NEW! Faster & More Powerful Lua 5.1 Scripting Engine
AutoPlay Media Studio 8’s scripting engine is now faster, more powerful
and much more extensible. The Lua 5.1 system features a new module
system, incremental garbage collection, new mechanism for varargs, new
syntax for long strings and comments, mod and length operators,
metatables for all types and a fully reentrant parser.
NEW! Support for Lua 5.1 Code Modules
With
the new scripting engine upgrade comes compatibility with Lua 5.1
modules. You now have access to a wealth of free Lua code you can
download and use in your AutoPlay Media Studio 8 projects. In most
cases you simply copy the module files into your project and "require”
them in your script. Just some of the useful modules out there include
Bit Operation, Date, Canvas Draw, Imaging Tool, GD, Crypto, Colors,
Speech, Alien, Social (Twitter), CURL, Regular Expression Parsing and
so much more. It’s a whole treasure chest of addons and tools just
waiting for you!
NEW! Blu-ray Disc Support
Do your projects contain huge database and video files? AutoPlay Media
Studio 8 now includes full support for burning directly to Blu-Ray
media (BD-R, BD-RE). The integrated Bluray disc burning allows you to
publish your project directly to single layer and dual-layer BD-R and
BD-RE media, supporting 25 GB, 50 GB and even 100 GB formats.
NEW! Application Styles / Skinning
AutoPlay Media Studio 8 gives you the freedom to create applications
that look exactly the way you want. Perhaps you prefer that your
programs to take on the same appearance as the operating system (e.g.
Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 Aero)? Or do you want them to be entirely
customized with completely custom drawn background images, buttons and
window shapes? Or perhaps you’d like to simply make use of the hundreds
of ready-to-use MSSTYLES themes (like OS/X Tiger and Panther) that you
can download on the Internet? In any case, AutoPlay Media Studio makes
it possible – and easy!
NEW! Integrated Database Access
It’s never been easier to write database applications using AutoPlay
Media Studio! Easily connect to a variety of popular local and
remote/Internet database systems including MySQL, SQLite3, ODBC, Oracle
and PostgreSQL. Execute any SQL statements you desire like CREATE,
INSERT and more – even easily retrieve data results using a row-by-row
cursor system. Features full integration with our fill-in-the-blanks
style Action Wizard, plus intelligent code completion.
NEW! PDF Object
AutoPlay Media Studio now features integrated support for displaying
PDF documents right in your application. This highly requested feature
also gives you full control over the display and formatting. You can
show/hide toolbars, scrollbars and borders. Layout options include
"Single Page”, "One Column”, "Two Columns” and "User Preference”. View
options include "Fit Page”, "Fit Page Width”, "Fit Page Height” and
"Actual Size”.
NEW! PDF Actions
Take control of the PDF object with 18 easy-to-use actions. Fully
integrated into the fill-in-the-blanks Action Wizard, you’ll be able to
easily create dynamic applications to work with PDF files. Actions are
provided to Print, Load, Navigate, Zoom, Resize, Hide and much more.
NEW! QuickTime Object
Thanks to the new Apple QuickTime object, Your AutoPlay Media Studio
applications are now compatible with over 80 video, audio and image
formats. Video formats include .MOV, .DV, .M4V, .MP4 and dozens more –
including the amazing h.264 format. Audio formats include .AAC, .AIF,
.M4A, .MP3, etc. Visual formatting options let you lock an aspect
ratio, resize the media to fit the object dimensions or center it
within the object area. Border styles include 3D, plain or none.
NEW! QuickTime Actions
The Quicktime object by itself is great – but a Quicktime object plus
22 built-in high-level actions is just plain awesome! Brought together,
your AutoPlay Media Studio actions have exceptional control over the
QuickTime object. Using simple script commands you can Play, Seek, Set
Volume, Load, Mute, View Full Screen, Hide, Show and much more. Your
only limit is your imagination.
NEW! xButton Object
If you’re trying to create an application that blends in beautifully
with the operating system, the new xButton object is just what the
doctor ordered. However, that’s just the beginning! The new xButton
object supports far more customization than was previously possible.
Now you can modernize your applications by adding "icon” images to your
buttons, plus you can "markup” the text however you desire! This object
lets you control the relative placement of button text and button
images; choose between normal and toggle styles; adjust fonts and
colors; and even markup you text using dozens of XAML tags – including
hyperlinks right on your buttons! By default, the xButton styles itself
according to whatever operating system it is being run on. If your
application is running on Vista, the button looks like a standard Vista
button. If you’re running it on Windows 7, it looks like Windows 7.
However, you can easily override this and choose from many included
styles like Flat, Office 2000, Office XP or many different Office 2007
styles. Or hundreds of MSSTYLES themes… The options are endless.
NEW! Checkbox List Object
Checkbox lists are a long awaited addition to AutoPlay Media Studio!
We’ve integrated this feature into the existing Listbox object – you
just need to turn it on. Once you do, you can easily present lists of
items with corresponding checkboxes. Actions are included to get and
set the checkbox state for any listbox item with ease. You’ll find
dozens of great uses for this one!
NEW! Rolling Code Data Security
AutoPlay Media Studio 8 adds another layer of protection to your
applications and scripts. A unique random encryption code is now
generated every time you build your project, making "hacking” of your
applications much more difficult. As we all know, anyone determined
enough can break any protection system given enough time and resources,
but the use of rolling codes renders generic attacks ineffective. You
can now sleep a little easier!
NEW! Multiple Timers
You’re no longer limited to just one timer event per page! You can now
set as many "named” timers as you want. Having multiple timers running
really opens up the creative possibilities for animations, games,
status updates and dozens of other applications.
NEW! Service Actions
Easily control Windows Services using the seven new actions included in
AutoPlay Media Studio 8. Everything you need is included, such as
Create, Start, Stop, Pause, Delete, Query and Continue.
NEW! FTPWI Actions
AutoPlay Media Studio 8 includes a set of built-in FTP actions,
enabling your application to easily download files over the Internet
from FTP servers. These new FTP actions make use of the WinINet API to
ensure compliance with the RFC 959 File Transfer Protocol
specifications. Actions include FTPWI.Download, FTPWI.GetErrorInfo and
FTPWI.GetFileSize.
NEW! System Restore Actions
This trio of system restore actions are extremely powerful and
essential for any application that might want to make system changes or
install software in a failsafe manner. By creating a system restore
point using System.SetRestorePoint before making changes to the
computer, the user can easily rollback those changes using the
operating system’s "restore” feature (found on Windows Vista and
Windows 7). Actions include System.IsSystemRestoreAvailable,
System.SetRestorePoint and System.RemoveRestorePoint.
NEW! Dialog.ComboBox Action
Here’s an action that’ll find a lot of use! The Dialog.ComboBox action
is used to pop up a dialog box presenting the user with a drop-down
list of items they can choose from. You simply pass in a list of items
to select from, choose if you’d like them sorted or not and whether or
not to restrict the user to just the items in the list, or allow them
to type in their own text response. It’s a fast and compact way to get
user input, while offering suggestions to them at the same time!
NEW! Balloon Tooltips and Extended Tooltips
In addition to the standard popup tooltips you’re used to from previous
versions, AutoPlay Media Studio 8 now lets you display Balloon
tooltips! It’s an extremely attractive option for presenting context
sensitive help within your application. It’s also much more useful than
the old style tooltips, as you can use multiple lines of text to
present your instructions. In fact, multi-line tooltips were so useful,
we also added the feature to the standard looking popup as "extended”
tooltips.
NEW! Modernized Visual Workspace
AutoPlay Media Studio has always looked pretty slick, but that wasn’t
good enough. The entire project workspace has been overhauled.
Selection boxes, toolbars, context menus – everything has been redone
using a consistent color palette, light source and 3D perspective. You
spend a lot of time working on your projects. Your tools should serve
to increase your productivity, rather than distract you. With AutoPlay
Media Studio 8, you’ll find everything is more logically arranged and
attractively presented – so you can get more done.
NEW! Plugin SDK v2
Action Plugins and Object Plugins are one of the best features of
AutoPlay Media Studio. They allow 3rd party software developers to
extend and expand the product in an extremely integrated and seamless
fashion. By simply dropping a plugin into your project, you can easily
save yourself hours of work and add significant functionality to your
application. The great news is that with AutoPlay Media Studio 8,
plugin developers can now fully leverage the advantages of the Lua 5.1
language. The Plugin SDK v2 is available for free download on the
indigorose.com website.
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