hmmmm activeX control you say?....i totally forgot that it was an option...i think i might like it...but in those cases (activeX, dll, text file, database), i still have to have Director ask if there's new data out there even if there's not (possibly resource wasteful), right?
I threw out the text file option cause i was worried about synchronicity and file lock outs...not sure if it was a valid fear, but since i have the more direct option of querrying the data source, i thought i'd go that way preferrably. thanks for the idea spark, i'll investigate more... Evan > >Evan, > > >I was just saying earlier that I can > > access a dll (which is what the client is planning on writing > > and providing to me) through the GLU32 Xtra. That's option A for me. > >You could also have the client make an activeX control out of it, insert >that into Director and make calls directly to the control. Something like: > >put sprite(1).getInfo() >(assuming sprite 1 is the control and getInfo is a method in the control) > > > or doing the > > same with good old text files (which I've already thrown out > > as an option, > > before it even broke the .5 second it took to become a > > conscious thought). > >Just out of curiosity, why'd you throw the text option out? Seems like a >simple solution. I'm not sure what you're ultimately trying to do (or what >the environment you're running this thing in looks like), but I've done >this in the past where I've had another application write data to a text >file and a Director app reading the file every exit frame with fileio. If >your frame rate is 30 you can get data 30 times a second (possibly faster >if you upped the rate -- I don't know, I used 30). I've run it for hours >at a time and it seems to work pretty solid. > >Bob >[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!] _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com [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!]
