Ha! Yes, I realize that was a ridiculous typo on my part. My bad.
Wicked bad.
However, there's still an issue with baCopyXFileProgress not being able
to get at items more than 5 levels deep. Sometimes when I post, I do so
hastily.
- Michael M.
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OK, now you've got us confused-
hmmm... seems to work for me (win2k, buddy 3.7- now with the MUCH BETTER
non-swf help document)
longFolder=d:\1dir\2dir\3dir\4dir\5dir\6dir\7dir\
aFile=afile.txt
put bafileexists(longFolderaFile)
--1
put baopenfile(longFolderaFile,normal)
--44 (no error, opened
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Subject: Re: lingo-l BUDDY API BUG -- NOOO!!
OK, now you've got us confused-
hmmm... seems to work for me (win2k, buddy 3.7- now with the MUCH BETTER
non-swf help document)
longFolder
Hi list...
I just discovered a bug in Buddy API (WinXP):
baFolderExists(whichFolder) *FAILS* if you're looking for a folder five
deep.
For instance:
result = baOpenFile(F:\WIAB\assets\content\presentations\x\y,Normal)
put result
-- 33 (no error, opened fine.)
result =
Umm, well, maybe I should explain myself a bit clearer --
I'm really using baCopyXFileProgress, and for the source folder, 5 deep,
it doesn't recognize that folder as existing. So it's then that I
tested baOpenFile against baFolderExists.
- MM
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um...1 means true.
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Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 3:39 PM
Subject: RE: lingo-l BUDDY API BUG -- NOOO!!
Umm, well, maybe I should explain myself a bit clearer --
I'm really using
On Oct 8, 2004, at 5:21 PM, John Mathis wrote:
um...1 means true.
;-D
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From: Troy Rollins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 19 September 2004 01:03
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: lingo-l Buddy API
On Sep 18, 2004, at 10:24 AM, Petro Bochan wrote:
I wonder what's your screen res?
For working
Hi,
Thanks for all the posts and helpful opinions.
The reason I need to switch is I am crafting a DVD for a client where I can
test on their deployed laptop. I am incorporating a lot of mpeg-2 video and
I want it run full screen. If I used the native resolution of the laptop I
really couldn¹t do
- Original Message -
From: roymeo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And You should NEVER presume that you know my project better than I do.
You seem to have misunderstood the scope of my argument. Since I apparently
wasn't clear enough about it, I was only talking about freely distributed
software.
First of all, I generally agree with you. But, there are ways to make it
work.
Have you noticed that the Macromedia Shockwave games (Lemonade Tycoon 2)
reset your video?
They obviously feel it is a risk worth taking.
Stephen
Robert Tweed wrote the following on 9/19/2004 4:32 PM:
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From: KLGC Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[ snip: about changing monitor resolutions ]
The key is to be very polite and informative about doing so.
The key is to give an *option* to do so, which the user can choose to
ignore. Of course, this doesn't apply to kiosk-type
Robert Tweed
The key is to give an *option* to do so, which the user can choose to
ignore. Of course, this doesn't apply to kiosk-type presentation, but an
application should never, ever, change any of the user's hardware settings
without *asking* the user first, and falling back gracefully
Mr. Tweed,
I like the way you base your argument on a convenient snippet (taken in
part and out of context), and then use such to righteously challenge a
portrayed blasé attitude towards the viewer.I respect your opinion
and your full right to get up on a soap box and broadcast it to the
At 12:00 Uhr +0100 18.09.2004, Petro Bochan wrote:
I guess your speculations are quite reasonable, cause let's consider the
following. I've got a PC Samsung SyncMaster 172s flat display. My current
screen res is 480x460
c'mon, you're taking us for a ride, aren't you ?
even if 480x460 is meant to
- Original Message -
From: KLGC Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I like the way you base your argument on a convenient snippet (taken in
part and out of context),
I was essentially arguing the same point, but disagreeing with the opinion
that there are occasions when it is OK to change the
No disagreement ;-)
Robert Tweed wrote:
- Original Message -
From: KLGC Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I like the way you base your argument on a convenient snippet (taken in
part and out of context),
I was essentially arguing the same point, but disagreeing with the opinion
that there
From: Alex da Franca [EMAIL PROTECTED]
c'mon, you're taking us for a ride, aren't you ?
even if 480x460 is meant to be 640x480 (man, what
kind of typo is that ?!) I am seriously shocked,
how a director developer can work with a 640x480
resolution at all !
;-)
Hi Alex,
You see, the point
At 15:24 Uhr +0100 18.09.2004, Petro Bochan wrote:
Hi Alex,
You see, the point is that i've got only one old computer at home and it's
not only me that uses it.
I didn't want to sound offensive. I just can't
imagine (remember) getting any work done at
640x480. once you get used to a higher
Hallo Alex
How can you see that. I use 1152x864 for a normal stage size authoring
of 1024x768. Any higher resolution and these mature eyes can't read
the print on Windows.
I told my wife that when I get a G5 in the new year I was going to get
the 30 screen, but she vetoed the idea saying I
I told my wife that when I get a G5 in the new year I was going to get
the 30 screen, but she vetoed the idea saying I could not have a
monitor larger than her TV :-)
Wow. Time for a new wife...
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Why am I so strict about this? Simply, you can *never* presume to know
enough about the user's environment to know that it is safe to change
resolutions. On a laptop running at 800x600, you may find out that the video
card supports 1024x768, but you may not realise that changing to that
On Sep 18, 2004, at 10:24 AM, Petro Bochan wrote:
I wonder what's your screen res?
For working in Director? The more the better. ;-) Personally, I'm
reasonably happy with my two LCD displays at their native resolutions.
1920x1200 + 1440x900 = 3.6m pixels.
The less hiding and unhiding of
At 08:02 PM 9/18/2004, you wrote:
On Sep 18, 2004, at 10:24 AM, Petro Bochan wrote:
I wonder what's your screen res?
For working in Director? The more the better. ;-) Personally, I'm
reasonably happy with my two LCD displays at their native resolutions.
1920x1200 + 1440x900 = 3.6m pixels.
On Sep 18, 2004, at 8:13 PM, roymeo wrote:
If I got too comfortable with a second monitor, I'd be really whiny
when I went on-site with only my laptop.
No doubt. Whenever I travel now I feel like I have one eye closed.
Certainly in no condition to do anything serious.
--
Troy
RPSystems, Ltd.
Hi all,
I am creating a project that needs to switch the resolution of the display
to 800x600. I was trying a few xtras but then realized that Buddy API
supports that function.
However no matter when I call the function (exitframe, startMovie or
prepareMovie) the stage is no longer centered. The
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Subject: lingo-l Buddy API
Hi all,
I am creating a project that needs to switch the
resolution of the display to 800x600. I was trying
a few xtras but then realized that Buddy API
Nevermind,
I got it to work by creating a new stub movie with nothing on the stage that
jumps to my first movie with data. The way it calls things seems to have
solved the problem.
Thanks,
Greg
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Greg:
Really a bad idea to start switching monitor resolutions - is there a
specific reason for this?
Ross
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On Sep 17, 2004, at 12:51 PM, Ross Clutterbuck wrote:
Really a bad idea to start switching monitor resolutions -
That isn't always the case. Depends on the audience. In my case, I make
a lot of kiosks which get run on rental PCs, and set up by on-site
staff. The more the software can do to
I've been a leave the user's monitor alone fer chrissakes person, too,
but I have come to learn that there is a time for if-then-else and a time
for case,
a time for strings and a time for symbols,
a time for And/Or and a time for bitxor,
a time for cross-platform and a time for using those
I think the blanket Really a bad idea is a rather misleading guideline
that is only appropriate for developers that don't deal with all the
considerations. There are situations, even when something is
distributed to the public, when desktop environment resetting is
appropriate if handled
Daniel,
I would say that adhearing to make absolutely sure that ... meant just
that. If you can't ensure such then don't ;-)
On MX04 my tests so far caught such in on closeRequest. Additionally,
one xtra (Andrade Arts Resolution xtra) has an automatic reset on
shutdown, clearing global
Please Help!
Has anyone else ever had problems getting baXCopyProgress to work in
Buddy API?
I can't seem to get the handler to work at all - I get a handler not
found error?
Here is my code:
The movie script I have this:
on baCopyProgressUpdate percentage, filename
updateProgressBar
Has anyone else ever had problems getting baXCopyProgress to work in
Buddy API?
I can't seem to get the handler to work at all - I get a handler not
found error?
The movie script I have this:
on baCopyProgressUpdate percentage, filename
updateProgressBar percentage
updateStatus
Hey,
I got Buddy API and am using the following method to send stuff to an
outside App.
on sendStuff me
step1 = baActivateWindow(getAt(theWin, 1))
baWaitForWindow(getAt(theWin, 1), active, 300)
if step1 = 1 then
step2 = baSendKeys({ENTER})
if step2 = 0 then
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Sent: Wednesday, 15 January 2003 12:30 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: lingo-l buddy api lingo help
At 17:00 2003-01-14, marcus brooke wrote:
set OK = baOpenFile(thepathName test.txt, maximsied
You don't say
At 00:03 2003-01-16, Brad Hile wrote:
Actually you'll need Maximised (note the s instead of z) unless there's a
US version of the xtra for download.
BuddyAPI is from an Australian developer and we speak funny sometimes ;)
Good catch. I probably would not have noticed it since I always use
--- marcus brooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Guys I hope someone can help,
It was recommended that I get the Buddy Api xtra to
launch word and excel
files from a Director exe. But can't for the life of
me get my head round
the script.
The script on the help me file is
set OK =
Hi Guys I hope someone can help,
It was recommended that I get the Buddy Api xtra to launch word and excel
files from a Director exe. But can't for the life of me get my head round
the script.
The script on the help me file is
set OK = baOpenFile(thepathName test.txt, maximsied
I get the
Hi,
I think when you created projector you don't check to
option: Include in projector on ControlMovieXtras.
Original message
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 01:00:25 +
From: marcus brooke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: lingo-l buddy api lingo help
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Guys I hope someone
At 17:57 2003-01-14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I think when you created projector you don't check to
option: Include in projector on ControlMovieXtras.
Since Marcus mentioned that he created a projector, I'd bet you're right. I
prefer marking all those xtras NOT to include in projector and
At 17:00 2003-01-14, marcus brooke wrote:
set OK = baOpenFile(thepathName test.txt, maximsied
You don't say, but I imagine the error dialog gave more hints as to what
went wrong - at least in authoring.
1. You didn't close your parentheses.
2. thepathName should be two separate words or
on my executable I am getting this Error.
You have exceeded the number of list functions.
I have put the registration on the prepareMovie script.
It still runs fine, but I would like to get rid of this alert.
How do I do that?
B
Brian Douglas (:ub)
two questions.
I saw two different registration commands.
ba register(i think)( I am on a seperate machine).
baSaveRegistration(userName,registration number)
Before I use Buddy API Do I need in the prepare movie to say
gBuddyXtra = new(xtrabudapi)
before I register it?
I have gone to their
thanks,
my client just gave me the wrong info:
Brian Douglas (:ub)
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OK I got it to work on a pc, now I am trying to use the xtra(bawin) on
the mac, but it does not recognize any of the handlers.
have you used it before?
I tried put baVersion(mac) and got an error that the handler was not
defined. I have the xtra included in the director file so I am a little
I wrote a sample movie script to return the current time as a list, [H,
M, S]. I am afraid that this page is in Japanese but you may see the
script (because it is in Lingo).
http://www.FumioNonaka.com/TechNotes/Director/FN0108005.html
Side note: (the systemDate).seconds often return one the
sorry if this is a bit late but just to make sure:
it's true that there is no the systemtime that gives you unformatted time
information in director.
BUT you can use (the systemdate).seconds (as seen in
macromedia.director.lingo) it gives you
the daytime in seconds (don't ask me why there
Fiskeaux II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 29 July 2002 17:47
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: lingo-l buddy api time and date function crashing help!
I'm not sure about what's going wrong with the BuddyAPI functions, but is
there a reason you can't use Lingo's built in the time and date
Hi Lewis--
You didn't mention the platform, but I've found that, in general, Buddy has
problems with a lot of functions when you call them 255 times. It's been fixed
in some functions (baFileExists on Windows, for example), but lingers in
others.
You might try using the Lingo time date
Sean,
Can I e-mail you off the list. I need the help, but it's not my code and I
am unsure about posting the code on the list. What are your thoughts about
this issue?
Justin
This code was purchased when I bought my buddy API application. It was an
add-on offered. Specifically, it is the
Have you isolated where your code is failing? Is it the actual call to Buddy
API to write the file or elsewhere?
I am having a problem where under Director 8.5 and Buddy API, I have a
behavior, which I've used on more than one project using Director 7.02,
which goes out and opens a file in a
I am having a problem where under Director 8.5 and Buddy API, I have a
behavior, which I've used on more than one project using Director 7.02,
which goes out and opens a file in a destination relative to the projector.
In 8.5 this behavior works great under windows xp, but not under windows 98,
The failure happens when I look for the file. Under Director 7.2 it works
perfect. Under 8.5, the same code only works under Windows XP.
It returns a file not found reply.
Justin Allen
Have you isolated where your code is failing? Is it the actual call to Buddy
API to write the file or
I am having a problem where under Director 8.5 and Buddy API, I have a
behavior, which I've used on more than one project using Director
7.02,
which goes out and opens a file in a destination relative to the
projector.
In 8.5 this behavior works great under windows xp, but not under
Kerry,
I don't think so. Otherwise why would it work (same code exactly) in 7.2 and
not 8.5, except under windows xp?
Really confusing.
Justin Allen
I am having a problem where under Director 8.5 and Buddy API, I have a
behavior, which I've used on more than one project using Director
I am having a problem where under Director 8.5 and Buddy API, I have a
behavior, which I've used on more than one project using Director 7.02,
which goes out and opens a file in a destination relative to
the projector.
It returns a file not found reply.
So how are you building this
Sean,
The path is defined as /files/anyfile.pdf
This is the same syntax as I have used in that past. Also, this path works
using 7.2 on all Pc platforms and only with 8.5 and windows xp
Can this be a director 8.5 bug?
Justin
I am having a problem where under Director 8.5 and Buddy API, I
The path is defined as /files/anyfile.pdf
A few more questions/comments:
1). This is not a fully qualified path. Wouldn't you expect something more
along the lines of 'D:\files\anyfile.pdf'? Presumably your applicationPath
is prepended.
2). Why are there forward slashes in there? Are we talking
Sean,
This code was purchased when I bought my buddy API application. It was an
add-on offered. Specifically, it is the open PDF file AND the open any
file behavior.
In the past, I've always used the \ mark and it has worked. There is a
checkbox for assigning a relative filepath. You're right,
This code was purchased when I bought my buddy API application. It was an
add-on offered. Specifically, it is the open PDF file AND the open any
file behavior.
Should I assume from this that you're not confident about modifying these
behaviors to include an alert line so you can see the
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