how to corrupt a cast
I think I found a way to corrupt a cast--in this case, a cast consisting of some 150 scripts and nothing else. Two of the members in my cast are linked externally, and those are the ones that begin to act abnormally: their older, no longer existing versions are executed instead of the current versions. If you want to try and reproduce this, put a bunch of scripts in a cast by themselves, then open some other cast, and create a new behavior script in such a way that the new script ends up in that other cast. Now you want to move it to the cast where you keep all your scripts. Open the script cast window in the old-fashioned icon view. Drag your new script to an available slot, and everything is fine. However, if you open the cast window in a list view, and then drag your new script from its current cast to this window and drop it just anywhere (in the list view you don't see available slots), then the cast -- in my case -- is corrupted. The symptoms are that when I revise the externally linked scripts in this cast (from within this same movie), D8 continues to execute the older -- no longer existent -- versions of the scripts. I Saved & Compacted, and Saved As a different movie, and watched the time stamps of the externally linked scripts: everything looks right, I'm not confusing my drives or folders, and there's no other version of D8 running, no other volume of the same name, and I rebooted the machine to get rid of all potentially lingering cached stuff. In my case, it is very consistent. I was able to reproduce this aberrant behavior--with the same movie--under Mac OS 9 and under Windows, both with D8. I wonder if anyone else ran into this. I haven't tried this with a smaller movie or smaller cast. I don't know if 150 cast members is excessive (they're all short scripts), but I don't think so. Slava [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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: miaws
I wasn't talking about memory, I was referring more to servicing multiple video streams at once. I don't know exactly what you're doing, so all I can say is try it, and see what happens. As far as the same dir, I said how you could try it, but I also said I suspected Director wouldn't do it, because it would have the same file open twice. It's easy enough for you to find out, and if it works, great, but I suspect it'll complain. As far as your last question, are you suggesting you're going to have multiple 800x600 windows open playing video, revealing only a portion? In that case I would say you will definitely have a performance problem. The better thing would be to snip your video into multiple pieces making multiple versions of the video, each representing a different portion. What are you trying to accomplish? Do you want a tiled tv look or something? If so, why not just play the video and overlay a grid of TVs or borders or whatever to give it the same look? - Tab At 08:02 PM 4/14/01 -0700, mike massey wrote: >thanks tab >i would be using the same dir with the same QT playing >in it. it would be jsut different windows showing >different cropped portions. would that be easier on >memory? > >also when i set the rect of the miaw will they just be >the size of the other dir i made and i can just posion >the coordinates? how do these coordinates work? if >my second dir is 800 by 600 and i want only a small >portion of it revealed in the first dir how do i use >those rect coordinates to do that? > >thanks alot >mike > >__ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. >http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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 "E" BOOK
also somebody gave link for an e book on object oriented programming in lingo and i forgot what his name was or the address does anybody remember what that adress was? mike __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
miaws
thanks tab i would be using the same dir with the same QT playing in it. it would be jsut different windows showing different cropped portions. would that be easier on memory? also when i set the rect of the miaw will they just be the size of the other dir i made and i can just posion the coordinates? how do these coordinates work? if my second dir is 800 by 600 and i want only a small portion of it revealed in the first dir how do i use those rect coordinates to do that? thanks alot mike __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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: copyPixels and QuickTIme
I can. I was hoping to keep the better performance of the DTS. I think
what I will do is create the zoom as an option that the user can turn on
or off. Giving them prior warning that it will decrease performance.
That way they can pause the movie, and check out the parts they want to
up close. That is of course if the DTS property of a QT movie can be
controlled. I have not looked into it yet.
Brad
On Saturday, April 14, 2001, at 06:04 PM, Colin Holgate wrote:
>> newImage.copypixels((the stage).image,newImage.rect,pSourceRect)
>> member("Target").image.copyPixels(newImage, pTargetRect,
>> sprite(me.spritenum).rect)
>
> Still don't think you can get the image of a DTS QuickTime (especially
> if it's Sorenson compressed, the video will go via the hardware
> acceleration). Why can't you use the method that does work for you?
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Re: please help me
1) Opening a bunch of MIAWs all playing quicktime. This is easy enough, though I would suspect that having multiple (6? 8? 12?) videos all playing at once might make for a performance problem, but you'll find out soon enough if that's true in your case. 2) The usual way to open an miaw is to say open "myhelp", which will open myhelp.dir (or .dcr or .dxr). Since that becomes the name of the window, it would be hard to have multiple windows open USING THAT TECHNIQUE, as they'd all have the same name. You'd have a hard time referencing them properly, and chances are that Director wouldn't let you do that. To get around it, make up a name, like "movie1", "movie2", and then use 'set the filename of window' to give declare the filename to be whatever .dir (like "movie.dir"). However, knowing how Director usually behaves with files, I'd suspect that it wouldn't let you open the same .dir multiple times. So, it probably would NOT work, but it's easy enough to test, so give it a shot, just try opening it twice and see if it complains or not. A little experimentation goes a long way. 3) Will a quicktime movie sprite work on a pc if you don't have quicktime? No. - Tab At 04:01 PM 4/14/01 -0700, mike massey wrote: >hi everyone! >if i want a bunch of miaws to open in a grid like >formation on my screen all playing a cropped version >of the same quicktime movie how would i do this? > >would i reference the same .dir with a quicktime movie >as a sprite in all the calls to miaws in the other >movie? > >will a quicktime movie sprite work on a pc if you >don't have quicktime? > >thanks all >mike [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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: copyPixels and QuickTIme
> newImage.copypixels((the stage).image,newImage.rect,pSourceRect)
> member("Target").image.copyPixels(newImage, pTargetRect,
>sprite(me.spritenum).rect)
Still don't think you can get the image of a DTS QuickTime
(especially if it's Sorenson compressed, the video will go via the
hardware acceleration). Why can't you use the method that does work
for you?
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Re: test 2
> >test 2, please disregard. I can not seem to get any messages through. They seem to be getting through. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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 and QuickTIme
This is the script i am using, and i get nothing. The script is
attached to the sprite the user can move around which acts as the
"magnifier". Any ideas about what i have done incorrectly?
property pSourceRect, pSourceSprite
property pTargetRect, pTargetSprite
on beginsprite me
sprite(me.spritenum).moveablesprite = true
pSourceRect = sprite(pSourceSprite).rect
pTargetRect = sprite(pTargetSprite).rect
end
on stepFrame me
if sprite(me.spritenum).intersects(pSourceSprite) then
newImage = image(sprite(psourcesprite).width,
sprite(psourcesprite).height, 32)
newImage.copypixels((the stage).image,newImage.rect,pSourceRect)
member("Target").image.copyPixels(newImage, pTargetRect,
sprite(me.spritenum).rect)
end if
end
on getpropertydescriptionlist me
pdlist = [:]
addProp pdList, #pSourceSprite, [#comment:"What is the source
Sprite?",#default:1,#format:#integer]
addProp pdList, #pTargetSprite, [#comment:"What is the target
Sprite?",#default:2,#format:#integer]
return pdlist
end
If i change the on stepFrame behavior to the following it works, but
only if the movie is non-DTS
on stepFrame me
if sprite(me.spritenum).intersects(pSourceSprite) then
member("Target").image.copyPixels((the stage).image,
member("Target").rect, sprite(me.spritenum).rect)
end if
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test 2
test 2, please disregard. I can not seem to get any messages through. Brad [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Testing, please disregard.
Testing, please disregard. Brad [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
please help me
hi everyone! if i want a bunch of miaws to open in a grid like formation on my screen all playing a cropped version of the same quicktime movie how would i do this? would i reference the same .dir with a quicktime movie as a sprite in all the calls to miaws in the other movie? will a quicktime movie sprite work on a pc if you don't have quicktime? thanks all mike __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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: a few problems and questions
>However, the problem is, I think that a script like this will >increase the size of all instances of this cast member, and I only >want the size changes to occur in the two intersecting sprites. > >Any suggestions? To get 10% bigger you could multiply by 1.1: sprite(1).width = sprite(1).width * 1.1 sprite(1).height = sprite(1).height * 1.1 It will only affect that sprite, and not others that use the same Flash cast member. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
a few problems and questions
To the List (Colin & Al):
Ok. I'm trying to create a script that increases or decreases the height &
width by 10% everytime intersections occur. (Thanks for the hints before.)
For example,
if sprite.member("bee shape").intersects sprite.member("spider shape") then
sprite.("spider shape").width=+10%
sprite.("spider shape").height=+10%
sprite.("bee shape").width=-10%
sprite.("bee shape").height=-10%
(I know that's not exact, but I'm new to this, so I'm unsure of the exact
syntax.)
However, the problem is, I think that a script like this will increase the
size of all instances of this cast member, and I only want the size changes
to occur in the two intersecting sprites.
Any suggestions?
NT
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RE: New Error On Script for Scaling Graphic
> I thought the script was considering the member and not the > sprite. I wanted > to work with membernum 1 in castlib. "pictures" then put member(1, "pictures") not sprite(1, "pictures") > From: "Al Hospers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: New Error On Script for Scaling Graphic > >Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 15:10:01 -0400 > > > > > That is why I was asking what that error message was signalling. > > > That is what I couldn't figure out OR read about. > > > > > >One parameter expected > > > >wide=sprite(1,"pictures").width > > > >it means that sprite(1,"pictures") doesn't mean anything. a > sprite number > >is > >only 1 parameter! > > > > > OR read about > > > >p 473 Lingo Dictionary > > > > sprite(whichSprite).property > > > >do you have the documentation to the program? > > > > > > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest > mode, go to > >http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to > the list, > >email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > > _ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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: New Error On Script for Scaling Graphic
Thanks again I do have the documentation I thought the script was considering the member and not the sprite. I wanted to work with membernum 1 in castlib. "pictures" From: "Al Hospers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: New Error On Script for Scaling Graphic >Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 15:10:01 -0400 > > > That is why I was asking what that error message was signalling. > > That is what I couldn't figure out OR read about. > > > >One parameter expected > > >wide=sprite(1,"pictures").width > >it means that sprite(1,"pictures") doesn't mean anything. a sprite number >is >only 1 parameter! > > > OR read about > >p 473 Lingo Dictionary > > sprite(whichSprite).property > >do you have the documentation to the program? > > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, >email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) >Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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: expanding textfield
Hi Ines,
>Has someone have a tip how to go about this:
>
>I want the user to click on an object with a hidden textfield. Once clicked,
>the user can start typing - the textfield expands with each letter to both
>sides. the object, hence, splits up in the middle and the two sides become
>the margins of the textfield.
Below is a behavior I've wrote a while ago doing something quite similar, plus a few
feature (RETURN for example).
To make your field expanding in both directions (script below just adjust its lenght,
so only the right side moves) you should look the width of the sprite rect and adjust
the loc of the sprite (regPoint of a #field is always the top-left corner, so as your
field expands the loc of the sprite should go left, and vice versa)
HTH,
Séb
PS : sorry for bad method naming... I was not yet using heavy naming conventions, and
I havn't updated this one yet...
-- field width adjust behavior --
-- script properties
property pMember
property pSprite
property spriteNum
property pLastLenght
property pType
-- GPDL properties
property pPhantom
property pAutoUpdate
property pReturnFilter
property pReturnHandler
property pMinWidth
--
SYSTEM HANDLERS SYSTEM *
on beginSprite me
-- properties initialisation
pSprite = sprite(spriteNum)
pMember = pSprite.member
pMember.wordWrap = FALSE
pType = pMember.type
pSprite.adjustWidth()
pLastLenght = pMember.text.char.count
end -- beginSprite handler
on endSprite me --
-- restore channel visibility
sprite(spritenum).visible = TRUE
end -- endSprite handler
on exitFrame me --
if pAutoUpdate then
if (pMember.text.char.count <> pLastLenght) then
pLastLenght = pMember.text.char.count
pSprite.adjustWidth()
end if
end if
end -- exitFrame handler
on keyDown me
if the keyPressed = RETURN then
if pReturnFilter then
if (pReturnHandler contains("no filter")) then
-- nothing more to do
else
sendAllSprites(symbol(pReturnHandler))
end if
else
pass
end if
else -- not a RETURN
pass
end if
end -- keyDown handler
--
PUBLIC METHODS PUBLIC *
--
-- * setText(thisInstance, aString)
-- * adjustWidth(thisInstance)
on setText (me, aText) ---
--PUBLIC
--
-- set the text of the member to the given text, then adjust width
-- of the member.
-- text can be either text with line breaks or a linear list, in
-- which case each item of the list is to be a line of the field.
---
returnVal = -1
textToSet = ""
case (ilk(aText)) of:
#list:
lineNb = aText.count
repeat with i = 1 to lineNb
textToSet = textToSet & aText[i]
if (i < lineNb) then
textToSet = string(textToSet) & RETURN
end if
end repeat
returnVal = 0
#string:
textToSet = aText
returnVal = 0
end case
if (returnVal <> -1) then
pMember.text=""
pMember.text = textToSet
me.adjustWidth()
end if
return returnVal
end -- setText method
on adjustWidth me
--PUBLIC
--
-- look what is the longest line in the field and adjust the field
-- width to this lenght
---
maxLght = 0
charCnt = 0
case pType of:
#field : #FIELD member ---
linesNb = pMember.lines.count
repeat with i = 1 to linesNb
lineCharNb = pMember.line[i].char.count
if (lineCharNb > maxLght) then
maxLght = lineCharNb
charCnt = pMember.line[1..i].char.count
end if
end repeat
#text : #TEXT member ---
linesNb = pMember.text.line.count
repeat with i = 1 to linesNb
lineCharNb = pMember.text.line[i].char.count
if (lineCharNb > maxLght) then
maxLght = lineCharNb
charCnt = pMember.text.line[1..i].char.count
end if
end repeat
end case
pixWidth = charPosToLoc(pMember, charCnt+1)[1]
if (pixWidth > 0) then
pSprite.visible = TRUE
fieldWidth = pixWidth
-- We adjust the line size
myRect = pMember.rect
myRect.right = fieldWidth
pMember.rect = myRect
else
if pPhantom then
pSprite.visible = FALSE
else
myRect = pMember.rect
myRect.right = myRect.left + pMinWidth
pMember.rect = myRect
end if
RE: New Error On Script for Scaling Graphic
> That is why I was asking what that error message was signalling. > That is what I couldn't figure out OR read about. > >One parameter expected > >wide=sprite(1,"pictures").width it means that sprite(1,"pictures") doesn't mean anything. a sprite number is only 1 parameter! > OR read about p 473 Lingo Dictionary sprite(whichSprite).property do you have the documentation to the program? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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: New Error On Script for Scaling Graphic
David, You are getting this specific error message because the keyword "sprite" only takes one parameter - the spriteNumber. The question is, what are you trying to say when you keep referencing: sprite(1, "pictures") ??? sprite(1)refers to whatever cast member is in channel 1 in the score. Irv At 2:26 PM -0400 4/14/01, David Pexton wrote: >Hello >I am using this script to change the screen scale of certain bitmaps. >I get an error which says: > >One parameter expected >wide=sprite(1,"pictures").width >I am using this to change the scale of the screen graphic to >70% of its size > > >on changeScale > wide=sprite(1,"pictures").width > high=sprite(1,"pictures").height > > newWide=wide*.7 > newHigh=high*.7 > > sprite(1,"pictures").width=newWide > sprite(1,"pictures").height=newHigh > > updateStage >end > -- Lingo / Director / Shockwave development for all occasions. (Home-made Lingo cooked up fresh every day just for you.) [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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: copyPixels and quicktime...
That sounds like it will work, i will give it a go and let you know. Thanks, Brad On Friday, April 13, 2001, at 06:27 PM, Mark R. Jonkman wrote: > Hi Bradley > > Don't try to get the image of the quicktime member as you do for a > bitmap, > rather grab the stage at the location specified by your box > > ie. if your box was at screen coordinates of rect : > rect(50,100,100,150) > > then with the QT member set to non-DTS you should be able to capture > that > section of the stage's image into a new image > > l_ImageObject = image(50,50, 32) > l_ImageObject.copyPixels((the stage).image, rect(50,100,100,150), > ImageObject.rect) > > that should give you an image of the piece of the stage that you want > including the QT member minus any control panel for the QT as that is > removed when setting the DTS to false. > > Does that help at all > > Sincerely > > Mark R. Jonkman > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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: New Error On Script for Scaling Graphic
Hi and Thanks Al I was using rect(sprite) but it failed to work. I was getting only one dimension to scale and not the other. I guess the problem is that this is dynically updated and the width and height are automatically entered into fields. I only have 2 dimensions to work with as well. So I need to do this accordingly with 2 dimensions. According to the error - it seems lingo can only deal with one dimension at a time That is why I was asking what that error message was signalling. That is what I couldn't figure out OR read about. Respectfully Dave >From: "David Pexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: New Error On Script for Scaling Graphic >Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 14:26:43 -0400 > >Hello >I am using this script to change the screen scale of certain bitmaps. >I get an error which says: > >One parameter expected >wide=sprite(1,"pictures").width >I am using this to change the scale of the screen graphic to >70% of its size > > >on changeScale > wide=sprite(1,"pictures").width > high=sprite(1,"pictures").height > > newWide=wide*.7 > newHigh=high*.7 > > sprite(1,"pictures").width=newWide > sprite(1,"pictures").height=newHigh > > updateStage >end > > >I would appreciate help to solve this. >I will need to have a way to scale some of my bitmaps. > >Thanks >Dave >_ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, >email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) >Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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: New Error On Script for Scaling Graphic
> I would appreciate help to solve this. > I will need to have a way to scale some of my bitmaps. page 415 Lingo Dictionary - rect(sprite) [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
New Error On Script for Scaling Graphic
Hello I am using this script to change the screen scale of certain bitmaps. I get an error which says: One parameter expected wide=sprite(1,"pictures").width I am using this to change the scale of the screen graphic to 70% of its size on changeScale wide=sprite(1,"pictures").width high=sprite(1,"pictures").height newWide=wide*.7 newHigh=high*.7 sprite(1,"pictures").width=newWide sprite(1,"pictures").height=newHigh updateStage end I would appreciate help to solve this. I will need to have a way to scale some of my bitmaps. Thanks Dave _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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: Thanks greater than ">" script working
Thanks Colin
That did the trick . There are so many things to know.
Thank God there are people like you who have taught us
so much. That help has been invaluable
Many Thanks
Happy Easter
Dave
>From: Colin Holgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: greater than ">" script not working
>Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 13:56:35 -0400
>
>>Given the script below - I still get the alert if the number is 200
>>in "maxheight" and only 58 in "height"
>>What am I doing wrong?
>>
>>if (member("height").text > member("maxheight").text) then
>> alert "do Scale"
>
>Try testing the value, not the string:
>
>if value(member("height").text) > value(member("maxheight").text)
>then alert "do scale"
>
>
>
>Try this test in the message window:
>
>put "123" > "23"
>
>
>You would expect 123 to be greater than 23, but as an ASCII string it
>isn't.
>
>
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Re: a few problems and questions
>I have a few problems with this file. One is the the bees have a >little white thread around them. I need to fix that. The graphics >are .swf Flash graphics. I tried to fix this glitch in the .swf, >but it didn't work. Is there something I should know about >importing Flash graphics into Director? Don't think I see a white thread. In any case, in Flash make sure that anything that isn't Bee is just the stage. Don't use a colored fill at all where you want it to be the background color. Then in Director, set the sprite to be background transparent, and where ever was just stage in Flash will be see-through in Director. >The other thing is, I need to script into this interface collision >detection. If a bee hits a flower, it gets bigger. If a flower >hits a bee, it gets bigger. If a spider hits a bee, the spider gets >bigger and the bee gets smaller. Does anyone have a basic script >for this kind of collision detection? Read up on the hittest function, it will let you find out whether any particular coordinate is on top of an opaque part of the Flash sprite, and if so, whether it's on a button or not. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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: a few problems and questions
> http://jellybean.parsons.edu/~ntaylor/major_studio/final/bees/ > bees.html > > I have a few problems with this file. One is the the bees > have a little > white thread around them. I need to fix that. The graphics > are .swf Flash > graphics. I tried to fix this glitch in the .swf, but it > didn't work. Is > there something I should know about importing Flash graphics > into Director? is the blend of the graphic set to backgroundTransparent? > The other thing is, I need to script into this interface collision > detection. If a bee hits a flower, it gets bigger. If a > flower hits a bee, > it gets bigger. If a spider hits a bee, the spider gets > bigger and the bee > gets smaller. Does anyone have a basic script for this kind > of collision > detection? look up the Lingo keyword "intersect." HTH Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi 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: greater than ">" script not working
> Hello - I am using the following script to determine if the
> contents of
> field "maxheight is less than field "height"
> Given the script below - I still get the alert if the number
> is 200 in
> "maxheight" and only 58 in "height"
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> if (member("height").text > member("maxheight").text) then
> alert "do Scale"
you may want to look up the Lingo keyword "value" in the Lingo Dictionary.
in fact you may want to generally read through the manual. useful things
like this may pop out at you.
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Re: greater than ">" script not working
>Given the script below - I still get the alert if the number is 200
>in "maxheight" and only 58 in "height"
>What am I doing wrong?
>
>if (member("height").text > member("maxheight").text) then
> alert "do Scale"
Try testing the value, not the string:
if value(member("height").text) > value(member("maxheight").text)
then alert "do scale"
Try this test in the message window:
put "123" > "23"
You would expect 123 to be greater than 23, but as an ASCII string it isn't.
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a few problems and questions
To the list: http://jellybean.parsons.edu/~ntaylor/major_studio/final/bees/bees.html I have a few problems with this file. One is the the bees have a little white thread around them. I need to fix that. The graphics are .swf Flash graphics. I tried to fix this glitch in the .swf, but it didn't work. Is there something I should know about importing Flash graphics into Director? The other thing is, I need to script into this interface collision detection. If a bee hits a flower, it gets bigger. If a flower hits a bee, it gets bigger. If a spider hits a bee, the spider gets bigger and the bee gets smaller. Does anyone have a basic script for this kind of collision detection? Thanks in advance. NT _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
greater than ">" script not working
Hello - I am using the following script to determine if the contents of
field "maxheight is less than field "height"
Given the script below - I still get the alert if the number is 200 in
"maxheight" and only 58 in "height"
What am I doing wrong?
if (member("height").text > member("maxheight").text) then
alert "do Scale"
I am using this because if the user pastes in a graphic that is over the
number set in "maxheight" I would then
like lingo to scale the graphic on the screen.
Thanks for any insight or solutions you have
Dave
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director 8.5 it all worth it [eng/ita]
At 8:04 PM -0400 04/13/2001, Roberto Molari wrote: >it worth to spend 199 $ to upgrade director 8 to 8.5? >tell me your opinions please I have only seen sneak peaks but was very impressed. It certainly seems like a massive upgrade for $199. Certainly a much better value than the D6.5 update, which I believe cost $399 (didn't it?). Certainly if you want to do 3D in Director, there is no question that you want to upgrade. There are also substantial other improvements, such as: Bug fixes RealVideo/RealAudio support An upgraded Multiuser Server with server-side scripting and UDP support Flash 5 support Silent downloading of Macromedia-signed Xtras I think that a lot of people will be ready to be pissed that they have to pay $199 if the only thing they wanted was bug fixes. But I think even those people will find tremendous value in this release. Macromedia realized that they had a public relations problem and I think $199 is incredibly cheap for what they packed into this release. I think that it is so cheap because they realize that some people just wanted a free patch. I think anyone who upgrades will think it was worth it. But that is just my initial impression. I'm sure that they have a demo version available when it ships and you can try it yourself. I know that they have a public Shockwave beta so that you can check out some of the new content that is available, but I haven't tried it myself. Regards, Bruce Epstein Lingo in a Nutshell and Director in a Nutshell http://www.zeusprod.com/nutshell [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
expanding textfield
Hello! Has someone have a tip how to go about this: I want the user to click on an object with a hidden textfield. Once clicked, the user can start typing - the textfield expands with each letter to both sides. the object, hence, splits up in the middle and the two sides become the margins of the textfield. Thanks for help! Ines [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
