i have not used ldms in shockwave yet, but i know it's possible, and if you have the whole control-script-functionality inside the ldm, there is no need for download-status-checking (if it's not loaded yet, it won't produce any errors)
in the imaging case, i'm sure there is a more elegant way to detect the buttons than comparing with a list of hundred rects, eg. matematically, if there is a certain order, or with checking the pixelcolor of the pixel under the cursor (maybe with a hidden "mask" image sprite with black background and a different color for each button-rect - just a spontaneous idea ...) - the best way depends on the characteristics of your buttons and the backgrouznd-image. valentin ----- Original Message ----- From: "murali" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 7:14 PM Subject: Re: <lingo-l> clarification on images > In that case > > How can i detect in the main movie that the external movie which is imported > is fully downloaded, Is that check necessary. > > If i use imaging lingo, how do i detect the button presence in the whole > image. > > do i need to find out each and every button rect manually. > > thank you > murali.s > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valentin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 9:35 PM > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> clarification on images > > > > hi murali, > > > > depending on your button behaviour imaging lingo might be the best choice, > but > > other than that i think the easiest way to have such a scrollable control > panel > > with buttons would be to implement it as a LDM (control.dir imported to > main.dir > > as "link to external file", with option "Enable Scripts" checked). > > for image-size reduction enable JPEG-compression in the publish settings > dialog, > > and then reduce the jpeg-quality to a lower amount (eg 50). > > > > valentin > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "murali" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 3:55 AM > > Subject: <lingo-l> clarification on images > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I need your help in solving the image size problem. > > > > > > My screen resolution is 800x600. > > > > > > Iam using a machine interaction which covers say 70% of the screen, and > the > > > remaining 30% is used for a control panel which is part of the machine. > now > > > when the user click on any button in the control panel, corresponding > action > > > is happening in the (70% of the screen) machine. > > > > > > Now the problem is i cannot fit the control panel fully in the 30% of > the > > > screen, so i allow the user to scroll using the mouse. > > > > > > > > > The control panel has totally 100 buttons where all are interactive. and > > > they have mouse over state. > > > > > > > > > Excluding the buttons, the background image of the control panel alone > comes > > > to 300kb (.dcr ) file size. > > > > > > > > > When the user scrolls the background image of control panel, all the 100 > > > buttons should also scroll along with it. > > > > > > HOw can i do this: > > > > > > > > > 1. Do I need to use all as seperate images > > > > > > 2. Can i do something with imaging lingo > > > > > > 3. Can i use flash sprites with static property enabled. then it will > be > > > 101 flash sprites. won't it slow down while dragging the sprite through > > > mouse.? > > > > > > 4. Is there any image format that can reduce my file size. > > > > > > 5. If i use in external cast, is there a way to find out whether all > > > external casts linked with the movie has downloaded fully. > > > > > > > > > Kindly let me know as soon as possible as iam struck due to this in the > > > project and it is nearing deadline > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > > murali.s > > > > > > [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!] > > > [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!]
