RE: lingo-l no subject

2004-04-26 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
Buzz: even in DirMX2004? I thought that was a fix. - Michael M. yes, but you must use verbose lingo to do it [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

RE: lingo-l is there an escape character in Lingo?

2004-04-26 Thread Charlie Fiskeaux II
Sorry, there's no escape character, but it's not needed, as far as I know. If you're wanting to create quotes in a string via Lingo, you can use QUOTE as in myQUOTEnameQUOTEis Manny. If the quotes are in a string entered into a field by the user, you shouldn't need to escape them. Have you done

RE: lingo-l highlighting lines in a multi-line field

2004-04-26 Thread Charlie Fiskeaux II
Try field(myfield).line[1].hilite() In MX, that hilites the entire line. Charlie Fiskeaux II Interactive Media Developer Cre8tive Group cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054 x29 cell: 608-9194 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nik crosina

RE: lingo-l highlighting lines in a multi-line field

2004-04-26 Thread Alexandre Cop
Hi, Do you mean in MX2K4? I've got MX and it highlights the line covered by the words, but no more. ... Alex ... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Fiskeaux II Sent: 26 April 2004 16:07 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE:

lingo-l resources for updating Director skills

2004-04-26 Thread lists
Hi As lapsed Director user I am looking for learning resources to get my Director skills back up to speed. I worked extensively in Director up to version 7 (since when I have done a lot of Flash, yes I defected, sorry). I would appreciate suggestions of books or online resources dealing with OO

RE: lingo-l no subject

2004-04-26 Thread Buzz Kettles
At 8:29 AM -0400 4/26/04, you wrote: Buzz: even in DirMX2004? I thought that was a fix. - Michael M. Sorry, I don't know for sure - I haven't had a client ask for delivery in DMX2004, so I don't have it yet. That certainly would be a welcome fix - I find it hard to think in the old syntax now.

Re: lingo-l resources for updating Director skills

2004-04-26 Thread Buzz Kettles
At 5:26 PM +0100 4/26/04, you wrote: Hi As lapsed Director user I am looking for learning resources to get my Director skills back up to speed. I worked extensively in Director up to version 7 (since when I have done a lot of Flash, yes I defected, sorry). I would appreciate suggestions of

Re: lingo-l resources for updating Director skills

2004-04-26 Thread Irv Kalb
You can read my E-Book on object oriented programming in Lingo, at: http://furrypants.com/loope Irv At 5:26 PM +0100 4/26/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi As lapsed Director user I am looking for learning resources to get my Director skills back up to speed. I worked extensively in Director

RE: lingo-l is there an escape character in Lingo?

2004-04-26 Thread Mike Warner
Sorry, there's no escape character, but it's not needed, as far as I know. If you're wanting to create quotes in a string via Lingo, you can use QUOTE as in myQUOTEnameQUOTEis Manny. If the quotes are in a string entered into a field by the user, you shouldn't need to escape them. Have you

RE: lingo-l is there an escape character in Lingo?

2004-04-26 Thread Charlie Fiskeaux II
I'm pretty sure it's possible to set the values of a MUI #editText widget, but check out the official Macromedia PDF (http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/how/d7/MUI.html) and this article (http://www.director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=888). Charlie Fiskeaux II Interactive Media

Re: lingo-l highlighting lines in a multi-line field

2004-04-26 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr
on 4/26/04 10:40 AM, Alexandre Cop at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Do you mean in MX2K4? I've got MX and it highlights the line covered by the words, but no more. ... Alex ... You can set the forecolor of the sprite, which will hilite the whole line. L8R, John

lingo-l (no subject)

2004-04-26 Thread Andrew Dempsey
Hi everyone, Here's a MIAW question for you - Is there any way of detecting when a windowType=6 MIAW is maximized by the user? Windowtype 6 means that there is a title bar with the maximize/minimize/quit buttons. I would like to figure out a way to detect when the user clicks maximize or

RE: lingo-l is there an escape character in Lingo?

2004-04-26 Thread Sean Wilson
How to set the value of an #editText widget in a MUI window Do you mean while constructing the dialog or as a response to user interaction with the dialog once posted? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages

lingo-l Borderless MIAWs

2004-04-26 Thread Kerry Thompson
I'm sure this has been covered before, but is there a way to get a borderless MIAW? Cordially, Kerry Thompson [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

Re: lingo-l (no subject)

2004-04-26 Thread Sean Wilson
Here's a MIAW question for you - Is there any way of detecting when a windowType=6 MIAW is maximized by the user? AFAIK, the on zoomWindow handler is supposed to fire when a window's maximize/minimize boxes are clicked. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

Re: lingo-l Borderless MIAWs

2004-04-26 Thread Sean Wilson
I'm sure this has been covered before, but is there a way to get a borderless MIAW? Use a 1-bit bitmap for the windowType? Or one of the border-removing xtras? Which version of Director? -Sean. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

Re: lingo-l Borderless MIAWs

2004-04-26 Thread Colin Holgate
I'm sure this has been covered before, but is there a way to get a borderless MIAW? In MX 2004, turn off all the Display Template options. [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: lingo-l (no subject)

2004-04-26 Thread Andrew Dempsey
Thanks, that works...almost. It fires for maximize and minimize, as you say, but doesn't fire for normalize (returning to an open but non-maximized state from other minimized or maximized state). I would need some way of detecting this normalize also. AD AFAIK, the on zoomWindow handler is

RE: lingo-l Borderless MIAWs

2004-04-26 Thread Kerry Thompson
Use a 1-bit bitmap for the windowType? Or one of the border-removing xtras? Which version of Director? MX (not 2004). Xplat. Do you do it with something like window(x).windowType = bitmap name? Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go

RE: lingo-l Borderless MIAWs

2004-04-26 Thread Rob Adams
http://www.director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=332 From: Kerry Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/04/26 Mon PM 06:05:16 EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: lingo-l Borderless MIAWs Use a 1-bit bitmap for the windowType? Or one of the border-removing xtras? Which version

RE: lingo-l Borderless MIAWs

2004-04-26 Thread Colin Holgate
Do you do it with something like window(x).windowType = bitmap name? set the windowtype of window whatever to member(one bit bitmap) or some dot syntax variation if you like. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post

Re: lingo-l zooming windows

2004-04-26 Thread Sean Wilson
Thanks, that works...almost. It fires for maximize and minimize, as you say, but doesn't fire for normalize (returning to an open but non-maximized state from other minimized or maximized state). I would need some way of detecting this normalize also. I'm not sure it would fire when returning

Re: lingo-l director-bug: contains() and offset() mix up chars

2004-04-26 Thread roymeo
I just tested this on the PC those are the upper and lower case s with a reversed ^ over them. Š and š This is confirmed by my HTML Reference book (up to HTML 4): #138; in HTML is Uppercase S with canon (nonstandard) #154; in HTML is Lowercase s with canon (nonstandard) along with the note:

Re: lingo-l director-bug: contains() and offset() mix up chars

2004-04-26 Thread Valentin Schmidt
hi roymeo, sorry, maye I was a bit unclear, those charcodes (0x8A and 0x9A, or in other words: #138 and #154) are the codes for german special chars ä (a umlaut) and ö (o umlaut) in the MAC ROMAN CODEPAGE. the letters you mention are correct for the ANSI CODEPAGE (iso-8859-1/windows-1251) . In

Re: lingo-l director-bug: contains() and offset() mix up chars - solved: no bug

2004-04-26 Thread Valentin Schmidt
I appologize, I should have read your mail more carefully, I've missed the point. Of course you are right, those codes are upper and lower case of the same weird (in ANSI codepage) char, and contains() and offset() both ignore cases. I don't know why I hadn't thought of that simple solution

Re: lingo-l zooming windows

2004-04-26 Thread Andrew Dempsey
Thanks Sean for your help. You have given me a great start. I'll let you know if I can come up with anything that works. AD Sean Wilson said: I'm not sure it would fire when returning to an open but non-maximized state from (a) minimized ... state, but activateWindow or activateApplication