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  • Yazoo
    Forum Member
    • Sep 2002
    • 11
    #1

    How do I get AMS4 to check for real player software?

    Hi guys, Please feel free to laugh your socks off at this newbie question.

    How do I get AMS4 to check for and if not found; auto install real player software?

    Many thanks for your time in this newbie matter.

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    "The answer to any question is only easy if you have the answer...... Chris Tarrant 1998" WWTBAM
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  • TJ_Tigger
    Indigo Rose Customer
    • Sep 2002
    • 3159
    #2
    Re: How do I get AMS4 to check for real player software?

    What file extension are you looking for Real Player to be able to play? There are a couple of schools of thought in doing this.

    <font color=purple>One you can do a Registry.DoesKeyExist and search for the software key for Real Player. You can also look in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT for the file extension to see if it is registered.</font color=purple>

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    <Comment>search for key</Comment>
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    <Variable>%DoesKeyExist%</Variable>
    <MainKey>3</MainKey>
    <SubKey>SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\RealPlay.exe </SubKey>
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    <Comment>If the above variable is not true it will do the first item</Comment>
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    <DialogTitle>Real Player:</DialogTitle>
    <DialogMessage>Real Player doesn't appear to be installed on your PC. To read this file, Real Player will need to be installed.</DialogMessage>
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    <Variable>%RPResult%</Variable>
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    <FileName>%SrcDir%\file.rm</FileName>
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    <font color=purple>Two you can do a File.GetDefaultviewer and search for an application to play the file extention you are wanting to play. That is why I asked for the file extension above. If no viewer exists you can offer to install real player using a dialog box.</font color=purple>

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    <Comment>Set a default value for our test</Comment>
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    <Comment>Note: I've set the On Error user notification to "none" for the next action</Comment>
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    <Comment>If RP is not found the variable %RPviewer% with remain as NOTFOUND and the player will be installed</Comment>
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    TJ-Tigger
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    • TJ_Tigger
      Indigo Rose Customer
      • Sep 2002
      • 3159
      #3
      Re: How do I get AMS4 to check for real player software?


      Hi guys, Please feel free to laugh your socks off at this newbie question.
      Now having said all of that, I think you were right to ask people not to laugh. I don't believe the Real Player is highly regarded for these types of projects. I have no preference, since I don't do a lot of video, but I am stating an observation based on past posts.

      TJ-Tigger
      "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."
      "Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus."
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      • Corey
        Indigo Rose Staff Alumni
        • Aug 2002
        • 9745
        #4
        Re: How do I get AMS4 to check for real player software?

        As far as I know there is no legal way to auto-install real player.

        Using Director with the Real asset Xtra you can create .exes which play back real content on machines which have no Real player though...

        Corey Milner
        Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

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