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safePlayer
Syntax
the safePlayer
Description
System property; controls whether or not safety features in Director are turned on.
In a Shockwave movie, this property can be tested but not set. It is always TRUE
in Shockwave.
In the authoring environment and in projectors, the default value is FALSE
. This property may be tested, but it may only be set to TRUE
. Once it has been set to TRUE
, it cannot be set back to FALSE
without restarting Director or the projector.
Projectors load Xtras before the on prepareMovie
handler is executed. If the safePlayer
is set to TRUE
after a projector has loaded unsafe Xtras, those Xtras will not be disabled. Be sure to use only those Xtras that are safe or that you have specifically chosen to allow.
When safePlayer
is TRUE
, the following safety features are in effect:
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Only safe Xtras may be used. |
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The |
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Pasting content from the Clipboard by using the |
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Handling Macintosh resource files by using the obsolete |
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Saving a movie or cast by using Lingo is disabled. |
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Printing by using the |
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Opening an application by using the |
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The ability to stop an application or the user's computer by using the |
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Sending strings to Windows Media Control Interface (MCI) by using |
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Opening a file that is outside the DSWMedia folder is disabled. |
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Discovering a local file name is disabled. |
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Using |
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