>I have just found (in the last couple of days) a bug in Director >related to this. The bug is that whenever you execute a line like >the one below (that sets the filename of a linked member), Director >refreshes the screen (in effect, it does an updateStage). If you >have the member in a sprite, it will show the newly linked file >immediately, before you have had a chance to do any modifications to >the rect, height, width, etc. Even if the member is not present in >the frame, the screen will be refreshed.
Exactly! >Try putting a breakpoint on that line of code. When you hit the >breakpoint, step once. The screen will be refreshed. The problem I >am seeing is that this is happending even in an "on prepareFrame" >handler, where there is not supposed to be any screen updating. > >Unfortunately, there is no easy work-around. I have been >experimenting with a wide range of hacks. Nothing perfect so far ... > >Irv Very interesting indeed. My workaround has been to put the new member in a sprite that is _under_ the old sprite on stage. The old sprite is "direct to stage" so nothing will be drawn on top of it. I then manipulate the geometry of the sprite below (containing the new "fileName imported" member). Then I remove the top sprite containing the old member off stage. I my case this means having the freshly loaded mem in the sprite below and the resized version in the sprite on top. This yields a couple of drawbacks, such as if you're playing a movie in standard size and then scale it, it will appear to stop playback, as it is in fact another sprite that you see. But I do get glitch free swapping and resizing of media on stage. -A. [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!]
