lingo-l Detecting Media Player Version with Lingo

2004-08-26 Thread Tom Richardson
Hello, Does anybody know how we can detect what version of Media Player a computer has installed? Buddy API doesn't seem to do this? I'm need to play WMV files in director and need to be as compatible as possible with win98. It would be great to be-able to test the OS for media player 7.0 or

RE: lingo-l Detecting Media Player Version with Lingo

2004-08-26 Thread Tom Richardson
and beauty and should in no way be considered flaws or defects. On Aug 26, 2004, at 11:34 AM, Tom Richardson wrote: Hello, Does anybody know how we can detect what version of Media Player a computer has installed? Buddy API doesn't seem to do this? I'm need to play WMV files in director

RE: lingo-l Printing a Document with an externally linked image

2003-11-08 Thread Tom Richardson
We decided to use a flash sprite, this works well. Thank you Tom -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of grimmwerks Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 11:03 AM To: Lingo Subject: Re: lingo-l Printing a Document with an externally linked image

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.

lingo-l Tabuleiro WebXtra Web Broswer in Director

2003-06-28 Thread Tom Richardson
Hello, I have recently started working with the WebXtra from Tabuleiro. It is working very well so far. Question 1: Is it possible to load my own Time out page if the user is not online and the browser times out? It currently brings up the default I.E. page not found page. Thank you for your

RE: lingo-l Web Broswer in Director MX

2003-06-04 Thread Tom Richardson
Hello Everybody, Thank you all for the response to my Web Browser Question ;) One Last Question: I have played with the demo WebXtra from Tabuleiro and like it. But before I buy it I would like to try using the Active-X browser That comes with Director. I can't seem to figure out how to use it?

lingo-l Web Broswer in Director MX

2003-06-01 Thread Tom Richardson
Hello, Can some one please help me? I simply want to place an in-bedded web browser on the stage And automatically go to an internet URL. I would like to flag a custom error message if the person is not on line at the time they click the button that takes them to the online website. A few

RE: lingo-l Web Broswer in Director MX

2003-06-01 Thread Tom Richardson
on browser control for the year 2001 returned 122 hits. Searching on Active-X return only 2 hits.. so watch what you search on. Sincerely Mark R. Jonkman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Richardson Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 3:16 PM

lingo-l Full Screen Playback on a Mac

2002-08-27 Thread Tom Richardson
Hello, Can someone help me? How do I make a Mac director file play back full screen? On windows, I use the Buddy API works great... Thank you for your help Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://datausa.com/ [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

RE: lingo-l Full Screen Playback on a Mac

2002-08-27 Thread Tom Richardson
Please Help, Is this a dumb question? I thought getting a mac director piece to switch the monitor To the projector resolution was Turn - Key some how? Can any one help? Thank you Tom -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Richardson

RE: lingo-l Mpeg PlayBack

2002-06-08 Thread Tom Richardson
Hello Josh, I have tried .wmv video with the Directmedia xtra, when the play head jumps to the the frame with the .wmv video it takes a long time to start-up? like 5-6 seconds does that sound right? plus doesn't .wmv require a newer version of media player that a standard install of 98

lingo-l Mpeg PlayBack

2002-06-07 Thread Tom Richardson
Hello, Can any body recommend a good way (the best way) to play mpeg files in director with out requiring QuickTime? Is This a good way to go? OnStage Media for Director Manufacturer: Visible Light http://www.visiblelight.com/products/visiblelight/ My goal to to play Mpeg-1 files with no

RE: lingo-l Mpeg PlayBack

2002-06-07 Thread Tom Richardson
Hello Kerry others Thank you your email(s) I downloaded the demo version of DirectMedia 1) it works great on most of my computers but I have a PIII 300, 98 computer, media player 7.0 that I use to test projects I get a DirectMedia unknown error after the Mpeg start to play and/or it plays

RE: lingo-l Mpeg PlayBack

2002-06-07 Thread Tom Richardson
Kerry, the video is 512 x 256 rendered from Mediacleaner with charger, defualt settings pretty much? 30 fps maybe the size is the problem, the sample 320x240 mpeg with the demo plays fine? Tom -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kerry

lingo-l clearGlobals Question

2002-04-29 Thread Tom Richardson
Hello List, Can someone please help? If I use clearGlobals to clear my globals, how can I not clear a hand full of globals? Is there a different way for me to set vars other than globals? I have a need to reset all globals (hundreds of them) but hang onto a small hand full Thank you!

Re: lingo-l Slider Bar That Reveals image

2002-03-31 Thread Tom Richardson
Colin, Thank you, this works great ;) I am creating a slider to wipe between two 800x400 images the speed seems to be very fast. Thanks Tom Colin Holgate wrote: Can some one help me get on the right track solving this problem 1) I have 2 images a before after image 2) I need a

Re: lingo-l Slider Bar That Reveals image

2002-03-31 Thread Tom Richardson
Hey Buzz, Close, But I am creating a slide to reveal an image not slide over an image thank you Tom Colin posted this sample http://staging.funnygarbage.com/staff/colin/worldwipe.dir this is very close to what I am doing. Buzz Kettles wrote: Is this what you wanted a

lingo-l Slider Bar That Reals an Image

2002-03-30 Thread Tom Richardson
Hello! Please Help Can some one help me get on the right track solving this problem 1) I have 2 images a before after image 2) I need a slider to move back and forth to reveal a different image as I drag the slider Can you guide me in the right direction? Thank you! Tom [EMAIL