>> a) is no problem, just click on the internal cast to make it the active >> window, then use the Property Inspector to change the name. > > D'oh! Why did I think that couldn't be done? I'm certain I must have tried > it before sometime... > >> Something else that might be useful is if you could reorder the casts > > Yes, that actually would be quite useful because of the fact that Lingo > searches through each cast in order, starting with the first (actually, it > starts with the current cast, and restarts at the first if it misses). This > could be used to optimise your movies a bit. > > On thinking mose more, why can't Director just save all the window > positions, including casts? That would make more sense. Then there would be > no need to grumble about the bad choice of primary cast.
Brennan has been after this kind of thing at a more meta level for a while - the ability to script Director. If we could script Director, you could run a script on startmovie that would check to see if the activeCastLib (already a lingo property that can be tested... but not set) is 1, and then close the sucker. One powerful tool can solve a whole lot of "It only matters to one guy" problems. -Kurt [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!]
