RE: lingo-l Trouble condensing this

2002-07-16 Thread niqui
Hi I am assuming that the list has 8 values? if so this is calling a nineth value from the list which does not exist. There are 2 ways arround this - either add a nineth value to the list that is an exact duplicate of the first value or change the script to check if i8 and call from position 1

lingo-l 2 questions: open application screen saver

2002-07-16 Thread niqui
Hi I’m new to this list so I apologize if it’s basic or been covered before. I have 2 questions (on separate projects): 1. I am looking for a way to open an application (visual basic) through Director. The problem that I have encountered is that all the options (open (lingo command), Buddy

lingo-l Trouble condensing this-solved

2002-07-16 Thread Neil Sandbach
Just realised the answer to my own problem. The problem with: repeat with i = 1 to 8 member(canvas).image.draw(getAt(glistOfPointsCatA, i), getAt(glistOfPointsCatA, i+1), [#shapeType:#line, #lineSize:2, #color: rgb(150, 0, 0)]) end repeat was that on the last loop of the above

Re: lingo-l Trouble condensing this

2002-07-16 Thread Mike Gralish
The problem seems to be the value 9. gListOfPointsCatA probably has only 8 items in the list. The bit: getAt(glistOfPointsCatA, i+1) resolves to getAt(glistOfPointsCatA, 9) and 9 is too big for the list... the error message you got about List Expected for Handler is misleading. (call

Re: lingo-l 2 questions: open application screen saver

2002-07-16 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 14:59 +0200 07/16/2002, niqui wrote: 1. I am looking for a way to open an application (visual basic) through Director. The problem that I have encountered is that all the options (open (lingo command), Buddy API, Zeus Productions-zOpen ) that I have tried run the application on top of

Re: lingo-l members following others in a random movement

2002-07-16 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 11:27 -0300 07/16/2002, Bárbara Tâmisa Florentino da Silva wrote: I need to make that a member string (line) follows a squared member that will be in random movement and through this member string (line) others squared members follow the first one. How to make so that the other members follow

lingo-l members following others in a random movement

2002-07-16 Thread Bárbara Tâmisa Florentino da Silva
I need to make that a member string (line) follows a squared member that will be in random movement and through this member string (line) others squared members follow the first one. How to make so that the other members follow the first one? Thanks if anyone can help me... Bárbara Tâmisa

lingo-l shut down a kiosk?

2002-07-16 Thread mike cash
Greets, I have a kiosk running in a very public place. Somehow, the Director program is being exited out of, and randomly, the computer itself is turned off. The question I have is, how does one exit out of Director? Keeping in mind that there is NO keyboard, No mouse (touch-screen

Re: lingo-l shut down a kiosk?

2002-07-16 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 15:01 + 07/16/2002, mike cash wrote: Greets, I have a kiosk running in a very public place. Somehow, the Director program is being exited out of, and randomly, the computer itself is turned off. Something's crashing something. I'd bet a dlog comes up every once in a while to the

Re: lingo-l shut down a kiosk?

2002-07-16 Thread mike cash
Well, there's something going wrong someplece. Some more information about what's happening is in order, as well as the OS this is running on, what the program itself is doing, what version of Director you're running, what Xtras you've used, and so on. Duh, sorry about that...Dir. 8.5 running

Re: lingo-l setting the hexadecimal string value of a color with a variable

2002-07-16 Thread Neil
Can you give me some indication of what i am doing wrong? on mouseUp me hexN = FF --same hex value as above The next 2 lines aren't needed --hexNumWsharp = # hexN --adds sharp -- hexWquotes = QUOTE hexNumWsharp QUOTE --adds quotes Change the next line to be sprite(1).color

Re: lingo-l setting the hexadecimal string value of a color with avariable

2002-07-16 Thread rdantas
you don't want to add the quotes, they are just the string delimiter... Rui Dantas Justin Olmanson

Re: lingo-l shut down a kiosk?

2002-07-16 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 16:39 + 07/16/2002, mike cash wrote: Duh, sorry about that...Dir. 8.5 running on Win XP. DirectMedia and BuddyAPI are only real xtras being used. Flog flog flog. There. You're suitably punished. If you're using DirectMedia, may I infer you are playing video? Used to be with older

RE: lingo-l shut down a kiosk?

2002-07-16 Thread Paul Fletcher
Also another idea might be to use the 'alert hook' and put in a handler to create a text or ini file to store the error that is occuring. This way you can view what is causing the problem when it crashes! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of

lingo-l setting the hexadecimal string value of a color with a variable

2002-07-16 Thread Justin Olmanson
Greetings All, I am working on an experiment in colors, it involves displaying different colors which correspond with a number generated through a calculation which gets progressively larger. I convert the number into a hexString and save it in a variable. I cannot get the color to change, it

RE: lingo-l setting the hexadecimal string value of a color with a variable

2002-07-16 Thread Thomas Higgins
Justin, Why are you adding quotes to your hex color string? Let's look at the mouseDown handler: on mouseDown me sprite(1).color = rgb(#FF) --works fine, turns sprite red updateStage --pg. 264 Special Ed. Using MM Dir. 8

RE: lingo-l shut down a kiosk?

2002-07-16 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 17:39 +0100 07/16/2002, Paul Fletcher wrote: Also another idea might be to use the 'alert hook' and put in a handler to create a text or ini file to store the error that is occuring. This way you can view what is causing the problem when it crashes! Well, that'll work if it's a Director

lingo-l Jamie Lane is out of the office.

2002-07-16 Thread jlane
I will be out of the office starting 07/15/2002 and will not return until 07/22/2002. I am out until July 17th and I will respond to your message when I return. Thanks! Jamie [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post

lingo-l cd to web

2002-07-16 Thread Carol Mahaffy
hey list -- I have a cd that has been produced that the client wants to port over to the web (would have been nice if it was decided before it was finished!). I have lots of external linked assets ect so i placed everything in a dswmedia folder published and it works fine off my hd. But when

lingo-l What is the going rate for experienced Director now?

2002-07-16 Thread brian
Hello List, I appologize in advance and hope I don't spark any flames if this goes against list protocol. I am in the process of looking for extra contract work, and I have been in a salary job, which I know for a fact underpays me, for quite a while and don't know what the going rate for high

Re: lingo-l cd to web

2002-07-16 Thread Buzz Kettles
put the CD in your drive select the 'Pubish CD to Web' command ... What? There isn't one? Seriously, the go to movie issue is probably fairly trivial. You can use Find to find each the go to movie strings paste goToNetmovie or live bravely use Find/Replace ALL A bigger issue is the size of

Re: lingo-l What is the going rate for experienced Director now?

2002-07-16 Thread Buzz Kettles
The other day I saw a job posting from Director work in Texas suggesting that they were willing to pay $12-$14 per hour - my wife suggested that they must've lost a decimal place ... note: the Director contact market is extremely cool right now. (At least what I've been able to find) -Buzz

Re: lingo-l What is the going rate for experienced Director now?

2002-07-16 Thread brian
The other day I saw a job posting from Director work in Texas suggesting that they were willing to pay $12-$14 per hour - my wife suggested that they must've lost a decimal place ... note: the Director contact market is extremely cool right now. (At least what I've been able to find) -Buzz

RE: lingo-l What is the going rate for experienced Director now?

2002-07-16 Thread Watson, Christopher
That's not too big a shaft, Brian. High-level Director contract work -- depending on market, demand, alignment of skillset with project demands, clout, and many other factors -- should start around $40/hr and top out at around $150/hr. Again, lots of dependencies there. Under one set of

Re: lingo-l What is the going rate for experienced Director now?

2002-07-16 Thread Buzz Kettles
the geographic variance is tremendous. TX FL seem to be @ the bottom of the price range I saw one recently in FL: 2 weeks work, 30 hrs/wk, $1200 total (= $20hr) It was described as developing a CD-ROM! -Buzz At 6:30 PM -0400 7/16/02, you wrote: The other day I saw a job posting from

lingo-l onstage products

2002-07-16 Thread nik crosina
hi there, just to find out whether any of you have used any 'onstage' xtras from a company called 'visible light'? we are just about to try the 'onstage osdvd for director professional edition', and i thought i ask whether there are any known issues beforehand. much appreciated, nik --

lingo-l bitdepth in importfileinto

2002-07-16 Thread toolshed_mamao
I am importing a series of bitmaps using importfileinto, but they are being imported as 24bit, without the alphachannell... what do I do to import them WITH the alpha channel?? Luiz Gustavo Castelan Póvoas [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

Re: lingo-l bitdepth in importfileinto

2002-07-16 Thread Colin Holgate
I am importing a series of bitmaps using importfileinto, but they are being imported as 24bit, without the alphachannell... what do I do to import them WITH the alpha channel?? What is your screen set to? It may be on 24 bit instead of 32 bit. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change

Re: lingo-l What is the going rate for experienced Director now?

2002-07-16 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
Huh. I've been doing well even if I'm _not_ published... On 7/16/02 6:30 PM, brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed forth: The other day I saw a job posting from Director work in Texas suggesting that they were willing to pay $12-$14 per hour - my wife suggested that they must've lost a decimal