RE: HELP! - Network: find server by name and map to local drive

2001-07-18 Thread Jean Charles Henry
Hi, Under windows you have to use, in a shell command "net use [drive name]: \\computer_name\share_name". If you have any problem type "net use /?" Regards Jean-Charles -Message d'origine- De : Steven Sacks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 18 juillet 2001 22:38 À : [EMAIL PR

directoryToList in FileXtra3

2001-07-18 Thread Fumio Nonaka
I took a glance into a documentation of FileXtra3. But I could not find out an equivalent method to 'directoryToList' in FileXtra 2. Did I miss one? Regards, Fumio Nonaka Attain Corporation Phone: +81-3-3255-4941 Fax: +81-3-3255-5998 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.attainj.co.jp [To remove

RE: Recording sound.

2001-07-18 Thread Al Hospers
> I´ve been trying to find an xtra that records the sound of a > projector or a > shockwave movie onto the harddisk. Not just one sound, but the whole > lot that is happening if, say, the user is mixing few sounds > in the movie. > (and that could include QuickTime Sound) > > Up to now I thought t

RE: Message window

2001-07-18 Thread Kerry Thompson
> > MessageWindow=1 > > > >For D8.5, you also have to set the debugPlaybackEnabled system property to >TRUE (prepareMovie). Thanks, guys--that did it. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To

RE: Message window

2001-07-18 Thread Sean Wilson
> use an .ini file > > named the same as your projector. plus the dot inny of course. > > comment out the following line; > > MessageWindow=1 > > that should do it. > you can set the rect if you want, but you don't have to. For D8.5, you also have to set the debugPlaybackEnabled system property t

Re: Message window

2001-07-18 Thread R. Bhakti Klein
use an .ini file named the same as your projector. plus the dot inny of course. comment out the following line; MessageWindow=1 that should do it. you can set the rect if you want, but you don't have to. -bhakti Kerry Thompson wrote: > > This is pretty basic, I know, but I've been using the

Message window

2001-07-18 Thread Kerry Thompson
This is pretty basic, I know, but I've been using the debugger so long... How do I get the message window to show when I'm running a projector? This is D8.5 on Win ME. I'm trying to track a bug in my Alt-F4 trapping, and of course you can't do that from the authoring environment. And by the wa

AW: Changin' Cursors

2001-07-18 Thread Michael von Aichberger
> I have a projector which involves a lot of Quicktime movies with DirecttoStage set to False with a lot of interactive elements on top. On the rollover of many of these buttons the cursor is set in lingo to from the arrow to the pointed finger cursor. On some of them though, it changes the curso

RE: HELP! - Network: find server by name and map to local drive

2001-07-18 Thread Sean Wilson
> I've been asked to find a server across a network > by the name of the server (not drive number) and > then map it to a local drive (not even sure what > all that means). This is to save a simple comma > delineated list in a text file that needs to be > saved into a specific folder on a named s

Re: Finding If a _huge_ float is divisible by a number

2001-07-18 Thread Cole Tierney
Thank you, Buzz! You're right. We did try the mod function, but it failed on floats in D6. Appearently this is fixed in D8. The project will be moved to director 8, soon. D6.5: - set f = 1144608783851.0 put f/2 -- 572304391925.5000 -- (big odd number) put f mod 2 -- 0 D8: --- f = 114460

RE: HELP! - Network: find server by name and map to local drive

2001-07-18 Thread Steven Sacks
Sorry, this is for D6.5 on Windows NT 4. Thanks! > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Steven Sacks > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 4:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: HELP! - Network: find server by name and map to local > drive

HELP! - Network: find server by name and map to local drive

2001-07-18 Thread Steven Sacks
Hello, I've been asked to find a server across a network by the name of the server (not drive number) and then map it to a local drive (not even sure what all that means). This is to save a simple comma delineated list in a text file that needs to be saved into a specific folder on a named serve

Re: Finding If a _huge_ float is divisible by a number

2001-07-18 Thread Buzz Kettles
Did you try the mod function? It can accept floats as well as integers. (it throws away the non-integer part & then evaluates) i.e. myFloat = 7.3 put ilk(myFloat) -- #float if (myFloat mod 2) then put "not even" -- "not even" -- ( 7 is an odd number ) hth -Buzz At 9:56 AM -0400 7/17/01, Cole

Re: Puppet Sounds and Movies in a Window pt. 2

2001-07-18 Thread Buzz Kettles
>Okay, > >Well, no responses. > >Anyway. I have a theory. > >I was wondering if the puppet sound stops playing because another >movie window is openning and then it works fine the second time >because I do not have the MIAW set to "forget" upon returning to the >main menu. So the second time it

Re: controlling .swa

2001-07-18 Thread Buzz Kettles
please look in the manual under SWA control duration isn't available until the SWA has started been preloaded or is playing (state = > 1) -Buzz >Hi, > Can anybody please tell me how I can control .swa files, controls >like play, pause, determining the end of the swa so that i can play >a sli

Re: controlling swa files

2001-07-18 Thread Buzz Kettles
that capability is not built in export only outputs the stage image in 2 formats: bitmap & dig vid -Buzz >Hi, > Can anybody please tell me how can I batch export internal cast >members like images, sound, etc, so that they are in a file format >outside the .dir. Thanks in advance. > > >Salm

RE: RE: 2 Monitor System

2001-07-18 Thread Bastien Bouchard
> Charlie Fiskeaux > II said the secret: un-maximize the window and stretch it to the second > monitor. Second secret (for everyone on PC): use Win 2K... ;-) Bastien [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messa

Re: RE: 2 Monitor System

2001-07-18 Thread Marcos Trinca
I have two monitors in my computer and director works fine. Charlie Fiskeaux II said the secret: un-maximize the window and stretch it to the second monitor. It´s very good! Marcos Trinca. - Original Message - From: "Ravi Garimella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wedn

Re: Looking for alternative sprite addressing schemes

2001-07-18 Thread Michelle Elliott
Further info regarding Rob Romanek's reply to my solicitation for alternative methods: Rob, I have some very interesting test results using a hybrid of your technique and my own. Essentially, I have used your technique, with the following changes: 1. Rather than each script instance registering

Recording sound.

2001-07-18 Thread thor
Dear linguists ! I´ve been trying to find an xtra that records the sound of a projector or a shockwave movie onto the harddisk. Not just one sound, but the whole lot that is happening if, say, the user is mixing few sounds in the movie. (and that could include QuickTime Sound) Up to now I thoug

Re: RE: 2 Monitor System

2001-07-18 Thread Kerry Thompson
>Is it possible to have director panels like the cast and score on a 2nd >monitor when authoring. I assume you are working on Windows. No, you can't drag the panels outside the main window, but you can stretch the Director window across the two screens. You have to drag it, though--if you go

controlling .swa

2001-07-18 Thread Salman Ahmed
Hi, Can anybody please tell me how I can control .swa files, controls like play, pause, determining the end of the swa so that i can play a slide show in my project. Thanks in advance Salman [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get Your

controlling .swa

2001-07-18 Thread Salman Ahmed
Hi, Can anybody please tell me how I can control .swa files, controls like play, pause, determining the end of the swa so that i can play a slide show in my project. Thanks in advance Salman [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get Your

controlling swa files

2001-07-18 Thread Salman Ahmed
Hi, Can anybody please tell me how can I batch export internal cast members like images, sound, etc, so that they are in a file format outside the .dir. Thanks in advance. Salman [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get Your Private, F

Re: Finding If Something is divisible by a number

2001-07-18 Thread Carl West
"R. Bhakti Klein" wrote: > ... > but seriously folks. you mean divisible evenly, i presume, for any > number is divisible by any other number, if uneven-itude counts... > > a couple ways that come to mind: > assume x and y are integers and you want to see if x goes into y evenly. > > if y.float/

Re: hardware problem?

2001-07-18 Thread Jim Allen
My external firewire drive decided not to show up this morning? Mac 400htz [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for

Re: hard ware problem

2001-07-18 Thread Jim Allen
Thank you Norton [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/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!]

Re: RE: 2 Monitor System

2001-07-18 Thread Jim Allen
mac and windows or just windows? - Original Message - From: Ravi Garimella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 9:11 AM Subject: RE: 2 Monitor System > Hi, > > Is it possible to have director panels like the cast and score on a 2nd > monitor when a

Re: RE: 2 Monitor System

2001-07-18 Thread Paul Fletcher
Yes you can, You have to extend the whole window onto your second monitor, that way you can move your casts etc anywhere on either screen. This is the way i have mine set up. Hope this helps Paul Past Forward Limited, England, UK mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pastforward.co.uk/ CONFID

Re: RE: 2 Monitor System

2001-07-18 Thread Charlie Fiskeaux II
If it's not maximized. Un-maximize it and stretch it to the screen size, then you can move the panels. Charlie Fiskeaux II The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054 x29 cell: 859/312-3883 - Original Message - From: "Ravi Garimella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: RE: 2 Monitor System

2001-07-18 Thread Martijn Janssen
NO, on PC it's not possible in the way you're doing it in Flash. The Director window should not be maximized, than you can scale the window manually to the maximum size (across the two monitors). Only when you use NT or W2K AND if you're using two identical displays (AND have it set up the right

Re: RE: 2 Monitor System

2001-07-18 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
Sure mac and pc -- have it set up that way for myself.. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helpi

RE: 2 Monitor System

2001-07-18 Thread Ravi Garimella
Hi, Is it possible to have director panels like the cast and score on a 2nd monitor when authoring. For some reason director does not allow me to drag the panels into a 2nd monitor. But Flash allows it?? Any input will be appreciated. Ravi _

Re: Finding If a _huge_ float is divisible by a number

2001-07-18 Thread Cole Tierney
I appreciate all the good suggestions! Especially liked Roy's method of paring down the float with the maxinteger. >it's not cheating if it works. >- -bh I couldn't aggree more! We've actually decided to change the datastructure to use multiple integers, instead of a great big float. We can g

Re: [ Is it possible to pan image through coding]

2001-07-18 Thread naga raju
Hello, What do you mean by panning. Is it like QTVR Movies?? or just a slide show?? cordially Nagaraj. hetal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello list, I am working on one small autorun Presentation. I have around 20 images..and i have to pan each image one bye one i have done it manually but i

Puppet Sounds and Movies in a Window pt. 2

2001-07-18 Thread Chad Mefferd
Okay, Well, no responses. Anyway. I have a theory. I was wondering if the puppet sound stops playing because another movie window is openning and then it works fine the second time because I do not have the MIAW set to "forget" upon returning to the main menu. So the second time it (the pup

RE: lingo for animated gifs? or at least tricks?

2001-07-18 Thread Brian Romanko
> Is there any way to get an animated gif to PAUSED at first, and later to give > some command to start it to PLAY? I am desperate for Lingo for animated gifs, or > at least some TRICKS to get it to do what I want. Anybody? Well, one possible solution might be to use a static gif of the first fra

RE: lingo for animated gifs? or at least tricks?

2001-07-18 Thread Leon McComish
I've always had trouble with gifs in Director. I either resort to using film loops, or more frequently, build my own equivalent. Attach a behaviour to a sprite that builds an array of cast members in it's beginSprite handler. These form the images to show in the 'gif-like loop'. this can be auto

lingo for animated gifs? or at least tricks?

2001-07-18 Thread Michael Nadel
Is there any way to get an animated gif to PAUSED at first, and later to give some command to start it to PLAY? I am desperate for Lingo for animated gifs, or at least some TRICKS to get it to do what I want. Anybody? For example, it would be nice to have some lingo to tell it how many times to r

Authorware via Director!!!??!!!

2001-07-18 Thread Malcolm Beddows
Hi Guys Is it possible to jump to an authorware.exe via a director interface (using code) & then jump back again? Or will this confuse system's being that they're both .exe files? Once again - Thanks, MangO. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://ww

Re: SHIFT TAB as FAST like windows :(

2001-07-18 Thread Fumio Nonaka
Try my behavior below. Just drop it all the text sprite you would like to input data. The tab order is set by their sprite channel number, small to large. _ Milo Mineur wrote: > I'm still strugling with the 'SHIFT-TAB' function for my txtmembers. > > Or it doesn't work in my final movie or i

Changin' Cursors

2001-07-18 Thread Welland,Iain
Hello list, I have a projector which involves a lot of Quicktime movies with DirecttoStage set to False with a lot of interactive elements on top. On the rollover of many of these buttons the cursor is set in lingo to from the arrow to the pointed finger cursor. On some of them though, it change

Re: Help!

2001-07-18 Thread Slava Paperno
I'm sure there are smarter ways of doing this, but as gif animations usually aren't very large, you can save each frame as a separate image file (e.g., in a PICT or BMP format), name them consequtively (e.g., frame001.pic, frame002.pic) and then open the entire sequence in QuickTime Player (th