On 1/2/01 at 5:34 PM, Roy Pardi shared the following:
>If you want to show a splash sreen while things load, Director 8 has
>an undocumented functionality where you can show a bitmap while the
>projector loads. Name a bitmap the same as the projector with a
>(mac) .pct or (PC) .bmp extension. This displays very fast. There
>are a few quirks with this but in general it works well.
Wow, I just tried it...this is awesome! Why is it undocumented? One
of the quirks seems to be that it doesn't work with stubs, just
regular standalone projectors (at least when I just tried it).
But, still, a nice little feature to know about.
Tom
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tom Jacobs - InterVision
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
(541) 343-7993 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intervisionmedia.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[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!]
