From: James Newton
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 4:19 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: <lingo-l> timeOut
>
> On 23/2/04 1:26 pm, "Peter Bochan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Now, what I want to do is create a timeOut object. After instantiating
> myObj
> > I do this:
> > myTimer = timeOut("timer1").new(2000, #showInfo, myObj)
> > But instead I get a script error "Object expected".
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Are you working with DMX 2004? If so, you should test with the new syntax
> for timeOut objects:
>
> myTimer = timeOut().new("timer1", 2000, #showInfo, myObj)
>
> In previous versions of Director, object-related functions such as
> member(),
> script(), timeOut(), window() and xtra() all looked the same, but did not
> actually behave in the same way. TimeOut() and window() created a new
> object, whereas member(), script() and xtra() all required the target
> object
> to be present.
>
> This has been standardised in DMX 2004, with the result that the timeOut()
> syntax, in particular, has changed.
>
> The old syntax is still supported, so pre-DMX-2004 projects will still
> continue to work. If you want to be able to use the old syntax in new
> projects, try this:
>
> the scriptexecutionstyle = 9
> myTimer = timeOut("timer1").new(2000, #showInfo, myObj)
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
Thanks James, that helped a lot. Now, after I have read your message, I
wanted to try the new syntax out, so this is what I did:
-- Frame behavior
on exitFrame(me)
go(the frame)
end
-- Parent script "car"
property name
property velocity
on new(me, tName, tVelocity)
name = tName
velocity = tVelocity
return(me)
end
on showInfo(me)
put ("My name is") && name
put ("My velocity is") && velocity
end
on stepFrame(me)
showInfoInMessageWindow()
end
on showInfoInMessageWindow(me, tObject)
timeOut().new("timer1", 2000, #showInfo, tObject)
end
Run the movie
-- Message Window
myObject = script("car").new("bmw", 200)
myObject. showInfoInMessageWindow(myObject)
this results in 2 second delay flushing in Message Window.
Thanks again James.
peb965
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