Thanks Tab and Jeremy for your responses. I have a question, tho...
doesn't Jeremy's code below, and the concept submitted by Tab require that a sprite be
present in the frame channel before it will work? I was looking for a way to create a
sprite instance at runtime, assign that instance to the same image( folder icon) and
so on. But further research on the web tells me that creating a sprite instance and
placing it in a specific spot at runtime can't be done, apparently.
Jeremy asked how the list was obtained, so here's the code called from a
"beginSprite" behavior in the frame. I'm excluding two files in the count, btw as you
can see below. After the count is done, the remainder of the behavior establishes the
position for each image. However, I have put 10 sprites off stage, as you can tell,
plus 10 more for the image icons, and I'm just calling them on stage as neeeded. The
loch is already lined up off stage, btw.
on countFiles
fileList = [ ]
i = 1
repeat while TRUE
filename = getNthFileNameInFolder(the moviePath&"\"&"Links"&"\", i)
if filename = EMPTY then exit repeat
if fileName = "MyPrefs.txt" or filename = "myPaper.htm" then
i = i+1
next repeat
else
fileList.append(filename)
end if
i = i+1
end repeat
vLOC = 125
i = 1
repeat while fileList <> []
sprite(i+10).member.text = getAt(fileList,1) --put a name in a field sprite
deleteAt(fileList,1) --del one from the list
sprite(i+3).locv = vLOC -- move the folder icon's locv on stage
sprite(i+10).locv = vLOC-5 -- move the title on stage
vLOC = vLOC + 24 -- add 24 pixels for the next round
i = i + 1 -- increment var i
end repeat
return fileList
end countFiles
Thanks again, guys...and I like the new look and feel of the list. Haven't been on for
awhile, and the new organizational feel is great.
John Hart
>Message: 9
>From: "Jeremy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: <lingo-l> create multiple sprite instances during runtime
>Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 08:43:04 -0500
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>This might help
>
>-- Find a free sprite channel to puppet
>-- Choose a range of numbers you arent using for other sprites
>-- and a range large enough to accommodate however many of them you are
>anticipating
>repeat with i = 100 to 200
> if sprite(i).puppet = FALSE then exit repeat
>end repeat
>sp = sprite(i)
>-- puppet it
>sp.puppet = true
>-- set the member.
>sp.member = member("folder")
>sp.loc = point(x,y)
>sp.ink = whatever inkmode you need
>sp.blend = whatever other properties you need
>
>
>J
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