helpful advice, thanks
in fact almost everything in the debug window is "void"
except "me", and "g3d"
My experience with director tells me that this is most probably a very very
very simple error on my part, which I will be stuck on for a week or so,
tearing my hair out, then someone will point me in the right the direction
and everything will be fine again.
So, who's good at pointing, and directions?
.pete
----- Original Message -----
From: Tab Julius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 2:05 AM
Subject: Re: <lingo-l> What's going on?
>
> I don't know the book or the code, but what's happening is that it's
trying
> to evaluate whichModel.name and failing.
>
> Presuming that whichModel is, well, a model, this should work. So, why
did
> it fail?
>
> whichModel is either NOT a model, or it has no value at all (is
> VOID). Since it's passed IN to the function, this is highly
> probable. It's possible that exitAction is being called with NO parameter
> passed in, OR, what is passed in is not a model.
>
> What I'd do myself is set a breakpoint (open up the script window, click
on
> the line to put the cursor there, and then do a ctrl-9) on the Case
> statement and run the program. The debugger will stop on that line BEFORE
> executing the line. Then look at the variables in the upper right corner
> of the debugger window, and look for whichModel.
>
> Chances are that it will be set to VOID, meaning that nothing was passed
in.
>
> OR, it will be set to something else - who knows what - meaning that you
> passed in something wrong (e.g., a number, not a model).
>
> Alternatively, if you don't want to use the debugger (but this is the
> perfect opportunity to do so), you could put an ALERT statement before the
> case that shows what the variable is:
>
> on exitAction me, whichModel
>
> alert "WhichModel is "&whichModel
>
> case(whichmodel.name) of
> -- etc.
>
>
> So, when it runs, it'll first put put a dialog box that says what the
> variable is. If it looks like:
>
> "WhichModel is"
>
> with nothing after it, then whichModel is probably void.
>
> However, I would recommend using the debugger, so you can see what's
really
> going on.
>
> - Tab
>
>
> At 01:16 AM 4/19/02 +0100, Pete [ki]M[-chi] wrote:
>
> >I've been copying an example out of a book (Directors Third Dimension)
and
> >trying to adapt it into my director project.
> >
> >The example shows how to implement a model rollover behavior for 3d
members.
> >
> >The file on the cd accompanying the book works fine, and I have copyed
the
> >code into my own project from the cd.
> >
> >When I try and run my own project I get the error message
> >
> >"property not found #name"
> >at the following piece of code
> >
> >"On exitaction me, whichmodel
> >
> > Case(whichmodel.name) of
> > "Ball1":
> > g3d.shader("ball").emissive = rgb(0,0,0)"
> >
> >Could someone please explain what this means.......
> >Am I just being stupid?
> >
> >Pete
>
> [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!]
>
>
[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!]
