Re: PrintoMatic Hell
Thank you Carl and Tom! Yes, I have reached dimishing returns...but my client has no clue about producing CDRoms. Wants it last week of course. sigh. .so, lots of milky way candy bars and coffee tonight. Chris > From: Thomas Drapela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 23:16:03 -0400 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: PrintoMatic Hell > > I've only used Printomatic Lite (most recently 1.6.5) so I have no info > on adding pages, but would inserting > > reset doc > > right after > > if not objectP(doc) then exit > > to reset the instance of the document help? I seem to recall it solved > some of my general woes with Printomatic Lite. Granted, I have no > memory of what those woes were specifically (clear evidence of deep > psychological trauma). > > Regards, > > Tom Drapela > > On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 10:12 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Soo, now I'm having problems printing using PrintOMatic (my first >> time) >> I have authored the CDRom in Dir 7.02 due to low end users and am using >> Printomatic version 1.6, authored on Mac Power G4, will be >> cross-platform CD >> someday...if the computer "pushkins" accept my >> "offerings" >> >> The manual sounded "simple" .sigh. >> >> Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? PrintoMatic keeps telling me it >> can't change a page setup on a document that's not empty.HUH? >> >> on printDoc me >> >> >> set doc = new(xtra "PrintOMatic") >> if not objectP(doc) then exit >> setDocumentName doc, "Action Plan" >> newPage doc -- add a new page >> >> append doc, sprite 8, TRUE >> append doc, [member "entry_duration", member "entry_vision"], TRUE >> append doc, castLib"printout", TRUE >> if doPageSetup(doc) = TRUE then print doc >> set doc = 0 >> >> end >> >> >> Any help is greatly appreciated! >> Chris >> >> [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!] [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!]
Re: Re: THANK YOU!totally stumped
Thank you Denis and everyone else who responded!
After reading your suggestions and experimenting with them, it finally
clicked! Problem solved.
Chris
> From: Denis Bélisle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:45:06 -0400
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: totally stumped
>
>
> On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 12:01 PM,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> --__--__--
>>
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 07:29:17 -0500
>> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: totally stumped
>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> Help! I am totally stumped after 4 very long days of trying to figure
>> this
>> out! I thought I understood lists and very simple "databases"--just
>> saving
>> and opening a text file with fileIO. Well silly me!
>>
>> I have a section of this CDRom I am working on that has to capture the
>> text
>> of a checkbox, add it to a linear list (gMark1), and then somehow,
>> some way
>> store it in my database (gDatabase) list at a particular property
>> location.
>> Before it gets stored as a property list in my gDatabase, I need to
>> display
>> the captured text as text (not a list with the quotes and brackets) in
>> a
>> field member.
>>
>> Well, I can get the linear list developed, I can display it as a list
>> in the
>> field member with all the brackets and quotes and commas, I can even
>> get it
>> into the gDatabase, but I can't figure out how to put the linear list
>> at the
>> exact property location in gDatabase and I can't figure out how to
>> display
>> the contents of the linear list without it being in list form (just the
>> text). sigh.
>> [...]
>
> Chris,
>
> If I understand correctly, you have checkboxes as data entry - of which
> I assume you want to collect the text if hilited, a global variable
> containing a linear list acting as a buffer where you store the
> collected strings, and a global variable containing a property list
> that act as a permanent storage. Unless I fail miserably in
> comprehending the situation, most of what you want can be accomplished
> with three handlers (not counting the initialization on start movie)
> such as:
>
> < movie script begin>
>
> global gMark1,gDatabase
>
> on startMovie
> gMark1 = []
> gDatabase = [#prop1:[],#prop2:[],#prop3:[]]
> member("displayField").text = ""
> -- and a few checkBox members (checkBox1, checkBox2,checkBox3)
> end startMovie
>
> --HANDLER to collect data from hilited checkbox in a list
> on addToLinear whichCheckBoxList,whichList
> whichList = []
> -- add to linear list if checkBox hilited
> repeat with x = 1 to whichCheckBoxList.count
> if member(whichCheckBoxList[x]).hilite then
> whichList.add(member(whichCheckBoxList[x]).text)
> end if
> end repeat
> end addToLinear
>
> --HANDLER to store a list under a specific property in a propList
> on storeInDB whichList,whichDB,whichProp -- NOTE: whichProp is a string
> whichDB[whichProp] = whichList
> end storeInDB
>
> --HANDLER to display any list (of strings) in any field with one item
> per line
> on displayListInField whichList,whichField
> member(whichField).text = ""
> repeat with x = 1 to whichList.count
> member(whichField).line[x] = whichList[x]
> end repeat
> end displayListInField
>
>
> --For example:
>
> --addToLinear(["checkBox1","checkBox2","checkBox3"],gMark1)
> -- -- will add the text of all hilited checkboxes from the list to
> gMark1
>
> --displayListInField(gMark1,"displayField")
> -- -- will display the content of gMark1 in the field "displayField"
>
> --storeInDB(gMark1,gDatabase,"prop2")
> -- -- will store gMark1 at property #prop2 of the property list
> contained in gDatabase
>
> --displayListInField(gDatabase[#prop2],"displayField")
> -- -- will display the content stored at property #prop2 of gDatabase
> in the field "displayField"
>
>
> -- ALTERNATIVE HANDLER to bypass the buffer and to display right away
> on storeDirectInDB whichCheckBoxList,whichDB,whichProp
> whichDB[whichProp] = [] -- need this to overwrite
> repeat with x = 1 to whichCheckBoxList.count
> if member(whichCheckBoxList[x]).hilite then
> whichDB[whichProp].add(member(whichCheckBoxList[x]).text)
> end if
> end repeat
> displayListInField(whichDB[whichProp],"displayField")
> end storeDirectInDB
>
> --Example:
> --
> storeDirectInDB(["checkBox1","checkBox2","checkBox3"],gDatabase,"prop1")
> -- -- will store as a linear list the text of all hilited checkboxes in
> the list under
> -- -- property #prop1 of the property list contained in gDatabase (and
> display the result)
>
>
>
> I also suggested the alternative handler above as I couldn't be certain
> that you really need that gMark1 buffer. Why not collect and store in
> one shot? The data, once in gDatabase, is always there waiting...
>
> All of the above only crudely tested and in dire need of paranoïcs
> (error checking procedures).
>
> Denis
>
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Re: PrintoMatic Hell
I've only used Printomatic Lite (most recently 1.6.5) so I have no info on adding pages, but would inserting reset doc right after if not objectP(doc) then exit to reset the instance of the document help? I seem to recall it solved some of my general woes with Printomatic Lite. Granted, I have no memory of what those woes were specifically (clear evidence of deep psychological trauma). Regards, Tom Drapela On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 10:12 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Soo, now I'm having problems printing using PrintOMatic (my first time) I have authored the CDRom in Dir 7.02 due to low end users and am using Printomatic version 1.6, authored on Mac Power G4, will be cross-platform CD someday...if the computer "pushkins" accept my "offerings" The manual sounded "simple" .sigh. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? PrintoMatic keeps telling me it can't change a page setup on a document that's not empty.HUH? on printDoc me set doc = new(xtra "PrintOMatic") if not objectP(doc) then exit setDocumentName doc, "Action Plan" newPage doc -- add a new page append doc, sprite 8, TRUE append doc, [member "entry_duration", member "entry_vision"], TRUE append doc, castLib"printout", TRUE if doPageSetup(doc) = TRUE then print doc set doc = 0 end Any help is greatly appreciated! Chris [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!]
Re: MORE PrintoMatic Hell
Well I got it to Print but now the message is can't print this type of data, then it PRINTS it exactly as I want it! AH! (sorry I have been working on this project 15 hours a day for the past two weeks and tonight's an all nighter to "finish" it) I changed the code to: set doc = new(xtra "PrintOMatic") > if not objectP(doc) then exit > setDocumentName doc, "Action Plan" > newPage doc -- add a new page > > >print doc = (member "entry_duration", RETURN, RETURN, member "entry_vision") (it won't print it with brackets like the manual says to do, lingo sees that as an expected list, BUT, when I try to print from the list using brackets, it prints out white paper) > set doc = 0 > > end Anybody know what's going on with this? Thanks in advance. Chris > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 21:12:47 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: PrintoMatic Hell > > Soo, now I'm having problems printing using PrintOMatic (my first time) > I have authored the CDRom in Dir 7.02 due to low end users and am using > Printomatic version 1.6, authored on Mac Power G4, will be cross-platform CD > someday...if the computer "pushkins" accept my "offerings" > > The manual sounded "simple" .sigh. > > Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? PrintoMatic keeps telling me it > can't change a page setup on a document that's not empty.HUH? > > on printDoc me > > > set doc = new(xtra "PrintOMatic") > if not objectP(doc) then exit > setDocumentName doc, "Action Plan" > newPage doc -- add a new page > > append doc, sprite 8, TRUE > append doc, [member "entry_duration", member "entry_vision"], TRUE > append doc, castLib"printout", TRUE > if doPageSetup(doc) = TRUE then print doc > set doc = 0 > > end > > > Any help is greatly appreciated! > Chris > > [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!]
Need Help With Valintina DB
Hello List, I have created a way for people to select any font that is located on there system and then (while in a projector) select and embed the font into director. The way I have done this is to store the font they have selected into a BLOB Field that is in the Valintina Data Base. So, the user selects the font they would like to use so I call: - myNewFontMember = new(#font, member 4 of castLib "Font") recordFont(myNewFontMember, itemText ) - itemText is the font they have selected And then: - SetMedia ( gCursor, "var", member 4 of castlib "font" ) updateRecord(gCursor) - var is the BLOB Field in valintina All is good up to here:) Now I try to read the font from the BLOB Field and I receive a error or crash ( memory related I think )from calling this: GetMedia ( gCursor, "Var", member 2 ) Read Font Data into member 2 so that it is know an embedded Font for director to use. Anyone know why I'm getting the error/crash? Thank you, Mattie, [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!]
PrintoMatic Hell
Soo, now I'm having problems printing using PrintOMatic (my first time) I have authored the CDRom in Dir 7.02 due to low end users and am using Printomatic version 1.6, authored on Mac Power G4, will be cross-platform CD someday...if the computer "pushkins" accept my "offerings" The manual sounded "simple" .sigh. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? PrintoMatic keeps telling me it can't change a page setup on a document that's not empty.HUH? on printDoc me set doc = new(xtra "PrintOMatic") if not objectP(doc) then exit setDocumentName doc, "Action Plan" newPage doc -- add a new page append doc, sprite 8, TRUE append doc, [member "entry_duration", member "entry_vision"], TRUE append doc, castLib"printout", TRUE if doPageSetup(doc) = TRUE then print doc set doc = 0 end Any help is greatly appreciated! Chris [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!]
RE: Registering fonts
Hi Andrew, We've encountered this on Windows 98 using the most recent version of buddy (3.5.1.0). Fonts won't register properly, even after restarting, but will become available if you open or explore the fonts folder in the system directory. It's annoying -- as far as I know it didn't show up in earlier versions of the xtra. It may be worth checking with Gary Smith to see if there's a fix available. Cheers, Tim > -Original Message- > From: Andrew Dempsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 2 July 2003 11:07 pm > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Registering fonts > > > Hi all. > > I am using the buddy xtra to install a font on the user's > machine by copying the font from the CD into the PCs fonts > folder (win). On some machines this seems to do the trick, > and the font is immediately available for use by the > projector. On a few other test machines, it is not. > > Is there something else I need to do to make the computer > recognize the font? I don't want to use an embedded font, > because the embedded font doesn't seem to display correctly > (whereas installing it on the machine makes it work fine). > > I have searched the archives, but can't seem to find anything > on this topic. Appreciate any help out there. > > Andrew > > - > Andrew Dempsey > ICT and Education Consultant > Cairo, Egypt > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.andrewdempsey.com > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 6/18/2003 > > > [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!]
Re: acrobat reader
> On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 , Kurt Griffin wrote:
> Lingo alone can't search a hard drive. You could use another xtra, like
> fileXtra3 (free, but a whole lot of effort to use for this) or masterApp.
> But, I think the Buddy way is the best way - baOpenFile("path") is short and
> sweet - it does all of the "app finding" for you.
well, you can search a hard drive with lingo alone, although it's definitely not
be the fastest
way to do it. for example try:
search("AcroRd32.exe", "C:\Program Files")
with the following recursive handler (quick and dirty, windows only):
--
on search what, where
i=0
repeat while true
i=i+1
fn = getNthFileNameInFolder(where, i)
if fn = "" then exit repeat
if fn contains what then put where&"\"&fn -- do something usefull with
search result here
search(what,where&"\"&fn) -- maybe fn is a subfolder?
end repeat
end
--
valentin
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Re: Event Order
Well, I think we ALL depreciate Kerry and his hard work. On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 01:14 PM, Howdy-Tzi wrote: Oops, sorry, I though they'd been deprecated. My mistake. [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!]
Re: Event Order
[re stepframe] They aren't? I use them all the time to get objects to work in synch with the score. Oops, sorry, I though they'd been deprecated. My mistake. I was thinking of perFrameHook! Dang, talk about a neuronal misfire... -- WthmO [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!]
Re: List bracket access
On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 08:50 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --__--__-- Message: 10 Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 12:19:09 -0500 Subject: Re: List bracket access From: Howdy-Tzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tuesday, Jul 1, 2003, at 11:41 America/Chicago, Kerry Thompson wrote: But I'm not. I'm getting the value, i.e., [135, 137, 0, 0, 0, 0] Right. [...snip] Yes. You have to get both the prop and the list item and assemble them by hand into another proplist: -- Welcome to Director -- vpl= ["TB199": [135, 137, 0, 0, 0, 0], "TB53": [138, 158, 11, 92, 0, 0]] prop = getPropAt ( vpl, 1 ) val = vpl[1] lNew = [:] lNew.addProp ( prop, val ) put lNew -- ["TB199": [135, 137, 0, 0, 0, 0]] Just a note on the above. Since a property will be created when first referenced, bracket access will suffice, as in: -- Welcome to Director -- vpl= ["TB199": [135, 137, 0, 0, 0, 0], "TB53": [138, 158, 11, 92, 0, 0]] i = [:] i[vpl.getPropAt(1).symbol]=vpl[1] put i -- [#TB199: [135, 137, 0, 0, 0, 0]] Is it still a good idea to "symbolize" a string to make it a "real" prop (#TB199 as opposed to "TB199") - or has this distinction become obsolete? I remember having had difficulties in 8.5 with very specific (probably protected) words. I think "long" - intended for "longitude", was one of them. #name was another, maybe #age also. Those still will not trigger proper coloring in MX scripting window. Denis P.-S. Apologies if this was mentioned already - I'm on digest mode. [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!]
Re: Event Order
On Wednesday, Jul 2, 2003, at 10:33 America/Chicago, Kerry Thompson wrote: Yeah, it's workable as well, of course. You can tell the MACR docs are somewhat dated as they include stepFrame events, which aren't commonly used any more. Ah well. They aren't? I use them all the time to get objects to work in synch with the score. Oops, sorry, I though they'd been deprecated. My mistake. -- WthmO [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!]
Re: flash object..
Or, you may use dot syntax:
(B
(BfoFlashObject = newObject("Object")
(BfoFlashObject.myProp = "Hello World"
(BfoFlashObject.myOtherProp = "Life should be free"
(B_
(B"Mark R. Jonkman" wrote:
(B> It can be done in Director
(B> Lingo code:
(B>
(B> foFlashObject = newObject("Object")
(B> foFlashObject.setProp(#myProp, "Hello World")
(B> foFlashObject.setProp(#myOtherProp, "Life should be free")
(B
(BGood luck,
(B
(BFumio Nonaka
(BPhone: +81-42-397-9452
(BFax: +81-42-397-9452
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(BSee also:http://www.F-site.org/
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RE: Event Order
> Yeah, it's workable as well, of course. You can tell the MACR > docs are somewhat dated as they include stepFrame events, which aren't > commonly used any more. Ah well. They aren't? I use them all the time to get objects to work in synch with the score. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [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!]
Re: Registering fonts
Recentely i had the same problem with embedded fonts, they appear as ragged when you use it, especially if you use color, but just changing the antialiasing of the fonts in the property inspector to a really tiny size did the trick in most cases. Somnetimes what i had to do was use background transparent ink and it too worked fine (this particularly with colored fonts). This may be one approach, since as Slava told, you may encounter a permission problem. I know it´s not a very orthodox approach but for my projector it worked just fine. - Original Message - From: "Slava Paperno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 9:48 AM Subject: Re: Registering fonts > Andrew, > > Is this Windows or Mac OS? Have you checked the user's permissions? Windows > won't allow a Restricted User to install fonts. > > Slava > > At 03:06 PM 7/2/03 +0200, you wrote: > >Hi all. > > > >I am using the buddy xtra to install a font on the user's > >machine by copying the font from the CD into the PCs fonts > >folder (win). On some machines this seems to do the trick, > >and the font is immediately available for use by the > >projector. On a few other test machines, it is not. > > > >Is there something else I need to do to make the computer > >recognize the font? I don't want to use an embedded font, > >because the embedded font doesn't seem to display correctly > >(whereas installing it on the machine makes it work fine). > > > >I have searched the archives, but can't seem to find anything > >on this topic. Appreciate any help out there. > > > >Andrew > > [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!]
Re: Registering fonts
On Wednesday, Jul 2, 2003, at 08:06 America/Chicago, Andrew Dempsey wrote: I am using the buddy xtra to install a font on the user's machine by copying the font from the CD into the PCs fonts folder (win). On some machines this seems to do the trick, and the font is immediately available for use by the projector. On a few other test machines, it is not. "Some machines"? "Other machines?" Would you care to describe what the differences and similarities are? OS version? Add-ins? Hardware types? My crystal ball is in the shop this week... -- WthmO [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!]
Re: Event Order
On Wednesday, Jul 2, 2003, at 08:08 America/Chicago, Kerry Thompson wrote: Oddly, Kerry seemed to forget reading page 402 of my book. I say oddly because he was the technical reviewer on it! ;) Oh, I remember it, all right. Unfortunately, there are still a few wretched souls who haven't be blessed by the [Ockrassa] enlightenment. Actually it's not that much of a trick to gain that kind of enlightenment. One can do scripts with put messages as you did, or one can also check out page 395 of the "Using Director MX" book what comes in da' box wit da' software. It's doc'd in the 8.0 and 8.5 manuals too. Since I don't want to wait 3.72 hours for Apple's Help system to load I won't check the eDocs but I suspect a keyword search for "message" would turn up a similar list there. Bruce Epstein covers event order well in Director in a Nutshell. It hasn't been updated since D7, I believe, but I still use it Yeah, it's workable as well, of course. You can tell the MACR docs are somewhat dated as they include stepFrame events, which aren't commonly used any more. Ah well. Warren Ockrassa | President, nightwares LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] nightwares LLC | Consulting Programming http://www.nightwares.com/ Developer | Structor, a presentation development/programming tool Info and demo | http://www.nightwares.com/structor/ Author | Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio: A Beginner's Guide Chapter samples | http://www.nightwares.com/director_beginners_guide/ [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!]
acrobat reader
> I'm trying to open a pdf file in lingo. I can open the file by
> specifying the location of the acrobat reader, hover I may not know
> where the reader is on each computer. How can I find out the location
> of the acrobat reader exe file without using buddy api?
If it's on a CD-ROM, you could include Acrobat Reader on the CD, where you
know the pathname. If this is running from a HD, no such luck.
Lingo alone can't search a hard drive. You could use another xtra, like
fileXtra3 (free, but a whole lot of effort to use for this) or masterApp.
But, I think the Buddy way is the best way - baOpenFile("path") is short and
sweet - it does all of the "app finding" for you.
-Kurt
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RE: Event Order
> > Oddly, Kerry seemed to forget reading page 402 of my book. > > I say oddly because he was the technical reviewer on it! ;) Hmm.. Very suspicious... ;) [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!]
RE: Event Order
> Oddly, Kerry seemed to forget reading page 402 of my book. > > I say oddly because he was the technical reviewer on it! ;) Oh, I remember it, all right. Unfortunately, there are still a few wretched souls who haven't be blessed by the [Ockrassa] enlightenment. Bruce Epstein covers event order well in Director in a Nutshell. It hasn't been updated since D7, I believe, but I still use it But, for those of use without the books... Cordially, Kerry Thompson [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!]
Re: Registering fonts
Andrew, Is this Windows or Mac OS? Have you checked the user's permissions? Windows won't allow a Restricted User to install fonts. Slava At 03:06 PM 7/2/03 +0200, you wrote: Hi all. I am using the buddy xtra to install a font on the user's machine by copying the font from the CD into the PCs fonts folder (win). On some machines this seems to do the trick, and the font is immediately available for use by the projector. On a few other test machines, it is not. Is there something else I need to do to make the computer recognize the font? I don't want to use an embedded font, because the embedded font doesn't seem to display correctly (whereas installing it on the machine makes it work fine). I have searched the archives, but can't seem to find anything on this topic. Appreciate any help out there. Andrew [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!]
Re: Strange strings? Resolved
The next day my message window displayed: put "a"+1 -- 42580489 and the value was different from the one of the day before!!! Just try it twice in a row, and it'll be different every time. [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!]
Registering fonts
Hi all. I am using the buddy xtra to install a font on the user's machine by copying the font from the CD into the PCs fonts folder (win). On some machines this seems to do the trick, and the font is immediately available for use by the projector. On a few other test machines, it is not. Is there something else I need to do to make the computer recognize the font? I don't want to use an embedded font, because the embedded font doesn't seem to display correctly (whereas installing it on the machine makes it work fine). I have searched the archives, but can't seem to find anything on this topic. Appreciate any help out there. Andrew - Andrew Dempsey ICT and Education Consultant Cairo, Egypt [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.andrewdempsey.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 6/18/2003 [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!]
