Center
website at www.macromedia.com/support/director/internet/security/security.htm.
To return the content of a file that was written by a previous setPref command:
• Use the getPref() function. If no setPref command has already written such a file, the
getPref() function returns VOID. See getPref() in the Lingo Dictionary.
To specify text in a browser’s status area:
• Use the netStatus function. See netStatus in the Lingo Dictionary.
Note: Some browsers do not support this function.