Re: Background souns pauses !!!

Yes I do use Director 8.0. Am trying to download the 8.5 version and am checking. Are you sure that the problem is in this version of director. As It is a huge project and migrating it would be a major task at my end. Thank you for your advice. Yours truly, For WITS Hitesh Director Ph: (91 -

RE: What happens to custom handlers that were never called?

>> -Original Message- >> From: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Colin Holgate >> >> They stay, because no compiler on earth could guess that you're not >> going to need it. If you doubt that claim, try this, after an >> appropriate getnettext() that would return the name of a so far >> unu

Re: Background souns pauses !!!

What version of director are you using. If you are using Director 8, this is a known bug which was fixed in version 8.5. In fact, it was this very bug fix that caused me to move my current project from 8.0 to 8.5. The bug was (as Buzz has told us), not actually in Sound, but in the part of

Re: Data Cast Members

Well thanks very much! Glad it was helpful. Irv At 11:22 AM +0800 5/7/02, Brad Hile wrote: >Not a question just a big thanks to Irv Kalb. >Your article on Data Cast Members was excellent. >http://www.director-online.com/accessArticle.cfm?id=442 >I've never used parent scripts before but I'm con

RE: What happens to custom handlers that were never called?

>> -Original Message- >> From: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Irv Kalb >> (c) A "compiled" version of all scripts is kept in the protected >> movie or cast, and the source code is thrown away. Director has no >> way of knowing which of your handler could be called in any execution >>

Re: What happens to custom handlers that were nevercalled?

>When we create a projector or protect casts or movies, >what happens to custom handlers (in any script type) >that were never called? > >They: (a) stay in the script thus still eating up space. >or (b) removed just like comments in a script. They stay, because no compiler on earth could guess t

Re: What happens to custom handlers that were nevercalled?

(c) A "compiled" version of all scripts is kept in the protected movie or cast, and the source code is thrown away. Director has no way of knowing which of your handler could be called in any execution of your program. Even if there is no explicit call to a handler in one of your scripts, Li

Background souns pauses !!!

Dear all, I have an MP3 sound which I use as background music in Channel 1. I have around 35 external cast member which has the data and scripts. The problem is when I access sections of my projector which loads the data from the external cast, my sound pauses, I know that this is because the da

Data Cast Members

Not a question just a big thanks to Irv Kalb. Your article on Data Cast Members was excellent. http://www.director-online.com/accessArticle.cfm?id=442 I've never used parent scripts before but I'm converted, and this method of data management is great. Brad Hile [To remove yourself from this

What happens to custom handlers that were never called?

Peace. When we create a projector or protect casts or movies, what happens to custom handlers (in any script type) that were never called? They: (a) stay in the script thus still eating up space. or (b) removed just like comments in a script. Thanks. - John Erazo [To remove yourself from this

Re: stopmovie and branching

Why not just trap the quit - not allow quiting, and when the user quits, go to a 'quit' movie to do what you want? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, ema

AW: rotating image objects

Thanks Alex! That was a quick reply, especially for the late time of day (... geh besser schlafen!) I will try your script tomorrow! Michael [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL

Re: stopmovie and branching

ahh, thanks irv. i hadn't known of anything like that, either, but i thought i'd ask the list. looks like i set a flag when i'm about to branch, and conditional-ize the stopmovie handler. thanks, bhakti Irv Kalb wrote: > > I don't know of a way to do this. I have needed this functionality >

Re: rotating image objects

At 2:03 Uhr +0200 07.05.2002, Michael von Aichberger wrote: >Hi everybody, > >Kurt posted some scripts recently for rotating images with 90° increments. > >I now need to be able to rotate an image object by any degree - how can I >achieve that? -- xx rotate an image object by i

Re: stopmovie and branching

I don't know of a way to do this. I have needed this functionality and have tried to figure out ways to do it, but have not been able to figure it out. I have put in a request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a system routine like "on ShutDownDirector", or some such which would be called in this exa

rotating image objects

Hi everybody, Kurt posted some scripts recently for rotating images with 90° increments. I now need to be able to rotate an image object by any degree - how can I achieve that? Thanks for any help Michael von Aichberger [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to h

RE: forecolor field text , "integer expected"

At 11:54 AM +1200 5/7/02, you wrote: > >>> How can I set the color´s line of a field text member with hexadecimal representation or RGB values ? > >>> Try setting the 'color', as opposed to the 'foreColor'. It >>> should accept rgb triplets and hex values. >>> member(pmember).line[2].co

RE: forecolor field text , "integer expected"

>> > How can I set the color´s line of a field text member with hexadecimal >>> representation or RGB values ? >> >>Try setting the 'color', as opposed to the 'foreColor'. It should accept rgb >>triplets and hex values. >> >>member(pmember).line[2].color = rgb(0,0,0) > >unfortunately, this synta

re: controlling a 3D max room in director

Hi, Kevin - you may already have got the answer to your question, but here is a link to a file I did that has camera/collision detection in director which controls movement in a 3D Max room. http://home.earthlink.net/~farooqui/webflashportfolio.html In the middle bottom of the page is a link cal

RE: forecolor field text , "integer expected"

>>> How can I set the color´s line of a field text member with >>> hexadecimal representation or RGB values ? >> Try setting the 'color', as opposed to the 'foreColor'. It >> should accept rgb triplets and hex values. >> member(pmember).line[2].color = rgb(0,0,0) > unfortunately, this syntax ge

RE: need help with sound ?

Can't get it to work..? -Kev- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Charlie Fiskeaux II Sent: 06 May 2002 19:09 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: need help with sound ? You don't need to call it. The on keyDown handler is activated wheneve

Re: stopmovie and branching

not sure i getcha. i put in a on stopapplication alert "yippee" end and nothing happened. it seems like it's not a keyword. am i missing something? jakob are you just leading me astray?? --bhakti Jakob Hede Madsen wrote: > > At 15:42 -0700 06/05/02, bhakti wrote: > > >yes, i may have

Re: stopmovie and branching

At 15:42 -0700 06/05/02, bhakti wrote: >yes, i may have to keep track of whether i'm about to branch to another >movie or not, but is there some more cleverer way of distinguishing >between the 2 cases Yes, there is a much cleverer way! Macromedia adds specific events for the actual "stopApp

stopmovie and branching

howdy, folks! here's a bit of a lazy question. but what's laziness for, if not to find easier way of doing things? i'm doing a bunch of "go to movie x" in a project, with several .dir's. i want to do some "stuff" when the movie ends, so i put it in stopmovie. but i only want it to happen if they

Re: dialup with director

At 18:56 -0300 05/06/2002, Rodrigo Peres wrote: >This soft (or the idea of it :-) is to give the user the hability to connect >to an ISP, based on his/her location. So the user is the guy who's decide >when to connect or disconnect. Taking this in consideration this can be >created without much "

RE: forecolor field text , "integer expected"

At 1:43 PM +1200 5/6/02, you wrote: > > How can I set the color´s line of a field text member with hexadecimal >> representation or RGB values ? > >Try setting the 'color', as opposed to the 'foreColor'. It should accept rgb >triplets and hex values. > >member(pmember).line[2].color = rgb(0,0,

Re: dialup with director

First of all, thank's for the answers. This soft (or the idea of it :-) is to give the user the hability to connect to an ISP, based on his/her location. So the user is the guy who's decide when to connect or disconnect. Taking this in consideration this can be created without much "pain" in direc

Re: RGB values in Director?

At 23:36 +0300 05/06/2002, Lauri Puisto wrote: >What is the right format for rgb value in behavior description list, #string >isn't or is it? No, it's #color: addProp myProps, #someColor,[ #comment: "Color:", #format: #color, #default: rgb ( 0, 0, 0 ) ] This gives you a nice little color c

RGB values in Director?

Hi! I'm trying to make a behavior. One property is pColor on getPropertyDescriptionList description = [:] addProp description, #pColor, [#comment: "Color", #format: #string, #default: gColor] end gColor is like rgb(255,0,0) I have a command like this in one handler: on mouseUp me sprite

Re: dialup with director

At 17:00 -0300 05/06/2002, Rodrigo Peres wrote: >Hi list, > >Is it possible to develop an application with director that makes dialup >connections to an ISP?? Yes, but it is a huge pain in the ass. Long and short is that if you want to connect to the net, you should really ask the user first, a

Re: dialup with director

As long as that connection is there, the computer is connected; so starting any other apps would be connected as well. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems,

baOpenFile question

Hey list, Thanks for your help with the Buddy API delimiter & parameter issues. I've got the final test version of our CD up and running. I have it set up to check the machine type and then execute baOpenFile with the proper delimiter. Now that I've got my head wrapped securely around the delimit

Re: scrollbar artifacts

oh, yeah, i've seen this before. try some lingo-voodoo! throw a couple the stageColor = the stageColor lines in various places. startmovie? or the exitframe of the first frame? it forces a redraw. more so than updateStage. like i said, voodoo. (and no offense intended toward our santaria-practi

dialup with director

Hi list, Is it possible to develop an application with director that makes dialup connections to an ISP?? I've been looking the DirectConnection xtra, but if I stabilish a connection with it, can i navigate in internet with a web browser or this connection is restricted to "projector" enviroment?

scrollbar artifacts

on various windows machines, using director 8.0: i have a movie where i swap scrolling fields into a sprite. when i am done in that movie, and go to another movie, i am left with the direct to stage scrollbar on screen, and i don't have any fields in this movie at all. then i am stuck with this

Re: Custom Lingo Dictionary (was: Finding the width oftext)

At 21:18 Uhr +0200 06.05.2002, Alex da Franca wrote: > >feel free to use and customize it further. I forgot to mention one more thing: james newton has some updates to erratic help files downloadable from his website: http://perso.planetb.fr/newton/ -- ||| a¿ex -- [To remove yourself from

Re: Re: How do I change cast members in a MIAW?

At 11:34 -0700 05/06/2002, Mushtaq Farooqui wrote: >Thanks for the info, Howdy-Tzi. To clarify what I am doing: yes, I did mean >a shockwave movie when I said "dcr". My problem is that I have only the >shockwave movie from a school project a year ago, and I want to update it >with better sound an

Custom Lingo Dictionary (was: Finding the width of text)

At 11:26 Uhr +0100 06.05.2002, Nick Crossland wrote: > >I'm also not a fan of HTML help files, I much prefer the Windows style ones, >if nothing else, for just for being able to type the first few letters of a >command to scroll straight to it. It seems to be a step backwards for >usability! alth

Re: Refreshing sprites after use?

does that include cases where the sprite is instantiating itself? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Well I hear if you have a sprite you haven't used in a year or so, it > automatically becomes a virgin. > > Or something like that. > > On Mon, 6 May 2002, bhakti wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrot

Re: beginSprite script

At 21:49 +0800 05/06/2002, noelle cheng wrote: >To set a cue point, I need to set the cue points in an external >program like Cool Edit first, then re-import the sound file right? No, you can go into the tempo channel and tell Director to hold on that frame until the sound is finished playin

Re: How do I change cast members in a MIAW?

>I would be very grateful to anyone who can help me with this problem: I have >a start movie which calls a MIAW when a user clicks a button. I would like >to give the user the option of changing the background music and background >image (changing the cast members. How would I do this to a dcr? O

RE: script error?

Hey How do I do a plugin detection? I want to display a htmlpage with some info, in case they need to download the plugin, but can't find a tester... and can't do one on my own :) They need the 8.5.1 player to play the game. Thanx!!! Natalia -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Refreshing sprites after use?

At 13:21 -0400 05/06/2002, matt desimone wrote: >Due to the nature of the flash movie, just doing rewind() etc, isn't >going to work. I know I have an option or two to do this directly in >flash, but it seems to me that it shouldn't be hard to delete a sprite >and reload the same cast member in

Re: Refreshing sprites after use?

Well I hear if you have a sprite you haven't used in a year or so, it automatically becomes a virgin. Or something like that. On Mon, 6 May 2002, bhakti wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > - it will be a virgin again. > > > > > wow, i wish i'd have known it was that easy... > > >

Re: need help with sound ?

You don't need to call it. The on keyDown handler is activated whenever a key is pressed. The sound(3).play("footstep") command is the same as puppetSound 3, "footstep", because puppeting is now automatic, so you don't need to manually puppet any more. Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer The C

Re: Refreshing sprites after use?

Jump in the frame before the sprite begins. Also sprite(mySprite).member= ... might do the job florian matt desimone wrote: > > Odd, but hopefully quick, question. > > I have a flash sprite on a frame which has a number of properties set > during its use. At a certain point, I want a person

Re: Refreshing sprites after use?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > - it will be a virgin again. > wow, i wish i'd have known it was that easy... --bh, singing old madonna to himself [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [

Re: Refreshing sprites after use?

If you jump to a different frame with the same flash member but a 'different' sprite -- meaning it can be the same channel but on a keyframe - it will be a virgin again. Personally if you're doing a lot of dynamic text inside of it, I'd rather stay on the same frame/sprite and do sendsprite

Re: script error?

At 23:47 +0800 05/06/2002, noelle cheng wrote: >>Well, you could try attaching a behavior to the sound sprite on the >>stage that raises or lowers the volume with each frame cycle; or >>you could put in a framescript that does the same thing. > >This sounds interesting, but what is a frame cyc

Refreshing sprites after use?

Odd, but hopefully quick, question. I have a flash sprite on a frame which has a number of properties set during its use. At a certain point, I want a person to be able to jump to a fresh copy of that same flash movie. Due to the nature of the flash movie, just doing rewind() etc, isn't going t

RE: need help with sound ?

Or perhaps I haven't assigned the sound to sound channel 3 yet, how do I do this...or is it automatic? -KEV- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Charlie Fiskeaux II Sent: 06 May 2002 17:05 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: need help with s

RE: need help with sound ?

Ok, and then how do I call this..? -KEV- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Charlie Fiskeaux II Sent: 06 May 2002 17:05 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: need help with sound ? One way would be this, if you reserved sound channel 3 for o

Re: need help with sound ?

One way would be this, if you reserved sound channel 3 for only footsteps at this time: on keyDown --place in a movie script if the keyPressed=126 then if sound(3).status=0 then --if it's idle sound(3).play("footstep") end if end if end Charlie

Re: beginSprite script

What I meant was this. There is only ONE "built-in" timer available. (Since I haven't used it in years, I just had to go look it up.) You can start this timer by issuing a "startTimer" command, then check for how much time has expired by checking "the timer". That's all fine and good. Howe

Re: textmember line spacing??

At 14:09 +0200 05/06/2002, Natalia Tjelum wrote: >How do I adjust the linespacing, I have already set it to 18, but for some >reason director changes it to 20 when I fill in text in runtime??? fixedLineSpace is the #text equivalent of lineHeight. As for why Director changes it -- a glitch in th

Re: Re: How do I change castmembers in a MIAW?

At 22:45 -0700 05/04/2002, Mushtaq Farooqui wrote: >I would be very grateful to anyone who can help me with this problem: I have >a start movie which calls a MIAW when a user clicks a button. I would like >to give the user the option of changing the background music and background >image (changin

Re: script error?

Hi, At 10:19 AM 5/3/2002 -0500, you wrote: >>>0 to 255 is the range, yes. You can do all sorts of things to get the >>>sound to fade up or down on its own, >> >>How do I do that? > >Well, you could try attaching a behavior to the sound sprite on the stage >that raises or lowers the volume wi

need help with sound ?

Hello all, I have a wav sound of footsteps which is about 2 secs long, I am currently using : on exitFrame me go to the frame if keypressed(126) then puppetsound 3,"footstep" to call the sound from the cast when the key press, but because the key press is happening all the time, it's re

Can an ActiveX in Director do it?

Hi all, I know Xtra BUDDY API is suitable for this matter but I´d like to send keyboard commands to an external app via an ActiveX control in Director movie. Is it possible? Carlos -- ___ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com htt

Re: volume range (was "Re: script error?")

If your QT sprite is in channel 10, then sprite(10).volume=500 or whatever volume you wish. Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054 x29 cell: 859/312-3883 - Original Message - From: noelle cheng To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 06

Re: beginSprite script

Hi, At 11:29 AM 5/3/2002 -0500, you wrote: >> I do understand what you mean. It is not necessary to use a few frames >> when one would suffice. >> >>However, if I wanted a sound file to finish playing how do I do it? >> >>I can’t use a frame script >> >>on exitFrame me >> go the frame >>en

Re: textmember line spacing??

>How do I adjust the linespacing, I have already set it to 18, but for some >reason director changes it to 20 when I fill in text in runtime??? > >Field cast members respond to lineheight, but what to do with textmembers? Text member's version of that is fixedlinespace(). [To remove yourself fr

Re: Finding the width of text

>On a related subject, how do people find the documentation with Director? I just looked in the box, and there it was, next to the CDs. Seriously though, some commands and functions have been around for such a long time that sometimes things are not up to date when the old commands relate to

Re: volume range (was "Re: script error?")

Hi, This is the volume range for a QT music file. How do I increase the volume to be greater than 255? Thanks Noelle At 10:36 AM 5/3/2002 -0400, you wrote: >What is this volume range for? If it's for a QuickTime movie or a sound >channel, you aren't limited >to 255. 255 is set to the d

textmember line spacing??

How do I adjust the linespacing, I have already set it to 18, but for some reason director changes it to 20 when I fill in text in runtime??? Field cast members respond to lineheight, but what to do with textmembers? -Natalia [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go t

Re: Finding the width of text

> maybe charPosToLoc() is what you're looking for Thanks for that. I SWEAR it wasn't in the lingo dictionary when I looked before ;-) On a related subject, how do people find the documentation with Director? I personally find it doesn't match up to the high quality you would expect in a produc

test only... please ignore.

test. pls ignore. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/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!]