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CDEveryWhere makes it easy to publish your Director or Authorware applications on a CD for PC and Macintosh. You will need access to both a PC and a Mac to create the CD. You will also need a copy of Director or Authorware for both PC and Mac.

You need to decide whether you want to create the application with or without the runtime. Creating it with the runtime will make one large application that the user needs to run. You will have two of these, one for PC and one for Macintosh. This is the preferred method for two reasons. First, the multimedia application will look different on PC and Macintosh due to font differences, etc. You can tweak the project to look good on each platform. Secondly, you will not have any trouble executing the application on either platform. Creating the package without the runtime may cause some difficulties. The advantage to creating without runtime is you can share the large data file between Mac and PC.

After recording your CD, test it on all your target platforms to make sure it displays correctly. Differences in fonts and other display characteristics may bring undesired results. CDEveryWhere will not guarentee your multimedia application will look identical across platforms.

You may use the "AutoRun" and "AutoStart" features in the "Platform" tab to start your multimedia application when the user inserts the CD.

Director

Authorware

Director

Flatten your movies and other imported files that exist on Macintosh. You will also need to include a PC extension in the filename, such as .MOV for QuickTime movies.

Select "File | Create Projector". You will be able to select to create stubs (without runtime) or one application (with runtime). See above for the differences.

For each platform you will need:

The application (with runtime) or application stub and data file (without runtime)

The "Xtras" directory with any Xtras you've used. The Mac and PC Xtras are different, you will need both copies.

Additional imported movies and other media.

If you are going to create the CD on a PC, use the procedure outlined in "Copying Files from a Macintosh to Windows" to copy the files listed above to your PC. This procedure is required to preserve the Macintosh attributes. If you are going to use a Mac, you can copy the files any way you choose.

Start CDEveryWhere.

Locate your Projector in the "Source" window.

Select the "All Platforms" tab.

Drag and drop your movies and imported media onto the CD icon. If you created the Projector with stubs, add the data file also.

Select the "MS-Windows" tab.

Drag and drop the PC application (*.exe) and PC Xtras folder onto the CD icon.

Select the "Macintosh" tab.

Drag and drop the Mac application and Mac Xtras folder onto the CD icon.

Select the "General" tab near the top of the window and enter a volume name.

Select "Create" from the "Image" menu and enter a filename.

Record the resulting ISO file using your favorite CDR recording software.

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Authorware

Flatten your movies and other imported files that exist on Macintosh. You will also need to include a PC extension in the filename, such as .MOV for QuickTime movies.

Select "File | Package". You can choose to create with or without the runtime. See above for the differences.

For each platform you will need:

The application (with runtime) or data file and:

RUNA4W16.EXE

RUNA4W32.EXE

RunA4M.fat

The "Xtras" directory with any Xtras you've used. The Mac and PC Xtras are different, you will need both copies.

Additional imported movies and other media.

If you are going to create the CD on a PC, use the procedure outlined in "Copying Files from a Macintosh to Windows" to copy the files listed above to your PC. This procedure is required to preserve the Macintosh attributes. If you are going to use a Mac, you can copy the files any way you choose.

Start CDEveryWhere.

Locate your package in the "Source" window.

Select the "All Platforms" tab.

Drag and drop your movies and imported media onto the CD icon. If you created the package without the runtime, add the data file also.

Select the "MS-Windows" tab.

Drag and drop the PC application (*.exe) and PC Xtras folder onto the CD icon. If you created the package without the runtime, add RUNA4W16.EXE and RUNA4W32.EXE also.

Select the "Macintosh" tab.

Drag and drop the Mac application and Mac Xtras folder onto the CD icon. If you created the package without the runtime, add RunA4M.fat (or RunA4M.fat.MacBin on a PC).

Select the "General" tab near the top of the window and enter a volume name.

Select "Create" from the "Image" menu and enter a filename.

Record the resulting ISO file using your favorite CDR recording software.

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