RE: lingo-l locH limits

2004-09-07 Thread Kerry Thompson
if a sprite is on-stage or not took more time than simply positioning the sprites as the scroll bar is dragged. 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

RE: lingo-l locH limits

2004-09-07 Thread Kerry Thompson
of my event sprites, and it calculates its theoretical locH. When the time line window gets close to its location, it places itself. 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

lingo-l locH limits

2004-09-06 Thread Kerry Thompson
Is there a limit on the locH of a sprite? I'm trying to set it to 51688, and it shows up as -13848. The application is a time line. Drag the slider, and I reposition the sprites relative to the slider's location. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change

RE: lingo-l scaling 32bit bitmap grief

2004-08-31 Thread Kerry Thompson
believe I ended up scaling the member on the fly, not the sprite. My memory is a bit hazy, but it's worth a try. 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

RE: lingo-l Cast window icons

2004-08-31 Thread Kerry Thompson
2004. It's probably worth it anyway to get the new features like multiple Flash sprites in a single instance of the Xtra and JavaScript support. 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

lingo-l Time arithmetic

2004-08-24 Thread Kerry Thompson
, or seconds between two times. The two times can be on different dates. If there's not a built in-way, or some old code lying around, I can figure it out easily enough. If it's already out there, though, I don't want to reinvent the wheel. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from

RE: lingo-l Request for Shockwave 10 Content Proposals [was: RE: Lingo-l digest, Vol 1 #1344 - 15 msgs]

2004-08-20 Thread Kerry Thompson
primarily looking for interesting content to promote the Shockwave brand, not a political party. 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

lingo-l XPOST: Private Methods

2004-08-20 Thread Kerry Thompson
it. It is, though, one more way to enforce encapsulization, especially in a multiple-developer environment. Comments? 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

RE: lingo-l XPOST: Private Methods

2004-08-20 Thread Kerry Thompson
encapsulization and go by their cubicle and bludgeon them into submission. Works better with dogs than cats. 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

RE: lingo-l Sprite alpha?

2004-08-19 Thread Kerry Thompson
=36? Background transparent? Hmm...no, I didn't try that. I tried copy and matte. Hold on...nope, 36 does the same thing. 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

RE: lingo-l Sprite alpha?

2004-08-19 Thread Kerry Thompson
Did you check if your placeholder the sprites are colourized (in the pi)? Bingo! That's it, Rob. Thanks. I colorized them yesterday when I was trying to set the color of a #shape sprite (rather than a #vectorShape sprite). Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list

RE: lingo-l Sprite alpha?

2004-08-19 Thread Kerry Thompson
the grand prize. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo

RE: lingo-l Request for Shockwave 10 Content Proposals

2004-08-19 Thread Kerry Thompson
If so, Macromedia would be interested in talking to you about creating cool, viral, election-themed Shockwave 10 content Viral? Beware geeks bearing gifts. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo

lingo-l Setting vector colors

2004-08-18 Thread Kerry Thompson
up 108, it seems. What do I do to set the color? 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L

RE: lingo-l Setting vector colors

2004-08-18 Thread Kerry Thompson
setting the sprite's forecolor in the message window doesn't work either, but setting it in the pi does (the sprite, not the member). Now, why can't those properties be documented? Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http

RE: lingo-l Setting vector colors

2004-08-18 Thread Kerry Thompson
those properties. I created a #vectorShape, and it does. Hmmm...I'm not even sure how I created the #shape in the first place. I think I copied it from an old program. Is that something that's changed in the last few incarnations of Director? I'm still on plain MX. Cordially, Kerry Thompson

RE: lingo-l Converting to Japanese

2004-08-06 Thread Kerry Thompson
. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo

RE: lingo-l Converting to Japanese

2004-08-05 Thread Kerry Thompson
learned something. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming

RE: lingo-l OOP: shortest handler name

2004-08-05 Thread Kerry Thompson
sucker may be you, six months from now. Use meaningful variable and handler names. It's THE first rule of reusable programming. 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

RE: lingo-l Director Multilingual IDE

2004-07-29 Thread Kerry Thompson
the marketing and sales side, too. Publishers would lose a lot of unit sales if the UI language could be changed at will. No, it's a nice idea, but, at this point in the computer industry, I'm afraid it's no more than a wishful thinking. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list

RE: lingo-l Director Multilingual IDE

2004-07-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
for. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo

RE: lingo-l Director Multilingual IDE

2004-07-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
Afrikaans and Swahili. So, it effectively covers Western Europe, North America, Central America, and most of Australia and Africa as well. 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

RE: lingo-l Director Multilingual IDE

2004-07-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
Can i change the UI language of the application itself? That is, let's say in Director you go to File Save and Compact, can all these menus be translated to other language? No. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http

RE: lingo-l All those DLLs

2004-07-15 Thread Kerry Thompson
associated with one of the xtras. I have always put them in the projector folder. 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 [EMAIL

RE: lingo-l All those DLLs

2004-07-15 Thread Kerry Thompson
specifically load the .dll in your code, at the right time, you will get errors, either at run time or during the build (I don't remember exactly--it's been too long). HTH. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com

RE: lingo-l multilanguage project

2004-07-15 Thread Kerry Thompson
). When a user types in some text, you'll get whatever he types in, and the system will recognize it as kanji, hiragana, etc. 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

RE: lingo-l All those DLLs

2004-07-15 Thread Kerry Thompson
in my program directory because I've had problems in the past with conflicts with outdated versions. I'm not certain that is still the case, but it certainly does no harm. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com

RE: lingo-l All those DLLs

2004-07-15 Thread Kerry Thompson
at runtime, after unpacking. It appears they aren't statically linked. Excellent write-up, Tom. Thanks. It clears up a lot. 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

RE: lingo-l multilanguage project

2004-07-15 Thread Kerry Thompson
to be written in their native script--often names (people's names, brand names), but often just because it looks cool, or there's no way to accurately spell it with the kana. Cordially, Kerry Thompson P.S: I bet you didn't know that written English uses ideograms, just like Chinese. So does German, French

lingo-l OS X Text wrap

2004-07-12 Thread Kerry Thompson
ideas what could be causing this? 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping

RE: lingo-l Get a Director variable value from within a swf sprite

2004-07-08 Thread Kerry Thompson
: on variableStatusRequest me.pMySprite.setVariable(variableName, newValue) end You can make it a lot more flexible, but that's the basic approach I'd use. 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

RE: lingo-l Get a Director variable value from within a swf sprite

2004-07-07 Thread Kerry Thompson
would be to watch the variable. Or, you could do a getURL:Lingo call to a Director handler that would return the value of the variable. 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

RE: lingo-l Really unloading members

2004-07-01 Thread Kerry Thompson
Mare remarked that unloadMember with an argument just marks the member for unloading. It appears you don't even have to do that. Thanks! Cordially, Kerry Thompson I have my director project setup similar to what you have. Everything is loaded and linked on the fly, and after something

RE: lingo-l Fusion City

2004-07-01 Thread Kerry Thompson
are you able to do freelance work snip Jonathan, was this meant for the list at large, or were you asking somebody in particular? 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

lingo-l xpost: Really Unloading Members Solved

2004-06-29 Thread Kerry Thompson
(that would have been a major rewrite). 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping

lingo-l Really unloading members

2004-06-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
--in the memory inspector, the Used by Program memory stays pretty constant. The Cast and Score memory is what's killing me. Any ideas? How can I _really_ unload cast members? Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http

lingo-l Hi-res printer fonts

2004-06-24 Thread Kerry Thompson
I need to get a high-res (1200 dpi) printer font for Chinese and Cyrillic--we need to do high-quality print output. Does anybody have any ideas how to get those? I've only dealt with on-screen fonts. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go

RE: lingo-l Hi-res printer fonts

2004-06-24 Thread Kerry Thompson
Are you thinking about using these in Director somehow, or for some other purpose? I need to be able to print high-quality (1200 dpi) text with PrintOMatic from Director, eventually. At the moment, I need the fonts to go in a Quark File for a presentation. Cordially, Kerry Thompson

RE: lingo-l Hi-res printer fonts

2004-06-24 Thread Kerry Thompson
Cyrillic in it, at least on Windows). Also, I'm not very familiar with Quark, and I don't know if it has the same font capabilities as Word. I'll have to experiment. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi

RE: lingo-l dual monitor projector?

2004-06-22 Thread Kerry Thompson
Colin's advice about checking the deskTopRectList. Some people will have their two monitors set to different resolutions, even on a Mac, so full-screen really isn't an option. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com

RE: lingo-l FileIO: writeReturn method failure

2004-06-17 Thread Kerry Thompson
Hi Kerry, Pity this doesn't work even after I've used all possible error checking. To tell the truth, I have never tried writing a return like that. Try making a return part of the string you're writing, rather than writing it separately. E.g., myStr = One: 1 RETURN Cordially, Kerry

lingo-l Stopping a Flash sprite

2004-06-16 Thread Kerry Thompson
, 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]

RE: lingo-l Stopping a Flash sprite

2004-06-16 Thread Kerry Thompson
a bitmap ready for this. That's an idea. I would want the poster frame to be the current frame--I can get that from the frame() function. How about the hold function? Would that keep the current frame showing? There's no audio, so it doesn't matter that the audio keeps playing. Cordially, Kerry

RE: lingo-l Stopping a Flash sprite

2004-06-16 Thread Kerry Thompson
to get the frame, grab the bitmap, put it in a cast member and on stage. 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 [EMAIL

RE: lingo-l FileIO: writeReturn method failure

2004-06-16 Thread Kerry Thompson
arguments: symbol and platform ones. How do I use this function after all? I don't use the scripting xtra, so I'm not sure. The rest of the code looks ok. Check for errors and you'll likely find the problem. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go

RE: lingo-l printing from director

2004-06-13 Thread Kerry Thompson
pretty stable. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping

RE: lingo-l Event processing (was: pass with prepareMovie not possible?)

2004-06-10 Thread Kerry Thompson
Epstein's Lingo in a Nutshell. It's out of date in a lot of ways--it hasn't been updated since 6.5--but it covers the event-handling model very thoroughly. Or was it Director in a Nutshell? One of the two--maybe both of them. I think Lingo. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from

RE: lingo-l Controlling a Kiosk monitor

2004-06-07 Thread Kerry Thompson
Hello all: Well par for the course just before final delivery my client has asked for an aside. He wants to know if I can control the kiosk monitor to have it turn on at 8am and turn off at 9pm every day. Platform? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode,

RE: lingo-l When and when

2004-06-07 Thread Kerry Thompson
a function. If the value you are seeking needs to be calculated, use a function. If it is something you can store for later use (even though it may change), use a variable. And remember, variables are almost always faster than functions. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list

RE: lingo-l [x-post] A Common Question - Director XML/Web Services

2004-06-04 Thread Kerry Thompson
parser. I works just like Director's except without the memory leak. Or, if you have MX 2004, I understand the memory lean was fixed. It might be faster than Andrew White's, too--it should be compiled, where Andrew's is in Lingo. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list

RE: lingo-l Language Local Setting

2004-06-03 Thread Kerry Thompson
, 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]

RE: lingo-l Language Local Setting

2004-06-03 Thread Kerry Thompson
prepareMovie done, etc? Sorry I can't test it myself--right hand in a sling, index finger In a splint, dexterity limited. 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

RE: lingo-l Verbose vs Dotose

2004-06-02 Thread Kerry Thompson
I get an error using this: put(castLib(1).member(1).name) and this one works put the name of member 1 of castLib 1 Does that mean that it'll work only in verbose syntax? Version? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

RE: lingo-l Dot syntax for 'delete the last char of...'

2004-05-26 Thread Kerry Thompson
Is there a way of expressing delete the last char of myString using dot syntax? Yes: delete myString[myString.char.count] With the caveat that it only works in MX 2004. Cheers to the Director team for a more complete dot syntax this time around! Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove

lingo-l Setting file access

2004-05-24 Thread Kerry Thompson
, 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]

RE: lingo-l Setting file access

2004-05-24 Thread Kerry Thompson
. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]

RE: lingo-l Setting file access

2004-05-24 Thread Kerry Thompson
accessible by others. Funny, my Buddy docs didn't list that format for the call. I'll give it a try. Thank, Cole. 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

RE: lingo-l turning off useHypertextStyles thru Lingo REPOST

2004-05-24 Thread Kerry Thompson
, 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]

RE: lingo-l Setting file access

2004-05-24 Thread Kerry Thompson
, in my tests. Buddy did the trick nicely, though. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L

lingo-l Setting rights

2004-05-20 Thread Kerry Thompson
, then later log on as a limited user, I can still access this file? 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L

RE: lingo-l Font problem

2004-05-18 Thread Kerry Thompson
is to create a Czech font on code page 1252 and embed it in Director. It's more work than it needs to be, but at least it works. 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

RE: lingo-l Font problem

2004-05-18 Thread Kerry Thompson
, and of course, input without a Russian keyboard is hopeless. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L

RE: lingo-l Lingo Animation Optimization Test

2004-05-14 Thread Kerry Thompson
of context. I'd have to see the rest of the code. In fact, if you posted the code, I bet you'd get a whole bunch more optimizations. Colin would probably reduce the whole thing to one line that would run 437 times faster than anybody else's. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from

RE: lingo-l Lingo Animation Optimization Test

2004-05-14 Thread Kerry Thompson
things up. Somebody help me here--it's been a while since I've used timeOut objects for animations. How exactly do you handle frame events to keep them from bogging down the timeOut? Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http

RE: lingo-l Lingo Animation Optimization Test

2004-05-14 Thread Kerry Thompson
it from doing a lot of extra processing. It's been discussed a fair amount in the past--enough that I know it's an issue, but I'm afraid I wasn't paying close enough attention. Somebody else should give you the skinny--Buzz? Jakob? Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list

RE: lingo-l Language and DoubeByte Language

2004-05-13 Thread Kerry Thompson
will the data need to interact with the user? Is it a matter of displaying info they have typed in, like name? That should be pretty straightforward. If you're trying to parse data, though look out. That's a real tough assignment. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change

RE: lingo-l Language and DoubeByte Language

2004-05-13 Thread Kerry Thompson
parsing routines. And, they will be different for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. 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 [EMAIL

RE: lingo-l flash/director

2004-05-11 Thread Kerry Thompson
. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]

RE: lingo-l Sorting lists properly

2004-05-11 Thread Kerry Thompson
(15.1, 15.2, etc.) or charToNum() instead of letters? That would work. In the message window: pl=[1: a, 2: b, 12:c] pl.sort() put pl -- [1: a, 2: b, 12: c] pl.addProp(1.5, d) put pl -- [1: a, 1.5000: d, 2: b, 12: c] Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change

RE: lingo-l Sorting lists properly

2004-05-11 Thread Kerry Thompson
I can think of is to use your own sort routine and add the list items at specified points in an unsorted list. Is there an xtra that will do this better? Preg maybe? Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo

RE: lingo-l Sorting lists properly

2004-05-11 Thread Kerry Thompson
. I'm going to have to go back and figure out how I got it to break. Jim was seeing the same thing. Was it mass hysteria? 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

lingo-l Dynamic Flash Sprite

2004-05-03 Thread Kerry Thompson
it into gear? 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo

RE: lingo-l Dynamic Flash Sprite

2004-05-03 Thread Kerry Thompson
It's a silly thing, but are you sure that you're passing strings to flash? Yep. I can see it in the debugger. Actually, the cast member name and the frame are the same [string] variable in my code. I changed them in the code I posted to avoid confusion. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove

RE: lingo-l Black flashes in MX2004

2004-05-03 Thread Kerry Thompson
, and is on stage in the first frame of the next movie? 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L

RE: lingo-l Unwanted highlight

2004-04-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
, there's a print dialog or a save dialog displayed. Hmmm... At least I'm not alone. Thanks. 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

RE: lingo-l Unwanted highlight

2004-04-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
the print or save is done. That makes me wonder: is there any way I can tell when the print job is done? I could use a timeOut object to reset the selection after a second or so, but if there was a callback, or a property I could check, it would be great. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove

lingo-l Unwanted highlight

2004-04-27 Thread Kerry Thompson
that back--I added a method to set the selection to [0, 0] after I print or save. No dice. The text is still highlighted on the screen. Has anybody run into this? Any idea what's happening? Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http

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 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 Time to load movies

2004-04-25 Thread Kerry Thompson
the video data. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming

RE: lingo-l Video clip loading

2004-04-25 Thread Kerry Thompson
is relative to your projector. Set the path to point to the CD and you will be fine. 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 [EMAIL

RE: lingo-l KeyDown, mouseDown question

2004-04-23 Thread Kerry Thompson
out end if end 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping

RE: lingo-l Scrolling

2004-04-23 Thread Kerry Thompson
of the OSControl Xtra. www.openspark.com). 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping

RE: lingo-l KeyDown, mouseDown question

2004-04-23 Thread Kerry Thompson
key presses and mouse downs, I think keyPressed(0) is the function to call. 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 [EMAIL

RE: lingo-l KeyDown, mouseDown question

2004-04-23 Thread Kerry Thompson
Does that still qualify for winder shins? That's up to Steve. Maybe widdershins? 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

lingo-l Scroll bar issues

2004-04-22 Thread Kerry Thompson
the keyboard over the scroll bar, it slides under the scroll bar. I imagine it's because the scroll bar, being a system scroll bar, is dts, and no matter what the zLoc of the keyboard, it will always appear under the scroll bar. Ideas on how to get around this? Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove

RE: lingo-l Scroll bar issues

2004-04-22 Thread Kerry Thompson
Custom scroll bar. Ugh. Not really an option. Too much code, too little time. Any other way? 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

RE: lingo-l Scrolling

2004-04-22 Thread Kerry Thompson
you do a media=media thing. I don't think the client would go for the look, anyway. The scroll bar disappearing and reappearing would be kind of weird. Good idea, though. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com

RE: lingo-l Scroll bar issues

2004-04-22 Thread Kerry Thompson
will use, but it's a good one. I own and use OSControl, and I like it a lot. It's just that we're in beta, and it's a bit late to be making that drastic of a change. This affects ten or fifteen different activities, so it would be a lot of rewrite and testing. Cordially, Kerry Thompson

RE: lingo-l Scroll bar issues

2004-04-22 Thread Kerry Thompson
of my own. The problem is time. There are a dozen or so objects that are affected. If I can find a quicker way than recoding a dozen activities, I'll use it. If not, I'll either bite the bullet, or the client will have to make a choice--accept the quirk or delay the release. Cordially, Kerry Thompson

RE: lingo-l Scrolling

2004-04-22 Thread Kerry Thompson
to the activity manager object. Grab the image, put it in a sprite, move the text sprite offstage and replace it with the image. Some good suggestions. Thanks, folks. I'll come up with a solution, probably one that combines a couple of suggestions. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself

RE: lingo-l How to make Windows-style controls?

2004-04-20 Thread Kerry Thompson
. www.openspark.com. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming

RE: lingo-l SIL again

2004-04-18 Thread Kerry Thompson
t = script(MoveObject_Behavior).new() sprite(1).scriptInstanceList.add(t) and get a script error: Property not found. Try this: Sprite(1).scriptInstanceList.add(script(MoveObject_Behavior).new()) Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode

RE: lingo-l Flash discussion group

2004-04-13 Thread Kerry Thompson
Newbie. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo

RE: lingo-l FileIO Xtra trouble

2004-04-02 Thread Kerry Thompson
instead for openFile, writeString etc. (dir mx, win xp pro). Does anyone know a way to make fileIO stop behaving like that? I'm not sure, but is there any reason you don't want to use Buddy or FileXtra4? Both of them have fileExists functions. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from

RE: lingo-l FileIO Xtra trouble

2004-04-02 Thread Kerry Thompson
know how to make fileIO behave. I only use it when I absolutely have to--it's so old, clunky, and out-of-date. 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

lingo-l Framing text

2004-04-01 Thread Kerry Thompson
Is there a property of a text field that I can set to have a 1-pixel frame drawn around it? Or should I just do it with a shape? 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

RE: lingo-l FileIO Xtra File Path Limit

2004-03-31 Thread Kerry Thompson
be the limit. I use Buddy API to get the short file name. I think the call is baShortFileName(myRidiculouslyLongPath). Works for me. 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

RE: lingo-l multiple movies

2004-03-30 Thread Kerry Thompson
which you can totally avoid with go to movie. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning

lingo-l PrintOMatic and Panther

2004-03-30 Thread Kerry Thompson
. I'm registering with register(xtra PrintOMatic, 666BillGates666) (not the real serial number). Anybody run into this? Know a fix? 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

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