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Re: using the asFFT Xtra (Colin Holgate) > 4. to many characters (Tony =?iso-8859-1?Q?=C5str=F6m?=) > 5. RE: to many characters (Kerry Thompson) > 6. Re: to many characters (Sam Bennett) > 7. Re: to many characters (Howdy-Tzi) > 8. Re: to many characters (Howdy-Tzi) > 9. Re: to many characters (Tab Julius) > 10. Re: to many characters (Sam Bennett) > 11. RE: to many characters (Kerry Thompson) > 12. RE: Microangelo 5.5 and Director 8.5.1 = no XP Icon (Todd Culley) > 13. RE: Incorrect behavior initializer (Brad Hile) > 14. Re: using the asFFT Xtra (James Tu) > 15. Re: changing projector icon on PC (Fabrice) > 16. problems with activeX (Andrew Dempsey) > 17. Re: problems with activeX (Fabrice) > 18. what is lingo for bring to front (Thomas Williams) > 19. RE: what is lingo for bring to front (Sandeep Khomne) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 18:47:11 +0100 > From: Oliver Thieleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> using the asFFT Xtra > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > hy, > > > But how can I distinguish between bass or treble values, so i can write > > seperate handlers for the synchronisation of music like > well, first you have to calculate the range each bin (frequency bands) > has. compare to the supplied readme.txt > > <snip> > The width of the bin in Hertz (the frequency > range of a value) is computed with the equation: > df = 22050/(nbBins + 1) Hz. > </snip> > > then you can decide which range the bass and treble covers e.g. > the bass goes up to 400 Hz: > bassValues = 400 / df > > so, now you have the number of values given by the xtra > hope it helps. > > oli > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > From: "Matthew DeSimone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 12:39:43 -0500 > Organization: syrup > Subject: <lingo-l> Possible NetQueue Problem > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 'Lo again all. I'm having a problem with the updated netQueue object > which is provided from director online. > > I'm using the getNetText to retrieve xml data generated from a called > asp page, then passes that data off to a handler for proper parsing. > > My code is as follows (gNetQueue and gParserObject are declared as > netQueue object and gParserObject xtra instance, respectively, at > startmovie): > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------------- > global gNetQueue > global gParserObject > > on getXMLviaURL processor, pdata > > repeat with control = 1 to pdata.count > pstring = (pstring & pdata.getPropAt(control) & "=" & > pdata.getAt(control) & "&") > end repeat > gNetQueue.getNetText((serveraddress & processor & pstring), > #createXMLobject) > > end getXMLviaURL > > > on createXMLobject XMLraw > > gParserObject.ignorewhitespace(TRUE) > > gParserObject.parseString(XMLraw) > if (gParserObject.child[1].name = "LOGIN") then > loginProcess() > else if (gParserObject.child[1].name = "board") then > buildBoard() > end if > > end createXMLobject > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------ > > The problem arises once I try to retrieve data for the second time. The > first time, a login request/response, works as needed. However, on the > second attempt, I receive a critical error from Shockwave, and the movie > stops. I've narrowed the failure point to the getNetText call, but > therein I'm stuck. Is there anything I have to do to the object in > between calls to it in order for it to work properly? > > ~matt desimone > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 13:49:33 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Colin Holgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> using the asFFT Xtra > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > While we're talking about that Xtra, can it be used to quickly tell > the overall sound level coming in? I can imagine some good uses for > the FFT stuff, but right now I just need to know the general audio > level. > -- > > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 20:01:39 +0100 > From: Tony =?iso-8859-1?Q?=C5str=F6m?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: Tony =?iso-8859-1?Q?=C5str=F6m?= Production > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: <lingo-l> to many characters > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi List , > > when I paste for example 200 characters into the member("Body") it went > completey crazy. Alert, > alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert > ............. > How can I prevent this and auto. delete the character(s) after the 150 ? > > I use the lingo belowe: > > on checkChar > if member("Body").text.length > 150 then > if gLang = "eng" then > alert "Max 150 characters. Should you need more then please state > it in your e-mail." > else if gLang = "fra" then > alert "Max 150 caract�res. Si vous avez besoin de plus de place, > contacter nous par E-mail." > end if > end if > end > > TIA > Tony > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 5 > Subject: RE: <lingo-l> to many characters > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 12:00:02 -0800 > From: "Kerry Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > when I paste for example 200 characters into the member("Body") it > > went > > completey crazy. Alert, alert , <snip> > > > Something isn't right here. Text and field members should be > able to hold 150 characters easily--I've done it many times, including > cut and paste. > > What kind of member is it? What version of Director? What OS? > What is the source of the text (html, Word, etc.)? What is the language? > > I don't think you need to auto-delete the characters. There's > something else going on, and it's probably pretty easy to fix. > > Cordially, > > Kerry Thompson > > --__--__-- > > Message: 6 > From: "Sam Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> to many characters > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 14:01:16 -0500 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > i don't know why it would be giving this alert multiple times, unless you're > constantly calling this method in a repeat loop or an exitFrame. If you are, > you might want to stray from that practice, imo. Base the check on another > event, such as a mouse click on a button, etc. If you're just trying to > limit the number of characters in a field, set the field to "Limit to field > size" in the inspector. This may also do what you need. > > --//untested lingo, but the general idea > on checkChar > if member("Body").text.length > 150 then > strTemp = chars(member("Body").text, 1, 150) > member("Body").text = strTemp > end if > end > --// > > samn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony �str�m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 2:48 PM > Subject: <lingo-l> to many characters > > > >Hi List , > > > >when I paste for example 200 characters into the member("Body") it went > >completey crazy. Alert, > >alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert > >............. > >How can I prevent this and auto. delete the character(s) after the 150 ? > > > >I use the lingo belowe: > > > >on checkChar > > if member("Body").text.length > 150 then > > if gLang = "eng" then > > alert "Max 150 characters. Should you need more then please state > >it in your e-mail." > > else if gLang = "fra" then > > alert "Max 150 caract�res. Si vous avez besoin de plus de place, > >contacter nous par E-mail." > > end if > > end if > >end > > > >TIA > >Tony > > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is > for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 14:46:37 -0600 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Howdy-Tzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> to many characters > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > At 20:01 +0100 02/05/2002, Tony �str�m wrote: > > >when I paste for example 200 characters into the member("Body") it went > >completey crazy. Alert, > >alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert > >............. > >How can I prevent this and auto. delete the character(s) after the 150 ? > > Instead of pasting directly into your 'body' member, try pasting into > a placeholder member first (check out pasteClipBoardInto, for > instance). Then do a char count on that or, more usefully, just take > char[1..150] of it. > > Apart from that I'm assuming your count test is happening on > something like an exitFrame event. Thus every time the stage > refreshes, your test runs again. Consider using a keyDown event > instead, which will only do the counting when text is being entered: > > on startMovie > the keyDownScript = "checkChar" > END startMovie > > on checkChar > if member("Body").text.length > 150 then > if gLang = "eng" then > alert "Max 150 characters. Should you need more then please state > it in your e-mail." > else if gLang = "fra" then > alert "Max 150 caract�res. Si vous avez besoin de plus de place, > contacter nous par E-mail." > end if > stopEvent() > else > pass > end if > end > > The above's just one idea. You might also want to (for instance) > allow the user to press arrow keys, and delete/backspace, but skip > the rest, when the char count is above 150. > > -- > > Warren Ockrassa | http://www.nightwares.com/ > Director help | Free files | Sample chapters | Freelance | Consulting > Author | Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio: A Beginner's Guide > Published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill > http://www.osborne.com/indexes/beginners_guides.shtml > > --__--__-- > > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 14:46:37 -0600 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Howdy-Tzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> to many characters > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > At 20:01 +0100 02/05/2002, Tony �str�m wrote: > > >when I paste for example 200 characters into the member("Body") it went > >completey crazy. Alert, > >alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert > >............. > >How can I prevent this and auto. delete the character(s) after the 150 ? > > Instead of pasting directly into your 'body' member, try pasting into > a placeholder member first (check out pasteClipBoardInto, for > instance). Then do a char count on that or, more usefully, just take > char[1..150] of it. > > Apart from that I'm assuming your count test is happening on > something like an exitFrame event. Thus every time the stage > refreshes, your test runs again. Consider using a keyDown event > instead, which will only do the counting when text is being entered: > > on startMovie > the keyDownScript = "checkChar" > END startMovie > > on checkChar > if member("Body").text.length > 150 then > if gLang = "eng" then > alert "Max 150 characters. Should you need more then please state > it in your e-mail." > else if gLang = "fra" then > alert "Max 150 caract�res. Si vous avez besoin de plus de place, > contacter nous par E-mail." > end if > stopEvent() > else > pass > end if > end > > The above's just one idea. You might also want to (for instance) > allow the user to press arrow keys, and delete/backspace, but skip > the rest, when the char count is above 150. > > -- > > Warren Ockrassa | http://www.nightwares.com/ > Director help | Free files | Sample chapters | Freelance | Consulting > Author | Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio: A Beginner's Guide > Published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill > http://www.osborne.com/indexes/beginners_guides.shtml > > --__--__-- > > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 16:08:33 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Tab Julius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> to many characters > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Do you constantly checkChar()? Like in a loop, or an exitFrame? > > Because if they never get a chance to make it SHORTER then it will always > give you the alerts - possibly over and over. > > Either you need to make it shorter, or give them a chance to. > > You can trim it by doing: > > member("body").text =char 1 to 150 of member("body").text > > > > At 08:01 PM 2/5/02 +0100, Tony �str�m wrote: > >Hi List , > > > >when I paste for example 200 characters into the member("Body") it went > >completey crazy. Alert, > >alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert > >............. > >How can I prevent this and auto. delete the character(s) after the 150 ? > > > >I use the lingo belowe: > > > >on checkChar > > if member("Body").text.length > 150 then > > if gLang = "eng" then > > alert "Max 150 characters. Should you need more then please state > >it in your e-mail." > > else if gLang = "fra" then > > alert "Max 150 caract�res. Si vous avez besoin de plus de place, > >contacter nous par E-mail." > > end if > > end if > >end > > > >TIA > >Tony > > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L > >is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 10 > From: "Sam Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> to many characters > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 15:20:36 -0500 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Kerry- not calling this checkChar method at all will allow you to paste in > as many characters as you want. > > My understanding was that the field was still to be limited to 150 chars, > they just didn't want the alert going off when it was exceeded- just for the > pasted string to be automagically cropped at 150. > > samn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kerry Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 4:10 PM > Subject: RE: <lingo-l> to many characters > > > >> when I paste for example 200 characters into the member("Body") it > >> went > >> completey crazy. Alert, alert , <snip> > >> > > Something isn't right here. Text and field members should be > >able to hold 150 characters easily--I've done it many times, including > >cut and paste. > > > > What kind of member is it? What version of Director? What OS? > >What is the source of the text (html, Word, etc.)? What is the language? > > > > I don't think you need to auto-delete the characters. There's > >something else going on, and it's probably pretty easy to fix. > > > >Cordially, > > > >Kerry Thompson > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is > for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 11 > Subject: RE: <lingo-l> to many characters > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 16:44:26 -0800 > From: "Kerry Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Kerry- not calling this checkChar method at all will allow you to > > paste in > > as many characters as you want. > > > > My understanding was that the field was still to be limited to 150 > > chars, > > they just didn't want the alert going off when it was exceeded- just > > for the > > pasted string to be automagically cropped at 150. > > > Yeah, I think you're right, Sam. I didn't really understand the > question. > > All the more reason to make your questions clear--you have to deal with > people like me ^_^ > > Cordially, > > Kerry Thompson > > --__--__-- > > Message: 12 > Subject: RE: <lingo-l> Microangelo 5.5 and Director 8.5.1 = no XP Icon > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 17:36:28 -0800 > From: "Todd Culley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I had this problem where the .exe was getting corrupted by MicroAngelo > when you tried to update the icons in Windows XP Pro & Director 8.5.1 > > Contact Len at impactsoftware.com's tech support > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > For registered customer's they will set you up with a username & > password to their developer site. From there you can download > MicroAngelo 5.52 which is still in beta but fixed the above issue. > > Todd > > SCRIBNERmedia > 1341 Galaxy Way, Suite E > Concord, CA 94520 > t: 925.685.6881 > f: 925.685.6788 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Baker, Geoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 9:34 AM > To: Lingo L > Subject: <lingo-l> Microangelo 5.5 and Director 8.5.1 = no XP Icon > > > >>Does Microangelo > >>5.5 support the new 48x48 and 16 bit icons? > > Yes. > > Found the solution. I used a shareware tool called ArtIcons > > http://www.aha-soft.com/articons/index.htm > > (N.F.I) and that did the trick. > > Ahem, me thinks I want my money back from Microangelo.... > > GSB > > > <><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>><> > Geoffrey S. Baker > Multimedia Programmer - Director & Lingo > > Multimedia Software, Inc. > 113 E. Church Street > Frederick, MD 21043 USA > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 301-695-9300 x121 > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > --__--__-- > > Message: 13 > From: "Brad Hile" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 09:49:58 +0800 > Subject: <lingo-l> RE: Incorrect behavior initializer > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi Leah, > > Sorry for the late reply but I'm on digest. > I can confirm on WIN D8 I had a similiar problem and found a similiar fix. > PROBLEM: I changed the format of a property in the > getPropertyDescriptionList from #text to #string, recompiled all scripts and > then got the same "Incorrect behavior initializer. (Periods are not allowed > in symbols) ..." error. > Fortunately I had only just changed this and realised the problem. > FIX: I had to re-enter the text in the dialogue box (the property inspector > refused the change) and it all worked fine from then. > > Hope this helps anyone in the future. > Brad > > > -- __--__-- > Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 11:29:28 -0500 > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Incorrect behavior initializer > From: Leah Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks to all for your input into this problem. I received a response on > DIRECT-L that helped point me in the right direction. > > I had recently done a little cleaning up of one of my casts -- deleted some > unused members and moved others around a little. > > It appears that the getPropertyDescriptionList values of one of my Push > Button behaviors got corrupted in the process. I had to go through the area > of the score where I thought the problem was occurring, sprite by sprite to > find the afflicted behavior, but sure enough it was there. I just brought > up the dialog box for the behavior and reselected the parameters and all was > OK. > > Hopefully this will help others who run into this problem in the future. > > I must say, however, that in the other situations that I've seen this, I > don't recall that this was the fix to the problem. But who knows? > Sometimes I think you end up trying 5 different things to solve a problem > and you can't be sure which one solved it. > > on 2/4/02 5:58 PM, Leah Kramer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I forgot to mention that this is D8 on Mac. > > > > on 2/4/02 5:43 PM, Leah Kramer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I'm wondering if anyone has conquered this Director quirk before. We've > >> seen it a few times here and have had to pretty much scrap the movie and > >> start over when it happens. > >> > >> The deal is, that out of the blue, you start getting an error that says: > >> > >> "Incorrect behavior initializer. (Periods are not allowed in symbols) > ..." > >> > >> The error message goes on to display a line of code which if you look at > the > >> script it comes from, has nothing to do with behavior initializers. And > >> nowhere are we using symbol names with periods. > >> > >> Once, we did have luck taking certain script cast members, copying out > the > >> code into BBEDIT, removing gremlins and copying it back in but that's not > >> working for me now. > >> > >> Errrgh. > >> > >> There's mention of this error in the 1999 Direct-L digests but not really > >> any resolution to it. > >> > >> Hope someone knows the answer to this! > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Leah > >> > >> [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > >> http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L > is > >> for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 14 > Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 22:53:17 -0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: James Tu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> using the asFFT Xtra > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Check out http://www.physicalbits.com/PhysicalBits/Xtras/index.html > Geoff Smith wrote a sound level Xtra. > > At 01:49 PM 2/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >While we're talking about that Xtra, can it be used to quickly tell the > >overall sound level coming in? I can imagine some good uses for the FFT > >stuff, but right now I just need to know the general audio level. > >-- > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L > >is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > > James Tu > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 15 > Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 09:15:42 +0100 > From: Fabrice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: Zuidzijde > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> changing projector icon on PC > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I use iconforge with great results.... > > fabrice > > Joe Gallagher wrote: > > > Have you tried the archives? > > > > Go to http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa.exe?S1=direct-l and Search for: > > change icon. You'll find a ton of questions and answers similar to yours. > > It seems like it requires a 3rd party software product... > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Joe > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 11:15 AM > > To: direct-l; Lingo > > Subject: <lingo-l> changing projector icon on PC > > > > Hi list > > > > I was wondering how to change the icon of my exe file to one of my own. > > I can change the icon of my cd by putting the icons name in the autorun file > > but don't know how to change it of the projector file > > > > Tom > > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is > > for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > -- > Zuidzijde reclamebureau > http://www.zuidzijde.nl > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 16 > From: "Andrew Dempsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Lingo-L@Penworks. Com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 11:27:00 -0500 > Subject: <lingo-l> problems with activeX > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hello list, > > Does anyone know of any problems that can arise out of > using activeX controls with a projector that is distributed > on a CD? My client wants to use hte microsoft browser control > in a project I am working on, that will be distributed for > a PC/windows CD (so Mac issues are not a problem). > > I am not entirely sure how this control is handled by > the projector - is it built in when the projector is > created, or does it use the control that (presumably) > will be on the user's system? Will it always be on the > user's system, or is it an optional feature? > > Thanks, > > Andrew > > ------------------------------------------ > Andrew Dempsey > Multimedia Developer and Consultant > Cairo, Egypt > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone/Fax: (+202) 267-7691 > Web: www.andrewdempsey.com > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 17 > Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 10:57:47 +0100 > From: Fabrice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: Zuidzijde > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> problems with activeX > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > set the preferedrenderer to active x 7.0 into your preparemovie handler > it will if active on client machine set this one at start. > > fabrice > > Andrew Dempsey wrote: > > > Hello list, > > > > Does anyone know of any problems that can arise out of > > using activeX controls with a projector that is distributed > > on a CD? My client wants to use hte microsoft browser control > > in a project I am working on, that will be distributed for > > a PC/windows CD (so Mac issues are not a problem). > > > > I am not entirely sure how this control is handled by > > the projector - is it built in when the projector is > > created, or does it use the control that (presumably) > > will be on the user's system? Will it always be on the > > user's system, or is it an optional feature? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Andrew > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > Andrew Dempsey > > Multimedia Developer and Consultant > > Cairo, Egypt > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Phone/Fax: (+202) 267-7691 > > Web: www.andrewdempsey.com > > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > -- > Zuidzijde reclamebureau > http://www.zuidzijde.nl > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 18 > From: "Thomas Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 04:23:07 -0800 > Organization: Rev > Subject: <lingo-l> what is lingo for bring to front > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > How does one control the layering of sprites with lingo? > In other words, what is lingo the equivalent of Modifiy>Arrange>Bring to > Front. > > > I want to move a sprite on top of another sprite. > The only way I know to do this is by moving the sprite in the score, therby > changing its sprite number. > Can one do this in Lingo? > Is there an easier way to make a sprite "bring to front" > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 19 > From: "Sandeep Khomne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: <lingo-l> what is lingo for bring to front > Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 17:49:35 +0530 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > check out the locZ property. > > e.g. > sprite(1).locZ = 1001 > > ~ Sandy. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Thomas Williams > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 5:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: <lingo-l> what is lingo for bring to front > > > How does one control the layering of sprites with lingo? > In other words, what is lingo the equivalent of Modifiy>Arrange>Bring to > Front. > > > I want to move a sprite on top of another sprite. > The only way I know to do this is by moving the sprite in the score, therby > changing its sprite number. > Can one do this in Lingo? > Is there an easier way to make a sprite "bring to front" > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). 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