Re: lingo-l Tell won't work

2004-04-28 Thread James Newton
On 28/4/04 2:46 am, juan colon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im trying to communicate a miaw with another movie. no luck at all. all get is script error Cannot perform tell Hi Juan, Possible causes: * the window reference you are using is incorrect * the handler you are calling in the MIAW does

lingo-l decimal to binary conversion...

2004-04-28 Thread 2702NET
Hi all, Anyone have code for decimal to binary conversion you wouldn't mind posting? TIA, J [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]).

Re: lingo-l decimal to binary conversion...

2004-04-28 Thread Daniel Nelson
I posted a parent script to MediaMacros.com that does general base conversion. Regards, Daniel On Apr 28, 2004, at 6:23 AM, 2702NET wrote: Hi all, Anyone have code for decimal to binary conversion you wouldn't mind posting? TIA, J [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to

RE: lingo-l decimal to binary conversion...

2004-04-28 Thread Chuck Neal
This is old and not really optimized, but may be what you want... on getBinary vNum, vDepth if vDepth = void then vDepth = 32 baseNums = [0,1] n = neg = 0 if vnum 0 then neg = 1 vnum = integer(the maxInteger + 1.0 + vNum) end if vNum = integer(vNum) repeat

RE: lingo-l Unwanted highlight

2004-04-28 Thread Marvin Friedrich
This is what i use to get rid of unwanted hilites. I've only encountered this problem when switching between applications, so your mileage may vary :) on activateApplication the stagecolor = the stagecolor end Best, Marvin [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode,

RE: lingo-l Unwanted highlight

2004-04-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
Are there any other windows - for example, a print dialog - displayed? I've seen this happen when something else steals focus such that when it returns to the stage, editable text sprites are selected/highlighted. Very frustrating and I'm yet to find a satisfactory work-around. Yes,

RE: lingo-l Unwanted highlight

2004-04-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
This is what i use to get rid of unwanted hilites. I've only encountered this problem when switching between applications, so your mileage may vary :) on activateApplication the stagecolor = the stagecolor end Thanks, Marvin. I'll give it a try. A couple of people have suggested

Re: lingo-l decimal to binary conversion...

2004-04-28 Thread 2702NET
Actually, Chuck...thanks, I think this'll do just fine. Thanks also Daniel for the response, I'll check your code out too. Gratefully, Joe On Wednesday, Apr 28, 2004, at 09:41 US/Eastern, Chuck Neal wrote: This is old and not really optimized, but may be what you want... [To remove yourself

Re: lingo-l decimal to binary conversion...

2004-04-28 Thread 2702NET
James Newton w/the hot, free code. My hero. Already plugging it in. Will give you an author credit. Hm. I wonder how many Lingo projects contain uncredited James Newton code? Probably lots. Really, much appreciated... Joe On Wednesday, Apr 28, 2004, at 12:10 US/Eastern, James Newton wrote:

lingo-l LoadVars Flash Object In Director

2004-04-28 Thread falsetone
I am working on a Director and Flash desktop application that uses Director as shell. I want to use director simply for OS control as remain as transparent as possible for all other actions. Is it possible to use the Flash loadVars object when it lives inside a Director shell? I know my options in

RE: lingo-l Tell won't work

2004-04-28 Thread juan carlos rodriguez
probably u are working on director mx 2004 i had the same question a few weeks ago while i was developing a project that included work with MIAWS the thing is that lingo had change a little bit with the new javaScript feature. i found out that u have to declare the window name as an object

Re: lingo-l LoadVars Flash Object In Director

2004-04-28 Thread yachun lin
It works for me. I used LoadVars in Flash to communicate with a server. After finishing coding in Flash, I export it into Director. Everything works exactly the same as I tested in Flash player. Yachun - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday,

lingo-l Quotes within quotes in a do statement

2004-04-28 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
Hi list... I have a handler that trudges through XML at a particular node and looks for a parameter called command=someLingoStuff. If that param is there in the node, the handler takes what's in the quotes and puts it in a do statement: do(someLingoStuff) It's no problem for something like

Re: lingo-l LoadVars Flash Object In Director

2004-04-28 Thread falsetone
Wow, I really hope that is the case. I did a quick test the other night (3 or so minutes) and It did not work. Since that project is to come and not the one I am on, I have not tested it extensively. I'm a director and flash person, but I haven't used director since 8.5. It is quite possible I

Re: lingo-l LoadVars Flash Object In Director

2004-04-28 Thread falsetone
Yachun, Hmmm... I gave it another shot and still had no luck. I must be leaving out a step or something. Let me describe my process. I am creating a single button that has a method that will create a LoadVars object and calls a php page located on a remote server. Everything works great - (and

RE: lingo-l LoadVars Flash Object In Director

2004-04-28 Thread Mark R. Jonkman
What version of Director and Flash are you using? I don't recall if I've used the LoadVars from Flash at all but I have done a huge amount of Flash Remoting through a Flash sprite. Sincerely Mark R. Jonkman [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to