DirectCommunication 1.1
Description:
A cross-platform scripting (Lingo) Xtra extension for Director
and Authorware which provides direct access to communication
resources such as serial ports, parallel ports, fax machines,
and modems.
Platforms:
Windows 9X, NT, 3.X
Macintosh, PowerMac
Products:
Director, Authorware
To download:
http://www.directxtras.com
DirectConnection
Xtra extension
A cross-platform Scripting Xtra for Macromedia Director and
Authorware that lets you control the process of establishing
a dial-up connection with another computer.
Description:
A properly written Internet-enabled application should automatically
connect to a user's ISP on an as-needed basis.
DirectConnection Xtra extension makes doing this possible
and simple.
By using DirectConnection Xtra extension you can:
- Check whether there is an active dial-up connection to
the Internet.
- Connect and disconnect your applications to the Internet
on an as-needed basis. No interaction from the user is neccecary.
The process can take place in the background, invisibly!
- Connect and disconnect dial-up connections.
- Create, delete and modify dial-up connection profiles.
- Get and set dial-up connection properties.
Platforms:
Powermac - Windows NT/95 - Win 98
Products:
Director, Authorware
To download:
http://www.directxtras.com
DirectControl
A cross platform, easy to use Scripting Xtra for Macromedia
Director, Authorware, and Shockwave, that provides fast and
consistent access to analog and digital joysticks.
Description:
DirectControl Xtra extension also applies to other ancillary
input devices that track positions within an absolute coordinate
system, such as a touch screen, digitizing tablet and light
pen.
Each device can use up to six axes of movement, a point-of-view
hat, and 32 buttons. You can use DirectControl Xtra extension
to determine the capabilities of the joysticks and joystick
drivers. Applications can use DirectControl Xtra to determine
the capabilities of
attached joysticks and query for their axes position and buttons
information.
Platforms:
Powermac - Windows NT/95 - Win 98
Products:
Director, Authorware
To download:
http://www.directxtras.com
DirectEmail Xtra extension
A cross platform, easy to use Scripting Xtra for Macromedia
Director and Authorware, that lets you compose and send e-mails,
with attachment support, from within Director, Authorware
and Shockwave applications.
Description:
DirectEmail is a cross platform, easy to use Scripting Xtra
extension for Macromedia Director and Authorware, that lets
you compose and send e-mails, with attachments support, from
within Director and Authorware applications.
Platforms:
Powermac - Windows NT/95 - Win 98
Products:
Director, Authorware
To download:
http://www.directxtras.com
DirectFTP Xtra
extension
A cross-platform, easy to use Scripting Xtra for
Macromedia Director, Authorware and Shockwave,
which provides
implementation of the FTP protocol.
Description:
By using DirectFTP Xtra extension, you can log
into an FTP server, get directory listings and
files information, retrieve files, upload files
and perform file and directory operations, such
as create, move, rename, append and delete file
or directory.
Platforms:
Macintosh - Powermac - Windows NT/95 - Win 98
Products:
Director, Authorware
To download:
http://www.directxtras.com
DirectImage
Xtra
DirectImage is a cross-platform, easy to use Scripting
Xtra for Macromedia Director, Authorware and Shockwave
that provides applications with the ability to
create, export, import, capture and manipulate
images.
Products:
Director, Authorware and Shockwave
To download:
http://www.directxtras.com
DirectOS
A powerful cross-platform Scripting Xtra extension for Macromedia
Director and Authorware, which provides direct access to the
Windows and MacOS operating systems.
Description:
By using DirectOS Xtra extension Director and Authorware developers
can:
- Retrieve the operating system type and exact version
- Set and get screen resolution and color depth
- Create, display, and operate a message box
- Find an application associated with a specific file type
- Create, display, and operate 'open', 'open multiple' and
'save' file selection dialogs
- Manipulate external application's windows
- Set cursor position or confine it to a rectangular area
of the screen
- Generate a mouse click for any of the 3 mouse buttons
- Check whether any one or more keys are being held down
- Change desktop wallpaper and pattern
- Log off, shut down or restart the system
- Launch external applications at a specified state with
command line support
- Retrieve information about disk drives, such as type,
name, size and free space
- Check for existence of files and folders
- Get and set file and folder attributes
- Get file size, date, time and version
- Open or print a file using its associated application
- Copy, move, delete and recycle files
- Retrieve a list of subfolders and files in a folder, with
powerful wildcard support
- Create and delete folders
- Create and resolve file or folder links/shortcuts
- Retrieve a unique pathname to a nonexistent file that
can be used as a temporary file
- Retrieve the pathname of special system folders
- Get and set the current 'working' folder
- Set the system date and time
- Read from, write to and delete from INI files
- Easily read, write and delete strings, integers and binary
data to/from the Windows registry
- Install screen savers, get and set their activity and
time-out
- Disable/Enable Ctrl-Alt-Del, Alt-Tab, Microsoft key and
various system keys
- Query for all available printers on the system, set the
default one and its properties
- Retrieve the command-line string passed to your application
- Convert long pathnames to short
- Get a file's creator and type
- Check whether a sound card is installed
- Encrypt/Decrypt text and string variables
- ... and much more...
Platforms:
Powermac - Windows NT/95 - Win 98
Products:
Director, Authorware
To download:
http://www.directxtras.com
DirectSMS
Xtra
DirectSMS is a cross-platform, easy to use Scripting
Xtra for Macromedia Authorware that provides applications
with the ability to communicate with mobile devices
using SMS (short wireless text messages).
To download:
http://www.directxtras.com
DirectSound
A Scripting Xtra which enables the use of Microsoft's
DirectSound API in Director and Authorware applications.
Description:
The DirectSound API provides low-latency mixing, hardware
acceleration and direct access to sound devices. By using
DirectSound Xtra, you can mix as many sounds as you want,
get and change the sound's position, volume, panning and frequency,
and also control 3D sounds and retrieve the hardware capabilities
of the sound card.
Platforms:
Windows NT/95 - Win 98
Products:
Director, Authorware
To download:
http://www.directxtras.com
DirectTransition Xtra
extension
A collection of high quality, high performance, platform independent
transitions for Macromedia Director, Authorware and Shockwave.
Description:
DirectTransition Xtra extension features the following customizable
transitions. Virtually unlimited variations can be created
from each transition:
- Avalanche: simulates the before image melting and falling
to reveal the after image.
- Bricks: simulates the before image as a brick wall exploding
to reveal the after image.
- Headline: simulates a movie style spinning newspaper headline
moving towards the viewer with the after image projected
on it.
- Pivot: simulates a 3 dimensional image rotating around
a pivot to reveal the after image.
- Shatter: simulates the before image shattering like glass
and falling to reveal the after image.
- Splatter: simulates the before image being obscured by
expanding paint like spots of the after image.
- Turn Table: simulates a train track style turntable spinning
to reveal the after image.
- X: simulates an X looking door opening or closing to reveal
the after image.
- Zipper: simulates a zipper or curtain opening or closing
to reveal the after image.
Platforms:
Macintosh - Powermac - Windows NT/95 - Win 98
Products:
Director, Authorware
To download:
http://www.directxtras.com
DirectTransition3D
Xtra Set I
A collection of high quality, high performance,
platform independent transitions for Macromedia
Director, Authorware and Shockwave.
Description:
DirectTransition3D Xtra Set I features the following
customizable transitions:
- Accordian: Simulates the before image folding
or unfolding to reveal the after image.
- Bubbles: Simulates the before image bubbling
and popping to reveal the after image.
- Flipboards: Simulates boards with the before
image on the front and the after image on the
back flipping.
- Flush: Simulates the before image flushing
to reveal the after image.
- Fractal Fade: Simulates the before image randomly
and unevenly fading into the after image.
- Fractal Morph I: Simulates the before image
randomly morphing into the after image with
an unclearly defined center.
- Fractal Morph II: Simulates the before image
randomly morphing into the after image with
a clearly defined center.
- Fracture: Simulates the before image exploding
into spinning fractures to reveal the after
image.
- Layers: Simulates the after image zooming
in layers.
- Page Turn: Simulates the before image turning
to reveal the after image.
- Peel: Simulates the before image peeling or
unpeeling to reveal the after image.
Platforms:
Macintosh - Powermac - Windows NT/95 - Win 98
Products:
Director, Authorware
To download:
http://www.directxtras.com
DirectTransition3D
Xtra Set II
Description:
DirectTransition3D Xtra Set II is a collection
of high quality, hardware
accelerated, platform independent transitions
for Macromedia Authorware.
Products:
Authorware
To download:
http://www.directxtras.com
DirectTTS
A cross-platform, easy to use Scripting Xtra for Macromedia
Director, Authorware and Shockwave that provides applications
with the ability to talk by transforming text to speech.
Description:
DirectTTS Xtra includes support for high-quality lip-synching,
allowing the creation of guides, coaches, entertainers, and
other types
of assistants or specialists.On Windows, the Xtra can use
any Microsoft SAPI compliant TTS (Text-To-Speech) engine that
is installed on the system, at any language, to produce speech,
such as the Microsoft English TTS engine that is pre installed
with Windows 2000, and which can be
freely distributed along with applications developed with
DirectTTS Xtra.
On MacOS, the Xtra can use any Speech Manager compatible
TTS engine that is installed on the system, at any language,
to produce speech, such as Apple PlainTalk TTS engines that
are distributed along with the MacOS. .
Platforms:
Macintosh - Powermac - Windows NT/95 - Win 98
Products:
Director, Authorware
To download:
http://www.directxtras.com
XtrAgent
An Asset Xtra extension which enables the use of Microsoft's
revolutionary Agent technology in Director and Authorware
applications.
Description:
XtrAgent adds a new type of member to your cast - Agent. Agent
is an interactive animated character that can be drawn on
top of all other sprites and windows and even outside of the
stage area. It can talk using a built-in Text-To-Speech engine,
and understand your voice using a speech recognition engine.
Today, using XtrAgent, Director developers can finally utilize
Text-To-Speech engine, Speech Recognition engine & Cool Animation
engine with ready to use characters and FREELY distribute
them with their applications!
In addition, XtraAgent contains a powerful animation engine
with support for high-quality lip-synching and ready to use
characters.
Platforms:
Platforms: Windows NT/95 - Win 98
Products:
Director, Authorware
To download:
http://www.directxtras.com
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