Right, actually that's probably the one thing I use it for and should have mentioned it - it's the first opportunity you have to set the cursor to busy (or invisible or whatever). It's one of the few functions you CAN actually use at that stage.
- Tab At 07:47 PM 11/16/01 +0000, limiar40 b wrote: >I have used lingo.ini to change the value of global variables on >interactive kiosks, for example: the cursor appearance, if the work isn't >meant for a touch screen , i can set the value of the global to >-1 making the cursor visible, if that isn't the case i can set the value >to 200 that way I could hide the cursor... it's much easier doing so >rather than opening Director and change the values being forced to do >another projector. > >There's not enough information about lingo.ini on the internet, and i was >searching for other ways of working with it, commands that i can use... > >one more time, tkx a lot for your explanation. > >Limiar > > >>From: Tab Julius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: <lingo-l> lingo.ini >>Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:08:10 -0500 >>MIME-Version: 1.0 >>Received: from [208.210.86.12] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >>MHotMailBDBE89F1000540042A0AD0D2560C118F0; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:29:48 -0800 >>Received: from mail1.fcgnetworks.net ([EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[192.168.40.6])by mail2.fcgnetworks.net (8.9.2/8.9.0) with ESMTP id >>LAA66817;Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:29:32 -0500 (EST) >>Received: by mail1.fcgnetworks.net (8.9.1/8.9.0) id JAA12136for >>lingo-send; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:11:44 -0500 (EST) >>Received: from loon.penworks.com (man2-pool-25.fcgnetworks.net >>[208.210.86.137])by mail1.fcgnetworks.net (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id >>JAA12118;Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:11:41 -0500 (EST) > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:30:33 -0800 >>X-Authentication-Warning: mail1.fcgnetworks.net: majordomo set sender to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] using -f >>Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 >>In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Precedence: bulk >> >> >>I did an article on it years ago, but don't have a copy handy. >> >>Lingo.ini isn't quite as important as it once was. In the old days, it was >>the opportunity to: >> >>- Open certain XObjects (precursors of Xtras) >>- Preset some global variables >>- Keep the system from crashing >>- Initialize the floating point mechanism >> >>The general format of the file is more of a script than a .INI file. It >>often has a handler called: >> >>on startup >> -- Commands here >>end >> >>but in fact it'll do any handler there at all; the name of the handler >>doesn't matter. It's always been called startup, but it could be "on moo" >>for all Director cares. It may not even want a handler defined at all, I >>vaguely recall. >> >>It used to have more relevance because it was an opportunity to set up some >>variables before startMovie was called (and startMovie was called >>displaying the stage, if I remember), but now you have prepareMovie, and >>lots of other things. >> >>It is no longer necessary to pre-open XObjects, so that function is >>obsolete. For instance, it used to pre-open FILEIO for everyone (which >>made problems for people that built projectors but didn't know about that >>and didn't include LINGO.INI and then FILEIO wouldn't work :) >> >>The bug that had the program crash is gone. It used to be that some >>systems, with a certain video card if I recall, would crash if the file was >>NOT present. It didn't matter what was in Lingo.INI - it could be an empty >>file - it just had to be THERE or else things would crash. That bug is >>gone now, so that purpose is obsolete. >> >>A bug introduced in, I think, Director 5 or maybe 6 required the floating >>point mechanism to be initialized, so for a while LINGO.INI had a call to >>do something like "set a=0.0", which was enough to make it happy. >> >>It is VERY limited in what you can put in it. You can set up global >>variables in there (by default, all are global in there). Most other >>things you cannot do. You cannot call handlers in Director, you cannot >>call functions in Xtras, etc. You can experiment, but you will find that >>most things won't work. >> >>It is good to know about, that if your program is installed on your hard >>drive, and you want to create a mechanism to trigger hidden functions (that >>YOU put in), you could make a LINGO.INI to define, say, a debugging >>variable to be TRUE, and then do other things based on that, but generally >>it must be rigged up ahead of time. It's not much of a security hole, >>because there's not a lot you can do from there. >> >>But feel free to experiment. >> >>- Tab >> >> >>At 12:30 PM 11/16/01 +0000, limiar40 b wrote: >>>hi list >>> >>>where i can find information on how use lingo.ini? >>>tkx >>> >>>Limiar >> >> >>[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!] > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > >[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. 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