Re: lingo-l bluring images
It's definitely possible but you need to laern imaging lingo. That's not too much to ask, it's simple and useful. Check out the ducumentation for blurimage xtra. They talk a little about how blur is obtained: http://www.smoothware.com/blurimage.html -A. hi, folks i have to make a script that blurs an image according to a custom slider. it´s for simulating the way lenses work on telescopes, putting things out and on focus. could it be done with imaging lingo? if so, could you please just point me the right direction? what kind of image property could achieve such thing? i must say that i´m not really familiar with imaging lingo. thanks a lot in advance, q [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: lingo-l Writing sound members
Heh! Well I for one always wanted to be able to write to a sound buffer just like you do to an image buffer, to be able to compute/ synthesize sounds using Director. But if you could do that, then you'd want to play the sound without delay or queueing too. And then Director would be quite a diferent app I guess. -A. ha! never mind. i wasn't asking about beatnik. i've used it. gotta love email misunderstandings. i was curious about what the original poster, Carl, was trying to do. i should have stated more clearly: all true. now, Carl, you've got my curiosity going but thanks for the effort Andreas, it was a good description ;-) regards, evan Andreas Gaunitz P11 wrote: Wow, I'm not sure I can explain this more clearly... I'll try though: There is a program supplied with the Xtra, called Beatnik Editor Pro. In BEP you import midi files and samples. You create instruments from the samples, by giving them a key range, filter settings, loop settings etc. The midi notes, and the instruments they will use, are then compiled into a file called RMF file. The .RMF file is what the Xtra plays, and what I would call a MIDI file on steroids. -A. all true. now you've got my curiosity going though -- if you're not providing samples, where is the origination of the sound? through different clips the user supplies? just tones? .? -evan Andreas Gaunitz P11 wrote: I have the beatnik Xtra. IIRC it cannot alter sounds at all in the sense of writing a sound to a member or a RAM slot. What it does is it lets you import sound setups made up of samples (cycled or one shot), and it can apply filtering and some fx (a rudimantary reverb etc) to the sounds. It's good for what it does - sort of a quicktime instrument/ midi file on steroids, but all setup work with the samples needs to be done beforehand and then compiled into a file (like a midi file w/ sounds included) and supplied to the xtra. -A. [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!] -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ m u t a n t m e d i a solutions for success Evan Adelman | 917.916.7378 | 598 Broadway NY NY 10012 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.mutantmedia.com http://www.mutantmedia.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!] [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: lingo-l Writing sound members
This is a matter of curiosity right now. In the past, I've used Glen Picher's BinIO Xtra to read and write external .aif files and have since been intrigued by the idea of using lingo to create or modify a sound member directly in the cast. Possible? Where would I start? Is there an Xtra? -- Carl West [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://eisen.home.attbi.com First I want to say is I don't know. But I can do some reasoning: Changing something in the cast means that you will have to either a) change the projector binary on the disk (not what you want) or b) Find the audio file representation in RAM and write to that RAM spot. AFAIK there are no inbuilt methods and no Xtras for altering an audio file/ RAM chunk, like eg imaging lingo does with an image. -A. [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: lingo-l Writing sound members
I have the beatnik Xtra. IIRC it cannot alter sounds at all in the sense of writing a sound to a member or a RAM slot. What it does is it lets you import sound setups made up of samples (cycled or one shot), and it can apply filtering and some fx (a rudimantary reverb etc) to the sounds. It's good for what it does - sort of a quicktime instrument/ midi file on steroids, but all setup work with the samples needs to be done beforehand and then compiled into a file (like a midi file w/ sounds included) and supplied to the xtra. -A. of course there's always the defunct beatnik xtra that allows for user interaction with and manipulation of sound, but then that would be a whole nother pack of treats (like getting your hands on the right tools, getting your hands on a fully functional xtra, etc, etc). and i don't *think* beatnik allows for saving of what the user has done to external filesbut it may be worth a look? -evan Carl West wrote: Andreas Gaunitz P11 wrote: This is a matter of curiosity right now. In the past, I've used Glen Picher's BinIO Xtra to read and write external .aif files and have since been intrigued by the idea of using lingo to create or modify a sound member directly in the cast. Possible? Where would I start? Is there an Xtra? First I want to say is I don't know. But I can do some reasoning: Changing something in the cast means that you will have to either a) change the projector binary on the disk (not what you want) or b) Find the audio file representation in RAM and write to that RAM spot. That's what I was suspecting. AFAIK there are no inbuilt methods and no Xtras for altering an audio file/ RAM chunk, like eg imaging lingo does with an image. And that's what I feared. -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ m u t a n t m e d i a solutions for success Evan Adelman | 917.916.7378 | 598 Broadway NY NY 10012 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.mutantmedia.com http://www.mutantmedia.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!] [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: lingo-l Writing sound members
Wow, I'm not sure I can explain this more clearly... I'll try though: There is a program supplied with the Xtra, called Beatnik Editor Pro. In BEP you import midi files and samples. You create instruments from the samples, by giving them a key range, filter settings, loop settings etc. The midi notes, and the instruments they will use, are then compiled into a file called RMF file. The .RMF file is what the Xtra plays, and what I would call a MIDI file on steroids. -A. all true. now you've got my curiosity going though -- if you're not providing samples, where is the origination of the sound? through different clips the user supplies? just tones? .? -evan Andreas Gaunitz P11 wrote: I have the beatnik Xtra. IIRC it cannot alter sounds at all in the sense of writing a sound to a member or a RAM slot. What it does is it lets you import sound setups made up of samples (cycled or one shot), and it can apply filtering and some fx (a rudimantary reverb etc) to the sounds. It's good for what it does - sort of a quicktime instrument/ midi file on steroids, but all setup work with the samples needs to be done beforehand and then compiled into a file (like a midi file w/ sounds included) and supplied to the xtra. -A. [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: lingo-l java fun..
Wow! This is great. Director is crawling out of its shell! -A. INM has a new xtra in beta test - to call java classes from Director...looks interesting... [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: lingo-l Detecting a RETURN key ...
Another problem ... I want to write a handler which counts the number of words a user types into an editable text sprite. The idea is that the handler: 1. counts the number of words which are entered, as they are typed; 2. disallows anything more than 6 words; 3. issues a pop-up message explaining that more than 6 words is not permitted; 4. responds to the enter key by bringing up the next editable sprite on the stage. John Lodge John, Put this on a text sprite. Should get you started. -A. -- on beginSprite me sprite(me.spriteNum).member.editable = TRUE end on keyUp me myText = sprite(me.spriteNum).member.text if mytext.word.count 7 then pass else case charToNum(the key) of 8: pass -- backspace 3: go the frame + 1 -- enter 13: go the frame + 1 -- carriage return otherwise alert no more than 6 words please end case delete word 7 of myText sprite(me.spriteNum).member.text = myText end if end [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: lingo-l How to rotate a copypixel image?
OK. I think you should try the James Newton handler, but the principle is like this: You can use a rotation matrix to rotate a vector (or another matrix). a point (x, y) in an image is a vector. A 2d rotation matrix looks like this: [a, b] [c, d] where a = cos a#, b = -sin a#, c = sin a#, d = cosa# (a# = alpha = the angle) To rotate a vector you multiply the matrix with the vector, which is simplified to: x_new = x_old * a + x_old * c y_new = y_old * b + y_old * d This will rotate the image around the center, but you need to decide the size of the new image before starting to write pixels to it, so using Newton's handler saves you some hazzle. -A. Matrix, matrix...hum... kan you develop a bit more? or any place where i can find a tut on this? Fabrice Andreas Gaunitz P11 heeft op donderdag 12 december 2002 om 15:29 het volgende geschreven: (the question could also be how to rotate a member bitmap within the cast.) now, for the second composite i need to rotate the text info before making the composite. how do i do this? Fabrice Use a little matrix maths and a 2d rotation matrix? -A. [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: lingo-l set cursor to last line of field
Hello List When my movie enter in a specif frame where have a editable field, it´s text is all select, and I want the cursor in the last line of a field, is it possible??? Any ideas?? tnks in advance... Bárbara, 1) Select the field sprite and look at it in the property inspector. Make sure to _deselect_ the editable property. 2) Then select the field _member_ and set it to editable. Thats it. -A. [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: lingo-l Oh my... QT in shockwave
From: Andreas Gaunitz P11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've been trying to play (stream) Quicktime movies in a shockwave movie for 2 days. I can't get them to play. I've tried most things I can imagine among others: Symptoms: Some movs show only the first frame but don't play. Movs don't show at all. Movs show only a white square. Platform: QT 5, D8.5, Mac, IE5, Netscace 4.7, sorensson. If you are testing locally, make sure everything's in a dswmedia folder as per your Director documentation. Also, the data rate of the QuickTime movies is probably way too high when you try to run the video over a web connection. Thanks for your reply. It works locally as in preview in browser. It does not work when on a www server. What is the average data rate of the QuickTime movies you are using? You can find this by opening the movie info dialog in QuickTime Player Pro. For a video clip to stream (start playing right away) over a 56k dialup connection, it would have to have an overall data rate of around 3.5 - 4.0 KBytes/sec (that's video AND sound). Getting it that low takes a compression application like Cleaner and some real skill. By contrast, an ordinary DV format video clip (that you'd play on a TV set) has a data rate of around 3.5 MB/sec! That means if you try to stream a video clip at that data rate over a 56k modem connection, you have about a thousand times too much data. You can't really get around that obstacle with a few lines of Lingo - you need to do some work on the video clips themselves first. OK, but this is not exactly the case. Its 380 x 180 pixels, data rate 140 K/sec. But we have a MAJOR internet connection at this university. Maybe it's the data rate anyway? I can't do very much about the movies right now, need to talk to the woman that submitted them first. We don't have Cleaner, so I need to import them into Premiere and render them from there, or use good old Movieplayer Pro. Do you happen to know where to find a simple turtorial of how to stream QT!?! --- MM has various technotes on that. For just the QT part, the book QuickTime For The Web is a very good reference. Steve Bennett www.ifmp.net Yeah I've tried everything in at least 5 technotes, dating as far back as D6.5. I'll try to lower the data rate severely though, just for testing's sake. What points to the data rate sollution is that it works a lot better if I use the preloadNetThing and wait 'til it's done before starting playback. Now that I think of it, those preloads seem to take way longer than the actual duration of the clips, so I guess streaming is not a possibility, he he. OK, thanks. -A. [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: lingo-l pausing a lingo program
hi there, does anyone out there know how to have director pause for a specified period of time while the processor is running? I would like it to iterate a loop after pausing for a certain number of ms. thanx! Ramesh, I would probably use go the frame instead of pause, but if you really want to proceed with this, try this in a frame script: -- Gaunitz 2002 -- on exitFrame me timeOut(waitTO).new(2000, #nextStep, me) pause end on nextStep me timeOut(waitTO).forget() go the frame + 1 end -- -A. [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: lingo-l ANN: Director MX
What I'd really like to see is a shared code-base and consistent object-model between both Flash and Director. If both of them used the same low-level rendering engine (which Lingo would have access to, of course, through imaging Lingo) and could each access any property of any object in either language, then it should be a lot easier to mix the two. This would basically mean that Flash and Director would be the same thing, except that Flash would be a scaled down plugin with no support for secondary scripting languages (i.e., Lingo, but while your at it...); Xtras, etc. Shockwave/Director would be like Flash plus a load of other cool stuff including more direct access to the low-level rendering engine. To me, this seems like an obvious natural progression towards convergence for the two. - Robert Cool! -A. [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: lingo-l recursive use of handler
Hello, Is it possible to return the result of a recursive loop to the handler that called the loop, instead of to the previous instance of the handler itself ? I am not sure the question is accurate, but you can check out what I mean with this example-moviescript. on startMovie myList = [5,6,7] myPropList = createList(myList) put myPropList end on createList oldList, newList if not ilk(newList,#list) then newList = [] end if if oldList.count 0 then newList.add(oldList[1]) oldList.deleteAt(1) createList(oldList, newList) else propertyList = [#propName:newlist] end if return propertyList end The value that is returned to startMovie is VOID, while I need it to be the constructed propList. If I put a breakpoint on the line return propertyList, I see what is happening, but how can I pass my return value through this stack ? sincerely, Erik, This will not work because the propertyList will never be constructed. The if statement only causes a recurse if oldList.count 0. The else will never happen. This would however work: on startMovie myList = [5,6,7] myPropList = createList(myList, []) put myPropList end on createList oldList, newList -- if not ilk(newList,#list) then --newList = [] -- end if if oldList.count 0 then newList.add(oldList[1]) oldList.deleteAt(1) createList(oldList, newList) end if if oldList.count = 0 then propertyList = [#propName:newlist] end if return propertyList end ...although I find the whole construction a little awkward. Why do you want this recursive setup anyway? HTH -A. [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: lingo-l recursive use of handler
THX for the quick reply, Tab ! Andreas, I am using recursion in a project where I use DOM-lingo to work a bunch of XML stuff. A recursive setup can simplify things there, and is sometimes (as far as I see) the only solution. sincerely, Erik Phalet OK, I guess you're right. It doesn't make much sense in the example you sent, but I take it it's a simplified version (which I'm grateful for) pointing out the problem... -A. [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: lingo-l USB controlled robot arm?
I'm not sure what you're asking, but yes, I'm using imaging lingo every day to analyze, manipulate and synthesize images. getPixel() copyPixels() image() ...etc. -A. At 11.18 +0100 2002-11-21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A small Q... what do you mean with ..the images are going to be analysed with Lingo.. ? Have you actually managed to analyse pixel by pixel, with colour values or..??!! I'm curious... Have something in mind going into trials of the same if so... Matching me.. Why do I want to use Director at all? Because Lingo is what I master, and the images are going to be analysed with Lingo. - FREE E-MAIL IN 1 MINUTE! - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.pc.nu [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: lingo-l USB controlled robot arm?
Hi, This goes to all you people answering my question: I have not found anything that is controlled by an Xtra, or Lingo. There are a number of USB or parallel port controlled arms out there, but they seem to use their proprietary software, so it's no use for me. Right now it seems I'm going to use a plotter instead. It's movements can be controlled by writing stuff like... penup; moveto 20, 50; pendown; moveto 300, 222; ...to the Com port. Writing to a Com port can be done with DirectXtras' directCommunication Xtra. Com port = serial port, so I will have to migrate on this one, or use an old Mac. Don't suppose old Mac is an alternative though, because I need to get images in by Firewire/ DV camera, and analyse them before writing to Com. I'm still interested in Lingo-controlled robot stuff, if anybody should find something. -A. [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: lingo-l USB controlled robot arm?
What do you need this arm to do? I have been hunting down arm / loader combinations for a client and have come across some Japanese companies that seem to do various combinations of these. Haven't quite found what I'm looking for yet :( We have approached an industrial design company here to design the functionality we require, but it's looking expensive. A - Original Message - From: Andreas Gaunitz P11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 2:01 PM Subject: lingo-l USB controlled robot arm? Do any of you happen to know where to get info/ pricing about a nice USB controlled robot arm? I've been searching the web, but have had a hard time finding a) Control software later than win95/98 b) programmable, with a sort of generic interface reading text files from disc or some other way to change/ update it's movements periodically. c) Preferrably Mac (!) and/ or Director Lingo controlled -A. We're talking low budget project. It doesn't have to be very exact, or be able to move very freely, but it needs to be reasonably sturdy. I want it to draw a painting, using oil colors. -A. [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: lingo-l USB controlled robot arm?
man, i'm just awake... after reading your reply, think i go back to bed i just wanted to say, that to move something physical from a computer you need at least 6 things. 1/ a computer compatible with chip 2/ a physical mechaniek with chip controlled movement. servo's 3/ a programmable ship 4/ a compiler/shell app for the chip language 5/ a software to load the program into the chip 6/ Great building skills, programming knowledge, lots time and money to spend... OK, but I don't need any of the above. I could easily do it with a plotter and Director, if the plotter lifts the pen high enough over the paper when moving (so the brush stands clear of the paper). I'm investigating the alternatives: What kind of plotter would be best - a vinyl cutter using a scalpel? Or could I use a robot arm instead? There are a number of cheap robot arms out there, but they use proprietary software. The by far simplest solution for me would be if there was an arm that could be controlled by an Xtra. Second best, arm control program reads data from a text file on disk that I can change from Director. Third best: Arm o plotter is controlled by writing simple stuff to a Com port on the computer. This alternative only rates as nr3 because I would need to do it on a PC. No Com port on modern Macs. Why do I want to use Director at all? Because Lingo is what I master, and the images are going to be analysed with Lingo. -A. [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!]
lingo-l sprites going white!?!
I have a normal sprite on stage. I also have a number of dynamically created sprites on stage. puppetSprite = 1, assign a member etc. All sprites contain bitmaps. It all works like expected. When I move the normal sprite on stage, in Director's edit - not playback - mode, some of the dynamic sprites go white (not invisible or transparent, but white). They insist on being white until I do on reset me, _nr puppetSprite _nr, 0 puppetSprite _nr, 1 sprite(_nr).member = member(some member) end Should I save the movie and open it again the sprites will still be white until I do me.reset() I've checked most sprite properies I can think of, like color, foreColor, ink, blend (can't be the cause, I know...), etc. BTW, the members are not changed, only the sprites. I've done this kind of sprite handler, creating sprites on the fly a number of times and never had this problem before. Any ideas? -A. [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!]
lingo-l USB controlled robot arm?
Do any of you happen to know where to get info/ pricing about a nice USB controlled robot arm? I've been searching the web, but have had a hard time finding a) Control software later than win95/98 b) programmable, with a sort of generic interface reading text files from disc or some other way to change/ update it's movements periodically. c) Preferrably Mac (!) and/ or Director Lingo controlled -A. [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: lingo-l shaped stage
Works. You can even animate it. -A. Are you referring to a masked MIAW? As in setting a 1-bit cast member as the MIAW.windowType? If so, that *should* work on the Mac too, but I've never done it. Give it a try. Ross [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: lingo-l MPEG1 files on a MAC
Just a quick question. I want to play MPEG1 files on a MAC as I have limited space. Not addressing your question, but that is strange argument. If space is of concern, Sorenson would yield better quality/size ratio. I have a hunch that Tabuleiro is working on a Xplat Xtra. May be worth checking out. Will it play Sorenson movies without QuickTime being installed on the PC? Just a word of warning! If you're aiming at cross platform it might be a good idea to avoid Sorensson. I (and some other people I've been talking to) am experiencing problems playing Sorenson files on Win/ Quicktime 5 6. I get stuttering sound or stuttering video, different problems on different machines. I think I will have to render it as Motion JPEG 2 to get it to work (?) The files do, however, play very smoothly on Mac. -A. [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: lingo-l MPEG1 files on a MAC
It's strange, though: it works on some machines but not on others. Over here a Dell laptop plays fine, a Dell desktop does not. Both machines latest quicktime, hardware less than 6 months old. BTW, what do you use instead of QT - what playback utility and what file format? -A. Well said. For this reason I've been avoiding QT on Windows since QT 4, the last workable version, in my opinion. Disabling Direct Draw helps, but is not an acceptable option. Bertil Flink Creative Media [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Andreas Gaunitz P11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 11:29 AM Subject: Re: lingo-l MPEG1 files on a MAC Just a word of warning! If you're aiming at cross platform it might be a good idea to avoid Sorensson. I (and some other people I've been talking to) am experiencing problems playing Sorenson files on Win/ Quicktime 5 6. I get stuttering sound or stuttering video, different problems on different machines. I think I will have to render it as Motion JPEG 2 to get it to work (?) The files do, however, play very smoothly on Mac. [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: lingo-l cursor trails
hi, sorry if this is a bit basic, but i am new to lingo, and i am trying to create a mouse trail using a series of cast members. i tried placing them on the score and making each one Loch and Locv values follow each other and then use a delay commmand but this didnt seem to work. if anyone can help i would be really greatful. thanks in advance. mike Not so basic at all. You need to do something like: 1) create a number of subsequent sprites in the score 2) create a behavior script that that knows how hamy frames has passed since the movie started. 3) It's also important that the script can differentiate between the different sprites, and that it knows the numbers of the first and the last sprites. 4) compare the number of frames passed with the sprite number. If they are the same, then set the sprite's loc to the mouseLoc. Otherwise leave it on its old loc. Try to drop this on your sprites. Don't forget to set the pFirstSprite and pLastSprite to the right values. It's not optimized, but it works. The effect depends on your frame rate and your number of sprites. 50 fps and 12 sprites looked real nice... =) -A. - -- Creating trails from the cursor -- -- A. Gaunitz 2002-11-17 - property pFrameCounter property pFirstSprite property pLastSprite on beginSprite me pFirstSprite = 1 pLastSprite = 12 pFrameCounter = pFirstSprite end on exitFrame me if pFrameCounter = me.spriteNum then sprite(me.spriteNum).loc = the mouseLoc end if if pFrameCounter = pLastSprite then pFrameCounter = pFirstSprite else pFrameCounter = pFrameCounter + 1 end if end - [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: lingo-l Editing binary files?
You can use FileIO xtra if you write your data one byte at a time. Slow, but it works. director-online has two very good articles on this. Reading Binary Files with FileIO http://www.director-online.com/accessArticle.cfm?id=1087 Writing Binary Files with FileIO http://www.director-online.com/accessArticle.cfm?id=1089 just be careful with '0' characters :-) hth Fraser Thanks s much for this link. Just what I always wanted. -A. [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: lingo-l Getting rid of Internal?
So, in case it is not obvious, the thing is for as many of us as possible to 'wish' for this using the ritual which has become sacred to our brotherhood. (And sisterhood). The incantation for this particular magickal rite is; mailto:wish-director;macromedia.com?subject=Scriptable%20Authoring%20Environmentbody=Please%20make%20the%20Director%20authoring%20environment%20fully%20scriptable Ha ha, cool link! I'm not sure what the exact benefits of a scriptable director would be though. Isn't every projector or SW we make just a subset of the Director environment, with the chosen functionality included? It can easily be configured (programmed) to generate content using imaging lingo etc... Please give some examples of what a Scriptable Director can do! -A. [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!]
lingo-l Just out of curiosity (repeat loop)
In some cases it's convenient to use 'repeat with anItem in aList', to roll through the entries of a list. However, pretty often I realize I need a counter for one reason or other, so i resort to use 'repeat with itemCounter = 1 to aList.count'. I have often wondered if there's a hidden counter somewhere that Director uses when counting throough the items using 'repeat with anItem in aList'? If so, can I check the value of that counter and use it? No big deal, just curious. -A. [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: lingo-l How to stop a loop.
repeat with x = 1 to Myvar if the mouseDown then exit repeat else -- do your stuff end if end repeat -A. hi all, got a script than stays looping in a repeat. in some case, the loop takes several seconds to end. But i want to be able to let him stop during the repeat. tried something like this via a button, but its ignored. global stop on somehandler repeat with x = 1 to Myvar if Stop = true Stop = false exit repeat else do your job end repeat end on a button got a stop = true, global stop the thing doens't work. what should i need to use? the apple/. stops the loop but quits the app as well. Fabrice [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: lingo-l How to stop a loop.
You cannot use a repeat loop like this, because it stops stage events from occuring. yes, thats the idea, i found running this particular script outside a frame event running quicker. now, how do i stop it? if needed... i've tested some updatestage during loop in order to animate a progress bar, the bar is updated, so i guess the movie doesn't completly stop as you describe... It's not so good practice to do updateStage inside a repeat loop, because you are slowing down the repeat a lot. I suspect that the amount of slowing down depends on the size of the stage that needs to be redrawn. You could do an updateStage every 100th repeat or so. -A. [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: lingo-l Direct to Stage niggles
What platform? Just some simple suggestions: Did you set the stagecolor = the background color in your DtS Quicktime? Did you try putting a shape that covers the whole stage behind the QT, that has the same color? A little more work: Did you try to move the QT off stage just before it stops playing? -A. Hi all I have a fullscreen video that transitions (within the footage itself) to the subsequent interactive interface. It all looks and works a treat, except for a flickering that occurs when the video stops. My first thought was that it was the 'Direct to Stage' turning itself off at the end, which it was. Switching this off does solve the problem, but because the movie is fullscreen (well, 800x600) it really chugs. I'm pretty sure I've seen interfaces before that do transition from video files, and they were all seemless. So I'm guessing some lovely person out there holds the key to getting round this? Any ideas? Cheers Ben [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: lingo-l parent script
I've got a cd from someone where I have to change things. the problem is that I have to change a parent script. After changing some line and deleting some he still does the things I have deleted and desn't do the things I have added. How come? what do i have to do to make it work? Tom It's extremely difficult to tell from here. There are any number of things that could make something like this happen. Some suggestions: 1) You're changing the wrong lines of code. Maybe it's not these line that are actually used on stage. 2) You're changing the right code but you are coding wrong. 3) You're changing code in a handler that is infact not used. 4) You're changing a handler in a script that is not used. 5) The parent script is generated or altered on-the-fly, thus changing/ overriding your code when playing the movie. (Less likely) etc. Please elaborate a little on what the script does right now, and in what way you want to change it. -A. [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: lingo-l Best way of setting up cuepoints in video
A word of warning: I haven't used cuepoints in video, but I sure have in audio (.aif). I have also used the movieTime to sync stuff with video. From my expercience, using movieTime is more tight than using cuepoints. For my sharp projects, I've mainly used quickTime movies on a Mac. I did some comparisons using an audio-only QT, with cuepoints. I found the movieTime to be more tight than isPassedCuePoint() or whatever. -A. Greets to all It's looking likely that a number of projects I'm working on are going to be requiring stage events to sync with or be triggered by digital video. I've found that checking for the movieTime of the video isn't accurate enough so I'm looking at embedding cuepoints. I'll work out all the Lingo myself (but I shall call on you guys n girls if I get stuck) but I'm stuck on how to get them in. Any tips on procedure and required software? Cheers as always Ross __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.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!] [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!]
lingo-l File selection from Shockwave, another way
Another idea: Do you think it would be possible to have the html dialog that not uploads the file itself, but just the name of the file to a Multiuser server. Then the MUS can pass the name back to the shockwave. The shockwave can then browse the disk for the file, and eventually upload it to the MUS? It seems that the problem would be to associate the selected file name with the right shockwave movie. How would the MUS know which shockwave that owns a certain file... Hmmm, maybe the file selection html page could be created by the SW, and include an identifier. The shockwave will then open its selfmade html upload page in a new frame on the same page... The html posts a file name to the MUS, the MUS gives the file name back to the shockwave, the shockwave uploads the file to the server? -A. [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: lingo-l File selection from Shockwave
On Thursday, August 29, 2002, at 07:18 AM, Andreas Gaunitz P11 wrote: Asking one last time... =) Does anybody know a way to get a file open dialog in a Shockwave, so the user can select a file on his/her disk? Can't be done. The nearest you can get is to use JavaScript's upload command, but what you do with the file once it's on your server is very much your problem. ;) Not a problem. SMUS takes care of it! -A. [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: lingo-l MWM Graphic
On the D7 installation CD there was a folder with all the stuff. (It was copied to your drive when installing.) I'm not sure about later versions... -A. Will someone please tell me where I can get the Made With Macromedia Graphic? I have been all over the Macromedia site and I just can't find it anywhere. Thanks in advance, George Carlile [EMAIL PROTECTED] [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: lingo-l moving objects with time
Elvin, Is there a way move an object pixel per pixel throughout time? Say, I want to move an object/image 50 pixels. over .. say 6 seconds? Easiest way is to divide the distance by the time to find the distance to move the sprite each exitFrame. Keep the next location for the sprite in a variable. (The sprite will only move a fraction of a pixel each time.) Use the frameTempo to compensate for different frame rate settings. Here's a behavior to play with: property distSlice property nextLocH property destLocH on beginSprite me theDistance = 50 theTime = 6.0 -- Must be a float! timeSlice = theTime * the frameTempo -- Nr of times to move distSlice = theDistance/ timeSlice -- Amount to move each time nextLocH = sprite(me.spriteNum).locH -- Start pos of sprite destLocH = sprite(me.spriteNum).locH + theDistance -- End pos end on exitFrame me if destLocH sprite(me.spriteNum).locH then -- Check if done nextLocH = nextLocH + distSlice -- Compute next location sprite(me.spriteNum).locH = nextLocH.integer -- Move sprite end if end -A. Whilst I'm here.. I might as well ask. Umm I want to be able to change the characters in a given textfeild randomly? Like a scrabbled word? Thanks.. Elvin M. Certeza, Jr. http://www.alphalink.com.au/~certeza/ [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!]
lingo-l Random chars, was: moving objects with time
I want to be able to change the characters in a given textfeild randomly? Like a scrabbled word? Thanks.. Elvin M. Certeza, Jr. http://www.alphalink.com.au/~certeza/ Here's a bhv that changes the text randomly. Define a string that contains all the characters you think should be allowed. Randomize a number between (1 and the length of the string). Get the corresponding character from the string, put it at the end of the new text. Repeat as long as the new text is shorter that the old text. Is this what you mean? -A. on mouseDown me approvedChars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 newText = repeat with charNr = 1 to sprite(me.spriteNum).member.text.length randomCharIndex = random(approvedChars.length) newChar = approvedChars.char[randomCharIndex] put newChar after newText end repeat sprite(me.spriteNum).member.text = newText end [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: lingo-l getting list of files in remote folder...
Grimmwerks, That's easy, but you need to configure the www server like this: If no index.html exists in a folder, then show directory contents instead. This is just one check box on a Mac server, I don't know about windows. Once you've done that you can just do a getNetText(www.something.com/folder) to get a html page with the file listing embedded. Then you just need to strip away the graphics, html code etc I've noticed some shakiness when doing this tho... A lot of times it only works the 2nd time i issue the getNetText(). Don't have a clue to why. So I switched over to using the Shockwave Multiuser Server instead, which is a tad more capable. If you want to do it using SMUS, have a look at the server side scripting command called getAt() which is not what you'd expect it to be. -A. I realize that the server permissions must be set as such, rather than a 404... but if I do a request on a folder/index.html that doesn't exist, will I get a list of the folders, ie a browser? Is there any other way of getting remote files in a browser, ie getNthfilename(http)? [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: lingo-l getting list of files in remote folder...
I think each browser does something special to get back a fabricated html page hth Found a way to get the convoluted html using the old xtranet (Terry had a browser example from gmatter as well). But I think I'll just use my directFTP after all. I would've expected the index.html text that the browser puts out when requesting a directories contents that are allowed to be seen. you know, like a browser does. I'm not quite sure I understand. It's not the browser that produces the html, it's the www server. You can design the page template to be output yourself, if you like, as long as you have access to the server. -A. [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: lingo-l getting list of files in remote folder...
But getnettext returns an empty string, rather than the server's CREATED html for the file listings. It's no big deal, but odd. Yes it's odd. It's not helping you, but it works for me with a Mac server. Did you try using getNetText(ftp://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/folder) instead of http? It has been working better for me. -A. [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: lingo-l getting list of files in remote folder...
Yes, for some reason I have trouble getting it to work too - now! I must open the filemaker port in the firewall to be able to backtrace my code. Can't do it from here or at this time (03.10 am). -A. At 1:13 AM +0200 8/22/02, you wrote: But getnettext returns an empty string, rather than the server's CREATED html for the file listings. It's no big deal, but odd. Yes it's odd. It's not helping you, but it works for me with a Mac server. Did you try using getNetText(ftp://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/folder) instead of http? It has been working better for me. -A. data point: http: ftp: both fail for me too URL = htp://kettles.best.vwh.net/demos/ -Buzz [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!]
lingo-l Multiuser Server choking Win server!?!
Sigh... My ISP accepted to run SMUS 3.0, but when they realized it takes 98% processor on a Windows 2000, PIII 1GHz they removed it. This is with NO traffic at all - just running the server. It seems odd. When I run it on a Mac on my LAN it doesn't affect the performance of the computer at all. I would rather say it's very lean. -A. [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: lingo-l Multiuser Server choking Win server!?!
Thanks for chicking this Neil, The ISP stated that administering the server got considerably slower after starting the SMUS. I'm not sure, but I _think_ they mean administering via a www/ browser interface. I still sounds fishy though. -A. I just tried it out on my own system and it does indeed show that it is using 98% of the CPU. I don't think that's true tho'. My system runs just fine with the MUS running. Maybe it's like older versions of Director that would report using 100% of the CPU when in fact it wasn't. I wonder if this is known by MM. ...Neil At 02:36 PM 8/20/2002 +0200, you wrote: Sigh... My ISP accepted to run SMUS 3.0, but when they realized it takes 98% processor on a Windows 2000, PIII 1GHz they removed it. This is with NO traffic at all - just running the server. It seems odd. When I run it on a Mac on my LAN it doesn't affect the performance of the computer at all. I would rather say it's very lean. -A. [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: lingo-l Multiuser Server choking Win server!?!
I checked on my Mac (antique Powerbook, 500 MHz, G3). The OS lends SMUS about 25% of CPU time, but that's not what it actually _uses_, if i start some other applications the SMUS amount decreases. -A. I just tried it out on my own system and it does indeed show that it is using 98% of the CPU. I don't think that's true tho'. My system runs just fine with the MUS running. Maybe it's like older versions of Director that would report using 100% of the CPU when in fact it wasn't. I wonder if this is known by MM. ...Neil At 02:36 PM 8/20/2002 +0200, you wrote: Sigh... My ISP accepted to run SMUS 3.0, but when they realized it takes 98% processor on a Windows 2000, PIII 1GHz they removed it. This is with NO traffic at all - just running the server. It seems odd. When I run it on a Mac on my LAN it doesn't affect the performance of the computer at all. I would rather say it's very lean. -A. [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: lingo-l Multiuser Server choking Win server!?!
I have had the MUS running on my own system for a couple of days at a time with no noticeable decrease in performance of the rest of my apps running. Typical apps running _while_ the MUS is on. 2-3 Versions of Director Flash IE Netscape Fireworks Photoshop 3ds Max Eudora Lots of File Windows. I still have no decrease in performance. I just tried this...I started the MUS, launched IE,Director,Homesite,Sound Forge,Dreamweaver,Fireworks and Flash. I opened the Windows Task Manager and clicked on different apps to give them focus. I opened files, closed files, dragged items around, played some director files and the CPU usage for the MUS fluctuates as I do this. It has dropped as low as 52%. It looks like the MUS uses whatever cycles are available to it at that time. It doesn't hog the CPU. ...Neil Yes, this is my conclusion too. But I wonder what the ISP got wrong though... -A. [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: lingo-l Flickering Quicktime Movie
On the Mac there's an App called Mediacleaner (don't know if there is a Win adaption) that is _very_ useful. In Mediacleaner you can open a QT or other format, and resize, crop, set compression method etc for audio and/ or video. Then just hit the Process button and go have a coffee. If you're comfortable using preselected rates/ settings you can do most of it in Apple Quicktime Player Pro too (another excellent piece of software). Open the movie, File Export movie as QT movie Use: and there are the compression rates. Try 2x CD-ROM Sorensson. -A. I compressed the file but how do I limit the data rate? - Original Message - From: Andy Innes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 18:26 Subject: Re: lingo-l Flickering Quicktime Movie Have you compressed the file as much as possible and limited the data rate for CD playback? A - Original Message - From: Beertje [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 12:14 AM Subject: lingo-l Flickering Quicktime Movie Can anyone tell me why my QuickTime move is flickering in the projector? I plays fine in the dir file but not in the actual projector. Thanks in advance George Carlile [EMAIL PROTECTED] [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!] [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: lingo-l Flickering Quicktime Movie
OK, thanks. This is really muddy waters. Good to know. -A. On 8/17/02 10:11 AM, Andreas Gaunitz P11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] decreed thusly: Wow. I really wonder what you mean. Do you mean flash in a lower sprite channel than video? -A. No, not in a sprite channel, but ...aw crap. on the stage. Say if flash had a rect(0,0,320,200) and the quicktime had rect(0,201, 320,400) or something. Above it in stage space. But if the flash and QT were next to each other it would be fine. [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: lingo-l Trouble importing W3D files on-the-fly
The file name of the w3d file has proven to have great impact on the success too. No spaces allowed! But I'm up and running! (Well mostly walking so far, but I expect to Run soon.) -A. Andreas, Sorry for the delayed response on this one, but I just don't get the same results as you do. I made four test movies that issue a preloadNetThing to pull a W3D to the local cache and when that's complete I then create a new 3D member and use loadFile to merge the retrieved file with the new member. I did this in four combinations: - preloadNetThing and loadFile both use a relative URL - preloadNetThing and loadFile both use a full URL - preloadNetThing uses a relative URL while loadFile uses a full URL - preloadNetThing uses a full URL while loadFile uses a relative URl In all cases I was able to load the file into the member without error using the following code: tNewMem = new(#shockwave3d) tNewMem.name = new3d tNewMem.loadFile(http://myDomain.com/star.W3D;, FALSE, TRUE) Of course the above was done only after having issued a preloadNetThing command and waited for successfull completion of that download (netDone was TRUE and netError returned OK). Have a look at my test files if ya like: http://poppy.macromedia.com/~thiggins/loadFile I'm just not certain as to why things are failing for you as I just don't see the same results. To be safe, you're sure that your relative URL built using the movie path does in fact match the full URL? Perhaps your relative URL and full hardcoded URL are not the same and thus the error? In my test cases they are the same and I'm not getting the same behavior so maybe that's part of the problem. Hope that helps. Cheers, Tom . [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: lingo-l better to make spritenum a property or useme.spritenum?
Don't know, but I always use me.spriteNum for clarity. -A. When creating behaviours is it better to property spritenum on prepareFrame me sprite(spriteNum).locH = 30 end or just on prepareFrame me sprite(me.spriteNum).locH = 30 end or is it just personal preference? Lewis This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this. [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: lingo-l Trouble importing W3D files on-the-fly
Tom, Thank you very much for your testing. It's comforting to know that it actually should work. I think Buzz Kettles might have provided the solution, but I haven't been able to try it: I need to add a MIME setting for .W3D to my server. Right now the W3Ds get downloaded as text files, and that seems to the problem in a nutshell. Unfortunately I have no idea what the MIME type should be... I didn't find anything useful when I searched the Technotes for (mime type w3d) etc. Do you happen to know? I just improvised a MIME type of (.W3D and x-w3d). (BTW I don't use a relative URL, but exactly the same as the one I used for preLoading.) -A. Andreas, Sorry for the delayed response on this one, but I just don't get the same results as you do. I made four test movies that issue a preloadNetThing to pull a W3D to the local cache and when that's complete I then create a new 3D member and use loadFile to merge the retrieved file with the new member. I did this in four combinations: - preloadNetThing and loadFile both use a relative URL - preloadNetThing and loadFile both use a full URL - preloadNetThing uses a relative URL while loadFile uses a full URL - preloadNetThing uses a full URL while loadFile uses a relative URl In all cases I was able to load the file into the member without error using the following code: tNewMem = new(#shockwave3d) tNewMem.name = new3d tNewMem.loadFile(http://myDomain.com/star.W3D;, FALSE, TRUE) Of course the above was done only after having issued a preloadNetThing command and waited for successfull completion of that download (netDone was TRUE and netError returned OK). Have a look at my test files if ya like: http://poppy.macromedia.com/~thiggins/loadFile I'm just not certain as to why things are failing for you as I just don't see the same results. To be safe, you're sure that your relative URL built using the movie path does in fact match the full URL? Perhaps your relative URL and full hardcoded URL are not the same and thus the error? In my test cases they are the same and I'm not getting the same behavior so maybe that's part of the problem. [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: lingo-l find next and previous values in list***
Sorry, I don't relly get it. Can you type an example of the list? -A. Hi, I'm sorry but i didn't explain rigth. The problem is that I have all the castmembers filled but only a few of them has this parameter. So the user could be in an member that don't have your number in list and this is the problem. example the user is seeing the image from member 20, but this image is not in list because it's name doesn't have the parameter. and the next value in list is 32 ( the next image near that has the parameter) so.. how can i made this jump?? I have to types of navigation a linear one (+ 1 and -1) and this non-linear that jumps from where user is to the next point the has a parameter... [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: lingo-l Stupid script window!
At 08:08 2002-08-11, Robert Tweed wrote: I get really annoyed by the key bindings in the script editor. Does anyone know how, without using an external editor (which is even more irritating) I can set keys like [ctrl]+[right-cursor] to the Windows default of next word, instead of next script. I just can't get out of the habit because this is a shortcut I use all the time when editing other files. If there's a way, I'd love to hear it, too. In case you aren't aware, though, you can use [Alt]+[Cursor keys]. I haven't been able to train my muscles into that tiny variation, but you might have more success. [Alt]+[Cursor keys] is standard in a lot of Mac applications... -A. [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!]
lingo-l Downloading .W3D / SW 3d files in Multiuser application
About downloading .W3D in a Multiuser application: I've been investigating more in the problem with downloading W3D objects from a http server and then importing them into a shockwave movie. It seems preloadNetthing() downloads the file from server to the local cache, but the netMIME is text/html so I guess the W3D is for some reason treated as text. When importing the file into a new SW3D member using loadFile like this: fresh3dMem = #shockwave3d.new() fresh3dMem.loadFile(theUrl, TRUE, TRUE) I just get a Error 2147221484 and an empty #shockwave3d member (obviously). What to do? I can't use FTP because the server runs in passive mode, which D8.5 does not support. Could I use Multiuser Server to read the file with readvalue() and then pass it to the Shockwave as a variable? How? TIA -A. [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: lingo-l Downloading .W3D / SW 3d files in Multiuser application
I think the answer is no. I just uploaded the W3D files to a HTTP server using FTP as binary Raw Data. You mean I have to map the W3D suffix to a MIME type in the HTTP server application... that seems logical in an Internet backwards way. I guess an old Mac server won't be preconfigured for this. Thanks for this interesting clue! -Andreas Is the .W3D file extension MIME-mapped on the server it's coming from? -Buzz At 7:36 PM +0200 8/11/02, you wrote: About downloading .W3D in a Multiuser application: I've been investigating more in the problem with downloading W3D objects from a http server and then importing them into a shockwave movie. It seems preloadNetthing() downloads the file from server to the local cache, but the netMIME is text/html so I guess the W3D is for some reason treated as text. When importing the file into a new SW3D member using loadFile like this: fresh3dMem = #shockwave3d.new() fresh3dMem.loadFile(theUrl, TRUE, TRUE) I just get a Error 2147221484 and an empty #shockwave3d member (obviously). What to do? I can't use FTP because the server runs in passive mode, which D8.5 does not support. Could I use Multiuser Server to read the file with readvalue() and then pass it to the Shockwave as a variable? How? TIA -A. [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: lingo-l Stupid script window!
If there's a way, I'd love to hear it, too. In case you aren't aware, though, you can use [Alt]+[Cursor keys]. I haven't been able to train my muscles into that tiny variation, but you might have more success. [Alt]+[Cursor keys] is standard in a lot of Mac applications... that's hard to believe, considering there's no Alt key on the Mac keyboard ... did you mean cmd-arrows? On the contrary, it's easy to believe: I meant the key labelled alt on my Powerbook Bronze keyboard! It sits between the Ctrl key and the Cmd key. -A. [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: lingo-l Stupid script window!
OK. In Swedish the Option key has always been called the Alternativ key. -A. Doh! right you are! I didn't remember that Apple added that little reminder label onto the Option key when the web started referencing the alt key to do things. -Buzz [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: lingo-l lingo-lIf new value that dont calculate
Yes this is quite possible to solve. But can you tell me a little more about the situation: You set up the calculation to take place... when? When something is typed into one of the 2 first fields? on exitframe? when clicking a button? One way to go would be to let the calculation be triggered by keyUp events in the 2 input fields. Then you would get this kind of behavior while typing in input field 2: |In1 |In2 |Sum | |10 |1 |10 | |10 |12 |120 | |10 |126 |1260 | When typing in the Sum field nothing happens, because it doesn't trig a calculation. The code could be a lot simpler if you hardcoded the member and sprite names into the behaviors, but I wanted to make it as universal as possible. Put this in a behavior. Put the behavior on each of the input fields: -- on keyUp me firstValue = sprite(me.spriteNum).member.text sendAllSprites(#setFirstValue, firstValue) sendAllSprites(#sendSecondValue, me) sendAllSprites(#addValues) end on sendSecondValue me, _caller if _caller me then secondValue = sprite(me.spriteNum).member.text put sending 2nd value: secondValue sendAllSprites(#setSecondValue, secondValue) end if end -- -- And put this in a behavior on the sum sprite: -- property firstValue property secondValue on setFirstValue me, _firstValue firstValue = _firstValue end on setSecondValue me, _secondValue secondValue = _secondValue end on addValues me sum = firstValue + secondValue sprite(me.spriteNum).member.text = sum.integer.string end -- Hello, I'm having a problem that I'm sure one of you brilliant people will have no problem with. I have a simple calculation (three fields: two input fields and one Sum field, it simply adds the two input fields) What I need to have happen is if the user would put a value that would differ from the value created by the calculation into the sum field; I no longer have need for the calculation to take place. So, I've racked my brain on this and came up with a global variable that if the user clicks the sum field then no calculation. Works Great but, if you would like to tab to the sum field it never recognizes that you put your own value into the sum field. So I need to find a way of having this work so, if the user tabs to the sum field and changes the value it will no longer calculate. Any ideas and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 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!] [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: lingo-l cd name/listing from director
Yea I did it too a while ago. It's more or less a copy of the Mac folder window/ Windows Explorer but with company graphics. It launches applications too, so it can be used as a lecture tool at meetings, fairs etc. The user changes the contents and headlines by putting files and folders in the application's root folder. -A. On 8/9/02 11:02 AM, Andreas Gaunitz P11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] decreed thusly: BTW, it's not a simple task to make a file browser =) -A. Nah, but it can be done. I just did something simple with a text member and recursive fun... [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!]
lingo-l Trouble importing W3D files on-the-fly
I am experiencing severe trouble when attempting to import W3D files to a shockwave on-the-fly from a URL. This code works excellently: fresh3dMem = new(#shockwave3d) fresh3dMem.loadFile(the moviePath scene.W3D, FALSE, TRUE) But this does not: fresh3dMem = new(#shockwave3d) fresh3dMem.loadFile(http://etc.etc.etc/scene.W3D;, FALSE, TRUE) even if I have done a preloadNetThing on the W3D file. Same procedure with a jpg instead of W3D works well (of course). Please note: The W3D files are not linked as members, but should rather be loaded from a (Internet) directory, containing an arbitrary number of W3Ds. I've tried loadFile(), setting the fileName and importFileInto()... The best thing I can get is Error 2147221484. Any suggestions most appreciated! -A. [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: lingo-l cd name/listing from director
Go download the Buddy API xtra, then type -- global buddy on startMovie buddy = xtra(budapi).new() put baDiskList() end -- You will get a list of the available drives. On Windows you can ask for the type of a drive using baDiskInfo(drivename, type). On the Mac I think you could use baDiskInfo(drivename, free) to look for a disk with very few free bytes. That one should be the CD, but of course there's going to be a problem if you have a diskette inserted. When browsing the files you can use baFileList(driveName, *.jpg) (Win) or baFileList(driveName, jpeg) (Mac) for finding the files in a directory and baFolderList for getting the folders. Or use Director's internal getNthFilenameInFolder() function. -A. Hi all, is there a way, to read from dir a cd name+content? i mean, if a cd volume is mounted on desktop, i need the cd name and content in order to save those 2 info's to build a local database. Get crazy looking hours for something, somewhere on one of my CD's... it's now time to do something about this!! is there somewhere technotes on this? Fabrices [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: lingo-l cd name/listing from director
BTW, it's not a simple task to make a file browser =) -A. Hi all, is there a way, to read from dir a cd name+content? i mean, if a cd volume is mounted on desktop, i need the cd name and content in order to save those 2 info's to build a local database. Get crazy looking hours for something, somewhere on one of my CD's... it's now time to do something about this!! is there somewhere technotes on this? Fabrices [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: lingo-l find next and previous values in list
-- Moving to the right in a list: memberList = [21, 32, 43, 54] oldMemNum = sprite(blabla).memberNum oldMemIndex = memberList.getPos(oldMember) newMemIndex = oldMemIndex + 1 newMemNum = memberList[newMemIndex] sprite(blabla).memberNum = newMemNum -- Watch out for the ends of the list HTH -A. Hi list, I have a big cast with lot of images. Some images have an identifier in it's names like s or m so, I want to create a button that let's the user jumps to the specific images with this parameter. In the startmovie i made a repeat and built a list[] with the number od members that have the parameter s or m. Now the problem how can I jump between this list. Example if my member (on stage) is number 4 and the next in list is 10 how can I tell the director to go to sprite(blabla).member = member(10) ??? and so on. Thank's in advance Rodrigo [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: lingo-l tight soundloops in shockwaves
Therese, In D8 or later, use sound objects instead. sound(soundChannel).queue sound(soundChannel).play ...etc. Example: sound(2).queue([#member: member(myAIFFmember), #loopCount: 0]) sound(2).play() It will be tight unless a) You are queueing playing several very short sounds in a row b) You have several sound objects that you need to start at the exact same moment (impossible) c) You are using WinNT in which case you cannot use sound objects at all HTH -A. hi list. ok this should be a easy one how do i create a perfect soundloop that works in shockwave mode? I have tried doing it automaticly and manually with soundbusy but the loop isnt tight enough. plz help /therese [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: lingo-l mac wont play mp3
Heike, I'm not sure I understand the problem... Weren't the MP3s already imported on the Win side when you ported the project to Mac? In D8.0 i Drag dropped an MP3 on the castLib and made a sprite with this behavior: on mouseDown me puppetSound 3, member(Shaggy - Oh Carolina) end It works, both in Author Runtime. I uploaded a file type changing utility that makes iTunes MP3 out of any MP3. Try to convert MP3 and see if it works better: http://bokning.konstfack.se/gdi/andreas/lingoL/Make_iTunes.sit -A. hello, i've just re-tested our project on a mac and it turns out that it refuses to play the mp3s i have imported (via file - import). i have looked at the tech note about how qt4 can prevent the insertion of mp3 audio into director. i've gone through the steps (disabling quick time exchange in quick time, putting the mp3s on a dos disk, putting them on the mac again), the files are now no longer claimed by quick time, but they still wont play. when i try re-importing them into director i get an import error (85) every time and the import is aborted. the tech note says that i should import the mp3s into director via insert - media element - shockwave audio. but... then i end up with an swa cast member, which wont react to my scripts .-(( any ideas what i could do to make this thing function? thanks, heike .-) heike schmidt gekko mbh * rathausallee 10 * 53757 sankt augustin * germany fon 02241 - 944 97 39 * fax 02241 - 94497 33 * web www.gekko.de [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: lingo-l Help with calling a script
I'm not sure why you can't put your code in frame 2 instead of frame 1? It's usually a good idea to allow 1 or 2 frames for Director to catch up, after loading a movie. Please note: If you are affecting another sprite in your beginSprite handler, the other sprite needs to already be instanciated. This means that if your code is attached to a sprite with a lower sprite number than 16, it will not work as sprite 16 doesn't exist yet. If your code resides in sprite 16 or greater, it should work. If you can't move the code to frame 2, you can always use a timeOut object: -- Allowing 100 ms before calling startMe: on beginSprite me timeOut(delayedInit).new(100, #startMe, me) end -- The timeout will call startMe every 10th of a second -- so we need to kill it after the first call: on startme me -- Added the me object reference timeOut(delayedInit).forget() -- Killing the timeOut object sprite(16).AreaOfInterest=rect(100,2300,200,2500) playbackbuffermovie (sprite 16, whorufinished.mov, #loop) sprite(16).FieldOfView=45 -- end if -- PLEASE REMOVE THIS!!! end HTH Good luck -Andreas Hello all, I am using the QTVR2 xtra for putting video into a QTVR sprite. If I place the script, to place the movie into the qtvr on a button, play the movie and keep the playhead on the same frame, and then use the button it works. However I need to be inserted straight away, so I tried putting it on exitframe but it does'nt work because it is being called all the time, so I tried it on a beginsprite but this throws an error that the property AreaOfInterest is not found. I'm guessing this is because the QTVR xtra, or Pano is not loaded yet but I don't know how to get around this problem, Can anyone help? The code I'm using is below: on beginsprite me startme end on exitFrame me go to the frame end on startme sprite(16).AreaOfInterest=rect(100,2300,200,2500) playbackbuffermovie (sprite 16, whorufinished.mov, #loop) sprite(16).FieldOfView=45 end if end -KEV- [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!]
lingo-l Flash bash
OK, this is not the Flash forum, but I'm not a Flash user either... Did you ever experince that flash stretches and nudges pixel images? I think it's mostly during transitions... Have a look here http://www.grey.se/digital/kunder/stocon/ if you like. So is it impossible to get expected results when using transitions pixel images in Flash? -Andreas [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: lingo-l Flash bash
Thanks a lot for the links guys! -A. [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: lingo-l Random listItem - Was: (no subject)
I have tried a few different things like putting the note names into a list, like [#noteA, #noteB,#noteC] and so on. on noteA sprite(1).member = key1Hilite repeat while soundbusy 1 end repeat sprite(1).member = key1 end But I am having trouble getting at the Playlist randomly. What would be the correct way to get at a random instance in a list like this? notes = [#noteA, #noteB, #noteC] rndNote = notes[random(notes.count)] -A. [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: lingo-l under a major crunch, quick imaging lingo solution
This is awesome?!? Can anybody confirm? -A thanks for everyone#s help. I am writing on a german keyboard and can´t find all the keys. I found thaT if i rotated the sprite(any sprite with rotation of 0 degrees) by .01 degree the framerate doubled, so that was my solution. weird but it worked. thanks, b [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!]
lingo-l Shockwave safe file open dialog?
Hi list, Do yo know of any free display a file open dialog box xtra that is Shockwave safe? I'm supposed to upload a user selected image file (from a Shockwave) to a ftp server. I was contemplating using the netXtra instead of directFtp, but with the netXtra you cannot select a file on the disk... you can only upload a file if you already know the file name path. -A. [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: lingo-l script of mousewithin
It probably depends on where the script is. on mouseWithin me -- end is best used in a behavior attached to a sprite. Then it will be called when the mouse is within that particular sprite. If you want to detect which sprite the mouse is within from a movie script or some other global script you need to use the mouseMember to find out what member the mouse is within, and then figure out which sprite that uses that member. -A. i want to give scripting facility to user by that he can make little changes in sprite property like color or position ect. for that i m useing the text of field a to the script of sprite 1. all is fine but when i use on mousewithin set the forecolor of sprite 1 to 6 end its no effect but when i m use on mouseup set the forecolor of sprite 1 to 6 end its work fine can't we give mousewithin command in our scripting text. [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: lingo-l may behaviors originally written in D7 be used inD8.5?
In D8+, Use backslash instead: \ -A. on getBehaviorDescription me return ¬ JUMP BACK BUTTONRETURNRETURN¬ Is this ¬ not acceptable in D8.5? If so, how would I modify this? [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!]
lingo-l Re: Push Lingo to the limit - FFT
You'll need to do FFT of course. Check out http://www.as-ci.net/asFFTXtra/ -A. So has anyone written an MP3 player with a graphic eq to go with it. I wish Lingo had more robust audio programming capabilites built in. Cheers, JS [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: lingo-l on beginSprite used in frame scripts
What I'm getting at is what is the purpose of the 'on prepareFrame' handler when the 'on beginSprite' handler can be used in a frame script? Is the 'on beginSprite' handler meant to be used in a frame script? Or an 'on prepareFrame' handler to be used in a sprite script for that matter? Drekinn I'm not sure of when to use the prepareFrame handler, but I can tell you I use on beginSprite in both frame and sprite behaviors all the time. -A. [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: lingo-l My turn to incur the wrath of the list
If I try: -- From: Christian Wach [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe lingo -- Why don't you suse the links in the header of the mails you get from the list? It seems you use some alternative formating everytime. If yiou use the link it will render: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Your adress Subject: unsubscribe Also make sure you use a computer with the same email settings (email adress) as the one you used for subscribing. -Andreas [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!]
lingo-l Re: lingo-l[OT] What quicktime compression format?
P11=Planet 11 ?, i så fall; hälsa Jocke och Calle från pryonen nr.1 OK, jag hälsar. -A. [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: lingo-l What quicktime compression format?
This is a good reference if you dont already know about it: http://www.siggraph.org/education/materials/HyperGraph/video/codecs/Default.htm Matt Can't open this link?!? I'll try later. -Andreas [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: lingo-l What quicktime compression format?
I'm trying to have 2 video tracks in one movie, and let the user chose which track he wants to see at any moment of the playback. I've done a lot of that. The problem is that the new video track you switch to has to go back to its previous key frame, and build up the current frame, all the time trying to deal with a still playing movie. Ah, so my guessing was quite not too far off then. You can reduce any problems a lot by pausing the movie while you do the switch, giving it some time to get its act together before playing it again, Unfortunatley it's not an option in this case. or/and you could make the key frames more frequent. If you're using Sorenson, you may find that the key frame spacing was set to be quite wide apart, because Sorenson is often used for web video, where infrequent key frames may help to keep the file size down. Try setting the key frames every one or two seconds, and also pause the movie as you switch tracks. Yes, I've been using Sorensson (from Adobe Premiere) until now. I could use any codec but I guess Sorensson is still adequate if I use more frequent keyframes. Thanks for the help! -A. [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: lingo-l What quicktime compression format?
You can reduce any problems a lot by pausing the movie while you do the switch, giving it some time to get its act together before playing it again, Unfortunatley it's not an option in this case. I'm not talking about a huge delay, just enough that the movie doesn't get jerky. Something like this: set the movierate of sprite s to 0 settrackenabled(sprite s,1,false) settrackenabled(sprite s,2,true) updatestage set the movierate of sprite s to 1 Hm, I'll try it. The movie is one long fly-through, so it's pretty sensitive. I don't expect a perfect result anymore but It'd be nice to reduce jerkyness to a minimum. :-P -A. [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: lingo-l user pasting text
pasteClipboardInto pastes the text into (the member) itself, replacing the previous member. To avoid, you could either store the old name of the mamber and reuse it, like: pasteMem = member(2) oldName = pasteMem.name oldNr = pasteMem.memberNum member(oldNr).pasteClipBoardInto() member(oldNr).name = oldName Or you could paste the text in another member temporarily, and then transfer the contents to your paste recieving member: tmpMem = member(2) pasteMem = member(3) member(tmpMem).pasteClipBoardInto() member(pasteMem).text = member(tmpMem).text Both will work. -A. I was going to say ignore my last message as ive discovered thepasteClipBoardInto lingo. BUT.when I use this it just replaces the existing empty text box with a new one containing the pasted text but changing the name of the sprite. How can I maintain the name of the text sprite but just paste text into it? [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!]
lingo-l What quicktime compression format?
Guys, What quicktime compression format compresses each frame as an independant image, as opposed to using keyframes and a sort of incremental compression, where every image depends on the previous? Thank you. -A. [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: lingo-l protecting bitmaps ???
Hey, nice thread! You could use the alpha channel (the fourth color channel) to embed data, if it's not being used for transparency. Not all img formats support alpha though. Eps, Png and Tiff do, but not jpeg. One advantage of doing this is that you could tell you customer to just paste you copy protection image into the alpha channel in ie Photoshop, so the image won't need to go through Director in the first place. Then you'd need to use iLingo to look for the special pixel sequence in the alpha channel of the imported img. -A. Would you be using BinaryIO to check the stego before importing, or using getPixel after importing? If the latter, would you need an xtra to make sure the image gets imported at 32-bit even if the user's display is at 16? At 1124 -0600 3/14/2002, Howdy-Tzi wrote: ... 1. The program loads a target image file. 2. The program tries to destego the identifier string. 3. If it's there, you poroceed happily. Else, you kick up an alert talking about wrong formats. [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: lingo-l Midi-io
As it goes I wouldn't pay anything for a BETA version either. It is unfinished and therefore not marketable. I think they have a cheek asking for money for a beta. OK, but the term beta can be stretched. I've been developing with MIDIio as a crucial component for a month (part time of course), and it works very well. (MacOS 9.1, MIDIio demo version) What is NOT implemented yet is nothing that affects performance, just some minor convenience thingies. That said, if I want to release my one-month-of-work software as shareware, I must register MIDIio, and I don't think it will pay off. So I guess I'll go on using it in author mode!!! -Andreas [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: AW: lingo-l access to the name of a parent script fromwithin the script
Michael, OK, sorry about that. I didn't know as I never use ancestors, but either use handlers to adress objects within objects or an explicit path: Explicit path: An object sequencer has a memory object RAM which keeps notes and control data etc for a synth. The RAM object has a list property, pattern. tmpPatternData = sequencer.RAM.getCurrentPattern() I prefer this to using ancestors because the explicit adressing of handlers helps me keep track of the structure of the program. Hopefully my structure is so logical that it helps rtaher than gets in the way =) -A. Hi Andreas and Kraig! I just played with your suggestions and found out that me.script gives the name of the ancestor script, not its own name. In my case, the name of my parent script is oPPC04: on new me me.ancestor = new(script oPPC) put me -- gives offspring oPPC04 2 20fb24 put me.script-- gives (script oPPC) return me end Thanks anyway! Michael [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: lingo-l access to the name of a parent script from withinthe script
Suppose you have a parent script named myScript. How can I access that name from within the parent script, something like: property pMyName on new me me.pMyName = me.member.name return me end on new me pMyName = me.script return me end -A. [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: lingo-l Re: How to find a member?
_When_ do you need to know if a member is used at a certain marker? When the movies starts? or when you arrive at that marker? If it's the former, please checkout Pranavn's reply. If it's the latter, then put something like this in the frame script at every one of you markers: on beginSprite me numberOfSpriteChannels = the lastChannel -- Thanks Pranavn! repeat with spCh = 1 to numberOfSpriteChannels put sprite(spCh).member end repeat end (It's the same script code but a different handler name and a different location of the script) This will put the sprite channel's member in the message window, as you know. If you need to use this information in your scripts, you will probably want to put the information in a variable instead. -Andreas Thank you for your reply.. If i have only one marker then i can use the script u v suggested.. But i have totally 150 markers in my movie.. please suggest what should i do now. Rani On Sat, 02 Mar 2002 Andreas Gaunitz P11 wrote : Rani, I have a problem.. I have a text member in my cast and i want to know whether the member is used in score or not. If it is used.. in which frame it is used. Yah yah i know that using the 'Find in score' menu option we can know that in authoring mode.. But i want to know whether the member is used or not in runmode. Well, in that case you need to ask every sprite which member currently it uses. on startMovie numberOfSpriteChannels = 200 repeat with spCh = 1 to numberOfSpriteChannels put sprite(spCh).member end repeat end -A. [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: lingo-l Encryption
Depending on how safe it needs to be, I think ExOR-ing a codeword string with your file is pretty good safety/(amount of work) rate. It is almost impossible to make a completely uncheatable game w Director. A good hacker can get into your global variables at runtime and set them to a hi score if he wants, but that's pretty hitech. -A. Im thinking of encrypting my save game files that my forthcoming play by email game will use, so that no one can cheat. What xtras can I use for this? Free only please, or would I have to program the lingo for such a routine myself? [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: lingo-l Encryption
One way to do it is to download the dcr, make a new movie in director, open the dcr in a MIAW and type showglobals in the messagewindow. Then use tell to set the globals of the MIAW. showglobals will show the global objects too, but it's more difficult to get into them and view their properties. You can set them if you know their names or can guess them (try score or pScore for example). -A. By hacking, I presume? Sorry, Im not sure, I was told this by another member, Im not even sure they can. -Original Message- From: Robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 March 2002 08:57 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: lingo-l Encryption on 3/4/02 2:47 PM, Peter King at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do hackers accomplish this? A hacker can get into your global variables? Maybe I should encrypt them too! [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: lingo-l Re: How to find a member?
Rani, I have a problem.. I have a text member in my cast and i want to know whether the member is used in score or not. If it is used.. in which frame it is used. Yah yah i know that using the 'Find in score' menu option we can know that in authoring mode.. But i want to know whether the member is used or not in runmode. Well, in that case you need to ask every sprite which member currently it uses. on startMovie numberOfSpriteChannels = 200 repeat with spCh = 1 to numberOfSpriteChannels put sprite(spCh).member end repeat end -A. [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: lingo-l problem with imaging lingo
Eva, Could it be a memory issue? It seems strange that 3-5 images work fine in one of my gallerys but exceeding that number so far has always given me the error. I also find it strange, and I don't thjink it's likely to be a memory issue, beacuse you aren't straining the computer very hard. If you had 200 images then I would be more anxious. Do you get exactly the same symptom if you rearrange the order of the members in the images cast? If it always complains on member 5, what happens if you put member 5 first? Does it always complain on exactly the same image member, or is somewhere between nr 3 to 5 in the same movie? Did you try to remove all image members and insert a different set of images, for example only the images that work from each movie? Do some of the imported images or their members have strange characters in their names? Sorry, but we have to narrow down the problem here... Two, are you using jpegs? Yes All RGB jpegs, or some RGB some CMYK? Please do try to resave and reimport them in another format: Mac RGB pict, Win RGB bmp. For some reason I think this will solve, or at least reveal, the problem. Double checked the xtra folder .jpeg import xtra there. My members are 32 bit and I am pretty sure I changed his display member for all of the movies. Which Xtras folder did you double check? Director's or the movie's? If the movie's: Why don't you include Xtras in the projector instead? Another thing: You are using the JPEG import Xtra. This was a part of the Director 7 package, and is obsolete in D8+, as jpeg fuctionality is built-in. (No Xtra needed as long as you only use jpeg.) But in D7 there was no imaging lingo... !? I'm speaking about Mac here, still not sure what platform you're on, and if the Xtras might be different on Win (though I wouldn't hink so). BTW: is the code from lesson 1, used for importing external files, included in your project? If so, there might be a problem when Projector tries to load external files from an empty or non-existent folder, especially if the folder contains something else than an image. Delete the folder and create a new one with the same name and location! HTH -A. [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: lingo-l Sprite channels more than 1000 in D8
Stanly, I don't know of a way to get more than 1000 sp channels. When I run into this kind of problem, I use Imaging Lingo to create one complex image member, rather than a lot of sprites. Thank GOD for Imaging Lingo!!! -A. Hi All, I just want to know how we can handle if we need to use more than 1000 channels. Because the project I am working on, D8 under windows, is a Math Tool where I have different objects. For example I got an object representing 100s if I drag one and I click on it, it will break into 10x10=100 Same way 10s 100s 1000s. If I click on 1000s it will break into 100x10 and again I can break the 100x10 and so on. [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: lingo-l from .dir to .dir frame?
Mark, Check the online help for go command. -A. hello, I'm making 2 movies.The first movie contains 2 buttons.one button says go to Movie start. The second one SHOULD say go to Movie start FRAME 23. So my question is how can I go to an specific position (frame)in another movie(.dir). [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: lingo-l problem with imaging lingo
Eva, It doesn't seem to be catching on any particular image. OK, so it's not the images. It seems to be directly related to the volume of images. For example initially the smaller galleries work fine but if I continue through and look through the other galleries (granted the larger galleries post the previously discussed error message.) and I come back to the smaaller galleries that were working before they proceed to sieze up too. OK, so it seems more and more like a memory problem. What happens if you crank the projector's memory allocation? On the whole I think the idea of storing the image pixels (you're doing a .duplicate()) in a list seems heavy (esp. unoptimized if it's jpegs) - the list will hold all the uncompressed images which may be rather heavy. It seems more optimized to just .duplicate() one image at a time to a buffer, do your stuff, erase the buffer, and then take the next image. But it depends, maybe you need all the images at once? Let me ask you, there was a mention of having different galleries in different movies... do you make sure to erase the old list of images before entering the next movie? If it is a global, or contained as a property in a global object it might reside in memory unless erased. But then again, if you use the same name for the global in the next movie, it will be overwritten anyhoo. Again I am not using lesson one but two. All of my members are held in internal casts not relative path folders. Sorry, I thought lesson 2 was an extension of lesson 1. I always keep an external folder within my project for all of my xtras to eliminate overhead by having them in each individual movie. The extras are not stored in the movie, but in the projector, of which you only have one, or am I missing the point? -A. [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: lingo-l Dynamic text formatting
I read it as some imported formatting instructions. In that case, you don't really need the selection commands. What you want to look into are the chunk expressions and formatting commands Actually you don't even need that, if what you're importing is either RTF or HTML, since #text members not only can import that, but display it with a modicum of accuracy. Yes, but it is the question of changing the coloration of some of the words, according to a settings file or settings text! From the online help: member(myQuotes).char[4..7].color = rgb(200, 150, 75) -A. [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: lingo-l problem with imaging lingo
A loong shot: Are you on a Mac? Are you making projectors? If so, try to increase the projector's memory allocation, or check the Use system memory box when creating the projector. -A. Okay: Scratch part of that previous post. Now the problem seems to be with any gallery that exceeds 5 images...??? What the?? I've read through Will's code about a billion times and that definately is not in it. Also note everything still works just peachy in authoring mode. the link to the article is here: http://director-online.com/buildArticle.cfm?id=1055 Thanks in advance -Eva Crawford [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: lingo-l setaProp Question...
on setBlockOff varName, spriteNo global Blocks set the member of sprite spriteNo to member(Off) -- Blocks.setaProp(varName, 0) -- false -- setaProp Blocks, varName, 0 -- false Blocks[varName] = 0 -- false updateStage end --- as you can see I was playing with setBlockOff function to set the value of the Blocks list, and when I see the data from the debugger, it's actually changing the name of the property not the value of the property... When the process is in the second repeat loop of the displayButtons function, it invokes setBlockOff function and the value for the Blocks list goes like this... If you see the first item, it is written like click00: 0 whereas the second item is written like #click10: 0 put Blocks -- [click00: 0, #click10: 0, #click20: 0, #click30: 0, #click40: 0, #click50: 0, #click60: 0, #click70: 0, #click80: 0, #click90: 0, #click01: 0, #click11: 0, #click21: 0, #click31: 0, #click41: 0, #click51: 0, #click61: 0, #click71: 0, #click81: 0, #click91: 0, #click02: 0, #click12: 0, #click22: 0, #click32: 0, #click42: 0, #click52: 0, #click62: 0, #click72: 0, #click82: 0, #click92: 0, #click03: 0, #click13: 0, #click23: 0, #click33: 0, #click43: 0, #click53: 0, #click63: 0, #click73: 0, #click83: 0, #click93: 0, #click04: 0, #click14: 0, #click24: 0, #click34: 0, #click44: 0, #click54: 0, #click64: 0, #click74: 0, #click84: 0, #click94: 0] This should work: Blocks[varName] = 0 -- false but you are confusing data types. You have defined your property list as containing only symbols (#click00) and then you try to change items in the list using a string (click00) set varName = Blocks.getPropAt(x) -- Try this set varName = string(Blocks.getPropAt(x)) -- Instead of this If you prefer verbose syntax to dot: try setProp instead of setAprop. The latter inserts a new property if there isn't already one with the same name. -A. [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: lingo-l problem with imaging lingo
property not found if pImage list [i].width pImage list [i].height then Hm, this line makes no sense. #width Script error I feel like it must have something to do with the actual photos themselves but I just don't get it. I even tried to replace Will's images in the sample movie he replied and got the same error. Again everything worked great in authoring mode. It seems some of your images are in a format that director can't import or display. This is probably because you haven't included the proper Xtras in your projector. Go to Modify-Movie-Xtras and check Include in projector for every media type you are going to include or import during runtime. Or convert the images into some other image format using Photoshop. HTH -A. [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: lingo-l invisible sprite flashes
I'm not sure what you mean... Are you in http://www.dougseib.com/shockv.html or in http://www.dougseib.com ? In http://www.dougseib.com/shockv.html I don't see any flashing when clicking contact. But the Contact sprite flashes when I click about, portfolio or links the second time. Does it only flash in SW or is it the same in author mode? Aha, I just saw you previous postings... it seems you are jumping to markers. Now I have 2 suggestions: 1) Exactly in which moment (what handler) do you make the contact sprite invisible? If you don't do it every time you return to home, then try to extend the contact sprite so that it exists on the other markers too, even though it is invisible. (By doing so, Director won't be as surprised by the invisible sprite when you are jumping to home - it has to take it into account all the time.) 2) When you jump to the home marker, did you try to jump to 1 frame before the actual home frame where the contact sprite is? Sometimes director needs a little extra time to catch up, before making sprites invisible etc. -A. I have an invisible sprite set up as contact info - it is on the main page. My navigation is set up to return home on second click, when the invisible contact info flashes. you can see it at www.dougseib.com if it will help. Any fixes or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Tia, the student and rookie, Doug [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: lingo-l invisible sprite flashes
yes, tried to have it a few frames after home starts, but still clicking others makes it blink - I had originally had it stretched over the timeline, but being centered as I wanted would sometimes leave links/interactivity covered and not useable.h.has to be an answer...thanks for the info and your time Andreas! OK, there's a better way to make stuff invisible: Instead of using the flaky visible property, try moving the sprite offstage. replace every sprite(x).visible = FALSE with sprite(x).locH = -1000 and sprite(x).visible = TRUE with sprite(x).locH = 200 -- or wherever you want it -A. [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: lingo-l Really Hard Question !
Hi people. Im trying to build an isometric map. Ive constructed the following using an example source file of the net. To understand what I was doing ive printed out the code and re annotated to my understanding and I think im doing ok. APART from 1 aspect. I changed the size of my isometric image. Now and the images over lap.can anyone whos expert enough tell me which bit of this script I should chang to alter th positioning of the iso metric images thanx.jon. ps. If u can sort this you're a genius. Heres the script. property pCols, pRows property pW, pH ...snip I'm sure this is not so difficult, but not having the members and names, sprite numbers etc makes it a little harder. -A. [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!]
