External Commands and Page Actions
You can use External Commands to launch an executable when your viewer clicks
on an interactive object (With Enabled actions)
For example, you can:
Run another project
This is a special action. It can run another MBD file project in the same
window (like another page) or in a separate window.
If the Second parameter is NEW_WINDOW, the MBD file will be in a separate window. If the second parameter is THIS_WINDOW the new MBD will be in the same frame – the user will think it is just another
page.
If your project has a lot of graphics, it’s a good idea to separate pages into
different MBD files.
Multimedia Builder is designed primarily for small projects – like Autorun
Browsers etc. You can create bigger projects, but you have to have different pages
or groups of pages in a different MBD file, otherwise the MBD file will be
very large.
Do not provide a fixed path unless you’re certain that your application will
reside in a specific directory on your viewer’s system.
Provide a relative path. The path is relative to the location of the MMB
player on your viewer’s system.
Use the <SrcDir> or <SrcDrive> to tell MMB to use the actual directory where
the player will be located on your viewer’s system or actual drive.
TIP:
You can change all paths to the relative paths at the end of development using
Paths Replace in Project menu. During development you can use fixed paths just
to make it run. After you finish you can run Check & Distribute files in
Project menu and you will see a list of errors if you are using fixed paths.
New:
In order to play videodisc etc.. the <CD> was added. This is the shortcut for
the first CD ROM in users system.
Click to see an example.
Page Actions
Only for Goto Page (Label) you have to specify the Label of the page (example: Page 1)
External Commands can Run a program, browse the disc, jump to a web page (you
need to specify http:// and URL), send an E-mail through default E-mail client
( you need to specify mail to: and the e-mail address) and much more…