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environment

Syntax

the environment
the environment.propertyName

Description

System property; contains a property list with information about the environment under which the Director content is currently running.

This design enables Macromedia to add information to the environment property in the future, without affecting existing movies.

The information is in the form of property and value pairs for that area.

#shockMachine

Integer TRUE or FALSE value indicating whether the movie is playing in ShockMachine.

#shockMachineVersion

String indicating the installed version number of ShockMachine.

#platform

String containing "Macintosh,PowerPC", or "Windows,32". This is based on the current OS and hardware that the movie is running under.

#runMode

String containing "Author", "Projector", "Plugin", or "Java Applet". This is based on the current application that the movie is running under.

#colorDepth

Integer representing the bit depth of the monitor the Stage appears on. Possible values are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32.

#internetConnected

Symbol indicating whether the computer the movie is playing on has an active Internet connection. Possible values are #online, #offline, and #unknown.

#uiLanguage

String indicating the language the computer is using to display its user interface. This can be different from the #osLanguage on computers with specific language kits installed.

#osLanguage

String indicating the native language of the computer's operating system.

#productBuildVersion

String indicating the internal build number of the playback application.

#productVersion

String indicating the version of Director that is running.

#osVersion

String indicatiing the version of the operating system.


The properties contain exactly the same information as the properties and functions of the same name.

Example

This statement displays the environment list in the Message window:

put the environment
-- [#shockMachine: 0, #shockMachineVersion: "", #platform: "Macintosh,PowerPC", #runMode: "Author", #colorDepth: 32, #internetConnected: #online, #uiLanguage: "English", #osLanguage: "English", #productBuildVersion: "151"]

See also

colorDepth, platform, runMode