Looking for a multimedia application tutorial for MMF

[Bildermensch]

Hi there,
I have the duty to create a application which is supposed to work like a catalog.
Every Frame is supposed to be a page of the catalog. There shall be navigation
from frame to frame by clicking on graphical objects (active objects?).
Aside from that I would need to have pictures and animations in there.

We are here in the process of looking for the propper tools to do that. I am
voting very much for MMF because I know it from the past (loooong time
ago).

Every assistance, all tutorials, all sample apps you can point me to, are very
apprechiated!
Thanks
Heiner

[King_Cool]

What is the content of the catalog going to be/ What is the catalog going to display?
Be as specific as possible

[Shawn]

You might find the sub-app object useful depending on what you're doing. You could use the sub-app to load the different catalog pages into your initial primary frame. It might be unnecessary though. Can you give us more details on what exactly you're going to be doing and how you want it set up?

[Bildermensch]

Hello there,
every frame is going to be a "page". On a page can be pictures and/or small films.
In some cases it can be necessary to have the option to open links from within the app
in the currently installed used system browser. Finaly there is the idea of having the option
to copy certain materials from a directory within the structure of the app, to a directory
on the users Harddrive which the user can indicate. If that would not be possible, a button
which opens a explorer window in which the given material is contained, would also be
sufficient.
The whole thing is supposed to be a sort of supportive, internal educational orientation, which should
give the user usefull tips for dealing with certain situations with a c ertain product.
Thanks for the help so far,
Best regards
Heiner

[King_Cool]

Here is my suggestion, based on how i understand this:

APPLICATION STRUCTURE
- You can make Applications as stand alone EXEs or as an Installer ( needing to run the installer to install the App before being able to run it )
- Make your App an Installer type App ( File -> Build -> Installer ) -> When you do this, you can choose to include other conten whith your App, you can also choose where on the computer the content should be extracted to when App is insalled
- Extract the content ( the defaul content, pics, movs ) to a logical/ hiarchical folder structure, to somewhere on the computer of your choosing
( BinaryData method could also be used i guess, but i think the installer would be safer/ easier? )

CONTENT
- Pictures -> Use the Picture Object to display pictures in the App, and make the Picture Object point to the correct Picture in the folder structure ( maybe there is a better object for this? )
- Movies ( if your talking about movie files, like clips seen on youtube etc )-> Use the DirectX Object to display movies in the App, and make the DirectX Object point to the correct Movie in the folder structure ( maybe there is a better object for this? )
- As your App content is now pointing to the sources ( Pics, Movs ) on the disk, the File Object can get the pathnames for these files and copy the files from A to B ( A being location on disk, B being desired destination on disk ) ( im however not sure if there are any kinds of restrictions on what kind of files the File Object can/ is allowed to copy/ paste )

I dont understand what you were saying about the Links and stuff, but the rest sounds very possible to me