Creating a Stub Projector Publishing Director Executables Director movies are cross platform. You can take a DIR file made with a Windows Director and open it with Director on the Macintosh. Projectors however, are platform specific. Projectors are self executables that allow you to run your movies without the need for Director or any other software to be installed on the computer. With earlier versions of Director, you were required to create a Mac specific projector with a Macintosh Director and a Windows specific projector with a Windows Director. Director MX 2004 allows you to create both platform projectors from one version of the software. This tutorial will show you how to create a fast start stub projector for both platforms with Director MX 2004 on Windows.
May 07, 2015 If you are making a fast-start projector then there's nothing to create. It's a question of renaming an existing file (Projec32.skl to 'Stub.exe'), creating an ini file with settings to tell the projector which Director file to load, and then moving other. Sorry but i tried this and its not created. If you are making a fast-start projector then there's nothing to create. It's a question of renaming an existing file (Projec32.skl to 'Stub.exe'), creating an ini file with settings to tell the projector which Director file to load, and then moving other files (xtras and dlls) into particular directories.
While you will see that this process can allow cross platform development without ever going to a Mac, there are a number of issues you will need to consider. We will cover some of these issues as we move through the tutorial. One issue I will mention now is it is always a good idea to move files between the different operating systems if you intend your application to run on both. Testing for any differences in the way that your files look and play will help you to avoid any potential problems. What is a stub projector?
In the most simple terms, a stub projector is a small, start-up file that launches the main application stored in one or more separate Director movies. The stub projector has minimal content. It sets up the way your application will look (such as playing in a window or full screen) and stores all the executable information. By minimising your application content in the stub, your executable remains small in file size and so starts much faster. Developing an application as a series of small, interlinked movies with a fast start stub projector is much better from a memory management point of view, over creating a single large file that stores everything. It will result in more efficient and smoother playback of your application. Creating the stub movie 1.