CREATE Together 2.0

To install CREATE Together from the CREATE Together CD, put the CD in the CD-ROM drive. A CD icon appears on the desktop. Double-click on the CD icon to open the CD. Drag the CREATE Together 2.0 folder to the Applications folder. This will copy the CT application and all of the libraries and extras included. 

If you are installing the CT program, the plugin will automatically be copied into the plugins folder when the program starts.

If you would like to distribute the CT plugin, simply copy the CTPluginInstaller package from the CD to your web site or disk. The CT plugin may be distributed freely. CT standalone sessions include the player within them and do not need a separate player distributed with them.

Do not try to install CT 1.1 or its plugin on a Macintosh system. CT 1.1 is for Windows only. Conversely, do not try to install CT 2.0 or its plugin onto a Wiindows machine. 

The fonts CREATE Together uses must reside on the system the session is played on. If the font used is not found on the system, another font will be substituted.

The best solution for this problem is to use fonts in your session that are commonly found on Mac systems, such as Ariel and Times New Roman.

If you use an unusual or custom font, you must provide the font to the users of your session. Distribution licensing and agreements with the creator of the font may apply.

If you are allowed to distribute a font by the terms of the licensing agreement, you can give the font files to the people who will be playing your session. On a Mac system fonts are installed by copying the font file into the Fonts folder.

In CREATE Together an object is an entity within a session that is self contained and has properties. A session itself is an object that has certain properties, such as attributes and actions. The session contains these other objects:

Scenes

backgrounds (1 per scene)

basic objects

text objects

movie objects

line objects

edit boxes

list boxes

tree boxes

Each of these object have fundamentally different properties and perform different tasks. Each object operates independently from each other object. Objects can communicate with each other by sending messages.

The reason that object orientation is important is that it makes it easier to understand what is happening in a CT session. Each object operates based on its own properties. Each object can execute only its own actions and have the charateristics set only in its own properties. Once this concept is grasped it is much easier to learn to use different objects and make them do what you want them to do.

In CREATE Together each type of object has specific properties. A Text object has options, attributes, and actions; a basic object has images, sounds, attributes, captions and actions; etc.

View what properties an object has in three ways:

1. Double-click on the object to display the Property Window. Click on the button of the property you would like to view.

2. Select the object and then select the Object menu. The items on the Object menu that are available represent the properties available for that object. Select any one of these properties to edit or view the settings.

3. Click on the object with the right mouse button. A context menu pops up next to the object displaying the objects properties. Click on any property in the list to edit or view the settings.

No, not at this time.

Sessions created with CT 2.0 and CT 1.1 are not compatible with the players of each of these products. CT 2.0 is for Mac OS X only and CT 1.1 is for Windows only.