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In article <1992Jul20.211014.23426@decuac.dec.com>, sisle@tvc15.dco.dec.com (Larry Sisle) writes:

> Can anyone point me to a clearinghouse or source of information for more
> detailed documentation on Macromind Director 3.1. Specifically, I am interested
> in using such features as Xobjects in order to pass parameters to an external
> macro or application in order to print a text file without exiting Macromind.

Last time I looked at the 3.0 documentation (haven't got 3.1 yet), it had
a fairly detailed explanation of the interface to XObjects. This was in the
"Interactivity" manual, as I recall. There was even an explanation of how
to use externals developed for HyperCard, and what sort of limitations they
had to stick to to work.

> Other features I need more info on include bidirectional access from
> Macromind to a databases such as FileMaker Pro and any other methods
> to add extensibility to other applications from Macromind.

Call this a personal prejudice, but MacroMind Director isn't my idea of
a good "extensible application" that you could use as a control centre for
accessing data from other applications for use in a combined presentation. I
prefer to do that sort of thing in HyperCard, or perhaps an alternative like
SuperCard. HyperCard in particular has *much* more extensive callback
facilities that an XCMD or XFCN can use; it can create its own windows and
menus, intercept keystrokes and mouse clicks, get idle time, and so on.

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