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#Can POCO run *.scr files

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#125340From: Tim BaileySep 23, 1994 6:09 PM
Dear Sirs, Can POCO call up *.scr files created for aniplayer? I have a presentation at a trade show in which we we read a bar code off a product and start a animation based on the particular product. The programer that helped write the code is calling up *.flc files. This a BIG problem. Some of my FLC files are to big to fit into one. I need to have the presentations done by this Saturday to set up on Sunday. Of course we never find these things out until Friday Night at 6 PM. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Were desperate!! Thanks in advance.
#125445From: David WrightSep 24, 1994 7:17 PM
I'm not with autodesk – just a poco head trying to help… but I think you're hose'd. {sorry to be so blunt – but better to be honest than lead you on.} I do not think Poco has a simple comand to play a .scr (I just lookd again in manual ) You could probably build such a beast from scratch to emulate .scr play functions… but would be quite a project even in limited way. I'm not sure if there isn't a better way. might be as simple as some .bat files to run the player probably wouldn't be elegant – but hey who cares? what is the bar code device/software capable of doing? I'm assuming it can do some sort of DOS thing. (one solution is to have person behind curtain with key board! – Ok it's not very honest, but there is presidence.) hope you get thru it ok Dave Wright
#125649From: Brian Rudolph [Adesk]Sep 26, 1994 12:36 PM
Tim, David is right. I don't think there is a function to play script files. You could write one yourself, but it would probably be a hassle, and not possible by your deadline. Having the POCO routing call a batch file which shells out and runs the player and a script file is an un-elegant, but useful suggestion. It should work. -Brian