mac projector from a pc

[bibiko at eva.mpg.de]

Simon,

> If I understand you right what I have to do is this.
> 
>  create my mac projector using my pc. Ignore the error messages saying that
> the xtra can't be found. Take the mac projector on to a mac insert the
> V4MD_carbon.Xtr file into a folder called "xtras" inside the ???.???.hqx
> folder (which is the compressed folder containing the mac projector).
> 
> Do I have to then extract the whole ???.???.hqx folder on the mac in order
> to then run the mac projector file?
yes. hqx only means that the file compressed in binary format.

 
> > Make a Mac-projector on a PC. Director will tell you that it can't find
> the
> > V4MD_carbon.Xtr, continue with generating the projector.
> 
> When creating my mac projector on my pc I get an error message saying it
> can't find the V4MD.x32 file not the V4MD_carbon.Xtr file. Is this what you
> meant?
yes
 
> Then I need to work out how to do it the other way around. ie. create a
> windows projector using a mac. (In case you think I'm crazy, I need to do
> this because my client only has a mac licence for director and needs to
> produce a cross platform cd, and I only have a windows licence and also
> need
> to create cross platform cds fro other projects. We will not be able to use
> each others licences so we need to create both projectors on both
> platforms)

I just created a Win-projector with my Mac and V4MD.x32 xtra. No problem!
Mac and Unix is a very good symbiose ;)

Hans