OverviewWhat Is ConvertedWhat Is Not Converted (Gotcha's)
As stated in the previous section, all applicable options and media files will be converted from AutoPlay Media Studio 4 to AutoPlay Media Studio 8. However given the subtle and dramatic differences between AutoPlay 4 and AutoPlay 8 some options cannot be converted, most notably among these are actions.
Actions will not be converted from AutoPlay Media Studio 4 to AutoPlay Media Studio 8. Given the vastly different way in which actions and variables are handle in AutoPlay 8, as opposed to AutoPlay 4, a conversion between the two is next to impossible.
In order to make the conversion process easier for you, all of the actions from your AutoPlay 4 project will be converted as comments on the appropriate events in the converted AutoPlay 8 project. In cases where there is no one-to-one conversion between events (as in the AutoPlay 4 web browser objects and the AutoPlay 8 web objects) the action code from AutoPlay 4 will be converted to the most appropriate AutoPlay 8 event.
The preference settings will not be converted from AutoPlay Media Studio 4 to AutoPlay Media Studio 8 since they are program wide, not project specific. The project converter only converts those options that are project specific.
The following project settings cannot be converted from AutoPlay Media Studio 4 to AutoPlay Media Studio 8:
The Splash and Credits screen. The Splash and Credits screens do not exist in AutoPlay Media Studio 8, however their equivalent can be created using the Dialog.SplashImage action. Any images specified in the Splash or Credits screen section will be added to the new project's resource folders.
The Startup Page option. This can be simulated by using a Page.Jump action on the first page’s “On Preload” event.
The Full Screen Window option does not exist in AutoPlay Media Studio 8. If this option is selected and the Title bar and Border options are not, then the Kiosk window style will be applied to the AutoPlay 8 project.
The Transparent Window option will not be converted, however any image that is specified will be added to the new project resources. To accomplish this in AutoPlay Media Studio 8 simply use a black and white image as your Custom Mask image.
The Distribution Folder option will not be converted because it has no related property in AutoPlay 8.
The Store support files in sub folder and subfolder name option cannot be converted because of the switch to project resource folders in AutoPlay 8.
The Active Build Configuration option does not exist in AutoPlay Media Studio 8.
The Pre/Post Build Steps do not exist in AutoPlay Media Studio 8.
Build configurations will not be converted to AutoPlay Media Studio 8 as the options does not exist in that version.
Multiple languages are handled in AutoPlay Media Studio 8 using internal tables, so the AutoPlay 4 references to external XML language files cannot be converted.
All ActiveX Control Requirements will not be converted into AutoPlay Media Studio 8. The ActiveX requirements that were available in AutoPlay 4 are available in AutoPlay 8 under Project > Dependences, however due to the different format used between both versions it is not possible to convert the settings.
The following options will not be converted form pages in AutoPlay Media Studio 4 to AutoPlay Media Studio 8:
The Show the parent page at design time option will not be converted. In AutoPlay Media Studio 8 this option is always enabled and cannot be disabled.
The Mouse Over pane image and the Mouse Down page image will be copied into the new project’s resource folders, but since pages in AutoPlay Media Studio 8 do not support these options their functionality will not be converted.
The Window Title option will not convert. To accomplish the same functionality use the Window.SetText and the Application.GetWndHandle actions to set the applications window title on the pages “On Preload” event.
The Shortcut key option is common to all objects in AutoPlay Media Studio 4 that support the “On Click” event, however this option is not available in AutoPlay Media Studio 8. Using the page “On Key” event in conjunction with the Page.ClickObject allows one to achieve the same functionality in AutoPlay 8.
Any AutoPlay Media Studio 4 objects containing Alternate Tab settings will not have the settings imported into AutoPlay Media Studio 8. These settings do not exist in AutoPlay 8, and the default missing control representation will always be used.
The Show Design time frame option does not exist for video or Flash objects in AutoPlay Media Studio 8. As a result these settings will not be imported from the AutoPlay Media Studio 4 AVI, Flash, or Media Player objects
The Center text vertically option will not be converted when text objects are converted from AutoPlay Media Studio 4 to AutoPlay Media Studio 8. This option is not converted because it does not exist in AutoPlay 8.
All Image Object properties will be converted from AutoPlay Media Studio 4 to AutoPlay Media Studio 8 as either an image or button object.
The Show Mouse Over pane and Show Mouse Down pane options will not be converted into AutoPlay Media Studio 8 because pages in AutoPlay 8 no longer support these states.
All Edit Field Object properties will be converted properly into AutoPlay Media Studio 8 input objects.
All List Box Object properties will convert properly into listbox objects in AutoPlay Media Studio 8.
The Load from file at runtime option will not convert directly into AutoPlay Media Studio 8. The project converter will attempt to read the information at convert-time and then use that information to specify the input objects text.
Loading text from a file at runtime can be accomplished in AutoPlay Media Studio 8 by using the TextFile.ReadToString and Input.SetText actions.
The Show Menu on Playbar option does not exist for video objects in AutoPlay Media Studio 8 and will therefore not be converted.
All Flash object properties will be converted properly into AutoPlay Media Studio 8, except for the previously mentioned Alternate tab, and design time frame.
The following properties will not be converted when the AutoPlay Media Studio 4 Media Player object is converted into an AutoPlay Media Studio 8 video object:
The Allow change display size option does not exist in the AutoPlay Media Studio 8 video object. In effect the AutoPlay 8 video object always has this option enabled.
The Allow click on movie to play/pause option does not exist in the AutoPlay Media Studio 8 video object. This functionality can be accomplished using the video’s On Click event and the Video.Play and Video.Pause actions.
The Show context menu option will not be converted, as there is no context menu associated with the AutoPlay Media Studio 8 video object.
The Allow Scanning option has no representation in the AutoPlay Media Studio 8 video object.
The Automatically rewind when clip is stopped option will not be converted, all AutoPlay Media Studio 8 video objects will rewind when they are stopped.
The Show audio controls options cannot be converted to the AutoPlay Media Studio 8 video object, since it has no visible volume settings. However the volume can be controlled using the Video.SetVolume action.
The Show position controls option has no convertible representation in the AutoPlay Media Studio 8 video object.
The AutoPlay Media Studio 8 video object does not support closed captioning, therefore the Show closed captioning display panel will not be converted from the AutoPlay Media Studio 4 Media Player object.
The Show display panel option does not exist in the AutoPlay Media Studio 8 video object, and will therefore not be converted.
The goto bar, and position controls do not exist in the AutoPlay Media Studio 8 video object, and will therefore not be converted.
As stated above the settings from the Alternate tab in AutoPlay Media Studio 4 will not be converted.
All web browser object properties will be converted from AutoPlay Media Studio 4 to AutoPlay Media Studio 8 except for those settings on the Alternate tab.
The MP3 Player had global scope in AutoPlay Media Studio 4, but in AutoPlay Media Studio 8 audio events are handled on a page-by-page basis. As a result the MP3 Player’s event actions will be converted to comments on the “On Audio” event of the first page in the project. The background music option in AutoPlay Media Studio 8 is what should be used control background music.
Global lists will not be converted into AutoPlay Media Studio 8. Global lists no longer exist in AutoPlay Media Studio 8, the introduction of tables and the actions associated with then duplicate the global lists functionality.