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Interacting with browsers

Lingo lets you write and read a Prefs file within the dswmedia folder and display a string in a browser's status area.

To write to a Prefs file on a local disk:

Use the setPref command. See setPref.

After the command runs, a folder named Prefs is created inside the Shockwave player folder (in the same location as the Xtras folder). The setPref command can write only to that folder. The default folder locations for Windows and Macintosh are as follows:

Windows—the \Macromed\Shockwave 8 subfolder of the system folder; the system folder is typically c:\winnt\system32 or c:\windows\system

Macintosh—the System Folder:Extensions:Macromedia:Shockwave 8 folder

The setPref command can't write to a file that is on a CD.

For more information, see Director and Internet Security on the Director Support Center Web site.

To return the content of a file that was written by a previous setPref command:

Use the getPref() function. If no setPref command has already written such a file, the getPref() function returns VOID. See getPref().To specify text in a browser's status area:

Use the netStatus() function. See netStatus.

Note: Some browsers do not support this function.