RE: Reading from an ini file

2001-07-19 Thread Al Hospers
ve auto-install Author: Daniel Devolder To read the full docs on line, download an evaluation version or purchase the Xtra go here: http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/vlist.html HTH, Al Hospers Marketing Associate UpdateStage alhospersupdatestagecom http://www.updatestage.com [To remove your

RE: protecting external media?

2001-07-19 Thread Al Hospers
rector versions supported: 5,6,7,8,8.5 Author: Glenn Picher You can view the documentation, download a fully functional demo or purchase the product here: http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/binaryio.html HTH, Al Hospers Marketing Associate UpdateStage alhospersupdatestagecom http://www.upda

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

2001-07-19 Thread Al Hospers
to know about it then I personally wouldn't writer it on the Desktop... hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself fro

RE: Passing data to a shockwave movie using querystrings

2001-07-19 Thread Al Hospers
er way to get data into the movie like > this? I just > want to pass and ID number to movie when it starts up. you could also embed the data in the Embed/Object tags & read them in as the movie starts. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous ling

RE: Recording sound.

2001-07-19 Thread Al Hospers
could include QuickTime Sound) Well, unfortunately I just found out that the Audio Xtra only records from one input at a time, whatever the card provides, like microphone or cd audio. It doesn't have a way to mix sound output, like the sound from the projector or shockwave, with mike input

RE: multi-page forms

2001-07-19 Thread Al Hospers
g to here. is this something from the library? if so & it is a behavior(s), a quick mod would be to turn the properties containing the variables into globals. then they would persist between "pages" which I assume are markers in your movie. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcamberso

RE: Recording sound.

2001-07-18 Thread Al Hospers
,8.5 Authorware version supported: 4 Shockwave-safe, Shockwave auto-install Author: Scott Kildall HTH, Al Hospers Marketing Associate UpdateStage alhospersupdatestagecom http://www.updatestage.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com

RE: Hardware control of Director Movies...

2001-07-17 Thread Al Hospers
I don't believe it's > necessary for LIngo > to communicate back across the port. Thank you in advance > for your help. I think that there is a serial Xtra by DirectXtras. they also have one for joysticks. I used it to listen to foot switches & it worked very well. hth Al H

RE: cannot open projector file

2001-07-12 Thread Al Hospers
ad the stuff on how to put together a projector & put the required Xtras in an Xtras folder. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remo

RE: nt

2001-07-12 Thread Al Hospers
ile since I've built a XPlat CD, but from what I remember this is not correct. each projector needs to be in its own platform specific partition with its Xtras. the data and movies may be shared however. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguis

RE: nt

2001-07-12 Thread Al Hospers
> you use one set of xtras actually no, you use the xtras on each platform partition that are specific to that platform, and they ARE different. you must put them in an Xtras folder next to the projector. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous lingu

RE: nt

2001-07-12 Thread Al Hospers
n > directory. > anyone had problems like this? nope Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself from this list,

RE: Fading Music -

2001-07-12 Thread Al Hospers
> I've already tried the code from the D8-8.5. manuals, it > worked fine but > then i had no sound > coming from channel 1 when i return to my intro...? well, if you have faded it to 0 it stays there. try resetting it to the volume you desire before you use it again. hth Al H

RE: Trouble with ImportFileInto redux

2001-07-11 Thread Al Hospers
u don't save it it will definitely not be there the next time you open it... and you can only save .cst files. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH,

RE: StreamingMedia or MpegXtra?

2001-07-11 Thread Al Hospers
> I wasn't being pissy with you, Al. And maybe I shouldn't > have been pissy with > whovere it was that asked the question (was it george?). that's ok... I get crabby too Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once sai

RE: StreamingMedia or MpegXtra?

2001-07-11 Thread Al Hospers
ll these lists on a regular basis & was making a joke to him. sheesh... Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself fro

RE: StreamingMedia or MpegXtra?

2001-07-11 Thread Al Hospers
> I am unable to > get through to ask a question directly from them as they > apparently don't > have a contact us hyperlink. well, it's just not OBVIOUS (hey mauricio ) go to the site click About Us Click Contact choose your poison... hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc

RE: Send information from one dcr to another

2001-07-11 Thread Al Hospers
you could also use getPrefs & setPrefs. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to dige

RE: Time out a projector

2001-07-10 Thread Al Hospers
of these are absolute protection, but they are free and reasonably easy to implement. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove

RE: set floatPrecision still not working

2001-07-10 Thread Al Hospers
4 decimal places to the right. Can anyone > suggest what I may be doing wrong? float precision is not going to do what you want. from your previous email I gather you want to parse the field as the user enters text & display things in a certain format. this is going to require some programmi

RE: Re: Screen Capture when Video is Playing

2001-07-10 Thread Al Hospers
displayed direct to stage. have you tried member("myMember").image to do this? Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yo

RE: multiple cds

2001-07-09 Thread Al Hospers
> my problem is > after ejecting > how does one check if the proper cd has been inserted. usually you just put a text file that has the name of the disk on it & check for that. like disk_1.txt. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous

RE: mailto with attachement in director

2001-07-09 Thread Al Hospers
. try the DirectEmail one from DirectXtras. I've used it for a couple of projects & it works just fine. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative."

RE: PIXEL ISSUE

2001-07-09 Thread Al Hospers
> DMFade is good for > nice cross > fades and is x-platform. are these guys still around & 8.5 compatible? seems someone was trying to find 'em recently & didn't have any luck. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous lingu

RE: miaw

2001-07-08 Thread Al Hospers
> how could i make a miaw on web ??? > intro playing over index ? > i try many way's but ... not work MIAW's don't work in Shockwave. look into Linked Director Movies or use Film Loops. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A f

RE: ...a little question...

2001-07-06 Thread Al Hospers
chase the Xtra here: http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/xtrahome.html I hope that this information is useful. Cheers, Al Hospers Marketing Associate UpdateStage alhospersupdatestagecom http://www.updatestage.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://

RE: Director 8.5 -VS- 8.0 more stable?

2001-07-06 Thread Al Hospers
ared to go back thru the entire process again. at this stage of the project I believe that this would be a grave error and certainly not worth the effort. I did many projects over the past year in 8.0 & had no problems that I could not work around and certainly none that kept me from shipping a p

RE: More audio ?'s

2001-07-06 Thread Al Hospers
inserted CD's to autorun... the autorun issue has completely to do with the user's OS settings. unless you are prepared to disable them, and hopefully re-enable them later, you can't do anything about this. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A f

RE: Why might I be getting double characters when typing into aneditable field?

2001-07-06 Thread Al Hospers
gt; Has anybody ever had this problem before and what can I do > to correct it? I'm running Windows 95 on a Compaq Armada > laptop in a docking station. this is a known bug exhibited in authoring only. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous li

RE: Red Book + Track 1 data problem solved?

2001-07-06 Thread Al Hospers
works well & is free. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http

RE: HTML Xtra extension

2001-07-05 Thread Al Hospers
> Anybody know, where I can find "HTML Xtra extension" A good place to find all things "Xtra" is in the "Mile High Table O Products" on UpdateStage here http://www.updatestage.com/products_table.html HTH Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.

RE: Database and File IO

2001-07-04 Thread Al Hospers
a text file and parse the data from it? Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, g

RE: Database and File IO

2001-07-04 Thread Al Hospers
ist) then get at the data in the normal way you would for any list. this makes things lots easier. the only problem is if it is a really big list, then there can be difficulties. of course some may say that if it is that big you should be using a real database! hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alc

RE: waiting for sprites to initialize

2001-07-04 Thread Al Hospers
> This I dig! Thanks, Al, I'll use this. Enjoy your 4ht of July > computing for > humanity... S. glad I could help Slava. Al [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] (

RE: Re: password masking

2001-07-04 Thread Al Hospers
> At least Al didn't try to sell you an xtra that masks keystrokes (just > keeping you honest, Al... I'm still waiting to hear how masterApp does > something buddy can't) :) 1 - and I am an honest person, always - every day. 2 - whether it can or cannot is really

RE: waiting for sprites to initialize

2001-07-04 Thread Al Hospers
other possibility is to have the sprites all register themselves in a list as they come alive & then only send stuff to members of this list. just some ideas to point you on your way this 4th of July... Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once

RE: password masking

2001-07-03 Thread Al Hospers
e & on Direct-L. I suggest a search of the archives of both for one of several solutions: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/director/digest/index.html or http://www.mail-archive.com/lingo-l@penworks.com/ hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A fam

RE: How many simultaneous getNetText operations can D8 do? Part II

2001-07-03 Thread Al Hospers
in that the same DLL that handles the browser connection to the Internet handles the network operations for Director. that would be the connection between a Projector & Shockwave in Windows. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "

RE: Let me try again (was emulate END key)

2001-07-03 Thread Al Hospers
> i thought selStart and selEnd were replaced by the selection > in d8.x > maybe try it with that. hr doesn't want a selection of any kind. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a

RE: Let me try again (was emulate END key)

2001-07-03 Thread Al Hospers
ion of any kind, you want the blinking insertion cursor I beam at the end of the field no matter what it has in it. set the selStart AND the selEnd to the number of the last character in the field. it works for me. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous lingui

RE: ?Passing command line parameters to projectors?

2001-07-03 Thread Al Hospers
> Is there a way to pass parameters to projectors created with > Director 8.5 a search of the archives returns the following posting, and numerous more, from quite recently: The commandLine Director's the commandLine system property is designed to provide access to the entire string of text tha

RE: How many simultaneous getNetText operations can D8 do? Part II

2001-07-03 Thread Al Hospers
the number of available streams in the browser, do the same for SW. this is being handled on a system level & they are interrelated. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a

RE: Lingo syntax for simulating END key?

2001-07-03 Thread Al Hospers
part, not the checking part of the question. this is one of those annoying little things that will certainly cause you to pull your hair out at times. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double pos

RE: Lingo syntax for simulating END key?

2001-07-03 Thread Al Hospers
; SendThisKey(END) to field "MyNotes" you can 1 - find the last character in the field 2 - set the cursor to that place using the selStart & the selEnd. setting them to the same value puts the cursor in that location. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.ca

RE: dcr from 8.5 to 8.0

2001-07-03 Thread Al Hospers
-L. to my knowledge this had not actually been done yet tho. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself from this lis

RE: Printomatic

2001-07-03 Thread Al Hospers
is here: http://www.updatestage.com/products_table.html In your case just click on Print and check out your options. HTH Al Hospers Marketing Associate UpdateStage alhospersupdatestagecom http://www.updatestage.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.p

RE: cd protection

2001-07-03 Thread Al Hospers
> cant this be done thru lingo in a word - NO Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself from this list, or

RE: Search engine

2001-07-02 Thread Al Hospers
auto-install For more information, download a fully functional trial version or to order TextCruncher go here: http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/textcruncher.html I hope that this information was useful to you. Cheers, Al Hospers UpdateStage Marketing Associate alcambersoftcom http://www.upd

RE: how to determine if a .cst file is valid

2001-06-30 Thread Al Hospers
eIO, I know you can on the PC. if they have renamed other files with a C*T extension, well we can't help stupidity. Director will not load it tho & will throw an error. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is

RE: Can Shockwave run a local exe?

2001-06-29 Thread Al Hospers
would work. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.pe

RE: Save and compact

2001-06-29 Thread Al Hospers
so often during the development process. myself, I do it at least once a day. just go to the menu & choose "Save And Compact." Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form

RE: CD tracks in Director

2001-06-29 Thread Al Hospers
mp; get the CD Xtra. does the job quite well & it's free to boot. at the risk of sounding "snippy" a quick trip to the archive using play cd tracks as your keywords returns 20 matches that would have helped! the archives is located here: http://www.mail-archive.com/

RE: recording sound using Microphone

2001-06-29 Thread Al Hospers
visit our web site at http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/audio.html I hope that this is useful. Cheers, Al Hospers Marketing Associate UpdateStage alhospersupdatestagecom http://www.updatestage.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks

RE: database

2001-06-28 Thread Al Hospers
y don't need anything too fancy, just > something easy to > work with. Hi, I suggest that you go to the UpdateStage Mile-High-Table-O-Products & look at the databases listed. You should find what you need there. Go here: http://www.updatestage.com/products_table.html then select

RE: ?Passing command line parameters to projectors?

2001-06-28 Thread Al Hospers
quest in your posting. That said, you can pass a list of parameters that you could then parse as desired. I hope that this information is useful. Cheers, Al Hospers Marketing Associate UpdateStage alhospersupdatestagecom http://www.updatestage.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to chang

RE: Re: Directmedia Xtra Problem (Help, Kinda Desperate)

2001-06-27 Thread Al Hospers
to avoid it?? well that is a bit clearer description of the problem. I suggest that you have a placeholder MPEG that is also copied to the hard drive. it can be tiny. between swaps reset the link to the file on the local drive. that way the link is never broken. I'll bet that will do the j

RE: Re: Directmedia Xtra Problem

2001-06-27 Thread Al Hospers
there needs to be a DM cast member present and linked to something before you can do anything. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remo

RE: disable Esc button

2001-06-27 Thread Al Hospers
> I need to disable Esc button so the user can't quit the presentation > using this button. you might want to look in the documentation or on line help for ExitLock. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no

RE: Flashing sprite

2001-06-27 Thread Al Hospers
the sprites in frame 1 of the movie? I generally avoid this. how about placing a shape cover over top of everything in the movie, just in frame 1 & 2. then do your stuff with the sprites under that. there would be time for everything to happen before it is visible. hth Al Hospers CamberS

RE: gotoNetPage syntax change in 8.5?

2001-06-27 Thread Al Hospers
ame. Must I use > >browserName() command in 8.5? I haven't seen any changes like this in converting from 8 -> 8.5. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.&qu

RE: Director 8.5

2001-06-27 Thread Al Hospers
similar problems caused by HP printer drivers, however I have an HP 882C printer & do not have this problem. if you have an HP printer attached to that machine try uninstalling it & seeing what happens. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous ling

RE: PRO ADVICE NEEDED : Sound crkacks when Director doing heavy stuff

2001-06-26 Thread Al Hospers
have you tried putting the sounds into a QT member & looping them? Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself from th

RE: Imaging Lingo

2001-06-26 Thread Al Hospers
> can somebody direct me to a good introduction to imaging lingo, with > some examples and a little bit about what effects can be done Florian, this might be a good place to start http://www.simtek.dircon.co.uk/deight/imgguide/imagingguide.html hth Al Hospers CamberSof

RE: Language settings

2001-06-26 Thread Al Hospers
tra sold by UpdateStage. You find out more information, download an evaluation version or purchase the Xtra here: http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/xtrahome.html I hope that this information is useful. Cheers, Al Hospers Marketing Associate UpdateStage alhospersupdatestagecom http://www.u

RE: full text engine

2001-06-26 Thread Al Hospers
om. It is $129, is on Mac and Windows, supports Director 6-8 and is Shockwave safe. For more information, download a trial version or to order TextCruncher go here: http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/xtrahome.html Then select TextCruncher from the menu on the left. Cheers, Al Hospers Updat

RE: Multi tread with Lingo

2001-06-26 Thread Al Hospers
thor: Glenn Picher For more information, download a demo version or order the Xtra please go to http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/xtrahome.html and select ProgressCopy from the menu on the left. HTH, Al Hospers Marketing Associate UpdateStage alhospersupdatestagecom http://www.updatestage.com [

RE: how do i get the params send by autorun.inf

2001-06-25 Thread Al Hospers
Note - you cannot pass multiple arguments as parameters as you request in your posting. That said, you can pass a list of parameters that you could then parse as desired. I hope that this information is useful. Cheers, Al Hospers Marketing Associate UpdateStage alhospersupdatestagecom http://w

RE: Flash and Director

2001-06-25 Thread Al Hospers
> I need to pass about 10 different variables from Flash into > Director any > suggestions as to how to accomplish this without having to > send each one > seperately? put them in a string that is formatted like a list & then parse them in Director? Al Hospers CamberSoft, I

RE: shockwave alert question

2001-06-25 Thread Al Hospers
if you are accessing something from the same URL as where the Shockwave application is being hosted, you should not get this message. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can f

RE: scrollable box on stage?

2001-06-23 Thread Al Hospers
ember correctly there was an article on DOUG about a year ago that did this. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself

RE: Sending a large group params

2001-06-22 Thread Al Hospers
> so i'll test > it Monday but here's what i got. very interesting results Bill. I'll be interested in the complete comparison on Monday on the same machine Al [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 t

RE: Sending a large group params

2001-06-22 Thread Al Hospers
add in the Call one & see the difference... > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Bill Numerick > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 5:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Sending a large group params > > > FYI I decided to check out th

RE: Export image as jpeg in SW?

2001-06-22 Thread Al Hospers
st thinking about it now, I would sincerely doubt that any Xtra that had that kind of functionality would ever be SW safe. for example a nasty person could fill up a user's hard drive with files or the like. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous li

RE: RE: Sending a large group params

2001-06-22 Thread Al Hospers
> Except for those times when locking out everything else is preferable. of course. but since Director trys to be asynchronous, in general I find it more of an annoyance. Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no

RE: freezing MPEG2?

2001-06-22 Thread Al Hospers
to restart your program. make sure it is after the other stuff. it's here in the Win 2k registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run works like a charm... enjoy Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said:

RE: freezing MPEG2?

2001-06-22 Thread Al Hospers
a batch file that restarts the machine 2) put a line in the "run" section in the Registry to restart your program. here in Win 2k: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run works like a charm... hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.c

RE: Sending a large group params

2001-06-22 Thread Al Hospers
eat loops lock out everything else. I prefer to avoid them wherever possible. sendAllSprites would likely be the preferred method. > One last question :). Can you send params to multiple handlers in on > sendSprite command? not to my knowledge. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambers

RE: negative index

2001-06-22 Thread Al Hospers
ite the Excel formulas in PLAIN ENGLISH & then I would translate them to code. anything else took 3-4 times as long. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.&q

RE: FileXtra and Network Volumes

2001-06-21 Thread Al Hospers
> The volume is an NT 4.0 server, and I'm getting the path from the > moviePath. It's something like \\Dell4200NT\mmdevelop\Get Set > Net\HM Get > Set 1.1\HMProject\ Kerry, I know nothing about FileXtra, but I do know that NT chokes on long file names. hth Al H

RE: Fw: text for lingo list

2001-06-21 Thread Al Hospers
have a free Xtra that will do the job. I've used it & it is excellent. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove your

RE: archive

2001-06-21 Thread Al Hospers
> Hi, I noted that often there is a mention about an archive of > prior requests > and suggestions from this list. Can someone please direct to > where I can > access that list. http://www.mail-archive.com/lingo-l@penworks.com/ hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcam

RE: preloading a second swa while the first is playing

2001-06-21 Thread Al Hospers
> How do you preload the next needed audion while the current one > is still playing? From what I've read, you have to stop the > member before you can set preLoadBuffer. I never bother, but you could have 2 & swap between them. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. al

RE: Help on E-Mailing

2001-06-20 Thread Al Hospers
/ and search on the keyword email. there are several articles that will describe solutions to your need. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEA

RE: Export image as jpeg in SW?

2001-06-20 Thread Al Hospers
ateStage.com is THE place to look for Xtras for your products. HTH Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself from this list

RE: openening webpage with Browser from Projector?

2001-06-19 Thread Al Hospers
> >sorry about the attachment. has to do with that the email I responded > >to was in HTML > > > >Al Hospers > > > I think you're the only person I know on any lists I'm on where this > happens. Which e-mail program do you use, so I know not to us

RE: openening webpage with Browser from Projector?

2001-06-19 Thread Al Hospers
sorry about the attachment. has to do with that the email I responded to was in HTML Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove you

RE: openening webpage with Browser from Projector?

2001-06-19 Thread Al Hospers
look up open xxx with yyy Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: How to detect disk loading from lingo?

2001-06-18 Thread Al Hospers
am is running from, while the program is running, they deserve what they get there are some levels of stupidity you simply cannot prevent! Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can

RE: creating a pop up menu with graphics

2001-06-18 Thread Al Hospers
is? it must have been done a million > times and i > don't really feel like reinventing the wheel right now. thanks. have you looked in the Library palette in Director? Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is

RE: Best way to make an audio intensive slideshow for the web

2001-06-18 Thread Al Hospers
moving around in the slideshow, forward and back, as well as resetting to the beginnning, dosplaying the current slide and text about the slide and a bunch of other stuff, but that should give you an idea of how to start. hth, Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com

RE: Best way to make an audio intensive slideshow for the web

2001-06-18 Thread Al Hospers
arkers & then split up by markers. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to dig

RE: Best way to make an audio intensive slideshow for the web

2001-06-18 Thread Al Hospers
stuff is there to stream the SWA files & creating a player is not difficult. you can do it as a combination of HTML & SW. here is an example: http://www.neclimbs.com/profiles/Hurley/hurley.html cheers, Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous ling

RE: unwanted effect

2001-06-17 Thread Al Hospers
hat can cause what you are seeing. especially when using irregular sprite images. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yours

RE: Load/unload mp3s -- HELP!!!

2001-06-17 Thread Al Hospers
ith no problem. here are 2 examples: http://www.neclimbs.com/profiles/current/current_profile.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/arthur/musicbox/dswmedia/music.html that said I am not using the defult controller, but one I create myself to manipulate playback. dunno why that would make any s

RE: MIAW control

2001-06-15 Thread Al Hospers
y stopping the QT movies before you close the MIAW? are you closing the MIAW or forgetting it? you might want to at least set the movietime to 0. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a doub

RE: Embedding ipix's panoramas....

2001-06-15 Thread Al Hospers
site & download it. might be a good idea to go to their site & see what they have there, in fact! Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT

RE: fileIO irregularity

2001-06-15 Thread Al Hospers
versions supported: Director 4,5,6,7,8 Author: Glenn Picher MasterApp is a commercial Xtra sold by UpdateStage. You find out more information, download an evaluation version or purchase the Xtra here: http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/xtrahome.html I hope that this information is useful. Cheer

RE: Saving user selections to disk- FileIO or baWriteIni

2001-06-14 Thread Al Hospers
> Last time I checked it > seemed to have an upper limit on the size of any particular > pref. (~256 characters) for some reason I seem to remember that may be a limit on INF/INI files Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said:

RE: Saving user selections to disk- FileIO or baWriteIni

2001-06-14 Thread Al Hospers
> I'm considering using Buddy API's > "baWriteIni" because it's much simpler. Can anyone think of > any reasons why I should not do this? no reason why not. if you have it, use it. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A

RE: Black flash after quicktime movie

2001-06-14 Thread Al Hospers
an, search the archives at Direct-L for this topic over the past month. it has been discussed extensively. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIG

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