MACROMEDIA SHOCKWAVE NETSCAPE-COMPATIBLE PLAYERS AND XTRAS VERSION 9 for WINDOWS Macromedia Shockwave is a set of plug-ins and Xtras designed to play interactive multimedia on the web. Copyright (c) 1996 Macromedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Shockwave is the property of Macromedia and may not be altered, reproduced, or copied in any manner without prior written consent from Macromedia. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Hardware: - IBM compatible PC - Intel 80486, 25 mHz or greater - VGA with 8-bit (256) colors or greater - 6 MB free disk space - 8 MB RAM - FPU for Audio streaming playback Software: - Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1 - Netscape Navigator: 2.x or 3.0 SHOCKWAVE MULTIMEDIA PLAYER No known problems at this time. SHOCKWAVE GRAPHICS PLAYER New in the Shockwave Graphics Player: *Player enables font embedding in compressed documents. *Player adds FreeHand 7 compatibility. Limitations: *Both embedded and non-embedded FreeHand documents will not print from within Netscape or Internet Explorer--a blank space appears wherever a document is embedded. *In 256 color mode, documents with embedded fonts draw more slowly than those without embedded fonts. *Viewing files at magnifications less than 100% may cause text to appear at large point sizes, creating screen trash. This happens when system fonts are substituted for the file's original fonts. *The 16-bit plug-in is limited to magnifications ranging from 12% to 6400%. *The 16-bit plug-in will not draw text correctly in documents with embedded fonts if the text is not black text drawn on a white background. SHOCKWAVE INTRANET PLAYER The Security Dialog Box ======================= When you launch an Authorware piece from the network, the Security dialog box appears. The dialog box also appears when one Authorware piece jumps to another or when an Authorware piece uses GotoNetPage to go to another Authorware file that's on the net. The Security dialog box lets you designate the network location where an Authorware file is located as trusted or not. If you choose not to trust the location, the file will open but it may not work properly. The Authorware Plug-In displays the Security dialog box every time it opens an Authorware file unless you tell it not to. You can have the Plug-In by pass the dialog box when you're going to trusted locations by unchecking the checkbox next to Show Security Dialog Box When Opening Trusted Sites. For more information, see the next section. To force the Plug-In to open the Security Dialog box regardless of this setting, hold down the Control key when the Plug-In is opening an Authorware file. Security Options Dialog Box =========================== Use the Security Options dialog box to change security settings, edit locations, and choose when you want the Security dialog box to appear. To open the Security Options dialog box, click the Security Options button in the Security dialog box. The Security Options dialog box lets you save a list of locations or URLs that you trust. That allows you both to keep the browser in non-trusting mode for general net surfing, and at the same time to go to trusted locations and run complex files that download XCMDs and Xtras without having to turn trusting mode on each time. The settings in the Security Options dialog box work this way: o Trust Only Listed Locations Runs Authorware pieces from selected locations in trusting mode. Click the Add Location or Modify Location buttons to make changes to the list. o Trust All Locations Runs Authorware pieces from all locations in trusting mode. o Show Security Dialog Box When Opening Trusted Locations Determines whether or not the Security dialog box appears when a you're about to run a file from a location you trust. If the checkbox is checked, the Security dialog box appears; if it isn't checked, the Security dialog box doesn't appear. Even if you leave the checkbox unchecked, you can hold down the Control key when the Plug-In is opening an Authorware file to override the setting and display the Security dialog box. The buttons in the Security Options dialog box work like this: o Add Location Adds the current location to the list of trusted locations. Add Location won't add a location to the list if it's already there. You can edit a location so that the portion of a web site that you're trusting is broader than a single, specific URL. For example, if you want to trust all the Authorware pieces on the Macromedia web site, you'd edit the current location to http://www.macromedia.com and add that location to the list. o Delete Location Deletes the selected entry. o Modify Location Copies the current location to the text edit field at the bottom of the dialog box, where you can make changes to it. Modify Location won't allow you to change a location to a location that's already on the list. o Save Settings Saves the settings and the current list of trusted locations to the prefs.ini file. o Cancel Cancels any changes you've made to the dialog box settings during the current session. Error Messages If you've chosen not to trust a location and the Authorware file there attempts to perform an operation that might affect the security of your system, the Plug-In displays an error message. Portions of Shockwave technology licensed from Fraunhofer Gesellschaft/IIs.