lingo-l how can I save records in a database?

2002-01-31 Thread giuseppe schiuma
Hi all the list, I have a database and I want to save periodically the records of every month in particular backup folders without the permission of the user (in background). How can I do that with fileioxtra or filextra3? I have created two globals called gCurrentmonth that contains the records

lingo-l Managing Memory and Process

2002-01-31 Thread Marcos Trinca
Hi Friends, I'm working in a big project (CD-ROM). I have lots of '.dir' files, inside them, flash cast members and sounds plus other interactive animations generated by lingo for menu for example. This CD will be running from CD-ROM drive, not from HD. Well, I'm getting problems to manage

RE: lingo-l how can I save records in a database?

2002-01-31 Thread Support
Hello Giuseppe, It seems as though your request can be fullfilled if you are using the V12 database engine. By using this database you can export all your records into a text file and a DBF file. You can download the Xtra directly from Integration New Media's website at

RE: lingo-l Imaging Lingo

2002-01-31 Thread Genevieve Young
Appart from setpixel.com , evilfish and DOUG, I recommend you James Newton brand new book, that features a whoel imaging lingo part, very very very weel done! Has anyone read this book? It was just published, right? How about the 3D section? Is it worth its' weight in gold? Thanks

RE: lingo-l Repeat Loop

2002-01-31 Thread Brian Romanko
Hi Friends, Hi Mitesh I am having one question is that, how much time we can give repeat loop example : repeat with p = 1 to 10 end repeat This will take a long time. No, a really long time. Try this test. Make a field member. Call it Test. Now put this function in a movie

RE: lingo-l Repeat Loop

2002-01-31 Thread vijay shan
The thing with repeat loops is that they consume system resources and wont let any other function to be performed on the computer when this is happening. so you do not want this to happen normally i would use a frame script to simulate a repeat loop works like a charm. Vijay -Original

lingo-l put text into html tables

2002-01-31 Thread SILICIUM
I created some tables with html. I can show them ok on the stage and read all cell values html - import as text - Castmember table - table.text.line[l].word[w] I get strings ok Now, when I try to change some strings for others, I get an alert message saying wrong type where do I fail ? I also

Re: lingo-l Actionscript for Lingoprogrammers?

2002-01-31 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 17:04 +0100 01/31/2002, Natalia Tjelum wrote: Anyone knows a good online tutorial, to learn actionscript if you know Lingo? Good question -- but since AS is a lot like JavaScript, why not attack it from that perspective? There are mountains of sites out there (and a few books! ;) that can

Re: lingo-l Actionscript for Lingoprogrammers?

2002-01-31 Thread brad
I you post your code I will translate it for you On 31 Jan 2002 at 17:04, Natalia Tjelum wrote: Hey I have to learn how to convert a function I did in Lingo to Flash, it works mainly with lists, and is only used for calculations (input and output), so no point in getting too much into doing

Re: lingo-l Managing Memory and Process

2002-01-31 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 10:52 -0200 01/31/2002, Marcos Trinca wrote: I think if I tell you my specific problems, like that one I said above, I'll need to write lots of lines, so, so far, I would like to receive some information like where can I find articles or books that talking about this themes (Memory management

lingo-l Flash BG colors and Stage Colors?

2002-01-31 Thread Matie Wells
Hello list people, :0)-- Has anyone run in the problem of having a flash members background color (white) not match to a white background on the stage. I could make the background transparent but, as we know it runs O so slow when its not set to Direct to stage. I thought of putting a white

lingo-l Actionscript for Lingoprogrammers?

2002-01-31 Thread Bruce Epstein - Zeus Productions
At 12:01 PM -0500 01/31/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone knows a good online tutorial, to learn actionscript if you know Lingo? Here is a popular ActionScript tutorial http://www.debreuil.com/docs/ch01_Intro.htm It is not my style, nor geared towards Lingo programmers, but it is pretty

lingo-l Xtra that will zip external files?

2002-01-31 Thread Jonathyn B. Tellez
Hi Lingo L, A project I'm working on could potentially generate a lot of data that will need to be archived. I'd prefer to store it in some compressed form (i.e. zipped) but I can't find an Xtra that will handle the job. Any ideas? Thanks, JB Tellez Lead Multimedia Programmer Scientfic

Re: lingo-l Xtra that will zip external files?

2002-01-31 Thread grimmwerks
Zip Xtra is installed wih Director. Check the media folder inside of the xtras folder. On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Jonathyn B. Tellez wrote: Hi Lingo L, A project I'm working on could potentially generate a lot of data that will need to be archived. I'd prefer to store it in some compressed

Re: lingo-l Xtra that will zip external files?

2002-01-31 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 09:53 -0800 01/31/2002, Jonathyn B. Tellez wrote: A project I'm working on could potentially generate a lot of data that will need to be archived. I'd prefer to store it in some compressed form (i.e. zipped) but I can't find an Xtra that will handle the job. Any ideas? I thought Buddy

Re: lingo-l Xtra that will zip external files?

2002-01-31 Thread grimmwerks
Yeah, but buddy is for only pc, what of us macheads? On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Howdy-Tzi wrote: At 09:53 -0800 01/31/2002, Jonathyn B. Tellez wrote: A project I'm working on could potentially generate a lot of data that will need to be archived. I'd prefer to store it in some compressed

RE: lingo-l Imaging Lingo

2002-01-31 Thread Kerry Thompson
Has anyone read this book? It was just published, right? I've read it--actually, a couple months ago, in manuscript form. How about the 3D section? First class. Is it worth its' weight in gold? It's the best book in its class--advanced information for advanced users. It's not

RE: lingo-l Xtra that will zip external files?

2002-01-31 Thread grimmwerks
BUT THERE'S A ZIP XTRA ALREADY! Straight from macromedia. sigh. no one listens to me... On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Howdy-Tzi wrote: At 16:34 -0500 01/31/2002, Erik Sandbergen wrote: Yeah, but buddy is for only pc No it's not. I have a perfectly workable version running under 8.5.1 /

RE: lingo-l Managing Memory and Process

2002-01-31 Thread Marcos Trinca
OK, I understood, but I´ll have other problems now and would like to ask another question!!! I have an .SWA sound and a .SWF movie playing together. I would like to stop the sound that plays from Director and maintain the SWF movie. Well, I know, I'm able to create a sound object into Flash and I