How to create ListBox/Datagrid in Director? Crossplatform?

[Gunnar Swan]

Well actually, Alex Zavatone has great stuff, and really took LDM's quite ... quite far.
If you did it his way, they were reliable.

We ALMOST deployed them into production.  We spent THOUSANDS in labor working the List-Dropdown-Grid issue with Director.

I REALLY   ....    R  E  A  L   L  Y ....

wish that Director supported LDM's better.

Because of simple things like DropDown - List - Grid ... we're SERIOUSLY thinking of using an other tool as outside wrapper that will encase simpler Director movies.
The business model and customer desires are driving us out of Director.
Too sad, too bad.



8/27/04 7:21:16 PM, Zav - Alex Zavatone <zavpublic at mac.com> wrote:

>
>On Aug 27, 2004, at 2:39 PM, Gunnar Swan wrote:
>
>>
>> Very poor pickings in these areas for Director developers.
>> I've tried using Active X controls in Director, but the effort and 
>> reliability was not on par.
>>
>> There is one company in El Cajon - La Mesa (20 km from me), that 
>> advertises these things,
>> But he does not return calls or emails, wants CASH payment in advance. 
>> Only a PO Box.
>>
>> I don't give people cash unless I know how to get to them and shake 
>> out of their pockets, either my cash back or the product.
>>
>> We ended up rolling our own list box.
>>
>> If Macromedia would make the LDM (Linked Director Movie) reliable, 
>> then developing List-combo-datagrids would be more effective.
>
>Alex LeLivre was going to do them 2 Director's ago but for some reason 
>he bailed.  Heard all kinds of nasty rumors.
>
>The goal is to "throw a switch" and make a miaw a linked member but 
>that didn't happen.
>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Gunnar Swan
>> Practice To Pass
>> 1.888.307.2050
>> http://www.PracticeToPass.Com
>>
>
>I practice to catch.  This way, we avoid nasty competition.
>
>- Zav
>In Hell.  please call back later.
>
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Best Regards,
Gunnar Swan
Practice To Pass
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http://www.PracticeToPass.Com