data directory question

[Michael]

Sorry if this question has been covered previously, but at the end of this big project, space on the CD is at a premium and I do not want to duplicate any large files. So here goes:

What do these types of files, included in the data, indicate:
dal
dah
dav - avi files
bah
bal

These are files I know have to be included separately:
.asf video files for mediaplayer
.ppt powerpoint files

Are mp3 or wav files included in the data directory? I assume graphics, like jpegs,tga, etc. will be included. Text files, like doc, txt,or rtf?

Thanks for your response.
M.

[OKeddy]

Re: data directory question

Dunno what the blah bla etc means ,but when I made my project I included the mp3's separately *play reference* so they could be extracted by the user.So when exploring the CD they would show in their own folder.

[Michael]

Re: data directory question

Okay. After doing a little searching on this site, I found the message below from Mark. So, maybe I should rephrase my question to:
What is NOT included in the data directory, once we build our project, that we should be aware of?

Thanks. Any help is appreciated. M
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Mark
Moderator
From:Indigo Rose Corporation
Registered: Jun 2000
posted 01-23-2001 04:16 PM
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Hi,
The files with the following extensions are your BACKGROUND IMAGES:
DATA\*.bah
DATA\*.bal
DATA\*.brh
DATA\*.brl
The files with the following extensions are your IMAGE OBJECTS:
DATA\*.dah
DATA\*.dal
Hopefully this helps; you should be able to open these files in most Image Editing programs.
mark.

[Mark]

Re: data directory question

Hi,
Any file that does not fall into one of the following categories will not be included in the DATA directory:
BACKGROUND IMAGES, AVI VIDEO OBJECTS, IMAGE OBJECTS, SOUND FILES not played by reference, and FONT FILES. Basically anything that is "inserted within", or "directly embedded in", your AutoPlay Menu will be included in the DATA directory, everything else will not be.
So if you open a Power Point Presentation or an ASF file, those will not be included in the DATA directory. If you open an AVI file in an outside viewer it will not be included in the DATA directory, but if you embed the AVI video in you AutoPlay menu as an AVI VIDEO OBJECT it will be included in the DATA directory.
Hopefully that explain which files will be included and which files will not, if you need anymore clarification do not hesitate to ask.

mark.