Re: lingo-l Residual Flash Graphics in DirMX Windows
yes...what warren said :0) That is, unless you have another reason for doing the updatestage. ~Mathew Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Jan 15, 2004, at 11:15 PM, macmec wrote: Mathew, when you say to set the stagecolor where I am updating the stage, are you suggesting that I do that in addition to the updateStage command, or instead? Instead of, not in addition to. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi 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 Residual Flash Graphics in DirMX Windows
Okay, I finally got a chance to implement this, changed my updateStage command to the stageColor=the stageColor worked like a charm! Thank you guys so much for such a quick and easy fix! That really will save my skin. Incidentally, not that it makes a difference, necessarily, but my Flash movies were NOT Direct To Stage. I didn't ever try making them direct to stage, as this solution worked. But it's possible that would do it also. Now, just so I can understand Director a little better, and hopefully alleviate issues like this more easily in the future, what was happening to cause this, from a technical standpoint? There have been a few comments about a display buffer, can this be confirmed. Just curious. A huge thanks, yet again. Mathew, when you say to set the stagecolor where I am updating the stage, are you suggesting that I do that in addition to the updateStage command, or instead? Instead of, not in addition to. macmec ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message was sent from a Macintosh computer. Epitome of creativity. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi 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 Residual Flash Graphics in DirMX Windows
On Jan 16, 2004, at 2:09 PM, Trevor J. Lotz wrote: Okay, I finally got a chance to implement this, changed my updateStage command to the stageColor=the stageColor worked like a charm! Thank you guys so much for such a quick and easy fix! That really will save my skin. That's good, since I'll personally expect one pound of flesh in payment for services rendered. ;) Incidentally, not that it makes a difference, necessarily, but my Flash movies were NOT Direct To Stage. I didn't ever try making them direct to stage, as this solution worked. But it's possible that would do it also. Maybe or not, but they'll probably play back more smoothly as DTS items. Now, just so I can understand Director a little better, and hopefully alleviate issues like this more easily in the future, what was happening to cause this, from a technical standpoint? Prolly buffer issues, yeah. (I nearly wrote 'bugger'...) It's been around for a *very* long time, I think since ver. 5 at least, and possibly longer. You get the same kind of lingering image trailing from QT videos. It's obnoxious but, I'm guessing, a fact of life (or else it would have been fixed sometime in the last half decade plus). Warren Ockrassa | President, nightwares LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] nightwares LLC | Consulting Programming http://www.nightwares.com/ Author | Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio: A Beginner's Guide Chapter samples | http://www.nightwares.com/director_beginners_guide/ [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
lingo-l Residual Flash Graphics in DirMX Windows
I'm having an issue with a project I'm working on, and I'm hoping someone either has a solution, or some information to help me figure this out. I'm creating a CD-ROM that has some QuickTime video, software demonstrations as .swf files, and some links out to HTML pages directly on the CD. The problem I am having is this. When I run the program, both in authoring and runtime modes, if I view a software demo, come back to the demos menu, then click to go to a different marker with the HTML links, open Internet Explorer, then close IE to come back to the Director movie, the last graphic viewed of the Flash movie is placed over the entire stage, with the menu buttons on top. It's like it's not refreshing the screen, but it already did, when loading a new menu. Very strange. I've tried several possible things, and the only thing I can come up with that has really changed since the last version of this disc that we did, is the upgrade from Director 8.5 to MX. This only happens on Windows, and again, it happens in both authoring and runtime environments. I've tried to force updateStage in several places, I've changed the method of opening the HTML files from DirectOS to gotoNetPage, etc. But I can't seem to see it make any difference. I'm stumped. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Trevor J. Lotz ~ Penna Powers Brian Haynes e] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ p] 801.487.4800 Advertising Design Interactive Public Relations [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi 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 Residual Flash Graphics in DirMX Windows
On Jan 15, 2004, at 5:21 PM, Trevor J. Lotz wrote: I've tried to force updateStage in several places, I've changed the method of opening the HTML files from DirectOS to gotoNetPage, etc. But I can't seem to see it make any difference. I'm stumped. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. the stageColor = the stageColor Warren Ockrassa | President, nightwares LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] nightwares LLC | Consulting Programming http://www.nightwares.com/ Author | Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio: A Beginner's Guide Chapter samples | http://www.nightwares.com/director_beginners_guide/ [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l Residual Flash Graphics in DirMX Windows
Hi Trevor, Try using the stagecolor = the stagecolor where you are updating the stage. Qlso try putting something in the same sprite channel as the flash to help flush it out - like a blank bitmap or something. I witnessed the same thing last year and these tweaks seemed to help. ~Mathew Trevor J. Lotz wrote: I'm having an issue with a project I'm working on, and I'm hoping someone either has a solution, or some information to help me figure this out. I'm creating a CD-ROM that has some QuickTime video, software demonstrations as .swf files, and some links out to HTML pages directly on the CD. The problem I am having is this. When I run the program, both in authoring and runtime modes, if I view a software demo, come back to the demos menu, then click to go to a different marker with the HTML links, open Internet Explorer, then close IE to come back to the Director movie, the last graphic viewed of the Flash movie is placed over the entire stage, with the menu buttons on top. It's like it's not refreshing the screen, but it already did, when loading a new menu. Very strange. I've tried several possible things, and the only thing I can come up with that has really changed since the last version of this disc that we did, is the upgrade from Director 8.5 to MX. This only happens on Windows, and again, it happens in both authoring and runtime environments. I've tried to force updateStage in several places, I've changed the method of opening the HTML files from DirectOS to gotoNetPage, etc. But I can't seem to see it make any difference. I'm stumped. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Trevor J. Lotz ~ Penna Powers Brian Haynes e] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ p] 801.487.4800 Advertising Design Interactive Public Relations [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi 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 Residual Flash Graphics in DirMX Windows
Mathew and Warren's advise sounds good--although I haven't tried their method. I had this same problem when I upgraded to MX and the only work around I found then was to make sure the flash sprites were NOT direct to stage. This takes a pretty heavy toll on your frame rate, so if the earlier suggestions work I would definitely go with those. later, kyle [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi 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 Residual Flash Graphics in DirMX Windows
On Jan 15, 2004, at 7:13 PM, Kyle Smeby wrote: Mathew and Warren's advise sounds good--although I haven't tried their method. It's auld schoole, laddie. Since Dir4 at least methinks. Warren Ockrassa | President, nightwares LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] nightwares LLC | Consulting Programming http://www.nightwares.com/ Author | Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio: A Beginner's Guide Chapter samples | http://www.nightwares.com/director_beginners_guide/ [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l Residual Flash Graphics in DirMX Windows
I had the same issue in a project last year. Near as I could figure Director has a buffer that it writes the Flash and Quicktime content to that doesn't necessarily get cleared but does get displayed when you return from another app. Strangely enough I remember it occuring the opposite of what was stated here. I thought my experience was having it appear when I was NOT direct to stage i.e. this is the buffer that director uses to display non-direct to stage stuff, both QT and flash. I think using direct to stage when I could eliminated the problem. Oh, just found this which I had posted on another board: 've just been battling this same issue. I don't think unload or anything like that will help because this doesn't feel like its member based but more related to a image buffer in Director. I had it occur when I displayed a flash movie over a quicktime movie then dismissed the flash movie. Then if I tried to capture the image of the stage or, get this, went to another app on windows and then returned to the projector, parts of the flash image would appear. My solutions included never displaying flash and quicktime over each other on the stage and also displaying a flash movie immediately after the initial flash movie that had a more acceptable image even if it did display. In this instance, I used an image of the background. I just had to do some conscious management of this buffer. I'm having an issue with a project I'm working on, and I'm hoping someone either has a solution, or some information to help me figure this out. I'm creating a CD-ROM that has some QuickTime video, software demonstrations as .swf files, and some links out to HTML pages directly on the CD. The problem I am having is this. When I run the program, both in authoring and runtime modes, if I view a software demo, come back to the demos menu, then click to go to a different marker with the HTML links, open Internet Explorer, then close IE to come back to the Director movie, the last graphic viewed of the Flash movie is placed over the entire stage, with the menu buttons on top. It's like it's not refreshing the screen, but it already did, when loading a new menu. Very strange. I've tried several possible things, and the only thing I can come up with that has really changed since the last version of this disc that we did, is the upgrade from Director 8.5 to MX. This only happens on Windows, and again, it happens in both authoring and runtime environments. I've tried to force updateStage in several places, I've changed the method of opening the HTML files from DirectOS to gotoNetPage, etc. But I can't seem to see it make any difference. I'm stumped. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Trevor J. Lotz ~ Penna Powers Brian Haynes e] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ p] 801.487.4800 Advertising * Design * Interactive * Public Relations [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] -- David Benman Interactive [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://davidbenman.home.comcast.net/ Phone: (508) 384-0240 [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi 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 Residual Flash Graphics in DirMX Windows
Thanks to Mathew, Warren, Kyle, and David for their input on this. I'm not at the office until tomorrow, so I will definitely be trying these ideas and I'll let everyone know what happens. Mathew, when you say to set the stagecolor where I am updating the stage, are you suggesting that I do that in addition to the updateStage command, or instead? On Thursday, Jan 15, 2004, at 16:51 US/Mountain, Mathew Ray wrote: Try using the stagecolor = the stagecolor where you are updating the stage. Qlso try putting something in the same sprite channel as the flash to help flush it out - like a blank bitmap or something. I witnessed the same thing last year and these tweaks seemed to help. macmec ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message was sent from a Macintosh computer. Epitome of creativity. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi 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 Residual Flash Graphics in DirMX Windows
On Jan 15, 2004, at 11:15 PM, macmec wrote: Mathew, when you say to set the stagecolor where I am updating the stage, are you suggesting that I do that in addition to the updateStage command, or instead? Instead of, not in addition to. Warren Ockrassa | President, nightwares LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] nightwares LLC | Consulting Programming http://www.nightwares.com/ Author | Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio: A Beginner's Guide Chapter samples | http://www.nightwares.com/director_beginners_guide/ [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
