Reply to: RE: <lingo-l> List Functions (newbie help)
I'll treat this in parts & try & be brief
>So the only one I'm missing is the one which sets the properties of #setred
>and
>#setgrey, which I know go on the sprites on sprite channel 2 to 48.
The short answer to your question is probably to create a new behavior with 'on
setred' & 'on setgrey' handlers that do your castmember switching (or whatever it is
you're doing) and attach this behavior to the sprites in channels 2 thru 48
But you can be a lot smarter with this by getting familiar with behaviors and letting
each sprite worry about itself and nothing else. This way you can do with out the
movie handlers altogether and make your scripts easier to understand
To do this with some simple behaviors I would create 2 behaviors - one for the
keyboard graphic as and one for all the others. This is meant as a guide. Most of
this stuff is basic behavior scripting so it's good to learn it insideout
**untested**
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THE KEYBOARD GRAPHIC
--this replaces the keyUp & keyDown movie handlers. it could be in a movie script but
hits is more contained
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property pOldKeyUp, pOldKeyDown
on beginSprite me
pOldKeyUp = the keyUpScript --store original values pOldKeyDown = the
keyDownScript
the keyDownScript = "sendAllSprites(#setRed, the key)" --broadcasts the key
pressed to all sprites with a 'setRed' handler
the keyUpScript = "sendAllSprites(#setGrey)" --tell all sprites with a 'setGrey'
to reset
end
on endSprite me --restore original values
the keyDownScript = pOldKeyDown
the keyUpScript = pOldKeyUp
end
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THE INDIVIDUAL KEYS
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property pMySprite, pMyMember, pMyLetter
on beginSprite me
pMySprite = sprite(me.spriteNum) --store the sprite channel in a variable
pMyMember = pMySprite.member --store the sprite's member in a variable
pMyLetter = pMyMember.name --get the letter to react to from the cast member name
(eventually, look at getPropertyDescriptionList)
end
on setRed me, theKey if theKey = pMyLetter then compare the passed the key
variable from the keyUpScript with the letter stored in the behavior property
--custom lingo eg pSprite.member = redmember
end if
end
on setGrey me
if pSprite.member <> pMyMember then
pSprite.member = pMyMember --restore the original member
end if
end
Anyway, out of time now, hopefully this makes sense to you & I haven't left out
anything critical and you can use it to build your own.
johnAq
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