>I think of Director users as basically two types--programmers and
>designers. A designer has better things to do with his/her time than a
>bunch of complicated programming stuff that stifles the right brain, so
>they're more likely to do score-based stuff. Both styles are equally valid.
Why do you write that? Without lingo, it is very difficult to be
interactive. Interactivity comes with Lingo. How could I keep track of
say a list of people and their scores? Using the score, I will never be
able to do that� Unless you have a way out for me? I would be very grateful
if you could tell me how to do it in the score.
Another thing, I am quite certain your designer earns much, much less than
you, the lead programmer.
It certainly doesn't matter if complicated programming stuff stifles the
right brain, it is the left brain that does the thinking.
>It's like the old saying--there are three types of people: those who can
>count, and those who can't.
I count only two types of people here�
>
>>4. May I not use timeOut as an event Handler specifying timeout Length
>>as a property?
>
>Sorry, you lost me there.
I read this in Special Edition Using Macromedia Director 8. I think it
can�t be used in this context as the handler is called when the mouse and
keyboard has not been used by the user for timeOutLength. It is used for
public kiosks.
>>New Timeout = timeout("myTimeout") In this case, how is the object used?
>You have to specify a period, in milliseconds. I like dot syntax, so I
>would do something like this
>timeOut("bideAWee").new(5000, #goNext)
>on goNext go to "nextPage" end
>This tells Director to wait 5 seconds (5000 milliseconds), then execute the
>handler "goNext." Note that this is a pretty simple example. If you don't
>tell Director to stop the timeOut object, it will keep calling the goNext
>handler every 5 seconds. You use "forget" to stop the timer. I think I gave
>an example earlier in this thread.
I am not sure what you are talking about. If I asked for the example, I hope
you will not become too frustrated.
If Director keeps calling the handler, is this an example of �repeat
looping�? And wouldn�t that � hang � Director?
Thanks for helping.
I apologize if I was rude earlier in this thread.
Genevieve
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