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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.