I have just found (in the last couple of days) a bug in Director related to this. The bug is that whenever you execute a line like the one below (that sets the filename of a linked member), Director refreshes the screen (in effect, it does an updateStage). If you have the member in a sprite, it will show the newly linked file immediately, before you have had a chance to do any modifications to the rect, height, width, etc. Even if the member is not present in the frame, the screen will be refreshed.
Try putting a breakpoint on that line of code. When you hit the breakpoint, step once. The screen will be refreshed. The problem I am seeing is that this is happending even in an "on prepareFrame" handler, where there is not supposed to be any screen updating. Unfortunately, there is no easy work-around. I have been experimenting with a wide range of hacks. Nothing perfect so far ... Irv At 8:07 PM +0100 2/21/02, Andreas Gaunitz P11 wrote: >>Sorry, I haven't followed this thread, but I have a question you >>about it. Are you executing a line like: >> >> member(someMemberName).fileName = <someFullFilePath> >> >>??? >> >>Irv > >Yes, I certainly do. I just got the suspicion that this has >something to do with it because when I was testing code _not loading >media via fileName_ from the list I didn't seem to get the usual >problems. > >I am eagerly awaiting your adddition to this subject!!! > >-A. >[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!] -- Lingo / Director / Shockwave development for all occasions. (Home-made Lingo cooked up fresh every day just for you.) [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!]
