Buddy Xtras

Crash when using new command

Gary Smith — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:29:06 +1000

It appears that using a line like:

fxObj = xtra("budapi").new()

in Director 11 Windows can cause a crash. Buddy xtras use global functions and the xtra does not need to be initialized in this fashion. Using this code in previous versions of Director did not cause any problems, but Windows Director 11 can crash at a later point if this code is used. The conditions under which this occurs are not clear, so if you are using this code, please remove it to be safe.

Applies to: Windows Director 11, Buddy API 4.

Buddy File 3.1.2 Update

Gary Smith — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:11:32 +1000

Version 3.1.2 of Buddy File has been released. This version fixes a bug where lists saved with a property list containing a list containing a VOID value were not read back correctly.

baWriteList( "test.lst", [ #p: [ "test", <VOID>, 23 ] ] )

was read back as [ #p: [ "test", 23 ] ]

Download from http://www.mods.com.au/budfile/download.htm

Applies to: Buddy File Windows and Macintosh

baGetFolder Bug

Gary Smith — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:37:30 +1000

There is a bug in Version 4 Windows baGetFolder. If you are use the old 16 bit style dialog, then the caption of the dialog box is truncated. The workaround is to use the new style dialog box - use a Flags of 1 (or a Flags of 3 if you also want a New Folder button).

This wil be fixed in a future release.

Applies to: Buddy API 4 Windows.

Copying a Director 11 Mac projector

Gary Smith — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:05:43 +1000

In previous versions of Director, a projector was a single file that could be copied with baCopyFile. With Director 11, projectors are now bundles which are really folders, and need to be copied with baXCopy (or baXCopyProgress). The same also applies to xtras which are now bundles as well.

Applies to: Buddy API 4 Macintosh

How to determine if running on 64 bit Windows

Gary Smith — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:55:02 +1000

To determine if your projector is running on a 64 bit version of Windows, use

baVersion( "Wow64" )

this will return 1 if running as a 32 bit application under 64 bit Windows. Since projectors are only 32 bit applications, this will be true if Windows is 64 bit. It will return 0 if running under 32 bit Windows.

baVersion ("64Bit" ) will return 1 if running under a 64 bit processor, regardless of the Windows version.

Applies to: Buddy API 3.x and 4 Windows.

Welcome

Gary Smith — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:39:49 +1000

This is an occasional RSS feed about the Buddy range of Director Xtras from http://www.mods.com.au

There will be information about xtra updates and bugs, and also answers to support questions that arise that could be of benefit to other developers.

Feel free to to email me with any questions.

Gary Smith