Hi Kerry, your explanation is about the best I have read on the "go to"
subject. Your explanation was very helpful.
I suspect that Director 8 would be the way to go, but I am having a hard
time justifying the cost. I would be interested in hearing how many
developers earned at least $1000 + using Director 8?
Oh, an X-tras does not count.:) I mean like sales to the public.
However, if I do make enough money, I will feel that the product was worth
getting.
Thanks again, Kerry,
Rudy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kerry Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 1:10 AM
Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Problem with go to frame
>
> >I started out with one frame. I clicked-on the frame and then the script
> >button to enter:
> >
> >on exitFrame
> > go the frame
> >end
> >
> >This is suppose to create an endless loop which I suppose technically can
> >not be exited easily.
>
> Close. It does loop, but it can be exited easily.
>
> I know what's happening to you, but let me lay some groundwork first.
>
> To understand how Director works, imagine a frame script as an object that
> receives event messages. Let's say you have your tempo set to 15 fps. Your
> frame script will receive these messages 15 times per second:
>
> prepareFrame
> enterFrame
> exitFrame
>
> The prepareFrame event lets you do things offstage that you don't want the
> user to see.
> Then, on enterFrame, stuff happens on stage.
>
> After the enterFrame event, you have a hiatus in which you can do
> things--trap mouse events, do calculations, whatever. It's here that it's
> easy to break out of a loop--just use a go to frame command.
>
> Now, here's what's happening to you. Your commands are being executed just
> like you expect. The "go to frame 2" is working exactly as it should. The
> problem is, you haven't told Director what to do next. Without a script in
> subsequent frames, it thinks it has reached the end of the movie, and goes
> back to frame 1.
>
> You can confirm this by copying the frame script from frame 1 to frame to.
> You will see it now goes to frame 2 and loops.
>
> You could also confirm this by changing the tempo to 1 fps and watching
the
> playback head.
>
> An interesting side note is that you will probably eventually have a lot
of
> 1 fps movies if you get heavily into Lingo. Somewhat counter-intuitively,
> you get better performance on some things at a slower tempo--audio, video,
> flash animations, for example, work better because they are not constantly
> being interrupted by the frame events.
>
> While you're at it, look at your control panel. I don't remember what D5
> looked like exactly, but in D8 there's an icon that is either a straight
> right arrow and a "|", or an arrow that curves back on itself. This
> controls whether the movie automatically loops, or continues to play.
>
> >The strange part is that I have read of this problem before, but I have
yet
> >to see an example of "going to pages" in director. The program problem
was
> >listed at Macromedia site, but I have yet to see a working example of
this
> >simple task.:(
>
> Believe me, it works, and darn well--don't give up yet :-) You've just
> begun to explore one of the most powerful and flexible multimedia and Web
> authoring tools in existence. Expect some bumps on the road, and a steep
> learning curve--but also some help from your friendly neighborhood Lingo
List.
>
> I do strongly suggest, though, that you get Director 8. It's light years
> ahead of Director 5. You can download an evaluation copy free from the
> Macromedia Web site and try it out for 30 days. A lot of things have
> changed--the score style, Lingo commands, even the basic runtime engine.
If
> you're going to learn, you should take advantage of the latest and best
> version.
>
> Good luck, and check in with us from time to time as you discover more
> questions :-) In the meantime, lurk, and read the postings--you'll learn
an
> amazing amount from the folks here. You'll learn quickly whose interests
> correspond with yours, but there are some really, really bright people on
> the list--Colin Holgate, Zac, Luke Wigley, Jakob Hede Madsen, Ike
> Eisenhauer, Irv Kalb, Mark Jonkman, Robert Wingate, Terry Schussler, James
> Newton, Roy Pardi, Stephane Comeau, Fumio Nonaka, even Rob Koberg. I'm
sure
> I've left off some of the major contributors, but if you watch for posts
> from those folk, you can't go wrong.
>
>
>
>
> Cordially,
> Kerry Thompson
> Learning Network
>
>
> [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to
> http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/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/LUJ/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!]
