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HOW DOES THE FILEMAKER PRO INDEX CONTROL THE PLAYBACK OF A VIDEODISC PLAYER FROM A WINDOWS-BASED COMPUTER?

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HOW DOES THE FILEMAKER PRO INDEX CONTROL THE PLAYBACK OF A VIDEODISC PLAYER FROM A WINDOWS-BASED COMPUTER?

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In order to control the videodisc player, we are using a combination of functions integrated into Windows 3.1, Windows95/98 and FileMaker Pro 2.1 (or greater). The actual disc operating commands are sent from FileMaker Pro to the videodisc player through a helper program we wrote called FMLASER.EXE. It uses a videodisc driver for either a Pioneer, Panasonic, or Sony player that must be installed on each PC. These communications move back and forth to the FileMaker Pro database through the functionality of “DDE” or Dynamic Data Exchanges. Installation of the videodisc drivers is different in the original Windows 3.1 operating system. Therefore, we have written comprehensive, illustrated installation instructions for both Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. These instructions are part of the Adobe Acrobat PDF manuals supplied with the FILEMAKER PRO INDEXES for either SLICE OF LIFE VII or SLICE OF BRAIN I. (ALERT! The drivers we used don’t function well with the latest Windows operating systems.