Re: lingo-l cast to wav

for a small numbers of members, one can copy/paste a sound member into a sound program save from there but you have more than a small number ... ;) -Buzz At 12:10 AM +0200 3/3/06, you wrote: Thanks for your help everyone... a new question. If I have a cast of 1000 .wav sounds in a director

Re: lingo-l SCORM-compliant Director (was LAN-served projectors)

At 1:48 PM + 1/31/06, you wrote: Thanks for the input so far, but PLEASE don't tell me to leave it alone! My client is seriously stuck in the early 90s in regards to their internal processes and their opinion of great design (yes, spinning 3D logos with star wipes and sparkles are the

Re: lingo-l prop list to xml

At 5:32 PM +0100 1/26/06, you wrote: Hi List! The XML Parser Xtra converts XML-formatted text into a Lingo property list. Now, I need to do the opposite: I have a property list and would like to convert that into an XML text. Should be possible to code that in Lingo, but I don't know XML very

lingo-l misconstrued response

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Re: lingo-l maintaining proportions

At 3:58 PM +0100 1/16/06, you wrote: HI Michael, you can scale the rect and then set the rect of sprite to it. var_rect = sprite(me.spriteNum).rect var_scaledRectUp = var_rect * 1.5 -- larger var_scaledRectDown = var_rect * .5 -- smaller sprite(me.spriteNum).rect = var_scaleRectUp There is

Re: lingo-l #dialog miaw not returning focus to stage

At 4:40 PM -0500 1/11/06, you wrote: When I forget a #dialog miaw on windows, focus is not returned to the stage. Pressing keys produces sysbeeps and the keydown script of my stage does not fire. If I click on the stage, it regains focus and all is well. If I switch to type #document, the

Re: lingo-l How multi threaded is Director/Lingo and mutexes..

At 11:44 PM +0100 12/20/05, you wrote: another place where Dirctor is multithreaded is with the net operations getNetThing, etc. the multi-user stuff, of course Are you sure ? I know they are asynchronous but multi threaded ? there is a distinction, but for all intents purposes, these

Re: lingo-l Shockwave installed

At 6:11 PM +0200 12/17/05, you wrote: Is there a way in HTML or somehow to check if the user's computer has Shockwave installed, and if not, to redirect the page to another URL? Or does the user manually have to choose which site he wants, the Shockwave or regular... Look at MACR for tech

RE: lingo-l flickering button (was: a question)

Hi Kerry: Could those few sprites that flicker perhaps have been slightly resized sprites? ** just guessing ** -Buzz At 5:03 PM -0500 12/7/05, you wrote: In reply to Kerry's issues, different reg point locations might also be at play in addition to whether the images were the same

Re: 网易邮箱自动回复: Re: lingo-l make screen into member

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Re: lingo-l lastIndexOf lingo equivalent

BTW - Tom, did you get elected? Nope. It was a bad night to be a Republican in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Sorry about that - I had forgotten that the Republican for Gov didn't get elected even w/Dubya's help ... Better luck next time. -Buzz [To remove yourself from this list, or to

Re: lingo-l little script for those who want to brag.

ah - fun with repeat loops! At 4:55 PM +0100 11/2/05, you wrote: about how many lines of code they wrote on countLines Since you're timing it, I'd improve the performance when including blank lines add a param that lets you make that decision without re-editing the code. change the

RE: lingo-l no running program twice?

At 9:10 AM -0700 10/21/05, you wrote: All, of course one might ask ... Why isn't this the default setting? (multi-instance is certainly the non-standard usage for Projectors AND for Auth) It's tough, which way is best to have it the default? perhaps the way that is used most often (

RE: lingo-l no running program twice?

of course one might ask ... Why isn't this the default setting? (multi-instance is certainly the non-standard usage for Projectors AND for Auth) an ECR was entered eons ago ... (directly into the Director internal bugbase) Tom, could you tell us it's status? (if it's still to be found of

Re: lingo-l Curved path between two points

curved above the horizontal or below? how many points on the path? -Buzz At 12:38 AM +0100 10/18/05, you wrote: Hi list It gets rather embarrassing when you come to what's supposed to be a simple task then you realise hang on, my mathematics ability is dire just as a deadline is due. I

Re: lingo-l omitting linked scripts as protection

At 2:35 PM -0400 10/8/05, you wrote: Hi James, At 6:47 PM +0100 10/8/05, James Newton wrote: If you option-drag a script with a missing link to a new cast member slot, it creates an unlinked script, with the entire script text visible. So this technique is about as good as locking the door

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Re: lingo-l xtra to read data from a USB/Serial device?

I agree - directComm worked great for me too -Buzz At 10:06 AM -0700 9/28/05, you wrote: Hi all, anyone know of an xtra (besides DirectStage's DirectCommunication Xtra) that will allow me to read the data being sent from a USB and/or serial device? Thanks, Mike [To remove yourself from this

Re: lingo-l just testing aliveness AGAIN

At 12:36 PM -0500 10/5/05, you wrote: on 10/5/05 11:19 AM, Rob Romanek at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Buzz, I got both your tests. As a result I have determined that you are definitely alive. Rob I concur. ;) thanks all who responded. here's my results: 1) Lingo-L msgs stopped

Re: lingo-l dot syntax to replace a char in a string?

At 2:33 PM -0400 10/5/05, you wrote: Just can't seem to get it. The following verbose works, so I should just use it and be done with it. But I'm still curious. How would the following look in contemporary syntax: put - into char 5 of someString -- Cole Hi Cole, Here's my 'true' dot

RE: RE: lingo-l Dir -- Flash communication (static)

The way I understand it, static variables are 'global' to a class (as are static methods). They get created only once (as the class is loaded), instead of getting a separate copy with each instance. The primary usage example of one is to have it hold a count of the instances. the

RE: RE: lingo-l Dir -- Flash communication (static)

I only know it from the Java world - glad it's all the same I like them too ... ) I'll have to checkout Moock's books at some point - I've heard they're great! glad it all worked out -Buzz At 6:47 PM -0400 9/19/05, you wrote: Yes, Buzz. That's how static things operate. I read the AS2.0

Re: lingo-l Quicktime resets on clicking video area using shockwave

At 10:19 PM -0700 9/7/05, you wrote: Hello Everyone, Does anyone know a workaround for preventing Quicktime from resetting to the begginning of the clip if the user clicks within the movie. This does not happen when in the Director application itself. I created a mouse-handler, but

RE: lingo-l Quicktime resets on clicking video area using shockwave

moviePlayer exhibits this behavior, so this feature may be built into modern versions of the QuickTime playback engine ... maybe turning DTS off would let a Director bhnr catch the first click ( then toss it away)? * just thinking out loud * -Buzz At 11:02 AM -0700 9/8/05, you wrote:

Re: lingo-l Tab key

At 9:25 AM -0700 8/17/05, you wrote: DIR 8.5.1 / XP PRO The following behavior is attached to 3 editable sprites. The idea is to tab to the next sprite if the user hits the RETURN KEY instead of the TAB KEY. Trying to program for user behavior, you see. I hit the Return Key and it does

Re: lingo-lscript error in projector only

Also if the Projector is reading or writing, check to make sure that you have you have the appropriate rights (on certain Win versions). hth -Buzz At 3:11 PM -0400 7/26/05, you wrote: I'm having an issue were there is a script error when I create a projector and try to run my project. It

Re: lingo-l Occurrences in a list

-- here's my take (similar to others) -- it creates a proplist with -- propnames = the occurance names -- values = the counts -- (email Lingo) on cnt inList testList = inList.duplicate() testList.sort() outPList = [:] pCount = testList.count repeat with i = 1 to pCount pTarget =

Re: lingo-l How to prevent copying a file from CD to HD or another CD

Wow - it sounds like you don't trust this client. Here's some ideas off the top of my head. 1) you could put in a timeout into the projector inform the client that they have 1 week or however much you deem appropriate. OR 2) you could put a file on your website that contains a 'key' read

Re: lingo-l hiding some globals from clearglobals

you could use one of the Xtras that saves Lingo objects in a file. (PropSave or the other one (whose name escapes me now)) Then you'd just have to determine WHEN to restore (optimally just after that movie clears) BUT - if they are clearing to get rid of stuff, you run the risk of returning

Re: lingo-l Conversion of string into variable name

this question came up fairly recently - what you probably want is a proplist with unique names in some way related to particular spritenums Irv did a great description last time, so I'll let him find his older response :) -Buzz At 8:24 AM +1000 6/17/05, you wrote: Hi list. It's been a

Re: lingo-l projector in a window opens another Director movie fullscreen

At 11:13 AM +0200 6/10/05, you wrote: Hi List, this one's slightly off topic as I suppose no Lingo is involved, but maybe some of you can point me in the right direction anyway: I have 2 movies, after completion of the first, a go to movie blalba-command is issued that opens the next. What do

Re: lingo-l Sprite Image

(the stage).image.crop(theSprite.rect) At 12:15 PM -0400 6/1/05, you wrote: Is there a way to get the image of a sprite? I have the DirectImage Xtra, but it looks like I can only get the image of the stage or a member. I need to get a sprite's image, with its rotation, transparency,

Re: lingo-l Shockwave and External Casts issue

are you using preloadnetthing to get it down? -Buzz At 2:25 AM + 6/1/05, you wrote: Hey Valentin, Thanks for the response...I did check my webserver and I assure you the file does exist (I checked twice) and it's 268kb. Mind you this is merely a test movie I have built to try to

Re: lingo-l concatenating text members (and the problem with member().html)

At 4:02 PM -0400 5/28/05, you wrote: I need to concatenate several text members into one new member. did you try? holder = repeat with CurrMem in locMemList holder = holder CurrMem.text end repeat newMember = new(#text) newMember.text = holder hth -Buzz The script below works, but all

Re: lingo-l GPDL not holding values

At 4:49 PM -0400 5/25/05, you wrote: Hi list... I'm stumped - my getPropertyDescriptionList values aren't being held. I drop the behavior on the sprite, set my values in the GPDL, and then in the behavior panel, the values are gone. I've looked over the code again and again. What silly

Re: lingo-l replace string question

At 12:44 AM +0200 5/24/05, you wrote: besides, is there any chance MM will have unix/osx-style paths implemented in director in the future? if you mean using / as the delimiter, that support was put in during d6 -Buzz gr+tnx arri ---8--- On 23 mei 2005, at 22:51, Daniel Nelson wrote:

Re: lingo-l greek characters

At 2:38 PM +0100 5/24/05, you wrote: Hi I need to display greek (and following on from that a whole range of global characters) in my dir app. While I am doing my research as well, is there a good articel out there or resource? Thanks for any though! Nik Are you looking to having your

Re: lingo-l External editor for field mbrs?

At 9:22 PM -0400 4/27/05, you wrote: Greetings all. We're doing a lot of xml work and prefer using an external editor. Does anyone know if an external editor can be linked to field members? Win/DMX 2K4 Thanks. Bryan Thompson Backbone Entertainment Hi Bruce - Sorry, Fields are internal only - so

Re: lingo-l Interpret a string as a variable?

At 1:05 PM -0400 4/25/05, you wrote: Hi, all. I have an existing local variable by name xyz. I have a list containing the message This is xyz in context. When I call it, the complete phrase arrives as a string. I need a way to 'interpret' the 'xyz' portion of the message as the local variable.

Re: lingo-l OT - Adobe and Macromedia

At 4:15 PM -0400 4/22/05, you wrote: It should be obvious that this is a big waste of time talking about this. If there's a list to tell Adobe how much Director means to its users, that would make sense. Should one be started? But speculation on either side is pointless. The involved parties can't

Re: lingo-l Member.erase()

At 11:53 AM -0400 4/19/05, you wrote: Hi all you Adobe Director fans... Documentation under erase() method states: For best results, use this method during authoring and not in projectors. Using this method in projectors may cause memory problems. My question is, what kind of memory problems in

RE: lingo-l Delete Shortcut

Mac aliases are files too - it should work the same hth -Buzz At 8:19 PM +0530 4/12/05, you wrote: Thanks to all for your suggestions. Wondering if this would work on Mac as well. Thanks and Regards, Anand Ravi -Original Message- From: Andrew Dempsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: lingo-l SES 10 questions

At 10:17 PM +0200 4/11/05, you wrote: the systemdate actually is NOT undocumented AFAIK, it even made its way into the manual. the only thing, which is undocumented since the beginning (dunno why though and can't figure it either) is the VERY useful seconds property of the date object. Not

Re: lingo-l joining lists in lingo

people don't find out about list-to-string mutation until they write some big list out then it doesn't come back as they expected - then they watch the process closely see what is really going on. -Buzz Buzz Kettles wrote: While the below looks good, doing the 2 list-to-string conversions

Re: lingo-l joining lists in lingo

At 12:11 AM +0200 4/12/05, you wrote: Am 11.04.2005 um 23:42 schrieb Buzz Kettles: I was going to mention this aspect too, but figured the performance difference was enough of a good enough reason. after all I don't quite understand, what is so bad about the little repeat loop. I for one like

Re: lingo-l SES 10 questions

At 12:11 AM +0200 4/12/05, you wrote: Am 11.04.2005 um 23:36 schrieb Buzz Kettles: What's 'left out' is that since the systemDate returns a data object and 2 properties of all date objects are .seconds .minutes that therefore (the systemDate).seconds (the systemDate).minutes are included

Re: lingo-l GPDL Multiple Selecection?

group the items together in the beginSprite for instance: your GPDL could have a bunch of checkboxes to pick from or a series of popups then use beginSprite (or a handler called by beginSprite) group those props into the list or proplist that you need. hth -Buzz At 8:31 AM -0600 3/17/05, you

Re: lingo-l Problem 1: Imaging Lingo

at a member's .image until it's a member you can make a linked member then get it's image linkMember = new(#bitmap) linkMember.filename = C:\myimage.jpg then you can use linkMember.image hth -Buzz - Original Message - From: Buzz Kettles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lingo programming discussion list lingo-l

Re: lingo-l field and Text member

At 10:18 AM -0800 2/23/05, you wrote: I get that the difference between field and text is that text is anti-aliased. can the text act as a field allowing the user to input text, select characters? can lingo higlight characters in the text? thanks Laurie yes - however the Lingo used is different

RE: lingo-l w3d sprite re-scaling in windows projector

=== Thanks God, i figured out the solution now.little later - only for the exe... . exe now looks like the same one as in authoring. So exe is ok now. But the published shockwave in browser-ie- still looks awkward. = thanks again Tom. Regards, Biju George. It

RE: lingo-l Cast member visuals

At 2:27 PM -0500 1/21/05, you wrote: You can use any size you want. Doesnt matter in the least bit. Thumbnails do have an optimal size, 21 X 21 or whatever it is, at which they do not get scaled up or down. Anything else gets its thumbnail scaled which can be detrimental to some well thought out

Re: lingo-l Name of a good resource to begin Game programming

Hi - Gary Rosenzweig wrote a book a few years back called 'Advanced Lingo for Games' - It covers a great deal of territory very well comes with a CD-ROM for the examples -Buzz At 11:37 PM -0800 1/12/05, you wrote: Hi all, Does anybody have the name of a good pdf/resource to begin game

RE: lingo-l number of sprite channels.

At 10:13 PM +0200 1/12/05, you wrote: Buzz Kettles there's also a lingo property to set it with (lastChannel) Hi Buzz, In the Message Window of D8 if I do: the lastChannel = 200 I get a script error: Cannot set this property. Besides, the D8 documenations says that this is a read-only prop. Did

Re: lingo-l Fastest way to count specific words in a big text?

look up 'offset' hth -Buzz At 9:15 PM +0100 1/9/05, you wrote: Hi, I need to count how many times specific words or parts of words exist in a text. Is there a fast way to do this? Since I also need to find words inside other words (for example the word lotion should also be found in sulotions

Re: AW: lingo-l dynamic outlined text

At 7:12 PM -0500 12/17/04, you wrote: There may be some font options that are Mac only. I think Buzz is a mac guy and I'm guessing you aren't (the Mac part, not the guy part). I had thought that those archaic font options had been ported - NOPE! I just checked my Win development system Roy is

Re: lingo-l problem sound, please help me?

use the sound object Lingo (see the Lingo dictionary) sound().queue() sound().setPlayList() sound().getPlayList() sound().playNext() the other related commands hth -Buzz At 11:38 PM -0800 12/11/04, you wrote: Hi I want read some music (mp3) files from a specific cast that when one music is

Re: lingo-l Dynamically assigning cast members to sprite

At 10:46 PM +0100 11/30/04, you wrote: Hi, I read somewhere that it's possible to assign a cast member to a sprite with lingo. I just can't remember where I read it. Anybody who can enlighten me? Thanks. sprite(someSprieNumber).member = member(someMemberName) hth -Buzz Torben Nielsen Starvision