RE: lingo-l dual monitor projector?

Hi Tony, I don't have the option to use a Mac for this project, but I will be trying all the options to see what works best on whatever final platform is chosen. Thanks for the offer of help! Cath, Windows has overtaken the Mac's capabilities with 2 monitors already as long as you use

RE: lingo-l dual monitor projector?

overtaken ? just out of interest: do you care to elaborate, what are the advantages of windows in regards to multiple monitors, other than requiring dual head graphic cards instead of being able to handle two seperate cards properly ? -- Hi Alex! Beeing a Mac fan, this is hard to say:

RE: lingo-l dual monitor projector?

ah OK I see, I just feared I had missed something. so it are the same reasons, that windows has 'overtaken' mac in general, cheaper hardware, faster and inconsistent. it reminds me a bit of the advantage of being able to eject a CD-ROM, while it is in use... (I always felt uncomfortable

RE: lingo-l dual monitor projector?

I am about to start a project which will use two monitors - one will run video and the other the interface. Has anyone done this? Is the best way to treat the stage as one large stage covering both monitors? Any pitfalls? Advice? Yes, yes, and yes. It may vary depending on which

RE: lingo-l dual monitor projector?

If you're just going to show video on the second monitor, then a MIAW might well work. If any graphics need to span or move between the two areas, having the stage fill both screens is very convenient. But the thread was about having a controller on one monitor and the output on the

RE: lingo-l dual monitor projector?

I may have missed that part. The ones I've done have had a touch screen for the first display, and additional graphics or video shown on the second display. Having scripts in the first monitor area that send messages or talk directly with sprites that are on the stage in the second

RE: lingo-l Shell Xtra

Hi Valentin! I love it! You are saving my ... . How can I buy it for using it next week in an existing project? Florian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Valentin Schmidt Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:34 PM To: [EMAIL

RE: lingo-l Shell Xtra

Oh, ok, very cool Valentin. I will donate you when the project is done. Danke Florian Hi Florian, just take it and use, it's freeware. In case you use it for a commercial project and make millions of dollars/euros with it, I wouldn't reject a little donation (I have a PayPal account

RE: lingo-l (-1) or-(- 1)?

I do not see the problem. If x is -1 as in your example then -x will get 1 as result. And -(1) gives you -1 of course. Where is the problem? Florian [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

AW: lingo-l updating an online database

Instead of a timeout of 0.1 seconds (which is not enough anyway) you should use netdone() In a frame script/behaviour do something like this Global netID On sendToNet me, i netID=postNetText(...) End On exitFrame me if netDone(netID) then if netError(netID)OK then -- error

AW: lingo-l Flash problem in director - DUMB!

Frame 1 is not a good place to do such things. Have you tried frame 2? Florian This is driving me crazy. Flash sprite in channel 1 in frame 1. On a submit button from the flash it calls a movie handler (login) which goes the frame +1 There's ALWAYS a ghost image of the flash sprite

AW: lingo-l DVD?

No, of course not. A home DVD player has no means to play computer stuff whatsoever. It has a simple video decoder chip and that's it. Florian -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Matt Wells Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. Januar 2004

AW: lingo-l Open PowerPoint from within director

There is an article on DOUG about this. Search for Powerpoint Regards, Florian -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Tom van Gemert Gesendet: Montag, 1. Dezember 2003 12:08 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: lingo-l Open

AW: AW: lingo-l Sound recognition and comparison

Please take a look at the website before you discuss things. The first snapshot of the asFFT demo app shows several inputs including CD, microphone etc AND frequency curves. It is not only volume. I think this is as far as you can get. Analyzing sound volumes with different frequencies. All other

AW: lingo-l Upgrade operating system question.

I'm interested in why you prefer 2000 over XP. I just like it better. I used the server edition for years and found it easier to use in mixed networks. Just a personal taste. Florian [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi

AW: lingo-l Huge animation

-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Rama krishnan Gesendet: Montag, 27. Oktober 2003 13:23 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: lingo-l Huge animation Hi List I have to play a huge animation it contains around 375 frames,

Re: lingo-l Miaw @ Daniel

One of the strange things about lingo-l is that I don't get all posts. Another one is that the answer comes usually before the question. So would you mind to post the link again Daniel? Thank you Florian - Original Message - From: Daniel Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lingo-l Miaw @ Daniel

/public_resources/director/window_manager.html Regards, Daniel Florian Bogeschdorfer wrote: One of the strange things about lingo-l is that I don't get all posts. Another one is that the answer comes usually before the question. So would you mind to post the link again Daniel? Thank

Re: lingo-l Director Programmer Position

From a german view: the payment is ridiculous Florian [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

Re: lingo-l how to comunicate serial port

Am 11.08.2003 14:25 Uhr schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all, I am working on smart card. I wanted to know how to comunicate thru serial port using Lingo? Thanks Anil [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

Re: lingo-l loop every hour

Am 23.07.2003 17:23 Uhr schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Take a look at the timeout function Florian Hi list, How can I implement an script to run every hour. I need to download (downloadnetthing) some files and this files are updated in this interval. The download is

Re: lingo-l Web Broswer in Director MX

I can't seem to figure out how to use it? Can somebody give a quick Sample/explanation on how to using it? This is a complete behaviour. It has a load control and stall control included. Watch for linebreaks Regards, Florian property pMSwebBrowser property pSprite property pWaitAfterPageReady

Re: lingo-l Dimming lights then show Video

Is this possible? How? I know about xtras, but haven t used any of them! Then, I have to know which hardware I need? I now use some switches, but I hook these up on a keyboard to get the input into Director. You could use a dimmer pack with a serial interface and the serial xtra. Or you

Re: lingo-l Text/Integers?

Am 18.03.2003 20:13 Uhr schrieb kevin pyatt unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi. I have a question regarding the way in which one can display a number stored as a variable in a text field. Example. a = 1.5 b = 2.0 c = (A+B) member(MyTextBox).int c Member(MyTextBox).text=(c.integer).string

Re: lingo-l sound problem

Am 21.02.2003 17:01 Uhr schrieb Alex unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have not tested but I would definitely leave away those brackets {} because they indicate an option and are not supposed to appear in the code. Regards, Florian Hi List, im a lingo newbie and i i want to introduce myself to

Re: lingo-l QuickTime issue

Am 04.02.2003 15:24 Uhr schrieb nik crosina unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Maybe a redraw problem, Have you tried stopping the MPEG before jumping? Or setting the sprite to invisible? Florian Hi List, I experience a peculiar thing with QT. I am playing back a MPEG on one frame and as I leave

Re: lingo-l fastest computer system for Director applications

Am 04.02.2003 17:02 Uhr schrieb Kerry Thompson unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Working a lot with different macs and pcs AND being a mac fan, I have to tell you (although I hate to admit) that a fast PC will be remarkably faster with animations and renderings from inside director. It can be slower with

Re: lingo-l MIAW????

Am 28.01.2003 16:14 Uhr schrieb William Miller unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Take a look at open window and ist related commands. There is a whole section in the help file about movie in a window Regards, Florian I have never used these before so this is what I am trying to do: I have a .dir

Re: lingo-l Scaling a MIAW

Am 28.01.2003 18:09 Uhr schrieb William Miller unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I got the MIAW to work now I need it to scale when the user scales the window...any help would be great.. [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 FindingNotWantedFonts

Am 14.01.2003 21:06 Uhr schrieb Bruce Powell unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You would have to step through every character using char[] QUESTION: Is there some way for me to locate all font typefaces used by castmember? It could even be a space with a not wanted font on it. Bruce [To remove

Re: lingo-l can someone explain this (count count() ) ??

Am 20.12.2002 10:48 Uhr schrieb Matthias Amberg unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The main thing one has to learn when it comes to Director syntax is not WHY but HOW. There are so many strange things (MM doesn't consider them as bugs) about what works and what not, that you should be satisfied with having

Re: lingo-l property's in property lists

Am 19.12.2002 16:18 Uhr schrieb Mark van den Elzen unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello I'm new to this list, my question might had an answer before but I need help rather quickly. I want to extract info from a property list using a property. I know this sounds confusing so I will use an example:

Re: lingo-l ANN: Director MX

Am 25.11.2002 13:46 Uhr schrieb nik crosina unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.macromedia.com/software/director/ I read it on a german lingo list few hours ago, think being based in london and speaking german gave me a bit of an time based adavantage here... basically it is just a

Re: lingo-l ANN: Director MX

Am 25.11.2002 14:39 Uhr schrieb Colin Holgate unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On the German list someone was happy that it is going to be released at all. Sorry, but spending thousands of dollars on director the last years, I don't have to be grateful, do I? The hopefully many thousands of

lingo-l List archives?

Hi list, Is there a searchable archive of this list available somewhere? I need to find a special mail which got lost in my own archive. TIA, Florian [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: lingo-l List archives?

Am 25.10.2002 10:51 Uhr schrieb Brad Hile unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is there a searchable archive of this list available somewhere? I need to find a special mail which got lost in my own archive. the headers say: http://mail4.fcgnetworks.net/archives/lingo-l/ I also have this bookmarked:

lingo-l Mobile phone communication via serial port

Hi list. I remember a posting where the sender said he had programmed a tool to send/receive sms via a mobile phone and the Direct Communication Xtra. I could not find it in the archive, so when you read this, please contact me off-list. TIA, Florian [To remove yourself from this list, or to

Re: lingo-l Browser with ActiveX is the same?

Am 18.10.2002 16:31 Uhr schrieb Fabio Gava unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't know about the activeX xtra, but there is an xtra for SSL from www.integrationnewmedia.com florian Hi, Is the browser open in Director (opened by activeX xtra) the same then a normal browser window. Anyone know it?

Re: lingo-l FTP via Director

Am 16.10.2002 16:08 Uhr schrieb mike cash unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: DirectFTP at www.directxtras.com Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knew of an Xtra that would aid in the FTPing of a file. Basically, the app I'm working on will save out a .txt file that will have to be FTP'd to a

Re: lingo-l Direct to Stage niggles

I usually export the last frame of the quicktime to a still and put that in director directly after the quicktime movie. florian Am 18.09.2002 09:51 Uhr schrieb Andreas Gaunitz P11 unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What platform? Just some simple suggestions: Did you set the stagecolor = the

Re: lingo-l RE: gi instead of PICT?

Am 18.09.2002 13:21 Uhr schrieb Robin Pereira unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: dont know whether this is ok to do or not but i import single images as gifs instead of PICT and the file size is much reduced eg. PICT file 80pixels /80pixels 6.7k as a gif 80pixels /80pixels 3.1k i dont get

Re: OT: last names (was Re: lingo-l To Ockrassa and others)

Am 11.09.2002 21:16 Uhr schrieb Howdy-Tzi unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wednesday, Sep 11, 2002, at 13:45 US/Central, Kurt Griffin wrote: I'm sure that if Warren is ex-military, he won't mind being called Okrassa. You could also shout Prisoner 824762! Fall in! and see if he flinches.

Re: lingo-l Scrolling and highlited Text thru lingo

Am 27.08.2002 11:48 Uhr schrieb Shailendra Vijayvergia unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi to all list members, Just joined this group to get solution of my problem. I'm new to Lingo Script and working on highlited text. But all scripts/behaviors which i got on the net were based on mouse

Re: lingo-l miaw question

Am 22.08.2002 10:00 Uhr schrieb g r i m m w e r k s unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've been trying to get the miaw to call a function to a text sprite within it -- but everytime I tell the window to do the handler, I get 'no function' as a response. If I get you right you do something like Tell

Re: lingo-l fonts not the same - how to change all text toembedded font

Am 21.08.2002 10:11 Uhr schrieb Lee Blinco unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've just done a movie in several languages and i didn't embed the font as it was arial and i thought that this would be on all win machines. On nt however spanish accented characters did not show properly, does this mean

Re: lingo-l problem updating old quicktime vr tour

Am 20.08.2002 17:51 Uhr schrieb Jim Arthur unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am trying to upgrade a quicktime vr tour that was originally done in Quicktime 2 and Director 6 to Quicktime 6 and Director 8.5. It seems to work on the Mac but on the PC version, all the nodes keep coming up as 0 in

Re: lingo-l look of sprites in the score

Am 19.08.2002 14:26 Uhr schrieb nik crosina unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: thanks florian, but keyframes, splitting and joining sprites is something i use a lot and have no problems with. also i realise that my problem may easily be confused with it. i have put a screenshot of what i mean at:

Re: lingo-l Director color and image color don't match

Am 19.08.2002 17:51 Uhr schrieb Joe Gallagher unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: To be efficient, I am using Director's shape tools to create parts of my interface. There are also graphics that I created in Photoshop that butt up against the shapes made in Director. As you have probably have

Re: lingo-l rs232 communication

Am 12.08.2002 08:41 Uhr schrieb jerome_rigaud unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The DirectCommunication Xtra from http://www.directxtras.com connects you easily to serial ports. All you need is a cable. If you do it on Mac, be sure to set the port to 0 before closing or restarting the movie, otherwise

Re: lingo-l Mac Refresh Issue

Am 31.07.2002 19:43 Uhr schrieb Robert Johnson unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have a projector (not full screen) that opens another full screen projector. I just use the lingo open and then the pathname to the other projector. The small projector will stay open for a few seconds to display a

Re: lingo-l Re: white flashes with MIAWs

Am 27.07.2002 14:16 Uhr schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dear anybody, I'm carving out a movie with MIAWs and everthing is working fine except for white flashes which appear in the rect of the movie window when I call and close a movie window. Just wondering if this is

Re: lingo-l changing globals

myGlobal=VOID don't use clearglobals, it will clear ALL globals H.F. Duijndam wrote: Hi all, I 'm using an script that has some globals But the movie where i use the script has some markers where it jumps to after the page is done, by using an button. But because the globals are for

Re: lingo-l link to scrolling text

If you know which line you want to jumo to, take a look at 'scrollByLine' and 'scrollByPage' If you have to find a specific text first, take a look at 'offset' regards, florian Elvin M. Certeza, Jr. wrote: I'm unsure where to start searching for this solution so, I'm going straight here.

Re: lingo-l 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 to

Re: lingo-l Hyper insertion cursor on PC - solved, kind of

Some Direct To Stage thing? florian Irv Kalb wrote: Found it. These are just very simple stage movie screens with many editable text fields on each, and a go to the frame frame script. I just started eliminating things from a screen where this hyper cursor was happening. It turns out

Re: lingo-l using the debugger

noelle cheng wrote: Hi, Thanks Florian and Tab for helping to solve my problem. Sorry, Florian for not replying earlier. I think Tab explained very good what to do. Also be sure to include the script member scriptb in your movie. Yes, Tab did explain it very well. In fact he hit

Re: lingo-l using the debugger

I think Tab explained very good what to do. Also be sure to include the script member scriptb in your movie. Something more general Noelle: what is it you want to do? No offense meant, but you seem to be a very beginner with Director and Programming. It might not be the best idea to use quite

Re: lingo-l sync projectors

setprefs/getprefs or maybe the vlist xtra which allows you to write a list to disk very fast and then read the list from the other projector? florian Luiz Gustavo Castelan Póvoas wrote: *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 4/8/2002 at 6:03 PM Florian Bogeschdorfer wrote: I do 2

Re: lingo-l quiz creation

noelle cheng wrote: Hi, I am interested in creating a multiple choice quiz and have found an excellent example at Director -online.com entitled Creating a Multiple Choice Quiz Using XML. http://www.director-online.com/accessArticle.cfm?id=1014 I would be grateful if you could

Re: lingo-l quiz creation

Florian Bogeschdorfer wrote: noelle cheng wrote: Hi, I am interested in creating a multiple choice quiz and have found an excellent example at Director -online.com entitled Creating a Multiple Choice Quiz Using XML. http://www.director-online.com/accessArticle.cfm?id=1014

Re: lingo-l sync projectors

I do 2-monitor-stuff all day using a MIAW. No two projectors florian Luiz Gustavo Castelan Póvoas wrote: How can I sync 2 projectors running on the SAME machine so that each one of them would show a diferent view of a 3d world. The problem is that I need to be SURE that the cameras are at

Re: lingo-l Changing an icon of the projector

Hey Howdy, I thought you were an ignorant, silly, stupid mac-user. How come you know PC-stuff?? Surprise :) florian Howdy-Tzi wrote: At 09:11 -0800 04/03/2002, Umed Zokirov wrote: I used MicroAngelo to change it is icon, however when I save it it changes an icon, but the projector size

Re: lingo-l Database for a Mac and PC CD-Rom

Take a look at http://www.integration.qc.ca They offer different solutions for database. Though I don't think that you would need a database. There are several examples for your needs, eg Advanced Lingo for games by Gary Rosenzweig, which do without database. To switch languages, you could

Re: lingo-l Database for a Mac and PC CD-Rom

://www.IntegrationNewMedia.com Creators of PDF Xtra, V12 Database Engine GoldenGate Database Connector -- -Original Message- From: Florian Bogeschdorfer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 2 avril, 2002 06:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: lingo-l quicktime scale

Maybe you are executing your code before the quicktime is on stage. If you use the startmovie handler for scaling, your movie must be beginning in frame 1. regards, florian Heike Schmidt wrote: hello list, i have a quicktime movie (direct to stage) that i want to appear on stage via a

lingo-l MIAW / QT problem

Hi everybody! I have a problem with Quicktime movies (MPG1) running in a MIAW on D7/D8/D8.5 Macintosh (not checked on windows yet): when i resize the window (drawrect), the movie starts from the beginning again instead of continuing playing... The movie is DTS Any suggestions? regards,

Re: lingo-l SSL

What xtra would that be? Laurent Brigaut wrote: Hi, GetNetText is not able to go through HTTPS elsewhere from a showckwave movie. You'll need a custom xtra for that. regards, Laurent. -Original Message- From: Andrew Dempsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21

Re: lingo-l Director 3d - Multiple video cards vs. one card connected to asplitter?

Hi James! I have been offline the whole week but if you still need an answer to your problem, contact me off-list. regards, Florian James Tu wrote: Because of all the craziness that we are running into regarding multiple video cards (when a direct to stage 3d cast member crosses the

lingo-l Time Machine

I wonder who created this Time Machine on the list. Very often I get the answers to some questions before I ever saw the question. I would also like to help you out a little and betatest your code since apparently there are also some messages disappearing into nirwana. Maybe we could get it to

lingo-l alertHook with script instances?

Hi! I am looking for a possibility to detect which script (especially script instances) produced an error in projectors in order to automatically remove it from the actorlist. Something like on alertHook meerrorComingFrom deleteOne (the actorlist, errorComingFrom) end I think you know