lingo-l DIR -- FLASH comm problem...

2003-08-28 Thread Kristian
Hi, I have a on the stage in Director two puppetsprites each containing a #flash-member; one of the sprites is a menu that depending on what item is clicke loads the acutal content #flash-member in the other sprite. I also have a handler that activates a certain page in the content #flash-member,

Re: lingo-l dynamic text fields, how-to...

2003-08-28 Thread Charlie Fiskeaux II
That's exactly what I was talking about earlier. Erasing members at runtime leaves their memory unclaimable, so you get bloated files. Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054x29 cell: 859/608-9194 - Original Message - From: Daniel Nelson

lingo-l MediaPlayer Xtra?

2003-08-28 Thread Tom Richardson
Hello, Has any one used; MediaPlayer Xtra? Does this work reliably when playing back mpg files? I need to play mpg-1 files in director on computers as old as Windows 98 98ME. I have tried other xtras and had system error problems on play back. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Re: lingo-l dynamic text fields, how-to...

2003-08-28 Thread Diego Landro
Well, thinking of it that way you are right, maybe it´s not a lgitch after all, ok, but you must aree that is very annoying whrn you want four texts onscreen and just have to creae four different members just to put a text beside a picture or something like that, but youre right when you say that

RE: lingo-l dynamic text fields, how-to...

2003-08-28 Thread Tony Bray
On Thursday, Aug 28, 2003, at 09:21 Pacific/Auckland, Diego Landro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem with text (or fields for that matter) members is that you can´t change the text within the sprite without affecting the member itself. It does not work for text or fields as it does for

lingo-l playing wmv files

2003-08-28 Thread Anand Ravi
Hi List, I need to play a number wmv files (audio and video) as part of the CD content. This I have successfully done. I have experimented with 2 xtras but both have their own problems. 1. xMedia xtra from dvelectric - I am unable to set the video position using lingo. The moment I set the video

Re: lingo-l deleting from a text file with fileIO

2003-08-28 Thread Anand Ravi
Original Message - From: Daniel Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:33 PM Subject: Re: lingo-l deleting from a text file with fileIO Oops. Thanks for correcting me. Regards, Daniel Kerry Thompson wrote: Don't delete and create

Re: lingo-l DIR -- FLASH comm problem...

2003-08-28 Thread Anand Ravi
Hi! On an earlier project, I had to integrate flash and director. From director, I set the value of a specific variable to a predefined value using the setvariable command. In flash I had a movieclip that would process the values of the specific variable and take appropriate action accordingly.

RE: lingo-l deleting from a text file with fileIO -is this a bug ?

2003-08-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
Hi again, right it simply wasn't working for me so i've eventually stripped it down to what i see is causing the problem.Can anyone offer an explanation for the following. frame script on frame 2 on exitFrame me set schedulefile =new(xtra fileio) createFile(schedulefile,

Re: lingo-l deleting from a text file with fileIO -is this a bug ?

2003-08-28 Thread Charlie Fiskeaux II
Try this order and see if it helps: on exitFrame me schedulefile=new(xtra fileio) openFile(schedulefile, tempschedule.txt, 0) delete(schedulefile) createFile(schedulefile, tempschedule.txt) filestatus=status(schedulefile) alert schedulefile.error(filestatus) delete(schedulefile)

RE: lingo-l DIR -- FLASH comm problem...

2003-08-28 Thread Kristian
On an earlier project, I had to integrate flash and director. From director, I set the value of a specific variable to a predefined value using the setvariable command. In flash I had a movieclip that would process the values of the specific variable and take appropriate action

Re: lingo-l playing wmv files

2003-08-28 Thread Valentin Schmidt
hi anand, you could check MediaPlayer Xtra from http://www.starsoftmultimedia.com/ you might also try to use the WindowsMediaPlayer directly as ActiveX-Control without an xtra. regards, valentin Anand Ravi wrote: Hi List, I need to play a number wmv files (audio and video) as part of the

RE: lingo-l playing wmv files

2003-08-28 Thread Mathew Ray
I think Tab mentioned at one point that Penworks did one as well. May want to check the archives or the table of products at updatestage.com ~Mathew -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Valentin Schmidt Sent: Thursday, August 28,

lingo-l re deleting from a text file with fileIO -is this a bug ?

2003-08-28 Thread Lee Blinco
Hi again kerry - these scripts are there to show my problem, as you say a file should be created and then deleted so when the playhead returns to frame 2 after running the button script it should then do this again BUT if i have selected a file from a directory below the movies directory by

RE: lingo-l re deleting from a text file with fileIO -is this a bug ?

2003-08-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
kerry - these scripts are there to show my problem, as you say a file should be created and then deleted so when the playhead returns to frame 2 after running the button script it should then do this again BUT if i have selected a file from a directory below the movies directory by

Re: lingo-l re deleting from a text file with fileIO -is this a bug ?

2003-08-28 Thread Charlie Fiskeaux II
I think the PropSave Xtra is one of the least known yet most useful secrets in all Xtra-dom. Because it saves and reads your Director data straight to disk, there's almost no chance of data loss, plus it's quick and easy. It's located at http://pimz.com/?id=xtrassection=propsave Charlie

lingo-l Loading, unloading and memory.

2003-08-28 Thread Kristian
Hi, just wondering if anyone know of any resource websites/articles regarding the loading of sprites and members (memory management) in Director. I am currently working on a project which uses a lot of external casts and members. Especially resources/articles regarding the use of #Flash members.

Re: lingo-l re deleting from a text file with fileIO -is this a bug ?

2003-08-28 Thread Howdy-Tzi
On Thursday, Aug 28, 2003, at 12:11 America/Chicago, Charlie Fiskeaux II wrote: I think the PropSave Xtra is one of the least known yet most useful secrets in all Xtra-dom. Yes, it's quite a useful tool... And at a great price! ;) It's located at http://pimz.com/?id=xtrassection=propsave