Cross platform - Flash screen saver ?¿?

wicky

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EEeerr... not sure where to post this thread. Forgive me if I messed up. :confused:

I have been asked to create a flash animation to be used as a screen saver, and the screen saver MUST run in Windows 98 - XP & Mac 9 - X.

I created one of these years ago on a clunky old PC running 98, but it never worked on a Mac. Does anybody have experience of making cross platform screen savers..... any advice much appreciated.

Ta
 
I would assume that Windows and Mac OS X implement screen saving differently, so creating one, single binary that would run natively on both platforms is probably out of the question. In addition, Mac OS X's screen saver implementation differs from Mac OS 9's implementation, so that's a third binary you'd have to create.

At the very least, the screensaver could be a Flash animation, but then you'd have to set it up separately ("wrap" it in the proper screensaver binary) for each system.
 
Yes. Perhaps I phrased it incorrectly Diablo. I know that there isn't a single file solution, the question is if a solution exists (ideally in simple free/cheap plugin format) that would enable me to turn a flash movie into a screen saver for any/all of these operating systems. They could easily be multiple files... one for each OS would be fine. I just want to avoid saying yes to the job and then find that I can't support one of the older operating systems once I have committed myself.

Thanks for the reply though.
 
barhar said:
'ScreenTime for Flash'.
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This looks pretty good Barhar... apart from the fact that you can only create screen savers for your own OS (ie. you need to run the software on a Windows machine in order to create a Windows saver). This, for me, renders this software as next to useless. I don't have (or want) a PC, and even Virtual PC is out of the question.

What I'm looking for is something similar, but that services all of the mentioned OS's running natively from OS X.
 
Thanks for that. .... and just to clarify, this will allow me to create Screen Savers for 98, ME, 2000, XP, Mac 8+ and OS X, all from within OS X?

Cheers
 
wicky said:
Thanks for that. .... and just to clarify, this will allow me to create Screen Savers for 98, ME, 2000, XP, Mac 8+ and OS X, all from within OS X?

Cheers
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Yup...for OS X, Classic (8 & 9), and Win 98+. You can also lock content (have one freebie and a second "locked" version in it that requires a key in the same file), use various formats (Slideshows: Picts, JPGs, BMPs, PNGs, etc. || Movies: Flash, MooV, MPEG, etc.), and fully brand your savers, which is nice. Some of those features do depend on the "level" of license you choose, the Unlimited level being the preferred IMO.

I've made the money I spent back many times over now, so it's been well worth the investment for me.
 
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