Re: f5 and d8.5 - tell target functions?

2001-08-07 Thread grimmwerks
Hey Terry - thanks for the info - I'm now seeing what you meant in the chat by the director to flash communication... I've got a custom function in frame 1 of a nested/nested clip, ie _root.buttondown.allbuttons, the function being "switchThem" - it asks for one parameter to be passed, but I re

Re: Re: autorun/autostart PDF's

2001-08-07 Thread grimmwerks
You could either use Budapi to launch the correct app, then the pdf, but I'm using the PDF xtra inside of director and it's working quite well... [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 [

and finally flash 5 call

2001-08-07 Thread grimmwerks
I guess you can't call a frame that's nested, eh? I've tried doing a tell target to call a frame inside a nested movie and it just craps out on me... [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, em

Re: autorun/autostart PDF's

2001-08-07 Thread Marcus Brooke
Hey listies, Can anyone give me an insight on launching PDF's from Director or Director launching Acrobat Reader then a PDF. Autoruns to exe's what needs to be in the exe, xtras, etc very confusing??? Please help Thanks Marcus [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode,

flash 5 telltarget final

2001-08-07 Thread grimmwerks
Ah, the docs are wrong, nested clips are not accessable with "\" but "/", ie: sprite(8).telltarget("buttondown/allbuttons/mc5") sprite(8).gotoframe(1) sprite(8).endtelltarget() [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To p

Re: f5 and d8.5 - tell target functions?

2001-08-07 Thread Terry R. Schussler
At 12:41 AM -0500 8/8/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I've got a function in a frame that I call 'switchEm' - and that frame is >just looping (no stop, no play, just one frame in a movieclip). > >Can I call that function from director, ie: > >sprite(x).telltarget("/allbuttons") >sprite(x).switchThem

Re: flash 5 / director 8.5

2001-08-07 Thread Terry R. Schussler
At 12:47 AM -0500 8/8/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Ok, I see no mention of telltarget in both the pulldown lingo menus nor >the director help lingo by feature for flash, yet it's in the 'what's new' >area...so what's up? None of the new Flash 5 specific Lingo features made it into the popup menu

Re: removing a behavior with setScriptList?

2001-08-07 Thread Luke Wigley
Bill Numerick wrote > Can anyone tell me how to remove a behavior with setScriptList? or is there > a better way to do it with lingo? I'm looking through the D8.5 lingo book > and I just can't seem to get setScriptList to work and was unable to find > anything on it at directorU, director-onlin

more flash questions...

2001-08-07 Thread grimmwerks
Ah noone's up - Seems like the getflashproperty is futzed - I'm putting in non-existant targets and for #currentframe and they're returning 6 Weird... [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

flash 5 / director 8.5

2001-08-07 Thread grimmwerks
Ok, I see no mention of telltarget in both the pulldown lingo menus nor the director help lingo by feature for flash, yet it's in the 'what's new' area...so what's up? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post message

f5 and d8.5 - tell target functions?

2001-08-07 Thread grimmwerks
I've got a function in a frame that I call 'switchEm' - and that frame is just looping (no stop, no play, just one frame in a movieclip). Can I call that function from director, ie: sprite(x).telltarget("/allbuttons") sprite(x).switchThem() sprite(x).endTellTarget() or do I have to use the old

Re: Entry point not found in projector file run by cd

2001-08-07 Thread mitesh
Sean Wilson wrote: > > I had put all the dll files on exe file path & also in xtras > > folder but still > > error is not gone. This error is come only in window Nt & window > > 2000 system > > not in window 95,98 system. I had also put karnel32.dll but still > > error is not > > gone. I made p

RE: Sound control slider in different movies

2001-08-07 Thread Sean Wilson
> one of the main navigation buttons in this movie calls another > dirwhen the new dir loads how can I get the slider in the new > dir to represent the last setting from the main dir? Storing your setting in a global variable and examining it when you get to the next movie is perhaps the

Sound control slider in different movies

2001-08-07 Thread William Miller
I have a main movie that has a sound control slider and it works fine but one of the main navigation buttons in this movie calls another dirwhen the new dir loads how can I get the slider in the new dir to represent the last setting from the main dir? any Ideas..thanks in advance

RE: Entry point not found in projector file run by cd

2001-08-07 Thread Sean Wilson
> I had put all the dll files on exe file path & also in xtras > folder but still > error is not gone. This error is come only in window Nt & window > 2000 system > not in window 95,98 system. I had also put karnel32.dll but still > error is not > gone. I made projector file in window nt system bu

RE: reading binary registry keys

2001-08-07 Thread Sean Wilson
Version 3.5 is currently available and it appears it reads/writes binary keys. As well as a bunch of other useful new functions. http://www.mods.com.au/budapi/download.htm > cannot read binary keys [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/L

Re: SYSTEM INFORMATION

2001-08-07 Thread Roy Crisman
That's for you to decide. At 12:01 AM 8/8/01 +0200, you wrote: >Roy Crisman wrote: > > > > > > So, I have to buy a new version when I increase my RAM, or upgrade my > > > > hard-drive? > > > > > >If you change more than 2 things, you'll will have to get a new serial. > > >In this special case t

Re: mp3 does not play

2001-08-07 Thread Chad Mefferd (Morris Publishing)
on 8/3/01 5:09 AM, Salman ahmed at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's difficult to know what to say with out knowing more about how you are using the score. Are you using que points on the score or are you calling these items with lingo, for instance. With out a little more info I can't offer up much

Re: SYSTEM INFORMATION

2001-08-07 Thread Florian Bogeschdorfer
Roy Crisman wrote: > > > > So, I have to buy a new version when I increase my RAM, or upgrade my > > > hard-drive? > > > >If you change more than 2 things, you'll will have to get a new serial. > >In this special case this is no problem, since the user is in constant > >contact with me (the sel

Re: SYSTEM INFORMATION

2001-08-07 Thread Florian Bogeschdorfer
Because on the one hand it should run on Windows 2000 too. And on the other hand, how would I access the ID from D8? regards, Florian Ike Eisenhauer wrote: > > Well, if you insist on following the Pied Piper anyways, why not let > Microsoft do the work and make your "key" the key the XP provide

RE: SYSTEM INFORMATION

2001-08-07 Thread Ike Eisenhauer
Well, if you insist on following the Pied Piper anyways, why not let Microsoft do the work and make your "key" the key the XP provides? Ike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Florian Bogeschdorfer Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 12:25 PM To:

Re: SYSTEM INFORMATION

2001-08-07 Thread Roy Crisman
> > So, I have to buy a new version when I increase my RAM, or upgrade my > > hard-drive? > >If you change more than 2 things, you'll will have to get a new serial. >In this special case this is no problem, since the user is in constant >contact with me (the seller) anyway. This is to keep him fr

Re: Re:

2001-08-07 Thread Roy Crisman
Oh yeah. Sound channels 1 and 2 don't die when a MIAW is played with (after defining a new window, the first property I set (pMIAW.visible = FALSE) killed the sound). Sound channels 3-8 do get interrupted. roymeo At 12:22 PM 8/7/01 -0700, you wrote: >hey all- > >wasn't there a recent thread

removing a behavior with setScriptList?

2001-08-07 Thread Bill Numerick
Can anyone tell me how to remove a behavior with setScriptList? or is there a better way to do it with lingo? I'm looking through the D8.5 lingo book and I just can't seem to get setScriptList to work and was unable to find anything on it at directorU, director-online or in my other books (al

Re:

2001-08-07 Thread the nightboy
Siobhan, Did you go to SVA? Brian Douglas (:ub) Programming such sites as: http://www.imaginarystudio.com http://www.redflowerworld.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go

Re: editable text fields

2001-08-07 Thread Florian Bogeschdorfer
Check up "length" in your help. Something like this: on exitFrame if member("yourFieldHere").text.length=25 then checkAnswer end on checkAnswer -- do some checking here end regards, Florian Kenneth Park wrote: > > Hi List > > Newbie here > > I am building a quiz in which the user will in

Re: SYSTEM INFORMATION

2001-08-07 Thread Florian Bogeschdorfer
Roy Crisman wrote: > > At 05:29 PM 8/7/01 +0200, you wrote: > > >Hi folks! > > > >I want to establish a copy protection similar to windows XP. In detail i > >would like to read out things like amount of RAM, harddisk serial etc > >and combine that into a serial number. Since my application has

Re: editable text fields

2001-08-07 Thread R. Bhakti Klein
it's fairly simple. the actual check looks like this: whichTextMember = "editableFieldMember" -- or whatever the name is theRightAnswer = "doggydoo" -- or whatever the right answer is on checkForCorrect me if member(whichTextMember ).text = theRightAnswer then -- correct!!! else --

Re:

2001-08-07 Thread R. Bhakti Klein
hey all- wasn't there a recent thread on this? sound cut off due to movies in a window? what was the solution? --bhakti siobhan o'connor wrote: > > Hi all! > I am having a difficulty with sound and multiple movies. I am playing > sound on a single sprite with a go the frame script attached, fr

editable text fields

2001-08-07 Thread Kenneth Park
Hi List Newbie here I am building a quiz in which the user will input their answer in an editable text field. I would then like the user to check this answer against the correct answer without using the return key or clicking on a submit button. I was thinking that I could use a behaviour w

Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours

2001-08-07 Thread Mail Delivery Subsystem
** ** THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY ** ** YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE ** ** The original message was received at Tue, 7 Aug 2001 15:21:28 +0200 from mail2.fcgnetworks.ne

No Subject

2001-08-07 Thread siobhan o'connor
Hi all! I am having a difficulty with sound and multiple movies. I am playing sound on a single sprite with a go the frame script attached, from here I may call a pop-up window containing a graphic with the option to print. When I click on the print button or the close window button in the pop-up

OT: WinXP security (was SYSTEM INFORMATION)

2001-08-07 Thread LePhuronn
>I want to establish a copy protection similar to windows XP. In detail i >would like to read out things like amount of RAM, harddisk serial etc >and combine that into a serial number. Since my application has to be >online anyway, it will check this serial number with an online database >and ther

Re: SYSTEM INFORMATION

2001-08-07 Thread Roy Crisman
At 05:29 PM 8/7/01 +0200, you wrote: >Hi folks! > >I want to establish a copy protection similar to windows XP. In detail i >would like to read out things like amount of RAM, harddisk serial etc >and combine that into a serial number. Since my application has to be >online anyway, it will check t

SYSTEM INFORMATION

2001-08-07 Thread Florian Bogeschdorfer
Hi folks! I want to establish a copy protection similar to windows XP. In detail i would like to read out things like amount of RAM, harddisk serial etc and combine that into a serial number. Since my application has to be online anyway, it will check this serial number with an online database a

RE: reading binary registry keys

2001-08-07 Thread Morgan Bonar
Mark, baReadRegNumber reads the integer (or DWORD) values from the registry, but cannot read binary keys (i.e. EnableAutorun buried in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch). So far, this is one of the only problems that I have had with Buddy API, otherwise its saved my bacon many times! Morgan- -Or

Sorry List!!!

2001-08-07 Thread Morgan Bonar
Hey Guys, Sorry about the Return Receipts!!! :( Im trying to figure out how to configure IE to send email in plain text so I can post to this list, and obviously I don't know quite as much about it as I thought I did... [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http

Re: Displaying contents of other fields in a V12 dbe onmouseUp

2001-08-07 Thread Irv Kalb
I think that you can't do this the way you want to do. That is, you can't determine which record from the original database the user has clicked on. Instead, you have to get all your data in advance and save it away in a local or global variable. For example: global glAdditionalInfo --

RE: Update-- Still need help.

2001-08-07 Thread Pekka Buttler
Speaking of NT, yes I've seen it happen. It seems most common in corperations with Nazi attitudes "Employees may not use Web/mail for any purposes, employees may not even install Winzip without Exec It damager's permission, users do have only "guest" rights onto their OWN computers!" Anyway, I e

Re: PDF Question

2001-08-07 Thread Leif E. Wells
BuddyAPI: http://www.mods.com.au/budapi/ If you do not have the Buddy API Xtra yet, seek it out -- or seek other kinds of "professional help" . >Good morning! > >Is there a way to open a PDF through a projector(runs acrobat and opens the >file w/ the projector in the background), rather than o

Displaying contents of other fields in a V12 dbe onmouseUp

2001-08-07 Thread Gene Fritzinger
snip I am populating a scrolling field member with mGetSelection. The user can click on any line in scrolling field member and it will become hilited. In addition, what I'd like to do is display the contents of another field within the same record in another scrolling field member. Because the

Re: Update-- Still need help.

2001-08-07 Thread Cory Caplan
Apparently, she's nicer over here. I thought she was awesome. It was a great experience. - Original Message - From: "Leon McComish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 10:24 AM Subject: RE: Update-- Still need help. > > > Thanks, braintrust! >

RE: Update-- Still need help.

2001-08-07 Thread Al Hospers
> But isn't the major problem with NT-based systems is that it > is totally > possible to get a computer that the CD can't write ANYTHING > to? Roy, I don't have any first hand experience with this problem, tho I have heard about it happening. I've done about 6 really major projects which were d

RE: PDF Question

2001-08-07 Thread Al Hospers
> Is there a way to open a PDF through a projector(runs acrobat > and opens the > file w/ the projector in the background), rather than opening > within the > projector by using the PDF Xtra? if you are saying that you don't want to use an Xtra to "embed" your PDF and just want it to open on top

RE: Update-- Still need help.

2001-08-07 Thread Leon McComish
> Thanks, braintrust! > > Cory > > PS. Watch for me on 'The Weakest Link' 8/20 on NBC, assuming the airdate > doesn't get moved > Oh you poor sod. I officially apologise for the United Kingdom (join in if you like Gerbil et al) for that lunatic Anne Robinson (if it was her you were up against Co

Displaying contents of other fields in a V12 dbe on mouseUp

2001-08-07 Thread Gene Fritzinger
Hi List, I am populating a scrolling field member with mGetSelection. The user can click on any line in scrolling field member and it will become hilited. In addition, what I'd like to do is display the contents of another field within the same record in another scrolling field member. Because

PDF Question

2001-08-07 Thread btoler
Good morning! Is there a way to open a PDF through a projector(runs acrobat and opens the file w/ the projector in the background), rather than opening within the projector by using the PDF Xtra? thanks Brian [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.

Re: Update-- Still need help.

2001-08-07 Thread Cory Caplan
Thanks. That fixed it. I am a dummy. (it's pride before a fall-- I was so proud of my read from CSV into lists which are sorted and searched routines, that I was destined to trip up on something stupid) Thanks, braintrust! Cory PS. Watch for me on 'The Weakest Link' 8/20 on NBC, assuming the

RE: Update-- Still need help.

2001-08-07 Thread Roy Crisman
At 08:39 AM 8/7/01 -0400, you wrote: > > I've been majorly pissed off using FileIO to open files off > > read only media > > in WinNT and W2k. Just doesn't work properly on them. You can > > try using > > getNetText instead. > >the thing to do here is to copy the file to the TEMP directory, set >t

RE: Update-- Still need help.

2001-08-07 Thread Al Hospers
> Frankly speaking...I don't. Not for FileIO atleast. Now if > you're talking > about Networking Lingo, then we've got plenty of code > libraries on that. : if you do fileIO kinds of things more that 2x a year it would be worth your while to spend an afternoon writing a general purpose object to

RE: Update-- Still need help.

2001-08-07 Thread pranavn
Frankly speaking...I don't. Not for FileIO atleast. Now if you're talking about Networking Lingo, then we've got plenty of code libraries on that. : -) Cordially, Pranav Negandhi New Media Applications. Learnet India Limited, Mumbai. Phone: 91-22-859 8042 Ext: 410 the thing to do here is to

Entry point not found in projector file run by cd

2001-08-07 Thread mitesh
Hi friends, > Are you sure you also included the necessary DLLs in the projector's Xtras > folder? ie. Iml32.dll, Dirapi.dll, msvcrt.dll and Proj.dll > I had put all the dll files on exe file path & also in xtras folder but still error is not gone. This error is come only in window Nt & window

RE: Update-- Still need help.

2001-08-07 Thread Al Hospers
> I've been majorly pissed off using FileIO to open files off > read only media > in WinNT and W2k. Just doesn't work properly on them. You can > try using > getNetText instead. the thing to do here is to copy the file to the TEMP directory, set the attribute to read/write and do what you will. i

RE: Update-- Still need help.

2001-08-07 Thread pranavn
I've been majorly pissed off using FileIO to open files off read only media in WinNT and W2k. Just doesn't work properly on them. You can try using getNetText instead. Cordially, Pranav Negandhi New Media Applications. Learnet India Limited, Mumbai. Phone: 91-22-859 8042 Ext: 410 > It's file

RE: Update-- Still need help.

2001-08-07 Thread Pekka Buttler
0 is infact the parameter for read/write try 1. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Cory Caplan > Sent: 7. elokuuta 2001 0:47 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Update-- Still need help. > > > It's fileIO. I have 2 framescrip

RE: CD Works in 98 but not in 2000/NT?!

2001-08-07 Thread Steven Sacks
> really sounds like you have a path problem going to the secondary > movie. maybe it's hard coded, maybe you have spaces in the file & > folder names, dunno. is the folder you have the secondary movie in > directly under the stub & is the path to it being properly called. put > an alert in the ca