RE: lingo-l BUDDY API BUG -- NOOOOOOOOOOO!!

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. [To remove yourself from this list, or to

lingo-l _movie.go(stopsTheRestOfTheScripts)

Hi list... Why does _movie.go(someFrame) stop the rest of the scripts from executing? I want to execute a parent script method after having gone to a different frame (sprite span intact throughout the score movement). In the behavior stack, the behavior that calls the parent method won't execute

lingo-l BUDDY API BUG -- NOOOOOOOOOOO!!

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 =

RE: lingo-l BUDDY API BUG -- NOOOOOOOOOOO!!

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 [To remove yourself from this list, or to

lingo-l script cast member not found -- bug?

Hi list... Anyone ever experience a script cast member not found error, when it's really there? My movie has a linked cast named functionality, which contains all my scripts. It also has a movie script with a prepareMovie handler that instances a parent script called the tools. Suddenly, when

lingo-l script cast member not found -- bug? Part II

...and I should note that a fix is to move my script the tools out of the functionality cast, into the internal cast, then back into the functionality cast. This seems to be a fix, but why? - Michael M. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

RE: lingo-l script cast member not found -- bug?

Thanks, Irv. That sounds like a good solution. I'm relieved to know it's nothing much more serious. - MM [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 HR in GPDL?

Hi list... Is it possible to insert a horizontal rule in a getPropertyDescriptionList dialog? I have so many inputs in one particular GPDL that it would be easier on the eyes if it could have some separators. Thanks, Michael M. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode,

RE: lingo-l HR in GPDL?

Thanks Roymeo. - MM I've punted and made the #comment: Is this a Foo? RETURN Foo only below-- [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 buddyAPI's baCopyFileProgress hogs the computer

Hi list... I'm using baCopyFileProgress, and hiding the (WinXP) Copying files dialog. Instead, I'm using a custom Flash animation, which progresses based on the baCopyProgressUpdate movie script handler. The issue is that *all* lingo stops while it's copying (in my case, a 100MB file which

RE: lingo-l Re: buddyAPI's baCopyFileProgress hogs the computer

Thanks, for the info Roymeo. And I appreciate that it's the thought that counts. And thanks, Cole, for responding, too. - MM (which isn't much help (as I can't give these to you), I know). [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

lingo-l Runmode with respect to scriptExecutionStyle

Hi list... I want to find the runmode, so what would be better to use when the scriptExecutionStyle = 10: X = the runmode Or... X = _system.environmentPropList.runMode Does it actually matter? Regards, Michael M. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

RE: lingo-l Runmode with respect to scriptExecutionStyle

Thanks for the reply Tom. No matter what any Evil Kosh type goon says, you excel when it comes to this aspect of MACR's customer service. - MM [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 Detecting Media Player Version with Lingo

Thanks Bertil. Actually, I was wondering if there were any software packages out there that return a letter (instead of a number) for the first character of that string. Thanks for this excellent technique. Two lines of code, but it's really good to know this. Regards, Michael M. [To remove

RE: lingo-l baOpenFile(PowerPoint)...but play it

Thanks for the good point, Ross. I'll keep that in mind, because it did cross my mind that it's still editable as a ppt, but in this particular case, it happens to be no big deal. Best regards, Michael M. Good to hear but I would still recommend using the PPS file instead as the casual user

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

OK, I don't want to sound like a backseat driver here, but whatever is done, I'd suggest utilizing ink effects, 3D and image lingo. Hardly anyone sees that kind of stuff on the web, and the wow factor of a visually exciting piece could go a long way in helping to promote the player. - MM [To

lingo-l baOpenFile(PowerPoint)...but play it

Hi list... Is there any way (maybe a shell command?) to open a PowerPoint file, but have it play instead of just opening it in edit mode? Thanks, Michael M. [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

RE: lingo-l baOpenFile(PowerPoint)...but play it

Hi all... The ppt open parameter /s worked perfectly. Thanks everyone for the feedback. Much appreciated, Michael M. [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 Sprite alpha?

Just curious...is tabSprite = sprite(pSpriteManager.mAllocateChannel()) referencing back the exact spriteNum it should be referencing? And/or, did you try ink=36? - MM [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 simple prop list question

Hi all... How big can a property list actually be? Somewhere, I thought I read 32,000 characters. Is this about right? - Michael M. [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

lingo-l All those DLLs

Hi list... How's everyone today? Regarding Dirapi.dll, Iml32.dl, msvcrt.dll and Tbrsrc.dll, is it better to have them sitting next to the projector or within the xtras folder? And regarding my DLLs for my onStage xtra, Proj.dll and OnStage.dll, I believe those go next to the projector, right?

RE: lingo-l All those DLLs

Onstage.dll and tbrscr.dll are OnStage xtras and go next to the projector. The other four I just put in the xtras folder, and no playback difference. Thanks, all. How's everyone today? Good. You? Fine, thanks! - MM [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

RE: lingo-l All those DLLs

Tom: Thanks for the great answer. Slava: I develop on Windows, and everything that goes in my xtras folder goes inside a subfolder called pc, so that means an extra level into the xtras folder for my dlls, and it worked fine. Regards all, - Michael M. [To remove yourself from this list, or to

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

Yeah, that's pretty much how to do it. I was kind of trying to avoid having a handler outside of the swf catch it, i.e., I only wanted to do it from one place, but this seems like the way to go. Thanks Kerry, as always. - Michael M. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest

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

Hi all... Hope everyone's having a nice day. Is there a way for a swf sprite to get a variable value in a Director behavior via actionScript? In other words, something like this: var directorPropValueBroughtIntoTheSWF = getURL(giveMeTheDirectorPropertyValue); It's easy enough for the Director

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

Hola Agustín...como esta, señor? Thanks...but not quite what I'm looking for. I have a function in a swf sprite that's called by Director. Here's a snippet: var theValue; do{ theValue = getURL(lingo: getValue \gTools.pProgress\);

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

Thanks, Kerry. rant It's amazing. The most difficult part of my project is getting my silly little navigation controls to work properly. :-/ /rant Well, how about a little different approach. You could have Director call setVariable, and then all you would need to do in Flash would be to

RE: lingo-l Seeking Shockwave math website

Thanks all. www.exploreelearning.com was indeed the one I was thinking of. And www.jmckell is a close second of course. Best regards, Michael M. [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 Seeking Shockwave math website

Hi list... Some time ago, I came across a really cool website that had lots of math lessons done in Shockwave. Of course, I don't remember the URL. Sound familiar to anyone? Thanks, - Michael M. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

lingo-l Return value for open command...WAS: Open a specific page within a pdf

Thanks, Bertil, for the excellent responses yesterday. Just one further question: When using the open command, is there a way to error check to see if it successfully opened? In other words: result = baOpenFile(...) put result -- 0 But... result = open xyz -- errors - Michael M. [To

RE: lingo-l Return value for open command...WAS: Open a specific page within a pdf

Brilliant, Bertil. Very much appreciated! - Michael M. [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 Return value for open command...WAS: Open a specific page within a pdf

Yes, I knew that. Fortunately, I work for a company where *the whole world* has Acrobat 6, XP, IE6...etc. Bliss. On previous versions, as long as it fails without crashing, that's good enough for my purposes. Regards, Michael M. By the way, these arguments (/A page=n) only work in

RE: lingo-l Open a specific page within a pdf

OK. I'm a bit surprised this doesn't seem to be able to be done via a shell command, even after perusing http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs /en-us/ntcmds.mspx. On that page, I can't figure out what would be appropriate. Thanks anyway, Michael M. [To

RE: lingo-l Open a specific page within a pdf

Bertil... Thanks, that's a really good help. I thought I was going to have to shell out a few hundred bucks for the SDK. Get it -- Shell? - Michael M. More info: http://partners.adobe.com/asn/acrobat/sdk/public/docs/PDFOpenParams.pdf Describes PDF open parameters for Acrobat 6.0, that

RE: lingo-l Open a specific page within a pdf

Bertil, that's a great solution. I tried, and failed, to do it from the [Windows] run dialog: acrobat C:\Documents and Settings\mendelsohnm.CORP\Desktop\ADOBEuiquickref.pdf /A page=18 -- didn't work In your routine below, just curious, why did you add in the baShortFileName? When you said

RE: lingo-l Shell Xtra

I second that...and in the meantime, could anyone recommend an article online that talks about how to use/the variety of Windows shell commands? Thanks, Michael M. Nice that you're developing this...potentially very handy. This is right in line w/a project I'm working on at the moment...so

RE: lingo-l Setting focus on a specific MUI widget

Hi Rob... Thanks for responding. Expecting a user to press the spacebar to hit your #defaultPushButton seems odd -- that's the Enter key's job, and Mui supports it. In Windows, along with the enter key, you can use the spacebar on buttons that have the focus in a dialog boxes. I'm not sure

RE: lingo-l Setting focus on a specific MUI widget

Hi Rob... Lose the icon, or add it after the buttons (which you can do in #pixel mode), and the button will get focus. Perfect! That worked! I greatly appreciate your responding. Brings back memories. Now I'll be humming Supertramp songs. ...and when writing lingo, stick with The Logical

lingo-l Setting focus on a specific MUI widget

Hi all... In Windows, how do you put the focus on a certain MUI widget, namely a #defaultPushButton? My #defaultPushButton has its thicker black border, but that Windows dotted line isn't on it, and therefore it doesn't depress with the spacebar keyed down. Am I missing some attribute

RE: lingo-l fileIO changes T to t ?!?!?

#thanksEveryOneForAnsweringMySymbolQuestion #THANKSEVERYONEFORANSWERINGMYSYMBOLQUESTION - Michael M. [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

lingo-l fileIO changes T to t ?!?!?

Hi list... Here's a weird one. The lingo below generates a preferences file if it doesn't previously exist. The default prefs file (a prop list) is theHeaderString. All well and good until it is read back in by FileIO where property pT morphs from pT in the first list to pt in the second list.

RE: lingo-l fileIO changes T to t ?!?!?

Well, thanks for the feedback everyone! Regarding the case following the case of the first occurrence, I went through all of my code and nowhere do I have pt (my Lingo only has pT). So why might this still happen when my first occurrence of this symbol is in fact pT? Thanks, Michael M. [To

RE: lingo-l fileIO changes T to t ?!?!?

Just as an addendum to what I previously posted: Clearglobals Showglobals -- Global Variables -- version = 10.0 put symbol(PT) -- #pt put symbol(PK) -- #PK put symbol(Po) -- #Po put symbol(mm) -- #mm put symbol(MM) -- #mm It seems the combination of letters pt/PT/pT/Pt always renders #pt.

RE: lingo-l fileIO changes T to t ?!?!?

If that's the case, how can I edit the symbol table? Actually, the symbol table follows the .dir (and cst's?) around. They are more persistent than global variables. Closing Director will not make it go away, unless you're only talking playing in Director and not actual director files.

RE: lingo-l SOLVED!! Quotes within quotes in a do statement -- but now single quote?

Yes...I just found out they're called mnemonic codes (as opposed to entity/ASCII codes) and a chart of them is at: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/Themen/www/ISOlat1.html - MM Check any decent HTML reference for all of those. (trade;, copy; etc.) [To remove yourself from this list, or

lingo-l SOLVED!! Quotes within quotes in a do statement -- but now single quote?

Hi all... Just thought I'd post how I solved the escaping quotes in a do statement: In my XML node, I have a handler doing what's in the command attribute value. I needed quotes in there within the quotes of the XML, and this worked: topic command=baMsgBox(quot;Complete this tutorial

RE: lingo-l Quotes within quotes in a do statement

Hi Rich... Despite being tired, you came up with a creative solution. I like it. Thanks! Michael M. [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 Quotes within quotes in a do statement

Hi Buzz... Thanks for the response. In other situations, what you mention is what I would have done. But as the string is going to appear in an attribute value of an XML node, I'm limited to one line, as in breed=schnauzer. So I can't really concatenate string(a b c), etc with more than one

RE: lingo-l Quotes within quotes in a do statement

Well, in other situations, yes, I've done that. Thanks! - MM couldn't you create a function that returned the single line you want? [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

lingo-l Quotes within quotes in a do statement

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 no subject

Buzz: even in DirMX2004? I thought that was a fix. - Michael M. yes, but you must use verbose lingo to do it [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 Outlook error generated by Director

Hi all... How could a Director projector possibly cause a Microsoft Outlook error: The command line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are using. perplexed and becoming nervous, Michael M. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

RE: lingo-l Outlook error generated by Director

Thanks for responding Cole. Hmm... *for now* the problem seemingly has disappeared, which is in itself another mystery. I have absolutely no idea what caused it, but I suspect it has something to do with the fact that I have an alerthook script that uses baOpenURL with some mailto: information.

RE: lingo-l Outlook error generated by Director

Want to supply any more information Michael? Certainly, Troy. Upon thinking a bit more, I think the _root of my problem stems from my Flash asset. Basically, I have an email window that pops up when an error occurs via the alerthook script. There's the tie to Outlook. But before that email

lingo-l Tell end tell

Hi list... Quick question: what's the syntax for tell gWindow -- statements end tell In DMX2004 with scriptExecutionStyle = 9? Thanks! Michael M. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To

lingo-l Opening one projector from another projector

Hi all... Are there any caveats to opening one Director projector from another Director projector? Could anything like global or local variables or xtras get accidentally cross referenced? And is there a way to have one executable send another executable a sendSprite or other command? I know

RE: lingo-l img.floodfill(img.rect, rgb(20,20,20), [#ink:33]) -- possible?

As I expected. Thanks for replying, Buzz. - MM Don't think it can take a proplist - it's format is more like img.draw() or img.fill() here's all the data that I've been leaked: image.floodFill (x, y, color) image.floodFill (pt, color) [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to

RE: lingo-l Javascript onSubmit() - notify Lingo?

I think I'm looking for a strategy on how to notify Lingo from a form tag's 'onSubmit()' event. IOW, how can the Javascript function I assign to onSubmit notify Lingo? Well Rob, here's my guess: Set up a js function in the header of the page. In the header of the html page, this javascript

lingo-l img.floodfill(img.rect, rgb(20,20,20), [#ink:33]) -- possible?

Hi list... Regarding the undocumented imaging lingo method imgObj.floodfill(), does anyone know if you can put a parameter list in there similar to the prop list you can add at the end of copyPixels, i.e. [#ink:33, #blend:50]? Thanks, Michael M. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change

RE: lingo-l that wonderful WatcherHelper xtra

A-ha! Thanks. Try UIhelper instead of WatcherHelper [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 that wonderful WatcherHelper xtra

For the record, when I put the xtralist, [#name: WatcherHelper.x32, #version: 9.0] is included in the list, but put interface(xtra WatcherHelper) errors as xtra not found. On the contrary (and thanks to Daniel Nelson), put interface(xtra Uihelper) works. Win XP, DirMX. - Michael M. [To

lingo-l Setting properties via a method's parameters

Hi list... What would be pros and cons of streamlining version #1 into version #2? Currently, version #1 appears in my parent script, where pCurrent is a property of that parent, and is itself a proplist, and the handler is only called once. Just seeking opinions. Thanks, Michael M. --

RE: lingo-l Setting properties via a method's parameters

Good answer. Thanks, Kerry. - Michael M. In version 2, you are restricting yourself to using the method within the object. In fact, I don't see any reason to have the pCurrent parameters. They're accessible within your object, if I understand yourself. You could just refer to them without

RE: lingo-l Setting properties via a method's parameters

Hope that made sense ... and I hope it is right :) Makes a lot of sense, Irv. It's a great explanation and it certainly sounds right. Thanks very much for your insight. - Michael M. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi

lingo-l Cursor command not working

Hi list... What would cause a cursor command not to work in a mouseWithin handler? Below, it gets to the cursor line, but doesn't do anything. Thanks, Michael M. on mouseWithin(me) if pContentType = text then if pSp.member.type = #text then theChar = pSp.pointToChar(the mouseLoc)

RE: lingo-l Cursor command not working

Hi Colin and WthmO...thanks for answering. Colin: yes, the cursor and its mask are both 1-bit members. When I type the following into the message window, the cursor changes. cursor [member(linkCursor, sharedAssets),member(linkCursorMask, sharedAssets)] Then, I move the mouse (with said changed

lingo-l Cursor command not working: SOLVED...but wait, there's more!

Thanks everyone for the additional responses! It's all much appreciated. Tab: Also, cursors behave differently in MIAWs, so if you are doing this in a MIAW, say so. Yes it's in a MIAW, so wouldn't you know it, when I wrapped the cursor command in a tell the stage/end tell, it worked! When

lingo-l Reading the registry - always allowed?

Hi list... I've never done anything with the registry before, and I'm wondering if there is any situation in which my Lingo would be prevented from reading values out of it using buddyAPI's baReadRegString or baReadRegNumber? I imagine that writing to the registry can be prevented by a

RE: lingo-l Reading the registry - always allowed?

Thanks, Tab. That's the concise answer I was looking for. - Michael M. [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

lingo-l test

Just a test [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!]

lingo-l finding the last substring within a string

Hi list... I have a path... F:\All Risk Training\modules\serviceInterruption\serviceInterruption.cst ...that I want to find the last position of serviceInterruption and chop it off so that the string is F:\All Risk Training\modules\serviceInterruption\. Can the lingo keyword last accomplish

RE: lingo-l finding the last substring within a string

Thanks...but actually in my case, the movie isn't next to the cast. :-) I'll just have to write something weird to do it. - MM If the cast happens to be next to the movie, you end up with the same as the moviepath. The general solution of getting the folder path from a file path, would be

RE: lingo-l finding the last substring within a string

Thomas: So...lastIndexOf() is in MX2004? I didn't think it actually had js methods in it. I only thought it was the *syntax* of js. That's worth a few bonus points. Colin: Forgive me, but I'm not sure what you mean by reset of the message. But here's what I did anyway, and for my purposes,

lingo-l Window.forget() erases all globals? Was: finding the last substring within a string

Hello again... I'm running into a MIAW roadblock when forget() is executed. In my previous post, I spawned a MIAW (gMIAW). When I close it using this handler below, suddenly all becomes useless. Why? on mouseUp(me) -- close button is passed case pFeature of close button: -- quit

RE: lingo-l Window.forget() erases all globals? Was: finding the last substring within a string

What does suddenly all becomes useless mean? Well, when gMIAW.forget() happens, seemingly all globals everywhere are voided. I'm using a couple of parent scripts that are instanced as globals, and they do a lot, so that's why I'm saying everything becomes useless. I get a bunch of object

RE: lingo-l Window.forget() erases all globals? Was: finding the last substring within a string

BINGO! That was the issue. I do indeed have an elaborate stopMovie handler that voids things, and it was being executed by the MIAW. Warren, you are a genius. Thanks, all for the feedback. I will wrap all the voids in the stopMovie handler with an if it's the ABC MIAW then... Thanks! -

lingo-l Director equivalent of Flash's advanced color effect?

Hi list... Is it somehow possible via lingo to SMOOTHLY mimic Flash's advanced color effect? I'm trying to test this in the score with a png, and it's as smooth as low grade sandpaper. rgb(255,0,0)rgb(255,255,255) 00 Ultimately, I want to use it in a timeout

RE: lingo-l Director equivalent of Flash's advanced color effect?

Yes, visually it's what I'm looking for, but are you changing the left arrows' sprite's *forecolor* to achieve different hues? If so, that's right on track with what I'd like to do... - MM [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

RE: lingo-l Director equivalent of Flash's advanced color effect?

Thanks for a look at your code, Colin. I appreciate it. - Michael M. [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 the stagecolor = the stagecolor

Hi list... Somewhere recently, I forget which list, the answer was given to use the stagecolor = the stagecolor for a sprite persistence/screen flaw issue. I just encountered this problem myself with a Flash member that sort of stuck around, and I used this line successfully. My question is: why

RE: lingo-l Parallax

Thanks, Warren and Troy. I really appreciate the kind words! - Michael M. [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

RE: lingo-l Parallax

Hi Grimm... Yes! I did this exact thing a few years back. If you're considering the parallaxed content to be bitmaps, I'd *think* 3d is not the way to go because you would have to use larger bitmaps to make up the distance difference the further away from the camera they are. I used 2d, three

RE: lingo-l Controlling flash with lingo.

Comprehend this article, and you'll be a pro. http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/director/articles/flash_in_director. html - MM And then there's this one too: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/director/articles/flashobjscript.htm l Can someone please guide me to a website or explain how to

RE: lingo-l Controlling flash with lingo.

Yes, the first one is the Jonkman article (my favorite article to reread). It seems the links got broken up in the email. The full link ends in ...flash in director.html. Just assemble the whole address in the browswer. And by the way, as far as just going to a flash frame from lingo, use:

lingo-l and speaking of Jonkman's article (WAS: Controlling flash with lingo)

Hi list... If anyone has read Mark Jonkman's article, http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/director/articles/flash_in_director .html, (credit WthmO on the angle brackets), I'm using a function on the root timeline to return to Lingo a list of all the properties in a Flash object. My Flash object

RE: [Fwd: lingo-l rounding numbers.... Oops]

Thanks everyone for responding. Those are all good ways of looking at the ceil issue. I appreciate all the responses. And Carl, I guess Math.ceil in the subject means you don't get all the V dot I dot A dot G dot R dot A emails ?!?!?!? - Michael M. If you try to 'reply' to me without

RE: [Fwd: lingo-l rounding numbers.... Oops]

Well, for what it's worth, I think if you post to any of the forums.macromedia.com lists, they hide the senders address. - MM -Original Message- From: Carl West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 2:00 PM To: Mendelsohn, Michael Subject: Re: [Fwd: lingo-l rounding

lingo-l DMX4 workspace question

Hi Tom... A question about the DirMX2004 workspace: I'm working on two monitors (Win XP). In Flash MX, if I maximize the screen, it fills up the primary monitor only and I can drag the panels outside the workspace and over to the smaller monitor. In DirMX, I can't do that. The Director window

RE: lingo-l Fscommand? Event? getURL? Href?

Thanks, Troy. I've done all that millions of times before from on a button. This time, I'm talking about talking to Director from a Flash text box with some sentence like See spot run. In Flash: select the word run and in the property panel in the hyperlink field, type in some permutation of

lingo-l Focusing a MUI widget

Hi all... Windows MUI question: Is there a way to focus a particular button in a MUI? The #defaultPushButton seems to just put a thicker border around that button, but not the Windows dotted line indicating focus. If a button has that dotted line, the user can press the spacebar to click that

RE: lingo-l New Director MX

Hi Tom... How about 8-bit MIAW masks, like the latest Adobe splash screens? - Michael M. [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 New Director MX

Imagine using imaging lingo on a MIAW alpha...the possibilities! [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

RE: lingo-l Re: re: Dir MX2004 (Tom)

Hi Tom... When will the Shockwave 10 player be made publicly available? How big is it? Does the 8.5(.1) player automatically update itself to 10? Can it do this if the computer is non admin rights (Windows)? What xtras are included within the 10 player? Thanks, Michael M. [To remove yourself

lingo-l Blank line in the callstack

Hi all... When debugging, what is the meaning of a blank line in the callstack? For instance, mine right now looks like: exitFrame otherHandler If I click on the middle item, I see the grey arrow pointing to line

RE: lingo-l Blank line in the callstack

Hmm...could be. I've got lots of do statements scattered throughout the score. Thanks, Irv. Have a nice new year. - MM [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 Flash not asynchronous within Director?

Thanks, Troy. Why would it? I just thought it would work like stepping into a script, but apparently not. ;-) - Michael M. [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 setScriptList

Hi all... Anyone with any experience using setScriptList()? I checked the archives and couldn't find a clear enough answer. Below, I'm trying to make a sprite start off with just 1 behavior, out of the 6 I have attached to it in the score. I save a list of all 6, use just 1, and then I want to

RE: lingo-l setScriptList

Hey, thanks, Valentin. That works perfectly. - Michael M. [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 accessing the timeoutlist, part II

Thanks everyone, for the lively timeout answers...all very interesting and much appreciated! - Michael M. [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

lingo-l accessing the timeoutlist

Hi all... It's strange: I can't seem to access items in the plain old linear list of the timeoutlist. put the timeoutlist -- [timeOut(wiper)] g = timeout( QUOTE wiper QUOTE ) put (the timeoutlist).getPos(g) -- 0 If ((the timeoutlist).getPos(g)) 0) then -- doesn't work either Somehow,

  1   2   3   >