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The PrintOMatic Lite Xtra
Version 1.6.1 for Windows
Introduction
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The PrintOMatic Lite Xtra provides essential printing functionality for
Macromedia Director and Authorware 4. Its main purpose is to add a global print
handler to Lingo that will print just about anything, and a printStage handler
that easily prints the contents of the Stage.
You are free to use the unregistered version of PrintOMatic Lite royalty-free
in all your Director productions. However, if you register your copy of
PrintOMatic Lite for $50 U.S., you gain the ability to use the printStage
command in your projectors, and you also get unlimited technical support
for PrintOMatic Lite.
This is only a brief "Read Me" file. The full documentation for PrintOMatic Lite
can be printed from the demo movie -PMLITE.DIR, or viewed from the on-line help
file available from the Director menu item "Xtras -> PrintOMatic Lite ->
PrintOMatic Lite Help"
Installing the PrintOMatic Lite Xtra
------------------------------------
Simply drag the entire PMLITE directory into Director's XTRAS directory, and
launch Director. The PMLITE directory should contain the following files:
PMLITE.X32 The 32-bit version of the PrintOMatic Lite Xtra.
PMLITE.HLP The PrintOMatic Lite Xtra's on-line help file.
PMLITE.CNT Table of Contents file for on-line help.
-PMLITE.DIR The PrintOMatic Lite demo movie.
The only file that is essential in run-time projects is PMLITE.X32.
If your project uses the PrintOMatic Lite Xtra, you MUST include
this file in an XTRAS folder within the folder your projector is in. See the
Director documentation for more information about Xtras and projector files.
Using PrintOMatic Lite's On-Line Help
-------------------------------------
An on-line help file has been provided as part of the PrintOMatic Lite
installation. This help file can be used right alongside Director's own on-line
help file as you work. To use the on-line help file:
Within Director, select the menu item "Xtras -> PrintOMatic Lite ->
PrintOMatic Lite Help". This will open the PrintOMatic Lite Help file
using the Windows Help application.
PrintOMatic Lite Release Notes
------------------------------
1.5 First public release of the PrintOMatic Lite Xtra.
1.5.1 Fixed a bug in the global print handler that prevented it from working
after the first time it was invoked.
1.5.2 Made printPreview a global handler. Made internal changes to allow French,
German and Japanese localization.
1.5.3 Added version numbers to the About box. Improved the Mac printer database
to save the name of the print driver along with the settings. Fixed a bug in the
Macintosh version that would print the wrong pages if a specific page rage was
selected in the Job Setup dialog. Added protective code to defend against a
Director bug that returns a text size of 0 from text fields. Fixed a bug that
caused append to lock up in cases when a series of different-styled carriage
returns spanned a page break.
1.5.5 Internal architecture was substantially re-written to bring the code up to
date for Director 6 and Authorware 4; PrintOMatic Lite now provides limited
functionality in Authorware 4 as well as Director. Fixed a Windows bug that
caused true-color bitmaps to ╥wrap╙ by 16 pixels. Cleaned up Windows print
dialog code that fixes some printing anomalies (will likely stop printing leaks)
in Windows 95. Changed the installation directory for the product: now ALL
PrintOMatic Lite files are placed into a sub-folder of Director's "Xtras"
folder: "PrintOMatic Lite Xtra" on the Mac, and "PMLITE" on Windows. Updated the
help launcher code to be compatible with both Director 5 and Director 6 Help
applications. Updated code to prevent drawing of PICT cast members on Windows
(because Director crashes).
1.5.6 Fixed a Windows bug that caused periodic freezing when using append to add
pictures to frames.
1.5.7 Added brand-new printStage routine. Added brand-new registration code
that allows users to enter a serial number from the Xtras menu to register the
Xtra. Fixed a bug that caused some calls to the global print command to crash.
1.5.8 Recompiled to fix recurring -1 errors in 32-bit Windows and
other anomalies.
1.5.9 Made the Xtra "Safe for Shockwave" to enable use in Shockwave 7.
1.6 Added support for printing Director 7 Text members directly. Modified
stage-grabbing code for better 16-bit display compatibility.
1.6.1 Fixed a Windows drawStagePicture bug that caused the stage image to "wrap"
in 16-bit color depth. Fixed a Windows bug that sometimes caused text characters
to be dropped at the beginning of pages. Changed instantiation code to allow
for better error trapping when no printer is installed.
1.6.2 Fixed a Windows bug that could cause crashing when printing the
Stage in 16-bit color.
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