Re: projector's filename
On Mar 1, 2004, at 8:42 PM, Valentin Schmidt wrote: hi list, propably a very dumm question, but I cant remember at the moment, what's the best way to find out the projector's filename (not path) with lingo? The applicationName. Returns Director's name in author, projector name in runtime. Not sure what it does in Shockwave. Warren Ockrassa | President, nightwares LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] nightwares LLC | Consulting Programming http://www.nightwares.com/ 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!]
Re: projector's filename - never mind
the applicationName, of course. sorry. [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!]
projector's filename
hi list, propably a very dumm question, but I cant remember at the moment, what's the best way to find out the projector's filename (not path) with lingo? thanks, valentin [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!]
XDK Mailing list
Hi guys, Does anyone know if Macromedia have sorted themselves out when it comes to the XDK list? I'd really like to get onto it as I've started delving into Xtras, so far so good but it's always good to have access to a list to help you out when you get stuck. And of course to offer some help where possible. -- Deane Venske - Senior Programmer www.eduss.com.au [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 7 55974600 +61 405148718 Suite 29, 207 Currumburra Rd Ashmore, Queensland, 4214 Australia [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: Text weirdness
> I'm working on a Mac and I have a movie that contains text > castmember, > these texts are using accents (French), and I use to copy and paste > these texts from a document word into Director, after that I > change the > parameter of the text in "Other ink" and a check the box > "save bitmap". > Now these text most of the time are OK on both platform PC > and Mac, but > one of them that is been created like all the others behave > strangely, > I mean it's fine on both platform only if I open the movie inside the > Director authoring, but on the PC when I lunch the projector is > changing all the accents in weird symbols. > > Does anyone have an idea of what could be the problem? Teo, I think you're running into the different character mapping on Windows and Mac. Characters with an ASCII value of 127 or less are the same on both machines. Above 127, Windows uses ANSI, and Mac uses its own mapping. Here's a property list I used to translate characters before I passed them into Flash from the Mac. It should get you started. The property is the Spanish character I wanted on Windows, and the value is the Mac equivalent. ["¡": "°", "¿": "ø", "ñ": "Ò", "á": "·", "é": "È", "í": "Ì", "ó": "Û", "ú": "²", "Ñ": "", "Á": "¡", "É": " ", "Í": "", "Ó": "¡", "Ú": "/", "": "'", "": "ì", "": "î", "-": "ó"] 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!]
Text weirdness
Hello! I'm working on a Mac and I have a movie that contains text castmember, these texts are using accents (French), and I use to copy and paste these texts from a document word into Director, after that I change the parameter of the text in "Other ink" and a check the box "save bitmap". Now these text most of the time are OK on both platform PC and Mac, but one of them that is been created like all the others behave strangely, I mean it's fine on both platform only if I open the movie inside the Director authoring, but on the PC when I lunch the projector is changing all the accents in weird symbols. Does anyone have an idea of what could be the problem? Thanks Teo [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: Minimized app problem
You could test if (the frontWindow = the stage or (the windowList).getPos(the frontWindow)) prior to setting the resolution. Regards, Daniel [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: Bitmap Linking
I think the problem is that the png is dynamically generated by some
cgi-script, but director needs correct file-endings, mime-types in the
http-header don't seem to be sufficient. if you have acces to any
web-space with php-support, you can put there the following little
php-script ("pcw.php").
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/pcwpng','pcw.png');
?>
this creates a copy of the recent png in your web directory.
now, whenever you want to update the png in your shockwave movie, use a
script like the following (eg. attached to an "update"-button):
property pNetId
on mouseUp me
-- forces update of png
pNetId = getNetText("http//domain/path/pcw.php")
(the actorList).add(me)
end
on stepFrame me
if netDone(pNetId) then
-- use random to fool cache. set randomseed in prepareMovie
member("myPng").filename="http//domain/path/pcw.png?"&random(the
maxinteger)
updateStage()
(the actorList).deleteOne(me)
end if
end
valentin
Yariv Alter Fin wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I am trying to download and link an online image file with my
> shockwave movie. the image adderss is:
> http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/pcwpng . however, it wont link
> unless i download it to a known place on my harddisk and link it to
> the member from there. this offcourse i can't do from a shockwave
> movie... any idea's of how to be able to get this image into my
> shockwave movie?
>
>
> T.I.A,
>
> regards,
>
> Yariv Alter / alterFin
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Re: RE: Director and Winhelp (chm)
At 6:32 PM +0100 3/1/04, Alex da Franca wrote: Hi Kraig, ups. didn't bloody me change the addresse ?! :-( sorry about that -- ||| a¿ex -- [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: Director and Winhelp (chm)
"insertSyntax" was added to support a proposed Help system that didn't come to fruition this release. It allowed that system to pass a string to the active script or msg window and have it inserted there. It would have allowed you to insert syntax from the Help window. Its not really of any use outside of that scenario though as in order to use it you must know the dynamic ID information about the target window. Regards, Kraig > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Alex da Franca > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 9:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Director and Winhelp (chm) > > At 9:02 AM -0800 3/1/04, Kraig Mentor wrote: > >Disclaimer: This is not supported Lingo. It is under the category of > >undocumented and may not exist in future releases. Use at your own > >risk, etc. > > Hi Kraig, > now that you speak of undoced UIHelper methods... > do you want share some hints about 'insertSyntax' ? > I did not get it to work the last time I tried. I don't know, > where to get the both int values for the windowid and the commandID. > or doesn't it work on OSX at all ? > -- > >||| > a¿ex > -- > > [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: Bitmap Linking
Hi Yariv,
What you can do.. Is to put in the on startMovie a bit of code that will
set the fileName of that bitmap member to the url
Basicaly what you do is to import a dummy bitmap and then when the movie
starts set its fileName to the one on the server..
Example:
on startMovie
member("myImage").filename =
"http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/pcwpng.jpg";
end
Ha.. I've just noticed one more thing! You are trying to stream the
image from your cgi-bin... That could be causing the problem as
sometimes cgi-bin doesn't alow access to the files.. Well to complicated
to explain now but I remember having a simillar problem... Try putting
the image into a diferent folder on the server.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yariv Alter
Fin
Sent: 29 February 2004 16:48
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Bitmap Linking
Dear List,
I am trying to download and link an online image file with my
shockwave movie. the image adderss is:
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/pcwpng . however, it wont link
unless i download it to a known place on my harddisk and link it to
the member from there. this offcourse i can't do from a shockwave
movie... any idea's of how to be able to get this image into my
shockwave movie?
T.I.A,
regards,
Yariv Alter / alterFin
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RE: Director and Winhelp (chm)
At 9:02 AM -0800 3/1/04, Kraig Mentor wrote: Disclaimer: This is not supported Lingo. It is under the category of undocumented and may not exist in future releases. Use at your own risk, etc. Hi Kraig, now that you speak of undoced UIHelper methods... do you want share some hints about 'insertSyntax' ? I did not get it to work the last time I tried. I don't know, where to get the both int values for the windowid and the commandID. or doesn't it work on OSX at all ? -- ||| a¿ex -- [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: Director and Winhelp (chm)
Disclaimer: This is not supported Lingo. It is under the category of undocumented and may not exist in future releases. Use at your own risk, etc. -- If you are in MX 2004, you could just do this... showHelpTopic( helpTopicID ) You can get a sometimes helpful view of the existing help topics by viewing the help.map file that is alongside the html files. Just plug in the appropriate help topic ID. Regards, Kraig -- > > Is there a way to call / open a *.chm help from director, passing a > > topic ID with it, in order to display a specific help pape? > > > > Thanks for your hints [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: Search function (trying again)
> > repeat with i = 1 to the number of members of castlib 1 > > But won't this miss some if he has any empty cast slots > between members? If he has something in cast member 1, > nothing in member 2, and something in 3, I assume the above > code would return "2", but he would need to go through slot > 3 to test all of his cast members. Nope. Check it out--it's an easy "put" in the message window. "the number of members of castlib n" returns the total number of cast members, including empty places between members. 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: Search function (trying again)
Kerry Thompson wrote: repeat with i = 1 to the number of members of castlib 1 But won't this miss some if he has any empty cast slots between members? If he has something in cast member 1, nothing in member 2, and something in 3, I assume the above code would return "2", but he would need to go through slot 3 to test all of his cast members. The way I've done it, even though it's imprecise, is: (and this is assuming you aren't adding cast members at runtime with the chance of going past slot 512) repeat with m=1 to 512 if member(m).type<>#EMPTY then -- do search here end if end repeat -- Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer Cre8tive Group cre8tivegroup.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: Minimized app problem
How about just checking whether the projector window is minimized, using Buddy API or Master App? -- CAUTION: Untested email pseudocode on activateApplication if baWindowInfo ( baWinHandle ( ), "state" ) = "min" then -- may need to set a timeout here to start polling for when state changes else -- go ahead and set your screen res here end if end At 1505 + 03/01/2004, Neil Sandbach wrote: >Minimized app problem > >I have a problem in Windows XP where my minimized projector automatically becomes >activated again if the user closes the last open window on the desktop. Although the >projector does not come to the front, you can see that it is active because the tab >in the start bar is highlighted and the on activateApplication handler is also >called. > >The projector should only become active if the user clicks the tab in the start bar. > >I need to avoid this happening because in this case I am using the on >activateApplication handler to set the screen resolution to 800 x 600. So if the user >minimizes the projector and has any folders or windows open on the desktop, closing >the last window will reset the monitor to 800 x 600 - showing a BIG desktop - but >without even bring the projector back up. > >I realise this is probably a Windows issue, not a Director issue. Is there any way to >detect that the stage has been brought to the front rather than relying on the on >activateApplication handler? >... [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!]
Minimized app problem
Minimized app problem I have a problem in Windows XP where my minimized projector automatically becomes activated again if the user closes the last open window on the desktop. Although the projector does not come to the front, you can see that it is active because the tab in the start bar is highlighted and the on activateApplication handler is also called. The projector should only become active if the user clicks the tab in the start bar. I need to avoid this happening because in this case I am using the on activateApplication handler to set the screen resolution to 800 x 600. So if the user minimizes the projector and has any folders or windows open on the desktop, closing the last window will reset the monitor to 800 x 600 - showing a BIG desktop - but without even bring the projector back up. I realise this is probably a Windows issue, not a Director issue. Is there any way to detect that the stage has been brought to the front rather than relying on the on activateApplication handler? Does anyone have any suggestions? Many Thanks Neil [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: Bitmap Linking
Hi Yariv, You could use a QuickTime sprite and set its filename to that adress... Maybe a Flash sprite can do the same with a little actionscript?.. with k.r. Alfred [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: Director and Winhelp (chm)
try
open("hh.exe mk:@MSITStore:::/")
example, opening director's help with topic "member" (german system):
open("hh.exe
mk:@MSITStore:C:\Programme\MACROMEDIA\Director%20MX\Help\dirusing.chm::/
03c_m_21.htm")
to find a the adress of a certain page (topic), do a right
click->properties on that page, and copy the adress (URL)
valentin
Roland Blaettler wrote:
> Hello all
>
> Is there a way to call / open a *.chm help from director, passing a
> topic ID with it, in order to display a specific help pape?
>
> Thanks for your hints
>
>
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RE: Director and Winhelp (chm)
Ditto! Funnily enough I'm gonna have to look into it soon, so I could benefit from that sort of information. ... Alex ... > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Roland Blaettler > Sent: 01 March 2004 06:20 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Director and Winhelp (chm) > > > Hello all > > Is there a way to call / open a *.chm help from director, > passing a topic ID with it, in order to display a specific help pape? > > Thanks for your hints > > > [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!]
