Re: lingo-l basic question: Lingo to test authoring or projector mode
the runMode returns Author, Projector, Plugin, or Java Applet (though I believe 8.5 no longer exports Java, this is still in the docs) Regards, Daniel Bastien Bouchard wrote:Could someone tell me the Lingo expression for testing if a movie is in authoring or projector mode? Something like: if the authoring mode =false then [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: lingo-l basic question: Lingo to test authoring or projector mode
Hi Bastien, if the runMode contains Author then -- do authoring stuff else -- do projector stuff end if The runMode strings are: Author-The movie is running in Director. Projector-The movie is running as a projector. Plugin-The movie is running as a Shockwave plug-in or other scripting environment, such as LiveConnect or ActiveX. Java Applet-The movie is playing back as a Java applet. That's D8.5 - MX might be different. Karina Hi all, Could someone tell me the Lingo expression for testing if a movie is in authoring or projector mode? Something like: if the authoring mode =false then cursor 200 end if [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l basic question: Lingo to test authoring or projector mode
if the environment.runmode contains Author then ... Jussi Hi all, Could someone tell me the Lingo expression for testing if a movie is in authoring or projector mode? Something like: if the authoring mode =false then cursor 200 end if Sorry for the basic question, i can't find it in the documentation. Bastien [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l basic question: Lingo to test authoring orprojector mode
Eudora's new line continuation characters are semi-colon right paren ;) See it worked ;) Irv At 11:55 AM -0500 7/3/03, Howdy-Tzi wrote: No, it's the same. MX didn't change existing Lingo. Not even line continuation characters got re-redone this time... ;) -- WthmO -- Multimedia Wrangler. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: lingo-l basic question: Lingo to test authoring: Thanks all
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RE: lingo-l basic question: Lingo to test authoring or projector mode
That's D8.5 - MX might be different. No, it's the same. MX didn't change existing Lingo. Not even line continuation characters got re-redone this time... ;) What?? But that means... Old projects could actually be compatible with MX? We must complain to the manager at once! ^_^ Karina [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l basic question: Lingo to test authoring or projector mode
On Thursday, Jul 3, 2003, at 12:54 America/Chicago, Karina Steffens wrote: That's D8.5 - MX might be different. No, it's the same. MX didn't change existing Lingo. Not even line continuation characters got re-redone this time... ;) What?? But that means... Old projects could actually be compatible with MX? We must complain to the manager at once! It's worse. Movies made in MX can even be opened and edited in 8.5.1 provided you haven't used the Accessibility or Flash MX Xtras. You don't get the snotty This file was made using a newer version of Director and I'm going to pick up my marbles and go home now dialog any more. What, o what is the world coming to...? -- WthmO [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: lingo-l basic question: Lingo to test authoring or projector mode
It's worse. Movies made in MX can even be opened and edited in 8.5.1 provided you haven't used the Accessibility or Flash MX Xtras. You don't get the snotty This file was made using a newer version of Director and I'm going to pick up my marbles and go home now dialog any more. So, does that mean they actually didn't add any new lingo at all? What, o what is the world coming to...? Dreadful, I tell you. Dreadful... Karina [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l basic question: Lingo to test authoring or projector mode
On Thursday, Jul 3, 2003, at 16:52 America/Chicago, Karina Steffens wrote: It's worse. Movies made in MX can even be opened and edited in 8.5.1 provided you haven't used the Accessibility or Flash MX Xtras. You don't get the snotty This file was made using a newer version of Director and I'm going to pick up my marbles and go home now dialog any more. So, does that mean they actually didn't add any new lingo at all? That's correct. The only additions were in Xtras, which have their own interfaces, of course (and which will not work in prior versions of Director, so the MX Accessibility or Flash Xtras can't be used in 8.5 or 8.5.1, just as the Shockwave 3D Xtra from 8.5 can't be used in 8.0). Lingo itself in MX is the same as it was in 8.5. -- WthmO [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l Basic ?
Does anyone know if this is true? If I have a tight repeat loop, and want to give the system a chance to take care of business without leaving the loop, can I just insert periodic updateStage commands? Are there other, maybe better, commands that will do that? -Phil Cole Tierney wrote: I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that inserting an updatestage in a repeat loop would allow the loop to be aborted via command . or escape. -- 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!]
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Phill the answers you got do not relate to your question If i understand your question. Which I think is about repeat loops Best way to do this is not to use a repeat loop as nothing will update while its running (I think) put loop stuff in enter/exitframe handler and use some form of counter to drive it Should be stuff in the archives (search; repeat) HTH Dave -- David Burgoyne E Proctor Stevenson Ltd. Phone: +44 (0)117 944 4466 Fax: +44 (0)117 942 4932 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.eproctors.co.uk The contents of this e-mail / post are confidential to the addressee and are intended solely for the recipients use. If you are not the addressee, you have received this e-mail /post in error. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please note that any opinions expressed in this e-mail / post are those of the author personally and are not necessarily those of E Proctor Stevenson Ltd or its subsidiary companies, none of whom accept responsibility for the contents of the message. - Original Message - From: Phil Gross [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 2:42 PM Subject: Re: lingo-l Basic ? Does anyone know if this is true? If I have a tight repeat loop, and want to give the system a chance to take care of business without leaving the loop, can I just insert periodic updateStage commands? Are there other, maybe better, commands that will do that? -Phil Cole Tierney wrote: I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that inserting an updatestage in a repeat loop would allow the loop to be aborted via command . or escape. -- 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!] _ This outbound message has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan AV service. For more information on a higher level of virus protection please visit http://www.mcdonagh.com/networks/messagelabs.asp. . This email has been scanned for all known viruses by BT MessageScan, powered by MessageLabs Find out more at http://www.btignite.com/uk/products/messagescan/ [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l Basic ?
David Burgoyne wrote: Phill the answers you got do not relate to your question If i understand your question. Which I think is about repeat loops Best way to do this is not to use a repeat loop as nothing will update while its running (I think) I don't use repeat loops, but sometimes I'd sure like to as it would be so easy. When I saw that response implying that updateStage gave the system enough control to check for command+period, I was hoping that maybe it gave the system enough control to do a few other things. Like move the mouse. It would be just so easy to throw out an updateStage command every 500 loops or so. -Phil put loop stuff in enter/exitframe handler and use some form of counter to drive it Should be stuff in the archives (search; repeat) HTH Dave -- David Burgoyne E Proctor Stevenson Ltd. Phone: +44 (0)117 944 4466 Fax: +44 (0)117 942 4932 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.eproctors.co.uk The contents of this e-mail / post are confidential to the addressee and are intended solely for the recipients use. If you are not the addressee, you have received this e-mail /post in error. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please note that any opinions expressed in this e-mail / post are those of the author personally and are not necessarily those of E Proctor Stevenson Ltd or its subsidiary companies, none of whom accept responsibility for the contents of the message. - Original Message - From: Phil Gross [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 2:42 PM Subject: Re: lingo-l Basic ? Does anyone know if this is true? If I have a tight repeat loop, and want to give the system a chance to take care of business without leaving the loop, can I just insert periodic updateStage commands? Are there other, maybe better, commands that will do that? -Phil Cole Tierney wrote: I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that inserting an updatestage in a repeat loop would allow the loop to be aborted via command . or escape. -- 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!] _ This outbound message has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan AV service. For more information on a higher level of virus protection please visit http://www.mcdonagh.com/networks/messagelabs.asp. . This email has been scanned for all known viruses by BT MessageScan, powered by MessageLabs Find out more at http://www.btignite.com/uk/products/messagescan/ [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l Basic ?
My memory of this is foggy at best. And probably from a few versions back. It should be easy to test, though. That said, even if it does work, I'd only use it for debugging. Looping on the frame is a friendlier way to let director breathe. Does anyone know if this is true? If I have a tight repeat loop, and want to give the system a chance to take care of business without leaving the loop, can I just insert periodic updateStage commands? Are there other, maybe better, commands that will do that? -Phil Cole Tierney wrote: I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that inserting an updatestage in a repeat loop would allow the loop to be aborted via command . or escape. -- 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!] -- 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!]
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At 5:01 PM +0700 1/13/03, you wrote: hi, if my script looping forever, if there any shortcut to stop it? ctrl-period or cmd-period depending on which platform you are on. -Buzz [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l Basic ?
On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 08:42 AM, Phil Gross wrote: Does anyone know if this is true? If I have a tight repeat loop, and want to give the system a chance to take care of business without leaving the loop, can I just insert periodic updateStage commands? Are there other, maybe better, commands that will do that? As mentioned this is not a good scheme. If you do that on OSX for instance you'll end up with the spinny jewel cursor. Repeat loops simply are not suited for long operations (whether or not you toss in an updateStage from time to time or on every cycle), and absolutely unusable if you have asynchronous (threaded) processing you want to do. This includes user events, which technically are async processes as well. The best way is to keep to frame events or timeouts. -- WthmO [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
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- Original Message - From: Meiky - [EMAIL PROTECTED] if my script looping forever, if there any shortcut to stop it? If you mean in the code, that depends on the loop. If you mean to stop the movie when the stop button doesn't work - press ESC. Won't work if the exitLock is set to true, so don't set this during authoring unless you have to. - Robert [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi 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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From: Meiky - [EMAIL PROTECTED] if my script looping forever, if there any shortcut to stop it? If you mean in the code, that depends on the loop. If you mean to stop the movie when the stop button doesn't work - press ESC. Won't work if the exitLock is set to true, so don't set this during authoring unless you have to. I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that inserting an updatestage in a repeat loop would allow the loop to be aborted via command . or escape. -- 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!]
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If it's a repeat loop, you can break out whenever you like with exit repeat Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054x29 - Original Message - From: Cole Tierney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:02 AM Subject: Re: lingo-l Basic ? From: Meiky - [EMAIL PROTECTED] if my script looping forever, if there any shortcut to stop it? If you mean in the code, that depends on the loop. If you mean to stop the movie when the stop button doesn't work - press ESC. Won't work if the exitLock is set to true, so don't set this during authoring unless you have to. I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that inserting an updatestage in a repeat loop would allow the loop to be aborted via command . or escape. -- 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!]
