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Network Lingo

These terms are useful for working with the network.

 
Downloading and streaming media

Use these terms to obtain or stream media from the network:

downloadNetThing (For projectors and authoring only)

gotoNetPage

getNetText()

postNetText

gotoNetMovie

preloadNetThing()


 
Checking availability

Use frameReady() and mediaReady to check whether specific media is completely downloaded.

 
Using network operations

Use these terms to check the progress of a network operation or get information regarding network media:

getLatestNetID

netMIME()

getStreamStatus()

netPresent

netAbort

netTextResult()

netDone()

on streamStatus

netError()

proxyServer

netLastModDate()

tellStreamStatus()


 
Working with the local computer

Use these terms to work with the user's computer:

browserName()

clearCache (For projectors and authoring only)

cacheDocVerify() (For projectors and authoring only)

getPref()

cacheSize() (For projectors and authoring only)

setPref


 
Browsers

Use on EvalScript, externalEvent, and netStatus to interact with browsers.

 
Accessing EMBED and OBJECT tag parameters

Use externalParamCount(), externalParamName(), and externalParamValue() to access EMBED and OBJECT parameter tags: