New Operands6

These new operands in QuickTime 4 supply information about the environment that the movie is running in.

Constant descriptions

kOperandSubscribedToChannel: Param1: [CString channelURL] Returns true if the QuickTime Preference file contains a subscription to the channel specified by channelURL ; otherwise returns false .
kOperandUniqueCustomActionHandlerID: Returns an unused custom action handler ID. This value may be used with kActionOpenCustomActionHandler and stored in a sprite track variable.
kOperandCustomActionHandlerIDIsOpen: Param1: [long handlerID] Returns true if a custom action handler with the specified ID is currently open.
kOperandConnectionSpeed: Returns the connection speed setting in a users QuickTime preferences file.
kOperandGMTDay: Returns the day value (1..31) for the current Greenwich Mean time.
kOperandGMTMonth: Returns the month value (1..12) for the current Greenwich Mean Tim time.
kOperandGMTYear: Returns the year value for the current Greenwich Mean time.
kOperandGMTHours: Returns the hours value in 24 hour time (0..23) for the current Greenwich Mean time.
kOperandGMTMinutes: Returns the minutes value (0..59) for the current Greenwich Mean time.
kOperandGMTSeconds: Returns the seconds value (0..59) for the current Greenwich Mean time.
kOperandLocalDay: Returns the day value (1..31) for the current local time.
kOperandLocalMonth: Returns the month value (1..12) for the current local time.
kOperandLocalYear: Returns the year value for the current local time.
kOperandLocalHours: Returns the hours value in 24 hour time (0..23) for the current local time.
kOperandLocalMinutes: Returns the minutes value (0..59) for the current local time.
kOperandLocalSeconds: Returns the seconds value (0..59) for the current local time.
kOperandRegisteredForQuickTimePro: Returns true if the user is registered for the Pro version of QuickTime, otherwise returns false.
kOperandPlatformRunningOn: Returns 1 if the computer platform is Macintosh, 2 if it is Windows.
kOperandQuickTimeVersion: Returns the version of QuickTime that is in use.
kOperandComponentVersion: Param1: [CString type] Param1: [CString subType] Param1: [CString manufacturer] Returns the version of a specific QuickTime component. The component is specified using four character string codes for the type, subType, and manufacturer. If the component is not available, a version number of zero is returned.
kOperandOriginalHandlerRefcon: Returns the refcon of the original event handler. This is useful if you are using multiple sprites that delegate the handling of actions to a common handler using the new actionHandlerID property. The original handler's refcon in this case is the ID of the sprite that was originally clicked on or sent a custom event.