Director 7 Differences from D6

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Non-Lingo Differences (Where did it go?)

Command	D6 Behavior	D7 Behavior
the quickTimePresent	Returns TRUE if QT2 is installed on PC, or QT2 or QT3 is installed on Macintosh. Unaffected by QT3 on PC.	Returns TRUE only if QT3 is installed (on both Mac and PC). See quickTimeVersion()
the serialNumber the organizationName the userName	Return EMPTY in a Projector	Return 0 in a Projector
QT3 sprite properties for QTVR elements	VRmotionQuality, etc.	motionQuality, etc.

Item	D6 Behavior	D7 Behavior
Text	#richText cast members	#richText is obsolete, and replaced by #text cast members and embedded #font cast members
QuickTime and AVI members	#digitalVideo and QT2.x #quickTimeMedia and QT3 supported in D6.5	#quickTimeMedia and QT3 sonly. No QT2 support. #digitalVideo is for AVI member under Windows only.
Include Network Xtras with a Projector XTRAINFO.TXT network Xtras	File>Create Projector>Options...Include Network Xtra #type:#net	Modify>Movie>Xtras...Add Network #net:xtra
Include Other Xtras with a Projector XTRAINFO.TXT default Xtras	File>Create Projector>Options...Check Movie for Xtras #type:#mixin	Modify>Movie>Xtras...Add Defaults #type:#default
Supported Platforms	Authoring: Windows 95/98/NT PowerMac, 68K Mac Win NT 3.5.1 and Windows 3.1 Playback only	Windows 95/98/NT and PowerMac only. No Win 16 or 68K Mac support
MIX Xtras in SW	SW6.0.1 does not recognize any MIX Xtras, but has built-in support for JPEG and GIF. (and PICTs on the Mac). Also supports audio playback without the Xtras needed by a Projector.	SW7 recognizes all MIX Xtras types in Shockwave Xtras folder
Max number of sprite channels	120	1000. Set under Modify>Movie>Properties.