Re: Re: Presentation, and problem with wavs and plugins.

[WendyPetti@xxxx]

In a message dated 4/17/01 2:50:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
odonata_00@xxxx writes:

> I still don't see anything when I open the page. I get a white 
> rectangle where the project should be. If I copy the project to my 
> machine (Windows) and try to open it in MW or MWPro it just hangs. I 
> see that you have a 'mwz' extension on the project. Is that the 
> extension for Mac projects? Pc projects have mw2 extensions. I believe 
> mac projects are suppose to be converted to pc compatable projects 
> before posting, no?

Frank and Daniel, the page works fine for me, and the sound works, too.

Frank, I just spoke to Shawn at LCSI about your inability to load the 
project, and his only theory is that you are still using an older version of 
the MW Web Player.
"mwz" is a compressed version of a MicroWorlds Pro project; it requires the 
latest plug-in to open it online, and it requires MWPro to open it locally on 
your own computer. (If you own MWPro then you automatically have the latest 
MW Web Player. If you DO own MWPro, let us know, because then there is 
something strange going on.)

Daniel, unless you really need to compress a project which is slow-loading 
due to a large file size, it is better to stick with the "mw2" extension so 
that your project may be opened by people who have not yet upgraded their Web 
Player. Some people have had difficulty downloading and installing the new 
Web Player and have no choice but to stick with the older version right now. 
Furthermore, if you would like people to be able to open your project on 
their local computer to study your procedures, then "mw2" extension will work 
with MicroWorlds 2.0__ as well as MWPro, but "mwz" will only work on 
machines which have MWPro installed. We might as well aim to be as compatible 
as possible with as many users as possible. 

For those of you wondering how to save a compressed project when necessary, 
when you do a "save as" in MWPro, you can choose between "save as MW project" 
and "save as MW compressed project." The compressed project will be about 
half the size but, as noted above, will not be viewable by some MicroWorlds 
users. Choose wisely! and, if you post an "mwz" project, include a link to 
the MW Web Player download page along with a suggestion to download the most 
current version of the Web Player.

The info above related to both the Mac and PC versions of MicroWorlds and 
MWPro.

Wendy