AW: change full screen mode at runtime in Dir 8.5.1
> mac or pc? When the window is in "window" mode, do you want to see the normal title bar with min,max,close buttons? Hi Stephen! Thanks for your answer. I am developping on a PC, but I would need that functionality for a cross-platform CD, so if there were a MAC solution, I'd take that too! But I'd be glad to have your win-only solution. Window without title bar would do it, yes! Thanks in advance Michael 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!]
change full screen mode at runtime in Dir 8.5.1
Hi List, if a projector is created using the option "fullscreen", is it possible to change that at runtime, so that after pressing a key for instance it runs in a window? I am using Dir 8.5.1. Thanks 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!]
mouse selection doesn't work in projector
I forgot: I am on Dir 8.5.1, Win2K 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!]
mouse selection doesn't work in projector
Hi list, I have an urgent question: I have an editable text field, in which the user should be able to select chunks of text to format them. In authoring, everything works fine, but when I make a projector out of the file, clicking and dragging the mouse doesn't select anymore (no highlited text). What can I do about it? Thanks to everyone who can help! Desperately (I should deliver in a few hours) 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!]
AW: propsave Xtra and images
yes it does, but it doesn't work with image objects. I wonder why this is not possible ... 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!]
AW: Lingo to control two computers simultaneously???
> The Multi-user xtra is the way this is generally done. I agree to that. I have done this before with 6 computers running a presentation similar to yours simultaneously on 6 screens. I also think that there is no better way to do it. I just want to "warn" you: The accuracy of this kind of synchronization is fair but not perfect. Good enough for most applications but in our case, it presented a major problem. We had split lingo animations, projected in softedge (screens partly overlapping) and what we were looking for was an accuracy of about one video frame (1/30 sec.). Before you try that yourself: THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE. Not repeatedly that is. Most transitions were of about 1 to 3 frames accurate, but some delays were up to 5 frames. (1/5 sec). Which was noticeable in our application. We tried the UDP protocol instead TCP/IP, we tried a different approach with the serial interface using the excellent serial Xtra from DirectXtras, but it still was impossible to synchronize the machines better than that. I even think that the delays are Director's fault, not or not only caused by the MUI communication. Director is simply not made for this. If you find a way, TELL ME, until then I advise you to use the Multi User Protocol, but see to it that your animations are not too demanding in terms of synchronization. Good luck! 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!]
AW: AW: propsave Xtra and images
Well, I have seen the pimu.com page and seen that the picture type is supported. What I didn't know until now is that #picture and #image are different things. The problem now seems to be that plain image objects which do not reside in a bitmap cast member cannot be saved with propsave. In my case I have plenty of image objects together with other data in a very large list. With propsave I thought it would be very convenient to save the whole list to a file and retrieve it from there. Now it seems that before storing my images in the list I have to convert then to the #picture type by creating a bitmap castmember, assigning the image to it, retrieving its #picture type, placing it in the list, then saving this list with propsave. BUT: Whenever I want to use an image from the list, I cannot do so directly, as imaging lingo seems not to work with "pictures". So before copypixeling something, I will again have to create a bitmap cast member, assign the #picture from the list, and then get the #image of it for further treatment. Kind of complicated, or did I miss something? In case this is the way to go with propsave, can anyone confirm, that vlist can save lists with pure image objects in it? Thanks again for your help 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!]
AW: propsave Xtra and images
> You could use the ProgressCopy Xtra from www.updatestage.com ProgressCopy is not exactky what I am looking for. propsave would be perfect, if it worked. There must be some people out there who have successfully saved lists containing images among other media types. I would be very grateful if some of them let me know how they made it! 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!]
propsave Xtra and images
Hi list! The propsave Xtra that I think many of you have already used, should be able to save all sorts of Director media types, including images. Well, I have tried to save images, but I didn't work. The media type of the restored image was "#unknown". I tried it both within a list and without (the image alone), nothing worked. Could someone point me in the right direction? Thanks! 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!]
AW: OOP: shortest handler name
> Use meaningful variable and handler names. It's THE first rule of reusable programming. You are right and that is what I normally do. But in this case I need the name of the handler to be short, because the purpose of the handler is to get me the content of a text cast member. The whole program is for bulding a web site. The various segments of the HTML code are stored in text cast members. And I need the short handler as abbreviation when concatenating the different html chunks. So in this case, the short handler name makes the code even easier to read! Instead of coding htmlText = member(3, "websiteBuilder").text & member(2, "websiteBuilder").text & member(7, "websiteBuilder").text I can write htmlText = t(3) & t(2) & t(7) with the function on t chunkNumber return member(t, "websiteBuilder").text end Or is there a smarter way to do this? Thanks 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!]
OOP: shortest handler name
Hi everybody, I have a baxic question about parent scripts. Until now, a typical handler definition in a parent script of mine looked like on mWhatToDo me ... end and it was run like that: me.mWhatToDo() Now I have a handler that is called very often so that it would be nice, if the handler name were very short. As short as possible that is. This could be: on x me ... end which could be run with me.x() Next I was asking myself, if the "me" could be omitted. I tried on x end and called it with: x() And it worked! However I am sure there must be something wrong with it. There must be a reason for the "me" after all. Can anybody enlighten me? Thanks! 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!]
AW: copypixels on quads
> This might be relegated to email Lingo
you are right of course, the "]" is misplaced, but as you figured it came in
when writing the email. It's not the real issue.
Thanks anyway for replying!
Michael
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Charlie
Fiskeaux II
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 26. Mai 2004 21:51
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Betreff: RE: copypixels on quads
This might be relegated to email Lingo, but have you tried it without the
close bracket ("]") after the first three values? It shouldn't be there.
Charlie Fiskeaux II
Interactive Media Developer
Cre8tive Group
cre8tivegroup.com
targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect], [#useFastQuads :
TRUE])
targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect], [#useFastQuads :
FALSE])
targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect], [#dither : 1215])
targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect], [#dither : 1969])
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AW: AW: copypixels on quads
As far as I know, you can't take the quad of the source. -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Buzz Kettles Gesendet: Mittwoch, 26. Mai 2004 21:38 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: AW: copypixels on quads have you tried using the quad of the source? -Buzz At 9:16 PM +0200 5/26/04, you wrote: >Now that Tom Higgins and other gurus are on board, please allow me to bring >my question up again (see below). I posted this during the weekend and got >no replies, maybe it was the wrong time! > >So, if any of you guys has an answer, thanks in advance for posting it! > >Best regards >Michael > > > >-Ursprungliche Nachricht- >Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Michael von >Aichberger >Gesendet: Samstag, 22. Mai 2004 17:57 >An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Betreff: copypixels on quads > > >Hi List! > >I have to use the copypixels command to copy a rectangular source image into >a non-rectangular (quad) image using something like > >pointL = [point(825, 712), point(2269, 592), point(2452, 1365), point(861, >1515)] > targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect]) > >The result is very pixelated. > >I compared > > targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect], [#useFastQuads : >TRUE]) > targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect], [#useFastQuads : >FALSE]) > targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect], [#dither : 1215]) > targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect], [#dither : 1969]) > >but got NO different results. All resulting images look the same: very >nasty! > (Dir 8.5.1, win2k) > >At least the #useFastQuads thing is officially documented. Why could it be >that I get no different results? > >Has anyone of you tested those and the other two parameters and found them >work differently? > >When I make my quad operation to a significantly (x 2, x 3) larger image and >scale that down afterwards, the results are a little better, but still poor. >Not comparable to the smoothness of those images, distorted in Photoshop. > >Do I have to live with that or is there any way of getting Photoshop quality >in Director? > >Thanks to all who'd share their experience! > >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!] [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!]
AW: copypixels on quads
Now that Tom Higgins and other gurus are on board, please allow me to bring my question up again (see below). I posted this during the weekend and got no replies, maybe it was the wrong time! So, if any of you guys has an answer, thanks in advance for posting it! Best regards Michael -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Michael von Aichberger Gesendet: Samstag, 22. Mai 2004 17:57 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: copypixels on quads Hi List! I have to use the copypixels command to copy a rectangular source image into a non-rectangular (quad) image using something like pointL = [point(825, 712), point(2269, 592), point(2452, 1365), point(861, 1515)] targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect]) The result is very pixelated. I compared targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect], [#useFastQuads : TRUE]) targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect], [#useFastQuads : FALSE]) targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect], [#dither : 1215]) targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect], [#dither : 1969]) but got NO different results. All resulting images look the same: very nasty! (Dir 8.5.1, win2k) At least the #useFastQuads thing is officially documented. Why could it be that I get no different results? Has anyone of you tested those and the other two parameters and found them work differently? When I make my quad operation to a significantly (x 2, x 3) larger image and scale that down afterwards, the results are a little better, but still poor. Not comparable to the smoothness of those images, distorted in Photoshop. Do I have to live with that or is there any way of getting Photoshop quality in Director? Thanks to all who'd share their experience! 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!]
copypixels on quads
Hi List! I have to use the copypixels command to copy a rectangular source image into a non-rectangular (quad) image using something like pointL = [point(825, 712), point(2269, 592), point(2452, 1365), point(861, 1515)] targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect]) The result is very pixelated. I compared targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect], [#useFastQuads : TRUE]) targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect], [#useFastQuads : FALSE]) targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect], [#dither : 1215]) targetImg.copyPixels(sourceImg, pointL, sourceImg.rect], [#dither : 1969]) but got NO different results. All resulting images look the same: very nasty! (Dir 8.5.1, win2k) At least the #useFastQuads thing is officially documented. Why could it be that I get no different results? Has anyone of you tested those and the other two parameters and found them work differently? When I make my quad operation to a significantly (x 2, x 3) larger image and scale that down afterwards, the results are a little better, but still poor. Not comparable to the smoothness of those images, distorted in Photoshop. Do I have to live with that or is there any way of getting Photoshop quality in Director? Thanks to all who'd share their experience! 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!]
Making an 3D-egg out of primitives
Hi List, does anybody know, if it is possible to create a model resource of a simple egg in Director itself (using primitives) and if so how? Or do I need to create one with another 3D tool and import that into Director? Thanks for your estimation 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!]
alerthook
Hi List! I have a Director application (projector) that runs on a remote computer connected to a net server. The application is complex, uses dynamic casts and can produce Lingo errors from time to time. To avoid the system to completely stop working when an error occurs (as there isn't anybody to click the alert-box away) I have installed an alerthook handler that prevents the dialog box. Instead it sends me the error message via e-mail. So far so good. So I get error messages like "object expected", but I get no information about which handler, let alone which line of code caused the error. Is there a way to get this kind of information? Thanks in advance. 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!]
AW: wireframe display of 3D text
> Why not take that background existing image and make it a backdrop in your 3D world? good idea, very good idea indeed !!! Thanks a lot, this really helped! 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!]
screensavers retrieving data from the web
Hi List! I have a little Director application that is animating some text. The text is retrieved from some source on the internet. Now I would like to transform this piece into a screensaver. I have looked at the impressively long list of Xtras that could do the job, but I am not sure if the web access feature of my projector will still be supported when running as a screensaver. Has anybody of you done that before so that he or she could recommend a particular Xtra? Thanks to all who would share their experience! 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!]
AW: wireframe display of 3D text
> Just set the shader's renderStyle property to #wire:
> member("text").shader[1].renderStyle = #wire
Thanks Tom! Works great.
However: I expected my animation to render significantly faster with the
renderstyle set to #wire. This seems not to be the case. I would like the
wireframe superimposed over an existing image, that's why I can't use
directToStage with the 3D text member.
What other ways are there to increase rendering speed?
Thanks again for any hints!
Best regards
Michael
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wireframe display of 3D text
Hi List! Here's a simple question for the 3D experts of you: Is there a way to display a text member in 3D mode as a wireframe? I didn't find anything on this in the docs ... Thanks in advance 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!]
AW: Shockwave 3D: positioning textures
Thanks Troy, I have not yet but will follow your advice and get that piece. If in the meantime someone should want to point me in the right direction, please do! Thanks again 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!]
Shockwave 3D: positioning textures
Hi List, I hope there's still someone around to help me doing my first steps in 3D Lingo. So I have this cylinder primitive and I have an image for a texture. The image is the scanned label of a wine bottle, the cylinder - as you might have guessed - represents a portion of a wine bottle. When applying the image to the texture and that texture to the shader of the cylinder, then would have expected the original wine bottle label to appear on my cylinder in a way that resembles the original. But no, is doesn't. It is sqeezed and repeated in all senses and I have no idea, where to edit what numbers to fine-tune the appearance of the label. In all books about 3D Lingo I find something on how to apply a texture to a model, but nothing about how to position and/or scale that texture. Does anybody of those of you, who have already bought all presents and finished decorating the Christmas tree, know, how to do this? As always, I'd greatly appreciate any help! 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!]
AW: 3D newbie questions
Thanks to all for your answers to my first question! Anybody with an answer to my second question (how to increase the number of slices a cylinder primitive is made up of)? Thanks again! 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!]
3D newbie questions
Hi List! I am just beginning to learn Shockwave 3D and use it for a first project. And already I have to come up with 2 questions: 1. When the movie with the 3D member is running in authoring mode, all other applications significantly slow down (including os applications like the explorer). (Dir 8.5.1, win2k) Is this normal? 2. I am applying a texture to a cylinder. The round surface of the cylinder - one of the Shockwave primitives - is made up of some 20 "pie slices". Is there a way of increasing the number of slices, to have a smoother surface? Thanks for any help! 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!]
word-wrapping with hyphenation in Director
Hi List! Does someone of you guys know of a way to do real word-wrapping in Director? I mean with a dictionary that tells where a word can be separated ... Maybe there is an xtra for it? Or a least a digital dictionary containing hyphenation information, preferably in numerous languages, that I could use to write my own code? Has anyone of you done this before? Thanks for any suggestions! 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!]
AW: Sound recognition and comparison
What about using Marmalade's Amplitude Xtra (http://www.marmalademedia.com.au/amplitude.htm) to read out the sound's amplitude, i. e. waveform, then determine the maximum volume, then define an arbitrary peak level which is somewhat below the maximum level and thus get the beats? Michael -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von grimmwerks Gesendet: Mittwoch, 26. November 2003 02:48 An: Lingo Betreff: Re: Sound recognition and comparison Yeah, personally I'd say your professor is insane... [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!]
rotate image object arount a specified point
Hi List, especially hi hardcore programmers! Some time ago I posted a similar question to this one and Alex da Franca sent me a little script that rotated an image by a given angle. Thanks Alex, I really appreciated your help! Today I have an even more difficult question: I now need to rotate an image not only by a given angle, but also around a specified point. With the original image, the function should demand a parameter for the angle and a point value. As a result I would like to get the rotated image and a new point value, indicating the new position of the pixel the location of which had been passed to the function. Could anybody help me on this please? Thanks a lot! Regards 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!]
AW: copyPixels and alpha channel
> Michael, can you post your test?
I think I posted it already, it only this bit of code:
on test
img1 = member("img1").image.duplicate() -- Background Image
img2 = member("img2").image.duplicate() -- image with alpha channel
img2.usealpha = TRUE -- use that alpha channel
with copypixels
img1.copyPixels(img2, img1.rect, img2.rect)
x = new(#bitmap)
x.name = "result"
x.image = img1
end
For the alpha channel in img2 I used a gradient. That way in my resulting
image I can see the upper part of image 1 smoothly "fading" into the lower
part of image 2.
Regards
Michael
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> What do you get when you run my example (it plays in a browser)? Your example delivers the results that you described ... maybe you want to post some lines of code? Regards 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!]
AW: AW: copyPixels and alpha channel
Hi Daniel,
I cannot reproduce the effect you mentioned.
I just tested it this way:
I imported 2 tif-images into director, one of them (img1) containing an
alpha channel, which I had created in Photoshop.
Then I went:
img1 = member("img1").image.duplicate()
img2 = member("img2).image.duplicate()
img1.useAlpha = TRUE
img2.copyPixels(img1, img2.rect, img1.rect)
x = new(#bitmap)
x.name = "result"
x.image = img2
The result in member "result" was a perfect blend of both.
I am on Dir 8.5.1 WIN, the color depth of my video card is set to 32.
Regards
Michael
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Daniel Nelson
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 25. September 2003 06:11
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Betreff: Re: AW: copyPixels and alpha channel
Hi Michael,
My experimentation with copyPixels() does not achieve a true alpha
composite. Using the example you have given, anywhere there is positive
alpha data in img1 completely overwrites the image data in img2. ie: if a
pixel in img1 was at 10% transparent, and the corresponding pixel
in img2 was at 100%, then the result of the copypixel was the img1 pixel at
10%, instead of what it should be, which is the img2 pixel tinted by the
img1 pixel.
I've posted an example of the difference in functionality between my
smartAlphaCopyPixels() and copyPixels() for your reference (click the
different sets of words to perform the corresponding composite):
http://www.bluejade.com/public_resources/director/copypixels.html
Regards,
Daniel
Michael von Aichberger wrote:
> > In my own experimentation, I was unable to use copyPixels to
> properly composite two bitmaps with alpha channels. Has
> anyone here used copyPixels successfully?
>
> yes, I have.
>
> To copy img1 with its alpha channel into img2 use
>
> img1.useAlpha = TRUE
> img2.copyPixels(img1, img2.rect, img1.rect)
>
> Does that help?
>
> Regards
> Michael
>
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AW: copyPixels and alpha channel
> In my own experimentation, I was unable to use copyPixels to properly composite two bitmaps with alpha channels. Has anyone here used copyPixels successfully? yes, I have. To copy img1 with its alpha channel into img2 use img1.useAlpha = TRUE img2.copyPixels(img1, img2.rect, img1.rect) Does that help? Regards 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!]
encryption Lingo-PHP
Hi List! I have to encrypt some data, send it to a php script and decrypt it there. I could use buddyAPI's baencrypt in Lingo, but how would I decrypt that in PHP? Or if somebody had a php solution to decrypt and could tell me how to encrypt that in Lingo, I'd be very grateful! Thanks for any suggestions! 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!]
AW: memory usage of bitmap 24/32-bit images/ bitmap cast members
> 32-bit would be fastest from the point of view of accessing (quickest to access a 32-bit offset) but it's a pig when it comes to space. Thanks Tab and all who answered. The 1-bit, 8-bit or 16-bit solutions don't interest me, because my images are and have to be 24-bit. Can anybody please confirm that 24-bit images always take up the same memory space as 32-bit images? And if so: Can anybody tell me why in the import-dialog box for cast members one can choose betwenn 32-bit (stage) and 24-bit (media) and above all why these settings seems to have no effect at all? I mean there must be some reason? Thanks again! 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!]
memory usage of bitmap 24/32-bit images/ bitmap cast members
Hi List, I know how to calculate the amount of memory an image takes: img.width * img.height * img.depth / 8 If I import a 24-bit image, the resulting cast member is 32 bit. Or if I create an image in 24 bit color depth: img = image(width, height, 24) img.depth always gives 32. Maybe it's because my video card supports 8 bit, 16 bit or 32 bit color depth, but not 24 bit. I don't know. Anyway here's my question. Those originally 24-bit images, do they really consume 33 % more memory as necessary in the above mentionned case? If so, what can I do to change this? I have to preload a large amount of image data for fast and instant use and memory useage really matters! Thanks in advance 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!]
explore properties of script objects
Hi everybody! I have a script object, like gObj = new(script "oTest"). The function gObj.handlers() gives me all the methods of that script. Is there a comparable function that gives me all the properties and their values? Thanks 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!]
AW: animating scaling of sprites
Kerry, I am not a computer hardware specialist, but I am QUITE sure my theory is correct. Here's why: > The graphics adaptor will draw the screen at whatever refresh rate you set--we can use 60 Hz as a base rate. This is exactly what you can use for testing. Change the refresh rate and watch the result. As for my numerous tests: Whenever I changed the refresh rate, what I saw was what I expected in [my] theory. > If Director is running at, say, 20 fps, it fills its part of the video ram 20 times per second. That process, though, takes microseconds The important thing is that the graphics adapter takes its time to prepare or draw the image. I almost had written that it didn't matter how long Director takes to draw its image. But as a matter of fact it does! The video card takes quite long to get the image displayed. If Director too took so long, then you wouldn't get stair steps, but a gradient (which would be fine, because you wouldn't notice it!). You see stair steps, BECAUSE Director is so fast. If the resolution of the monitor was much higher than it is, and if you had the eye of a fly to be able to measure out the width of the step/gradient in a fraction of a second, then you could use that to calculate the time Director takes to fill the video ram. > Even if the video card did an update while Director was in the process of drawing a frame, the "stair step" would only be visible briefly, for 1/60th of a second until the next video refresh. You think, 1/60th of a second is "brief"? When you take a photo, the flash light is visible for about 1/50,000 of a second. Don't you see it? I do! Ever watched a movie in the cinema? A scratch in a frame is displayed for 1/48 seconds. You see that VERY WELL. If you chose the frequencies the way that one is similar to the other or different by a multiple of a whole number, then you will see that the stair steps appear more or less in the same area of your monitor. If you chose them arbitrarily, the stair steps appear all over the monitor at random. Also, the stair steps are always horizontal, never vertical. Another evidence is that that if you increase the refresh rate of the video card, the effect is less visible. This problem bothers me quite a while and I am very keen of getting it solved. But unless someone comes up with a better, more plausible theory, I'll stick to mine. Michael -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Kerry Thompson Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. August 2003 23:09 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: RE: animating scaling of sprites > In my opinion this effect is due to the frequency difference > of the animation and the graphics adaptor. > > Director or Flash could be running let's say at 13 fps, > whereas the graphics adaptor would run at 60 fps for example. Interesting theory, but I don't think it holds up in reality. The graphics adaptor will draw the screen at whatever refresh rate you set--we can use 60 Hz as a base rate. When it draws, it draws whatever is in the video card's current page memory. Director fills its part of that memory with whatever is on the stage (in a projector). Actually, it instructs Windows to display something, and Windows tells the video card driver what to draw, and the video card driver zaps the stuff into the video card's RAM. If Director is running at, say, 20 fps, it fills its part of the video ram 20 times per second. That process, though, takes microseconds, and it's unlikely to be interrupted part of the way through, simply because it's so fast. Also, most video cards have a paging system where it draws a page in a part of the ram that's not currently being displayed, then, when it's finished, it displays that page. It knows when a page is being updated, and it won't flip pages until the page is finished updating. Even if the video card did an update while Director was in the process of drawing a frame, the "stair step" would only be visible briefly, for 1/60th of a second until the next video refresh. So, there is another reason for the stair step effect. Not sure what it is, but I'm pretty sure of what it isn't. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [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!]
AW: animating scaling of sprites
In my opinion this effect is due to the frequency difference of the animation and the graphics adaptor. Director or Flash could be running let's say at 13 fps, whereas the graphics adaptor would run at 60 fps for example. The graphics adaptor is drawing a new frame line by line. If director changes the screen content while the graphics adapter is drawing a nem frame, the content is changing somewhere in between. What you then see is an image whose upper part is from an earlier Director frame than its lower part and this gives you the stair-stepped effect. I have experienced that a lot, tested a lot and come to no solution. There are some dedicated 3D animation software packages out there with graphic adaptors that are in perfect sync with the software, so they do not have this problem As fas as I know, there is no way of synchronizing Director or Flash to the graphics card. Regards Michael -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von court batson Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. August 2003 22:08 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: animating scaling of sprites Hey all, I'm planning on doing zooms and pans in director or flash with 1024 x 768 images for a screen saver, but are running into problems. Director and Flash are both doing extremely strange things when animating the scaling of an image at all for a zoom effect. Panning is a little better, but getting smooth motion seems impossible. I'm getting stair-stepped motion instead of a steady transition. My tests were done with score/timeline animations. I'm hoping Lingo or Actionscript has a better results. I was expecting to get something closer to video. Is this a pipe dream? Are there any ways around this? thanks, Court [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!]
AW: animating scaling of sprites
> So about 23 % of the disc was metal Sorry, I meant 25 % -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Michael von Aichberger Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. August 2003 00:43 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: AW: animating scaling of sprites Hi Kerry, for the example, I'll do that, but off-list and later (I am busy with other things now). > Actually, 1/24th of a second. Cinema movies play at 24 fps. Right and wrong. Cinema plays at 24 fps but even so 1 frame is displayed for 1/48 second. The rest of the time is used to move the film to the next frame. Actually, if you want to know the whole truth: The film is advanced as quickly as in 1/96 of a second. Any individual cine frame is displayed twice for 1/96 s in each turn, so 1/48 s in total. Why? In cinema an interuption of the light output is inevitable, to allow the film to be advanced. Switching the light bulb is no way of doing it, because of the lamp delay. So a rotating metal disc is used to cut off the light. Same as in movie cameras. In movie cameras however in one turn of the disc you have 1 time for exposing the film and 1 time for advancing the film. In early or simple cameras the time was split 50:50. In recent cameras, the time for exposing was longer than for the film transport. So about 23 % of the disc was metal and 75 % was "hole", so more light could be captured. Also, in movie cameras the ration can be varied, thus allowing for different exposure times with the same frame rate. In cinema a cross is used to artificially increase the frequency of the flickering - to make it less noticeable. The disc in a movie projector has 2 quarters "hole" and 2 quarters metal, but only one quarter of metal is used for film transport. A little off-topic, I admit ;-) -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Kerry Thompson Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. August 2003 00:23 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: RE: animating scaling of sprites > Kerry, I am not a computer hardware specialist, but I am > QUITE sure my theory is correct. It could be. I've never seen the stair stepping you're talking about, though. Do you have an example you could send me? I could play around with the refresh rate on my computer and see what happens. I'm currently at 60 Hz because I have flat-panel displays, and they don't need refreshing as often as a crt. > Ever watched a movie in the > cinema? A scratch in a frame is displayed for 1/48 seconds. Actually, 1/24th of a second. Cinema movies play at 24 fps. In the U.S., TV plays at 30 fps, though it refreshes at 60 Hz. The TV only draws one half of the screen per pass (per Hz). > This problem bothers me quite a while and I am very keen of > getting it solved. Cool. Send me an example and I'll see if I can help track it down. You've got my curiosity piqued now. I'm guessing it's because you have a high frame rate in Director, but I could be wrong. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [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!]
AW: Re: Triggering a Director movie from the internet
Hi Cole! >>Or if the internet user doesn't do it directly, how could a PHP Server >>connect to a Director projector via the MUI? >I'm sure it could be done with php's fgets and fputs socket commands. Thanks for your answer. I am not a PHP geek, I just know that fgets and fputs are used to read and write to files. What exactly would be their purpose in connecting to a Director projector running an instance of the MUI Xtra? Thanks 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!]
AW: AW: Re: Triggering a Director movie from the internet
Hi Evan! Thank you very much for your elaborate answer. It seems as it describes a viable solution, yet it's nothing I could try in 5 mins and tell you if it worked for me or not. So thanks for your offer to email you off list, which I appreciate very much. I might come back to it later. Meanwhile, thanks again and have a nice evening or day or night ... depending on where you're sitting ;-) Kind regards 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!]
AW: animating scaling of sprites
Hi Kerry, for the example, I'll do that, but off-list and later (I am busy with other things now). > Actually, 1/24th of a second. Cinema movies play at 24 fps. Right and wrong. Cinema plays at 24 fps but even so 1 frame is displayed for 1/48 second. The rest of the time is used to move the film to the next frame. Actually, if you want to know the whole truth: The film is advanced as quickly as in 1/96 of a second. Any individual cine frame is displayed twice for 1/96 s in each turn, so 1/48 s in total. Why? In cinema an interuption of the light output is inevitable, to allow the film to be advanced. Switching the light bulb is no way of doing it, because of the lamp delay. So a rotating metal disc is used to cut off the light. Same as in movie cameras. In movie cameras however in one turn of the disc you have 1 time for exposing the film and 1 time for advancing the film. In early or simple cameras the time was split 50:50. In recent cameras, the time for exposing was longer than for the film transport. So about 23 % of the disc was metal and 75 % was "hole", so more light could be captured. Also, in movie cameras the ration can be varied, thus allowing for different exposure times with the same frame rate. In cinema a cross is used to artificially increase the frequency of the flickering - to make it less noticeable. The disc in a movie projector has 2 quarters "hole" and 2 quarters metal, but only one quarter of metal is used for film transport. A little off-topic, I admit ;-) -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Kerry Thompson Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. August 2003 00:23 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: RE: animating scaling of sprites > Kerry, I am not a computer hardware specialist, but I am > QUITE sure my theory is correct. It could be. I've never seen the stair stepping you're talking about, though. Do you have an example you could send me? I could play around with the refresh rate on my computer and see what happens. I'm currently at 60 Hz because I have flat-panel displays, and they don't need refreshing as often as a crt. > Ever watched a movie in the > cinema? A scratch in a frame is displayed for 1/48 seconds. Actually, 1/24th of a second. Cinema movies play at 24 fps. In the U.S., TV plays at 30 fps, though it refreshes at 60 Hz. The TV only draws one half of the screen per pass (per Hz). > This problem bothers me quite a while and I am very keen of > getting it solved. Cool. Send me an example and I'll see if I can help track it down. You've got my curiosity piqued now. I'm guessing it's because you have a high frame rate in Director, but I could be wrong. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [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!]
AW: Seriously OT: Automatic shutdown of Windows XP
I had the same problem. It's some kind of a virus and can be fixed by installing a windows patch. I have this solution from a German mailing list, so I can only offer you the link to the patch of the German version for Win 2K. Here it is: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/2/1/921a4733-e72c-4309-89db-408b65f 64b0c/Windows2000-KB823980-x86-DEU.exe For the englisch version, I am sure you'll find out. Worked for me :-) Regards Michael -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Diego Landro Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. August 2003 03:04 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: Seriously OT: Automatic shutdown of Windows XP >From what you tell it seems some kind of virus/hacker activity. Try using a firewall or disconnect from the internet and try to boot the computer with no connectiosn (if you haven´t done so already). If you did that maybe it´s a virus or some kind of hack sent to you by someone when connected to the internet and which is active since then. In this case your best option (and also the more annoying) is to perform a clean install of the system (better if you even format the hard drive (another degree of annoyingness, but...) cuase if it´s a virus maybe formatting the hard drive is the only way to get rid of the bastard. - Original Message - From: "Ross Clutterbuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lingo-L List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 6:18 PM Subject: Seriously OT: Automatic shutdown of Windows XP > Dear all > > Forgive the massively OT nature of this post but it's always good to ask > fellow puter bods... > > Is anybody experiencing or has seen a problem with Windows XP recently > involving an automatic shutdown? My brother and a friend are both > experiencing this issue. Within minutes of Windows booting up they receive a > dialog informing them of a remote shutdown request through the Remote > Procedure Call client (RPC) from NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM (basically it seems > like a standard remote shutdown request without the remote request!). > > I've hit various virus labs and resources for info on a RPC vulnerability or > virus which would do this and can't find anything so far. Anybody know > anything more, or have fixed it (like turning off the whole RPC subsystem :D > and throwing Windows in the bin). > > Sorry again > > Ross > > P.S. I'd appreciate it if all you Mac users waiting until I left before you > snigger at the flaws we wintel users have to put up with... > > [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!]
AW: Re: Triggering a Director movie from the internet
Thanks Cole! I appreciate it! 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!]
AW: Triggering a Director movie from the internet
Hi Evan! > I'd look into the multiuser xtra and server. I have been working with the Multiuser Xtra before. The problem is: How can an internet user who hasn't Shockwave installed communicate with a Director projector running the Multiuser Xtra? Or if the internet user doesn't do it directly, how could a PHP Server connect to a Director projector via the MUI? Hi Kerry: >What I've done in a similar situation is to have the projector check >periodically for the existence of a file. When that file appears, >Director goes off and does its thing. I have thought of that too, as a workaround. The problem is: The internet user should get to see the processed image as soon as possible. Anyway, < other question: > suppose I did it this way. What do you suggest would be the best way to create a html-page that includes the image? Of course the html-page could be done in director, but how does the internet user - who will see some kind of "please wait"-page while Director is creating the image - know that his image is ready? I mean I cannot tell him: "We are processing your image, please try this link and if it's not yet finished, try it again later"? I realize that this is a bit off topic, so I hope I may be pardoned, but since there are so many experts on this list ... Thanks to all 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!]
Triggering a Director movie from the internet
Hi everybody, I have a serious problem: I need to run a Director movie on an internet server or have a Director movie be controlled by an internet server. Here's the whole story: An internet user opens a web site and enters some text. He clicks on a button and the text is transferred to an internet server. The internet server will now create an image that contains the text. The finished image will be packed in an html-page and sent back to the user. Generally speaking it is the same procedure as if a PHP script on a server did some image processing and outputted a web page. Only that PHP isn't capable of the same things than Imaging Lingo is. Of course one could use Shockwave to create the image on the client's computer, but Shockwave can't be used, because of the amount of source data that is necessary to create the image. And besides Shockwave is not spread wide enough among the internet usere. So how can I tell a Director movie from outside to do a special task? And outside means from somewhere in the world! Thanks for any suggestions! 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!]
AW: Re: MUS performance
Hi Cole, thanks for your answer, but sorry, me = greenhorn What's a packet sniffer, where do I get such thing and how do I use it? Thanks again! Michael -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Cole Tierney Gesendet: Dienstag, 22. Juli 2003 20:33 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: MUS performance >> I'm not sure why this would impact performance. >It does, but not on all systems. (On 1.8 GHz-Athlon it does, on a 2.6 >Pentium it doesn't). > >When it does, it does only if the computer is configured as the MUS server. >When one and the same computer runs as a MUS client, then performance is >good. You could run a packet sniffer to get some clues. Compare the traffic when performance is good and when it's bad. Then look for differences. Maybe some MUS operation is timing out. -- Cole [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!]
AW: Re: MUI performance
> Do you mean MUS xtra? yes > In either case, I'm not sure why this would impact performance. It does, but not on all systems. (On 1.8 GHz-Athlon it does, on a 2.6 Pentium it doesn't). When it does, it does only if the computer is configured as the MUS server. When one and the same computer runs as a MUS client, then performance is good. ??? Thanks Michael -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Cole Tierney Gesendet: Montag, 21. Juli 2003 20:00 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: MUI performance Hello, >In a second step I created an instance of the Multi User Xtra. I need the >MUI to trigger some events on another computer. Do you mean MUS xtra? In either case, I'm not sure why this would impact performance. -- Cole [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!]
MUI performance
Dear List! I have an application that in the first place runs an MPEG2 video using the OnStage Media for Director Xtra. On a selected PC, the processor usage is about 20 % when the MPEG is running. In a second step I created an instance of the Multi User Xtra. I need the MUI to trigger some events on another computer. Anyway, as soon as the MUI Xtra instance is present, the processor usage is 97 % and the MPG2 video plays 3 % too slow! How can it be that the MUI Xtra takes so much performance? Is there a way to restrict the processor usage of the MUI Xtra? Thanks for you help! Best regards 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!]
AW: Error I haven't seen before
I had a similar problem once and the reason turned out to be quite simple: The client had made a copy of my master using some method that didn't copy hidden files. However, if I recall it right, some Acrobat installation stuff consisted of hidden or system files. That was the problem in that particular case. Best regards 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!]
AW: AW: tell when importFileInto is done?
Hi Rob, I don't want to reset the member to any file name, but to "no" filename. Because, when the movie starts, this member should not be externally linked at all. So what do you do suggest for how to reset in this case? thx Michael -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Rob Romanek Gesendet: Montag, 16. Juni 2003 19:30 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: AW: tell when importFileInto is done? Hey Michael, Why don't you use a little script to do that resetting for you. That way you don't have to go back to a version before... off the top of my head something like this should work global gMembersToResetList on prepareMovie gMemberMembersToResetList = [theMember : theFileName, anothermember: anotherFileName] end on stopMovie c = gMembersToResetList.count repeat with i = 1 to c theMem = gMembersToResetList.getPropAt(i) theFile = gMembersToResetList[i] theMem.fileName = theFile end repeat end -Rob >Well I solved that by having two tiny dummy cast members that are embedded. >When I do a run through in authoring I just have to go back to the version >before, otherwise my dummies are replaced by externally linked cast members >... > >Not so much a problem, but I THOUGHT importFileInto was more elegant .. > >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!]
AW: tell when importFileInto is done?
Hi Kerry and Mathew and Rob! Thanks for your suggestions. Setting the filename property works for me. I have done this before, in fact this is how I normally do it. I wanted to use importFileInto this time, because I wanted to avoid having externally linked cast members in my projector. I don't like these "where is ..." questions. Well I solved that by having two tiny dummy cast members that are embedded. When I do a run through in authoring I just have to go back to the version before, otherwise my dummies are replaced by externally linked cast members ... Not so much a problem, but I THOUGHT importFileInto was more elegant .. 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!]
tell when importFileInto is done?
Hi list! For a simple slide show application I am using very large images (4096 x 768). I am using two cast members. When cast member A is displaying a slide, I use importFileInto to import the next slide into cast member B. And vice versa. My problem: Even though the images are on the local hard disk, it importFileInto takes some time. I need the execution of the next "step forward" to wait for the next slide to be available. Is there a way to tell when importFileInto is done? I looked into preloadnetthing, but I am not downloading from the internet. Any solution? Thanks in advance 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!]
AW: convert a gif file to HEX values
Hi Tom, thanks for you answer. I doubt that the method you mentioned would work. Because how would the cell phone know about how wide or high the image would be? I mean there must be some information in the gif file other than the color values of all the pixels in a row ... I know that the PHP methods that do the job are unpack() and implode() Is there a way to get the binary content of the gif file as it is? Thanks for you help Mcihael -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Thomas Higgins Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. Juni 2003 17:59 An: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Betreff: RE: convert a gif file to HEX values > Does anyone have an ideo how to convert a gif file into a series of > hex-values, as needed when sending SMS picture messages? I'm not sure exactly what SMS picture messages require, but my attempt to answer your question is this: - walk the image pixel by pixel, pulling each pixel's color using image.getPixel(x,y) - convert that pixel's rgb value to a hex value using rgbColor.hexString() Store your data in a list using a repeat loop. Does that help? Cheers, Tom Higgins Product Specialist - Director Team Macromedia [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!]
convert a gif file to HEX values
Hi! Does anyone have an ideo how to convert a gif file into a series of hex-values, as needed when sending SMS picture messages? Thanks 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!]
downloadnetthing
Hi list! When I download an image from a web server using downloadnetthing, the downloaded file's creation date and time is that of the download. Is there any way of getting the creation date of the original file? Thanks for your help! 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!]
AW: deleting framelabels with lingo
(the updatelock) > I wonder if this might solve the transition problem mentioned on the other thread? I listened carefully and put your advice to a test. Result: No, it doesn't work for me. The updatelock seems to have no effect. (Dir 8.5.1 Win2k) Thanks anyway for the suggestion! 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!]
AW: addressing casts of different movies
Hi Brad! If the script object that contains the "member(...)" reference were called from the stage and I specified a castname of the MIAW as you do, Director wouldn't find the cast, because at this point it only recognizes the casts that are associated with the stage. So I do need the "tell" statement. And when I use that, no need to specify the cast name, as long as my member names are unique. 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!]
AW: AW: addressing casts of different movies
Thanks Pranav! I'll give it a try! 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!]
AW: addressing casts of different movies
> on fillTextMember > tell the stage > member(1).text = "This is me!" > end tell > end fillTextMember Thanks Pranav, but that's not it, because the line member(1).text = "This is me!" is supposed to be in a global script object that could be called either from the stage movie or the MIAW. The member(1) however is supposed to lie in the cast of the MIAW. Your code actually does the opposite of what it should, because it always tries to use member(1) of the stage cast, although it should at all times use the cast of the MIAW. Any other solution? 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!]
addressing casts of different movies
Hi List! Suppose you have two movies running at the same time. The stage and a MIAW for instance. Suppose you have Lingo code in a global script object. The methods of this code are accessible from either movie. Suppose that code contained a term like member(1).text = "bla". If the code of the object is run from a handler of the stage movie, the expression member(1) is referring to cast member 1 of the stage, if run from the MIAW it is referring to cast member 1 of the MIAW. How can I ensure that member(1) is always referring to the cast in the MIAW, regardless from where the handler in the object is called? Thanks for any suggestions! 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!]
AW: transition channel not visible
> At least now he has some options ^_^ Yes, Buzz and Kerry, thank you for those. I will think about them! 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!]
AW: transition channel not visible
Well, as a matter of fact I am using puppetTransition for ordinary blends, but as I said, most of the transitions are DM fades (a third party Xtra). I am not sure if I can use the puppetTransition command with DMfades. And as to the idea of inserting code in the frame scripts of the slide show: The focus of my question doesn't lie on the slide show, but on the scripting Xtra I wrote that provides an editing functionality. This utility is supposed to work with different slide shows. And my goal is to create a utility that lets you comfortably edit the slide show without at the same time leaving code in the slide show that would prevent the slide show from running on its own or slow it down. So this line in my scripting Xtra: tell the stage sprite(-3).visible = FALSe end tell would be very smart, as it wouldn't change the slide show. I wonder why Macromdeia didn't implement it ... Thanks anyway Michael -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Kerry Thompson Gesendet: Donnerstag, 13. Marz 2003 21:54 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: RE: transition channel not visible > Background: My movie is kind of a slide show with tranitions between the > slides. I have a scripting Xtra that analysis the content of the slide > show > and provides an editor to edit the slideshow. There are actions, where the > transitions (mostly DM-fades) are uselessly triggered. I would save much > tine, if my program could automatically disable all transitions, execute > some actions and enable the transitions again for normal playback. > > Any other ideas? Is the slide show too big to take the transitions out of the transition channel and do a puppetTransition in the frame script where appropriate? If so, you could just set a global, say gTransitionsEnabled, and then put the puppetTransition statements inside an "if.. then" statement. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [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!]
AW: transition channel not visible
> Try setting the member of the transition channel to an empty cast > position. Thanks, but that would work for a particular frame only. What I need is to disable all transitions in the whole movie for a time and the enable them again: Background: My movie is kind of a slide show with tranitions between the slides. I have a scripting Xtra that analysis the content of the slide show and provides an editor to edit the slideshow. There are actions, where the transitions (mostly DM-fades) are uselessly triggered. I would save much tine, if my program could automatically disable all transitions, execute some actions and enable the transitions again for normal playback. Any other ideas? Thanks 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!]
transition channel not visible
Hi List! What's the Lingo for making the transition channel invisible? sprite(-3).visible = FALSE doesn't seem to work, although it can be done manually by clicking in the box at the left of the channel. Or is there another way of temporarily disabling the transitions with Lingo? Thank you very much! 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!]
AW: Virtual sprites
Hi Kerry! When I delete member 279, something funny happens: The phantom framescript is still in that frame, this time with member 34. If I delete member 34, another member takes the place. But your advice to perform "save and compact" seemed to have done the trick. I should have tried that myself before posting. Anyway, thank you very much!!! 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!]
Virtual sprites
Hi everybody! I have never used virtual sprites, but now I have a director file with a strange thing in it that could relate to virtual sprites: In the script channel, there are many frame scripts as they should. And in one particular frame, if I look at the score, there is no framescript, but when I move the mouse over the empty cell in the script channel, the tooltip indicates the presence of a frame script and if I check with lingo: put the framescript (with the playback head sitting on that frame) I get: -- 279 This "hidden" framescript sits in that frame already right after loading, even before playing the movie. Now my question: Is this a bug, a corrupted file or a feature I don't know of? How is this possible? How can I get rid of that hidden framescript (as it is not visible, I cannot delete it) How can I make sure that my script channel contains no other framescripts than those that are visible? Thanks 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!]
AW: icon question
A! That was it! I didn't know that the entry in the .ini-file describes the file the stub projector jumps to. I thought I had to write the name of the stub projector in it. Now it works, except for one thing: The movie runs in a window, not in fullscreen mode. How can I change that? I guess that's just another entry in the .ini-file. Is it? Thank you very much! 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!]
AW: icon question
> I tested a freebie called InnoSetup Icon Replacement Utility from > http://www.davidcornish.com and found that the icon was changed fine but I > still needed the ini file reference (not really an issue I don't think) so > thins may be another option for you. > [Movies] > Movie01="mymovie.dxr" > I also tested resourceHacker and just needed to make the same ini entry ( I > altered icon and information sections) > so it may be that your file was corrupted perhaps or that it simply needed > the ini reference. I tested Resource Hacker again and InnoSetup Icon Replacement Utility. Although I have the [Movies]-entry in my .ini-file I had the same error message as before: "This is not a Director file". The only difference I see in what you did is that you seem to have changed the icon of a .dxr-file, whereas my file is an .exe. Has anybody else ever done it before? Thanks! 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!]
AW: icon question
Brad wrote: > On PC I can recommend: > Resource Hacker for changing over icons & exe properties etc. > http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/ Hi Brad and everybody! I just tried Resource Hacker, the tool you recommended. I created a fast starting stub projector on the PC as described in Macromedia's technote (http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/ts/documents/d8_fast-start_stub_ proj.htm) The result is a very small .exe-file. After changing its icon with Resource Hacker, the file didn't work anymore. The first error message that appeared asked me to make an entry to the .ini-file ([movies] movie01=start.exe). After I did that, upon double-clicking the exe-file I got the message that this was not a Director file. In the docs of Resource Hacker I read that there were limitations for files that are compressed in some way. Now my question: Is this a limitation of Resource Hacker or a general issue? In other words: Has anyone of you guys ever changed the icon of a fast starting (shockwave compressed) projector file? If so, using what tool? Thanks 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!]
AW: fastest computer system for Director applications
Hi again, thanks so far! My video board is: ASUS V8170 DDR As to the processor speed: When running a very simple lingo-benchmark (timing a repeat loop that does "nothing") my 1466 MHs Athlon PC is about 25 % faster than an Intel 1.7 GHz Processor. So I think, the processor's cpu rate alone doesn't tell you how fast the processor goes. And for imaging lingo things the video board is important too. Want I want to do is something like that, only at a higher resolution: http://www.va-r.de/m_digital-av-interaktiv3.htm (To change the animated text, you can send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], the first line will be taken.) [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!]
fastest computer system for Director applications
Hi List! I am working on a movie that should deliver imaging lingo effects in real time. For that I need a very fast computer system. What I know is that my Athlon 1466 MHz-PC is too slow for it. I wonder, if Director supports dual processor cpus. If not, then what do you think is today's fastest pc system (I am talking of "normal", affordable systems)? Would that fastest system be a MAC or a PC? Thanks for your evaluation! 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!]
AW: convert pdfs into bitmaps with Lingo
> Shouldn't be a problem, but note that the pdf xtra sees pdf sprites as direct to stage ... So myImage = (the stage).image will include the pdf sprite on the stage, even if those are direct to stage? I am asking again, as Quicktime movies that are direct to stage can't be captured like that ... Thanks again 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!]
convert pdfs into bitmaps with Lingo
Hi everybody! I have to import pdfs at runtime from some place on a hard disk into my Director movie. After that I would like to convert those pdfs into image objects in order to do some imaging Linog effects with them, like quad distorsion. Has anybody used the pdf Xtra and could tell me if this is possible? The stress lies on the fact that all that should happen dynamically at runtime. That is to say: If the pdf documents on the hard disk change, the imaging Lingo will treat other images. (So I won't be able to import the pdfs by hand ...) Any experience / suggestions as always greatly appreciated! 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!]
AW: AW: create a mask of an image
Thanks Carl, James, Andreas! Works great! 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!]
AW: AW: create a mask of an image
> If you could preprocess the images no, I have to create a mask of an image that I create from scratch with Imaging Lingo > you could probably use set/getpixel to tickle each pixel set/getpixel would certainly work, but it is far too slow I still have hope that it might work with copyPixels. In his book "Director Shockwave Studio Developer's Guide" James Newton describes a way of "Isolating a color" with the copyPixels command using the #backgroundTransparent ink and setting the #color and #bgColor properties to the same value. (page 74) Unfortunately that doesn't help me either. (Or I'm just too stupid ...) 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!]
AW: create a mask of an image
> 'Massage' the 24-bit image first, thinking out loud: > Make another image object the same size that is some appropriate shade of grey > Copy the second image onto the first using an appropriate ink (probably blend, lighten or darken) > Copy the resulting image into a 1-bit image Hi Carl, thanks for your answer, I have played a lot with these inks, but I just don't get it. If you or someone else could be a little more specific, I'd really appreciate it. 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!]
create a mask of an image
Hi list! Imagine a 24-bit color image. If I copyPixel this image into a 1-bit image, then I get kind of a mask, some pixels are white, others are black. It seems that all pixels above a threshold have been turned to white and below that threshold they have been turned to black. The threshold seems to be a medium gray. Now to my question: How can I achieve the same effect, but define another threshold for the separation, lets say a very bright grey? Thanks for any ideas! 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!]
AW: baDeleteFile / getNthFileNameInFolder
When I use baFindFirstFile instead of getNthFileNameInFolder(myFolder, 1) it works fine! That doesn't answer the question, but solves the problem. 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!]
baDeleteFile / getNthFileNameInFolder
Hi List! When I delete a file on my harddisk (win2k) with baDeleteFile, the windows explorer shows me that the file no longer exists. However, when I use Lingo's getNthFileNameInFolder-command (Dir 8.5.1), its file name is still retrieved as if it existed. And that even after stopping and restarting the movie. What can I do that getNthFileNameInFolder doesn't see the deleted file anymore? Thanks for your help! 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!]
AW: AW: AW: switching between several quicktime movies
>But I thought the other two videos were QT videos. Doesn't that mean that > Windows users have to have QT anyway? No, it's one and the same video in different qualities/formats. Depending on the speed and configuration of one's computer one can decide which way to go. [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!]
AW: AW: switching between several quicktime movies
> ... you could play all 3 videos as QT. There's a BIG difference: In this case the user must have Quicktime installed. That's the only reason I have chosen one option to be a MPEG1 with DirectMediaXtra: ANY windows user can play it! > Alternatively, you could create the sprites on the fly--put dummy sprites offstage, and assign cast members to them when it comes time. Pretty simple, really, Thanks. I will think about this! 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!]
AW: switching between several quicktime movies
> Another approach would be to track everything as you are, and when you want > to switch videos, move the current video off-stage, stop it, change the > file name of the sprite, reset the movie time, and move it back on stage. > I'm a one-frame kind of guy, so I would tend to use that approach. Hi Kerry! I have thought of that, but in fact I don't have 3 Quicktime movies, but 2 Quicktime movies and 1 MPEG1 movie that is played back using Tabuleiro's DirectMediaXtra. So just changing file names is not an optionn. I will have to think about placing the videos in different frames ... unless someone else's got another idea ... 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!]
AW: switching between several quicktime movies
> I notice that you are using 384 x 288 for the mpg1, I've done some > testing on this and on older PC's 352 x 288 seems to give the best > reproduction. Hi Dave! I have never thought of using 352 x 288 and stretching it to the original aspect ratio. I thought that stretching would deteriorate playback. Are you sure that it workd better for you? Has anyone else done this (352 x 288) before? Thanks 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!]
switching between several quicktime movies
Hi list! I am currently producing a cd-rom with just one digital video (4 mins) on it, but this in 3 formats / sizes. Here are the sizes: 1 quicktime sorenson 3, 320 x 240, 12.5 fps mono 2 mpg1/directmediaXtra, 384 x 288, 25 fps stereo 3 quicktime sorenson 3, 384 x 288, 25 fps stereo All three movies can be viewed at 100 % or at 200 % I want the user to be able to switch from one size/quality to another while the movie is running. I already have it running and on my fast pc it works fine. On poor PCs however it mostly doesn't work at all. Here is how I did it: I have the 3 video cast members in 3 sprites that are placed vertically in the score. I use Lingo to place any video that is not running off the screen and have it paused. When the user clicks on a button to change the quality, I first save the movietime of the video that is running, stop that video, place it off screen, make some cleanup of the stage, locate the new movie to the saved position of the first video, place it on screen and let it run. As I said, it works, but the performance is worse than I expected (on win2k machines / dir 8.5 / qt6). I wonder if it would be better to place the video sprites horizontally, one after the other in the score and jump from one to the other, instead of having all 3 sprites in the score at the same frame. I could rearrange all to check that out, but before I do that, I thought maybe one of you had experience he/she could share and save me that tedious task. ?! Thanks for any comment! 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!]
AW: sending emails with baOpenURL
ok, I found it: urlEncode(RETURN) Sorry for posting. 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!]
sending emails with baOpenURL
Hi list!
I want to enable the user of a cd-rom to send emails with his own e-mail
software such as Outlook.
Fot this I could use buddyAPI's baOpenURL command:
ok = baOpenURL("mailto:"; & where & "?subject=" & subject & "&body="& body,
"normal")
This works but the body text appears in one single line only. How do I
encode a line break in the URL-string?
(RETURN, numToChar(10), numToChar(13) didn't work ...)
I know that this is not exactly Lingo, but it I am sure that some of you
know the answer to this simple question and it would help me a lot!
Thanks for any help!
Michael
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digital video not working when in external cast
Hi list, In a CD-ROM project I had 3 digital video cast members (2 x QT, 1 x MPEG/tabuleiro directmedia) in my internal cast, had them in sprites on the stage, everything worked fine (Win2K, Dir 8.5.1). Now I have to make a hybrid version of the cd-rom. The DirectmediaXtra not being available for the MAC, I decided to play the MPEG through Quicktime in the MAC version (instead of through the Tabuleiro Xtra in the PC version) I wonder how this is best done. I thought I'd take the 3 videos out of the internal cast and place them in 2 external casts, one for PC, one for the MAC. As I did that for the PC version, the videos wouldn't play anymore. (Just a black square on the screen). In authoring mode, ctrl-alt-esc made them finally start playing and play fine, in a projector: no way. Has anyone a clue to how to solve this problem? Thanks in advance 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!]
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> Have you tried using getPixel(x, y, #integer) ? Thanks James, very interesting. I will remember that. After all, I did get it work using copyPixels. I had to use copyPixels anyway, because I had to care for variable length of text. So when copypixeling the 32bit image into a 24bit image, the alphachannel seems to be used. Anyway, this worked for me: le = textMem.text.length p = charPosToLoc(textMem, le).locH img1 = tickerMem.image img2 = image(p, 10, 24) srcRect = rect(0, 2, p, 12) img2.copyPixels(img1, img2.rect, srcRect, [#ink: #copy]) img2 is image I can explore with the "normal" getPixel command. Thanks 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!]
AW: image of a text member
> Did you try putting the new bitmap on stage? When you get the image of a text member you get an alpha channel as well - notice it's 32 bits. When you put it on stage you should see it correctly I didn't want it to be on stage. I wanted to get its pixel with getpixel. And with getpixel I got the same as what the paint window was showing. 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!]
AW: image of a text member
Thanks to all for their replies.
@Buzz:
> alpha.image = member("Text").image.extractAlpha()
Thanks Buzz, nice workaround!
Michael
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image of a text member
Hi list,
can you reproduce this (Dir 8.5.1 Win2K):
Create some text in a text member (text color and bgcolor color don't
matter):
member("test")
In the message window type:
x = new(#bitmap)
x.image = member("test").image
The result is a bitmap member, the thumbnail of which is the correct
reproduction of the text, but when I double click it, it opens in the paint
window showing just a solid bar (instead of the text). The bar has the color
of the text).
If I choose red as the text color and blue as the bgcolor, I end up with two
bars in one line, the first bar is red, the second is blue.
(If I analyse the bar with getpixel(), I get the same result)
What is wrong?
Thanks in advance
Michael
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synchronize Director with Graphics adapter
Hi list! I guess some of you have already experienced this effect: Creating full frame video-like animations at a video-like frequency (25 fps to 30 fps in Director), results in a flickering image. I think the effect is due to the fact that the frequency Director uses to update the stage is not synchronized with the frequency the graphics adaptor displays the stage. In fact, what is causing the flickering is that you see only one part of a specific Director frame plus one part of the next Director frame. With the hard line that marks the transition of the two frames constantly changing. In my opinion the solution of the problem would be to synchronize the output of Director with the output of the graphics adaptor. If Director would be running at 30 fps and the graphics adaptor at 60 Hz, for every other cycle of the graphic adapter output there would be exactly one new Director frame. Has any of you already solved that problem? Does anybody of you know of a specific graphic adapter that would be able to be synchronized by Director? If so, thanks for sharing your knowlege! Regards 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!]
controlling DMX
Hi everybody! Has any of you ever controlled DMX lamps with Director? I know of one way to do it (with Dataton control equipment and the SMARTPAX scripting Xtra), but it can only control the first 32 channels in a DMX chain. I might have to control more than a thousand lamps and that very fast. Any other way to do that? Thanks 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!]
AW: web page in director
Thanks, I'll try it! 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!]
web page in director
Hi List! Is it possible to capture the image of a web page (a "screenshot", not just the text part of it) into an image object in director to use it in a presentation? Thanks for any suggestions ... 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!]
AW: How to stop a loop.
related question: Does anybody know why sound continues to run smooothly during a tight repeat loop? After all, I presume sound is also using the CPU, isn't it? 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!]
MultiuserXtra peer-to-peer time lags
Hi list,
I have still problems using the Multiuser Xtra in a peer to peer setup.
Here is what I have to do: I have hooked up 6 fast PCs, running Win2000, in
a peer-to-peer manner, TCP/IP protocol, 100 Mbit/s. Each of them runs a
projector, one of them serves as the server
errCode = pConn.waitForNetConnection("server user",1627, 6))
the other 5 are clients:
errCode = pConn.connectToNetServer(pUserID,"", gPL.serverIP, 1627, "sync")
In general it works fine, but synchronization is poor. For test purpose the
"server" sends a message to all clients, and on receipt of the message the
clients display a white flash. I would expect all white flashes to appear
with no noticeable delay. Instead, the flashes come one after the other, in
no reproduceable order, the delay time between the command given and the
last flash is about 0.2 to 0.3 seconds.
For the type of presentation this is not acceptable.
Has anyone done this before and got better results? Anything I could
improve?
I have read about UDP, but didn't test it, as it was said that data could
get lost, which I cannot afford to permit.
Any other idea?
Thank you very much for your help!
Regards
Michael
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AW: OOP question
Hi Daniel! > You could easily test it by a) watch the freebytes / freeblocks both commands don't work in Windows (at least not for me: win2000, Dir 8.5G) I would be lucky if I could use them > change the image good idea, maybe I'll do that, unless someone else confirms the impression you're under ... 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!]
OOP question
Hi List! Here's a simple question for the OOP gurus among you: Suppose I have a script object with a property that contains an image. >From that object I create many many instances of ANOTHER - one other - script object, different from the script object that holds the image and creates the objects. And by creating all those new objects I am passing this one image as a parameter to be then used in all those objects as a property. And I am not working with ancestors or such. Is that one image filling more memory now or is it only passed to the many other objects by reference? Thanks for your help! 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!]
