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Virtual Keyboards

The input tag has four options for mode: password, singleline, multiline or display. When an input element with singleline, multiline, or password mode receives focus, the player may launch an onscreen keyboard to allow user input or a software player Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:33 AM by Amy | 0 Comments
Attachment(s): Keyboards.zip

HD DVD Script Object Model

Have you ever been working on an HDi project and needed to look up a method name in Annex Z, but you don't have it handy (or access at all)? Well, luckily the Interactivity Jumpstart Kit ships with the HD DVD Script Object Model as a Visio file and a Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 11:23 PM by Amy | 0 Comments
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Dynamic Content

Today's sample was created upon a request from my very nice and hard working office-mate Chris. Last week Chris began learning HDi. He whizzed through all the Jumpstart samples and the projects on my blog, and jumped into creating a project that would Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 18, 2007 9:01 AM by Amy | 0 Comments
Attachment(s): DynamicContent.zip

HD DVD FAQs

General Why is Microsoft involved in HD DVD? Microsoft supports HD DVD because the mandatory player features such as persistent storage, picture-in-picture, and network connectivity lead to greater interactivity and a better, more consistent user experience. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 1:09 PM by Amy | 0 Comments

Launching the Simulator from Visual Studio

When you're building your HDi applications, you can use the BUILD_PROJECT.BAT file you downloaded from my last post to create your aca file and launch your project in the simulator in one simple step. But, now, let's cut that double clicking down to one Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2007 10:45 AM by Amy | 0 Comments
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Have you noticed I like Batch Files?

I am a big fan of automating where I can. I am not a big fan of remembering command line arguments. I prefer to double-click whenever possible. In my last post, I went over how I generated an aca using a batch file. Using the aca means that I can add Read More...
Posted Monday, May 14, 2007 7:50 AM by Amy | 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): BUILD_PROJECT.BAT

ACAs are Your Friend

As you have noticed, every resource that you use - script, markup, images, audio, etc - must be listed as a resource in both the playlist and the manifest. As you can imagine, this quickly becomes painful as your applications grow in size. This is where Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 12:51 PM by Amy | 1 Comments
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Attachment(s): CREATE_ACA.bat

Installing HD DVD Interactivity Jumpstart on Vista

You were so excited about the Vista launch that you preordered your copy of the new operating system and are now basking in the beauty of improved interactivity and security, only to find that when you try to install the jumpstart package you get the Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 14, 2007 3:10 PM by Amy | 4 Comments
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Attachment(s): Install_Jumpstart_on_Vista.bat

HD DVD Resources

Development Resources Introduction to HD DVD Authoring Interactivity Jumpstart Kit HDi Sample Code Getting Started with HD DVD (includes link to Jumpstart Kit and samples) How Do I Get Started with HDi? (from Peter Torr) Planning and Producing HD DVDs Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 12, 2007 1:15 AM by Amy | 0 Comments
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Getting Started with HD DVD

So, you've been tasked with creating a menu for an HD DVD and don't know where to start. Lets start out by getting the (free!) Microsoft HD DVD simulator and some sample code installed on your machine. Hardware Requirements First, let's make sure you Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:29 PM by Amy | 2 Comments
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