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Documentation for HandlerMenu tool xtra for Director
Purpose
Use this movie in your Director Xtras folder to list all handlernames of all scriptmembers in your director movie in a hierarchical menu. More details
Requirements
- Adobe Director authoring environment
- BuddyMenu Xtra or OSControl xtra
- UIHelper xtra
Installation
- Download and unstuff
- Move the file "HandlerMenu.dir" to your Director Xtras folder. (Director application folder -> Configuration -> Xtras)
- Restart Director and choose "HandlerMenu" from the "Xtras" menu
Usage
- Quickly execute handlers which are found in the currently open stage movie from this menu.
- Open the script at the position of the selected handler
- Copy the handlers syntax into the clipboard for use in your scripts
- Search for specific handlers by name, using the handler constrain function
- Add your own often used authoring utility handlers
Utility handlers
see a list with description for the different built-in handlers
Customization
Read how to add your own handlers to the menu
Additional notes
IMPORTANT NOTE
This movie calls the sleep method of the UIHelper xtra on idle, as otherwise the CPU usage would permantly be very high and not only consume my powerbook battery power, but also heat the computer up and make the fan spin as if there is no tomorrow. In order to avoid that stupid behavior I spin the performance down making the engine release the cpu for 1 tick on mac (1/60 second) and 1 millisecond on a windows PC on every idle event. This impacts the playback speed of your movie too. So keep in mind, to close the tool miaw, if you make performance tests with your movie.
