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2. Re: Timeout Screensaver [but not a "screensaver"] within a Director projector
Newsgroup_User Sep 14, 2006 4:01 PM (in response to Newsgroup_User)I use the 'timeout' handler quite often...
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on prepareMovie
set the timeoutlength to 10 * 60 --10 is the number of seconds
end
on timeOut
--do your thing here...
alert "I've just timed out!!"
end
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The timeout resets to 0 everytime there is a mouse click or a keypress (note
that moving the mouse does not reset this though)
Obviously, within 'on timeOut' you could do other things - I usually have
the movie jump to a 'screensaver' marker. This marker could have say a flash
animation urging the user to click or press a key. then use 'on mouseDown'
or 'on KeyDown' to go to the main menu.
A simple option, but may be worth doing a search in the help for 'timeout'
Tim.
Bateman" <markbateman@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:edr3nv$fkg$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Morning all,
>
> I'm currently in the process of producing a touch-screen kiosk with
> Director -- the client has requested that they would like the presentation
> to automatically go back to the main menu after a period of inactivity,
> ie. the viewer has left the kiosk and its current position is within one
> of the sub-sections.
>
> Together with this the client would also like a logo animation to occur
> after a further period of inactivity; almost acting as a screen saver but
> used in the hope that the movement would attract further viewers.
>
> So this incurs to states of inactivity; how difficult is this to achieve
> as I've no real experience of "time outs", etc.?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Regards, Mark.
>
>
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3. Re: Timeout Screensaver [but not a "screensaver"] within a Director projector
Newsgroup_User Sep 18, 2006 12:56 PM (in response to Newsgroup_User)Thanks guys -- I'm going to investigate both approaches in more detail.
Unfortunately the final kiosk has gone out without such functionality
enabled as I simply didn't have the time to test as thoroughly as I wished.
Thanks again.
Regards, Mark.
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4. Re: Timeout Screensaver [but not a "screensaver"] within a Director projector
brockus Sep 27, 2006 6:06 AM (in response to Newsgroup_User)Hey Tim,
Having problems getting this code to hold on the frame until the specified amount of time has passed. Where should these scripts be located/called from?