Re: copy protection
I have to consider a third possibility: that someone steals (copies) the software from my client, which - since the client does expensive things with the software - might come very expensive for the client and is for his own protection. florian Enrique Nivasch wrote: > > Since so much has ben said about copy protection in the past day or so > I would like to add a little bit. > > When I copy protect I usualy want cover two posibilities: > > one is the copying of the software to another machine > > and the second one is the use of the software after the user has > decided he doesn't want it anymore. > > The first reason is obvious, the second one comes into play when you > give the user the possibility to return the program or when he is > allowed to use it only for a certain period of time. I also want to be > able to authorize products by phone or e-mail. > > I the cheme you describe the computer generates a number, it is the > given over to the service provider and the provider gives back the > user another number which is the stored in the computer. > > If the first number, the one generated by the computer, is somehow > taken from the machine itself the authorization number given by the > provider will allways work on that computer, it has no limit. > > If, however, the number generated by the computer has two components, > a machine identificator and a random number, the user cannot > reactivate his program after his ussage time has expired. > > Enrique > > >- > Sr. Enrique > Libros, Multimedia y Software en Castellano > > Visite nuestra tienda online: > http://www.SrEnrique.co.il > Dirección electrónica > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Teléfono y Fax: > +972 9 744 4701 > Dirección postal: > Sr Enrique > P.O. Box 875 > Ra'anana 43108 > Israel > > [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: projector runnig slow
Hi Dominic. Director apps are not really suited for use as background tasks. Basically Director always tries to use every clockcycle available, to be better able to respond to events. Question time: are you running your app with "animate in background" on or off? If it's on, try if setting it to off will alleviate your problem. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Dominic Villiard > Sent: 7. elokuuta 2001 16:53 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: projector runnig slow > > > hi list > > i did a projector > the idea is for the user to this projector running in the background of > their computer all the time. for the professional it is a reference tool > that they flip back and for to all day. the rest of the day is spent on > their computer doing other applications. The projector seems to > hog all the > computer ressources so that other program would run very slowy. > > anyona has an idea how to fix that and HOW? > purge cache? > allow more memory? > > thank you very much > > > > > [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: copy protection
Since so much has ben said about copy protection in the past day or so I would like to add a little bit. When I copy protect I usualy want cover two posibilities: one is the copying of the software to another machine and the second one is the use of the software after the user has decided he doesn't want it anymore. The first reason is obvious, the second one comes into play when you give the user the possibility to return the program or when he is allowed to use it only for a certain period of time. I also want to be able to authorize products by phone or e-mail. I the cheme you describe the computer generates a number, it is the given over to the service provider and the provider gives back the user another number which is the stored in the computer. If the first number, the one generated by the computer, is somehow taken from the machine itself the authorization number given by the provider will allways work on that computer, it has no limit. If, however, the number generated by the computer has two components, a machine identificator and a random number, the user cannot reactivate his program after his ussage time has expired. Enrique - Sr. Enrique Libros, Multimedia y Software en Castellano Visite nuestra tienda online: http://www.SrEnrique.co.il Dirección electrónica mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Teléfono y Fax: +972 9 744 4701 Dirección postal: Sr Enrique P.O. Box 875 Ra'anana 43108 Israel [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: Media Keys
At 11:02 PM -0500 8/8/01, Andy wrote: >I am trying to compress QT movies with Media Cleaner and want to use media >keys then use the QTregisteraccesskey method from Director. My question is >do I also need Sorenson Developer Edition to do this or does anyone know of >another codec that will do this. You need the Developer Edition to encode the video data with a key. Alternatively, you can encode using Indeo4 or Indeo5. AFAIK, those are the only codecs which support media keys. However, there are a number of new codecs which were just released so the choices may have expanded. -- ...---===| Terry R. Schussler |===---... ...---===| Chief Investigator |===---... on accessResources coolSites = [ \ "http://macromediaSEMINARS.com/";, "http://directorU.com";, \ "http://multiuserU.com";, "http://flash5U.com";, \ "http://dreamweaverU.com";, "http://behaviors.com/"; ] gotoNetPage coolSites[random(1, 6)] end accessResources [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: Updating Projectors with new Cast Content
> Is it possible to build a projector that can load in new cast > members from > an external file...say another Director movie...load these > cast members into > its own cast and save them for future use? In other words, I > am trying to > see if I can update the cast content of a movie with an > "updater" movie that > could be loaded as a MIAW (or in whatever way worked) to load > cast member > content (graphics, sound, etc.) into the original projector > and save it. OK, off the top of me head! the easiest way would be to just have all your assets in a external castlib(s) & just copy a new one(s) over the old. however, if you really want to "swap & save" then here's one way: 1 - have a dummy castlib attached to your movie 2 - have the projector look for a castlib named something, updater.cst, every time it starts 3 - if it finds it swap, the dummy for the new one 4 - copy the assets to the locations in your movie you desire 5 - save the movie and/or the castlibs containing the newly updated assets NOTE - to do this you cannot be using protected movies or castlibs. personally I like just swapping external castlibs. 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!]
Media Keys
I am trying to compress QT movies with Media Cleaner and want to use media keys then use the QTregisteraccesskey method from Director. My question is do I also need Sorenson Developer Edition to do this or does anyone know of another codec that will do this. 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: Detecting a window resize
At 3:43 PM -0400 8/8/01, Keith Nitsch wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm just curious if it's possible to detect when a browser window has been
>resized from shockwave. I have a shockwave peice that that uses the "expand
>stage size" setting and need to reposition some elements after a resize.
Excellent question! There's no existing feature for getting this
notification directly. Please email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and ask
for it. Kind of makes working with scalable Shockwave a pain in the ***,
doesn't it?
Here's the best solution I've come up with so far:
global gLastStageSize
on installStageSizeScanner
gLastStageSize = (the stage).rect
timer = timeout("stageSizeScan")
timer.period = 1000
timer.persistent = TRUE
timer.timeoutHandler = #checkStageSize
timer.target = VOID
(the timeoutList).add(timer)
end installStageSizeScanner
on checkStageSize
if gLastStageSize <> (the activeWindow).rect then
-- let the sprites know the stage has changed size
sendAllSprites #resizeToStage
gLastStageSize = (the activeWindow).rect
end if
end checkStageSize
Regards,
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...---===| Terry R. Schussler |===---...
...---===| Chief Investigator |===---...
on accessResources
coolSites = [ \
"http://macromediaSEMINARS.com/";, "http://directorU.com";, \
"http://multiuserU.com";, "http://flash5U.com";, \
"http://dreamweaverU.com";, "http://behaviors.com/"; ]
gotoNetPage coolSites[random(1, 6)]
end accessResources
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Updating Projectors with new Cast Content
Hello all... I am a newcomer to Director and this list and have searched the archives and the couple of books I have about this, but have some misunderstanding that I would love if someone could clarify for me. Is it possible to build a projector that can load in new cast members from an external file...say another Director movie...load these cast members into its own cast and save them for future use? In other words, I am trying to see if I can update the cast content of a movie with an "updater" movie that could be loaded as a MIAW (or in whatever way worked) to load cast member content (graphics, sound, etc.) into the original projector and save it. I know I can load these things into RAM through MIAW's and work with them in my presentation, but I want to be able to permanently modify my movie with the new content. Can this be done? Jake Aust JakesDiner.com Interactive Multimedia - Photo Retouching -- Graphic Design [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: best mpg player: directMedia or mpegXtra?
>From my understanding, the MpegXtra uses MCI - which has been deprecated by MS. We use - and have had absolutely no trouble with - the DirectMediaXtra. The MpegXtra is getting a bit long in the tooth now, in that the last time I used it commercially was in the days of D5. [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: best mpg player: directMedia or mpegXtra?
...d'oh. And thanks Al for the assist...I say sheepishly. [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: best mpg player: directMedia or mpegXtra?
Yeah, I'm not worried about the cost (hell it's $50 dif anyway) - just more about compatibility. Personally I'd go for quicktime (it's only mpg1) but it was the client's call: no quicktime. On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Al Hospers wrote: > I'd go with the big guns, DirectMedia. why not? just build the cost > into the project. > > 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!] > [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: best mpg player: directMedia or mpegXtra?
>For a consumer title...? I have had good experiences with Direct Media Xtra. I have used it without incident. Leif [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: best mpg player: directMedia or mpegXtra?
I'd go with the big guns, DirectMedia. why not? just build the cost into the project. 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!]
best mpg player: directMedia or mpegXtra?
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RE: Archives
> where are the archives for this list? I could have sworn I > bookmarked them. asked & answered: http://www.mail-archive.com/lingo-l@penworks.com/ enjoy Kerry 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: MUI Xtra question
On 8/8/01 at 4:08 PM, Al Hospers shared the following: >MUI Maker enables you to visually design a dialog and then generates >the Lingo code for the dialog you create. You can place, resize and >position your choice of buttons, dropdown menus, sliders, checkboxes, >text fields and labels. One click on the Generate button creates all >of the Lingo code necessary to run the dialog and copies it into the >clipboard, ready to paste into a Director script. MUI Maker runs on a >PC, but the Lingo code it generates works in Director movies on both >the Mac and the PC to display dialogs native to the platform the movie >is running on. Also option is MUI-GUI. http://www.wysiwyg.de/mui-gui One advantage of MUI-GUI is it's cross platform, and it's also about a third of the price of MUI Maker. I haven't used MUI Maker so I don't know how they compare in features or usability. Either one is better than trying to code MUI...what a headache! Tom ~~ Tom Jacobs-InterVision --- (541) 343-7993 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intervisionmedia.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!]
Archives
I know this has been asked and answered, but where are the archives for this list? I could have sworn I bookmarked them. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [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!]
Imaging Lingo Question
Hello all. I am trying to use image.fill(rect,parameterlist), BUT if I set the shapeType to either #oval or #roundRect I can see it in the bitmap.image that it is filling but not on stage. any clues? thx, b Brian Douglas (:ub) Programming such sites as: http://www.imaginarystudio.com http://www.redflowerworld.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: MUI Xtra question
> I'm looking for some info about the MUI Xtra, it's the first > time I use it > and I'm not sure if what I want to do Is possible... What I > have to do is an > alert box with 4 radio buttons in it, when the user choose > one of the option > it send the result in a variable... Is it possible? If anyone > have any info > about the MUI Xtra please send it... Hi Simon, I have personally used MUI Dialogs a lot for all kinds of projects and it should be able to do what you need. Lingo In A Nutshell has information about using them as does the MM technotes. You can search the MM site for MUI Xtra Some time ago, on Direct-L, I posted a handler that makes creating the basic ones quite easy. It does not do what you need, but it will give you the idea. You might search the archives for the code. Go to the archives here: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/cgi-bin/search_digest.pl Search on: handling the window close box hospers There is also a complete downloadable document for MUI functionality here http://download.macromedia.com/pub/director/d7/win/mui.zip There are also three articles on DOUG addressing this same issue. Go here: http://www.director-online.com/ NOTE - the MUI Xtra is NOT Shockwave compatible. If you need SW dialogs you will neet to roll your own as MIAW's. That said there are some Utilities available that will make the process a LOT easier, especially if you have a complex dialog to lay out. The MUIMaker Utility from UpdateStage is one of these. MUI Maker enables you to visually design a dialog and then generates the Lingo code for the dialog you create. You can place, resize and position your choice of buttons, dropdown menus, sliders, checkboxes, text fields and labels. One click on the Generate button creates all of the Lingo code necessary to run the dialog and copies it into the clipboard, ready to paste into a Director script. MUI Maker runs on a PC, but the Lingo code it generates works in Director movies on both the Mac and the PC to display dialogs native to the platform the movie is running on. Price: $99.00 Platforms: 32-bit Windows (Utility runs on PC. Generated Lingo code works in either Mac or PC movies) Director versions supported: Director 6,7,8,8.5 Author: Ravi Singh For more information, view a short demo or to download an evaluation version go here http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/muimaker.html. HTH, Al Hospers Marketing Associate updateStage, Inc. alhospersupdatestagecom http://www.updatestage.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: Sound control slider in different movies
on 8/8/01 4:10 PM, William Miller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One idea, take it or leave it, is to have your sound controls and/or settings reside in a MIAW set to invisible. When you want to make sound control changes you can make it visible, make your changes and return to your main movie by setting visiblity back to FALSE. This is perhaps not the most eloquent method (i'm pretty new to working with lingo) but it is working well for me. Its an idea at least. Chad Mefferd Morris Publishing Designer > I have a main movie that has a sound control slider and it works fine > but one of the main navigation buttons in this movie calls another > dirwhen the new dir loads how can I get the slider in the new > dir to represent the last setting from the main dir? > > > any Ideas..thanks in advance > > ps: I can make only one dir but it would be more difficult to navigate > > [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!]
Sound control slider in different movies
I have a main movie that has a sound control slider and it works fine but one of the main navigation buttons in this movie calls another dirwhen the new dir loads how can I get the slider in the new dir to represent the last setting from the main dir? any Ideas..thanks in advance ps: I can make only one dir but it would be more difficult to navigate [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!]
network behaviors
anyone knows any tutorials or code samples that have to do with network commands from lingo. JUAN-NYC _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp [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: removing a behavior with setScriptList?
> Can anyone tell me how to remove a behavior with setScriptList? The easiest may be to just write the behavior so that it can be toggled on and off. That way you wouldn't have to wonder whether the behavior was there, or try to query and set its various properties, or worry about remembering its state and what-all. property IamActive on ToggleBehavior me, onOrOff case (onOrOff) of #on: IamActive = TRUE #off: IamActive = FALSE otherwise: IamActive = NOT IamActive end case end on someBehavior me if IamActive then A lot might depend on the actual goal, though. jd John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US Search technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/ Offlist email risks capture by the spam filters. I may not see your email if it's not on the list. Private one-on-one email options are available via Priority Access: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ [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: MUI Xtra question
Hi Simon head on over to Bruce Epstein's site: http://www.zeusProd.com and take a look around for an "extra" chapter that never made it into his books DiaN and LiaN. He has an excellent reference there that covers the MUI Xtra and its "Minimally Understandable Interface" ;p actually you'll find it at: http://www.zeusprod.com/nutshell/chapters/muixtra.html hope that helps. 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!]
Re: flash 5 / director 8.5
At 10:47 PM 8/7/1, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Ok, I see no mention of telltarget in both the pulldown lingo menus nor >the director help lingo by feature for flash, yet it's in the 'what's new' >area...so what's up? See "What's New" manual, Appendix. (The D8 docs were not changed, but new material was added, which is why it's not all in the same spot.) jd John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US Search technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/ Offlist email risks capture by the spam filters. I may not see your email if it's not on the list. Private one-on-one email options are available via Priority Access: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ [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!]
MUI Xtra question
Hi all ! I'm looking for some info about the MUI Xtra, it's the first time I use it and I'm not sure if what I want to do Is possible... What I have to do is an alert box with 4 radio buttons in it, when the user choose one of the option it send the result in a variable... Is it possible? If anyone have any info about the MUI Xtra please send it...I've already check the help file, but It's not very clear. Thanx ! Simon [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!]
Detecting a window resize
Hi all, I'm just curious if it's possible to detect when a browser window has been resized from shockwave. I have a shockwave peice that that uses the "expand stage size" setting and need to reposition some elements after a resize. Thanks, Keith [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!]
adding text to an image
i have many images that i can print using printomatic xtra the title is missing the thing is i want to add the name of the image (the member name) on the image just before printing the images are not all the same size and i don't want the text to appear right on the image but on the top or the bottom. can i add a text member on a bitmap member? can i give a title to the document to print? how could i do? thanx [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: f5 and d8.5 - tell target functions?
> 2) I can't call FUNCTIONS in a flash sprite, ie even something like
>
> sprite(x).callframe("_root.buttondown.allbuttons.switchThem") - but that's
> really doing a telltarget...hmm
>
> Any ideas?
You can create a controller movieclip called functions or something.
Inside it, put all the functions, or paths to functions, you want to call
on frame 1, and put a stop action on frame 2.
>From frame 3 on, in each frame, call the function and then gotoAndStop(2).
All you have to do now is tell the controller movieclip to gotoAndPlay(x)
where x is the frame with the function you want to call. I'm not sure,
but if you can tell Flash to gotoAndPlay(label) then you could label
each frame the name of the function.
If you want it to be more dynamic, you can pass arguments to the movieclip
by setting variables inside the function movieclip before sending it to the
function you want to call. Use frame 2 to reset all the variables to 0,
and put your stop() action in frame 3, instead. Then, when a function is
done, gotoAndPlay(2) and it will clear the variables and stop on frame 3,
ready to run another function.
Just one idea on a workaround. Maybe it will plant a seed for a better one.
Hope that helps,
Steven
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Re: projector runnig slow
Well I don't know if this has been answered since the date is yesterday, however it just came. Projectors even running in the backgrounnd slow down especially the windows system extremely. You can make that a little better by increasing the idleHandlerPeriod and experimenting with the cpuHogTicks. Take a look at both in your online help. But don't expect too much. regards, Florian Dominic Villiard wrote: > > hi list > > i did a projector > the idea is for the user to this projector running in the background of > their computer all the time. for the professional it is a reference tool > that they flip back and for to all day. the rest of the day is spent on > their computer doing other applications. The projector seems to hog all the > computer ressources so that other program would run very slowy. > > anyona has an idea how to fix that and HOW? > purge cache? > allow more memory? > > thank you very much > > [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!]
PDF and PowerPoint in Projector????
I can't seem to find the Xtra to view PDF files or PowerPoint files in my projector. I found a PDF Xtra but if I look at the interface of the Xtra I only get put interface(xtra "PDF") -- "Xtra PDF * PDF_AcrobatInfo * PDF_Help * PDF_Version " Does anybody have any experience with this? T.I.A. Nikaj Wiggers Araneum Interactive Productions Tussen de Bogen 113 1013 JB Amsterdam T: +31 20 6706707 F: +31 20 6706701 M: +31 654725584 www.araneum.nl [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: movie in a window!
I am trying to control MIAW. I can control it fine if I have a navigation movie open and control the main movie using the tell window command. I am not too happy with the speed and performance that I get when opening the main movie. What I would like to do is import a navigation movie into my main movie and then control the main movie from the navigation movie with in the movie. In an earlier lingo email I read that this can be done using the tell command also. Is this correct? [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: Sound control slider in different movies
>The quickest and easiest method would be to write the sound >control setting into a global variable and then when you >reach the new movie, set the sound controllers postion based >on the setting from the global variable that you have >previously written to. Most of what I was going to say. The other thing is to set the position of the new slider during either the prepareframe or beginsprite scripts. That way the user won't see a jump as the slider sets itself up. You could literally do a clean cut between the two movies. -- [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: Sound control slider in different movies
Hi William The quickest and easiest method would be to write the sound control setting into a global variable and then when you reach the new movie, set the sound controllers postion based on the setting from the global variable that you have previously written to. Hope that helps 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!]
Sound control slider in different movies
I have a main movie that has a sound control slider and it works fine but one of the main navigation buttons in this movie calls another dirwhen the new dir loads how can I get the slider in the new dir to represent the last setting from the main dir? any Ideas..thanks in advance ps: I can make only one dir but it would be more difficult to navigate [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: copy protection
At 11:24 AM 8/8/01 +0300, you wrote: >Hi Roy, > >I am currently working on an application that does what you are talking >about. >[SNIP] >Andrew > Not me, not me! I was one of the putz's telling the person not to do it. But that's a neato idea, anyway. roymeo - Roy Crisman Senior Macromedia Programmer (716)724-4054 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [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: Re: editable text fields
> characters that can be entered, and i think it's a little weird just to > check for correct when they have the right number of letters, as opposed > to a submit button. I'd have to agree with Bhakti on that one. What if the user types "who" when the correct answer is "whom"? Nothing happens when the user types what he/she assumes is correct, and that's a bit odd. 2 cents, Kurt [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!]
projector runnig slow
hi list i did a projector the idea is for the user to this projector running in the background of their computer all the time. for the professional it is a reference tool that they flip back and for to all day. the rest of the day is spent on their computer doing other applications. The projector seems to hog all the computer ressources so that other program would run very slowy. anyona has an idea how to fix that and HOW? purge cache? allow more memory? thank you very much [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: Re: autorun/autostart PDF's
Hello Marcus, Another approach would be to include a copy of Adobe's Acrobat Reader on your CD-ROM, then you will know the path to your PDFs (if included on CD), as well as the path to Acrobat Reader. Adobe's licencing allows you to do so, check out their website for details. g fritzinger Hey listies, Can anyone give me an insight on launching PDF's from Director or Director launching Acrobat Reader then a PDF. Autoruns to exe's what needs to be in the exe, xtras, etc very confusing??? Please help Thanks Marcus [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!]
director8.5 --flash
Hi list I had done a project in director8, which having a lot of flash content, i used frame count in my code to switch from one animation to another ie director will count the frames in the flash animation if the last frame comes it will go to next animation. The problem is--when i opend this in director 8.5 this is not working- the first animation comes and plays thats all, the next aniamation is not visibile. rk __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.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!]
No Subject
Hi list I had done a project in director8, which having a lot of flash content, i used frame count in my code to switch from one animation to another ie director will count the frames in the flash animation if the last frame comes it will go to next animation. The problem is--when i opend this in director 8.5 this is not working- the first animation comes and plays thats all, the next aniamation is not visibile. rk __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.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: Re: autorun/autostart PDF's
> Can anyone give me an insight on launching PDF's from > Director or Director > launching Acrobat Reader then a PDF. Hi Marcus, There are 3 things to consider in opening a PDF: 1 - finding path to the PDF on your CD or hard drive 2 - finding the path to the Acrobat Reader on the target machine 3 - opening the Reader with the PDF If you ABSOLUTELY know 1 & 2, you can simply use the built-in Director functionality: open xxx with yyy Unfortunately, you will often know only item 1 with any moderate certainty. The reasons for this is that the user may or may not have installed the Acrobat reader, and they can install it anywhere. To find this information you will need to look in the system Registry. Additionally, they may put your CD into a drive that may or may not be one that you can guess the path to. Fun huh? This problem is made simpler by using an Xtra to determine these items. There are several Xtras available to help and MasterApp is one such Xtra. The MasterApp Xtra contains a function specifically designed for that purpose named mappLocateExecutable() It returns the path to the executable registered to handle the document at the file path specified. Once you know this information you can open the PDF ising other MasterApp functions or even embed the PDF in your movie, as if it were a part of the movie. Price: $299.00 Platforms: 32-bit Windows, Win 3.1, Mac Director versions supported: Director 4,5,6,7,8 Author: Glenn Picher MasterApp gives you broad control over other applications from your Director presentation. The most common application for MasterApp is building connectivity between your Director piece and various Web browsers and Web pages. However, MasterApp is much more powerful than this basic use, including dozens of methods for launching, monitoring and controlling external applications. MasterApp is a commercial Xtra sold by UpdateStage. You find out more information, download an evaluation version or purchase the Xtra here: http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/xtrahome.html I hope that this information is useful. Cheers, Al Hospers Marketing Associate UpdateStage alhospersupdatestagecom http://www.updatestage.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: copy protection
Well Andrew, that's exactly the way I want to do it. Most of it is working already, Just that hard disk key was missing. I have looked at BuddyAPi but could not find such a function (probably not included in Macintosh, which is my developer platform) but now I'll look for it again. Thank you very much. best regards, Florian Andrew Dempsey wrote: > > Hi Roy, > > I am currently working on an application that does what you are talking > about. > > Here's how we're doing it. > > 1. User purchases software unlock online, and his info is gathered into a > database. User has a unique ID and password (set by him, similar to, say, > a Macromedia membership www.macromedia.com/membership). > > 2. The software runs in a default "demo" mode with partial functionality. > When it runs in demo mode, there is an "unlock" option. > > 3. If "unlock" is clicked, the user is prompted to enter username and > password. > This info is sent via a "getNetText" call to an ASP page that queries the > SQL database (or you can use access for lower volume) to see if this user > has > purchased the unlock key, and if user has purchased it, how many > installations > they have made. > > 4. If user has not purchased key, they are prompted to go to the secure > web page to make the purchase. > > 5. If they have purchased key, and have not surpassed the allowable number > of > installations (we allow two), then I use the Buddy Xtra to grab the serial > number > of the hard drive, create a unique installation code for that computer, and > write > it to a text file that does not have a .txt extension (so that the file will > not > automatically open if clicked on - you can do this using the FileIO xtra). > I use > Buddy to encrypt the file as well. (Although I am currently evaluating > UpdateStage's > vlist xtra as a possible better alternative for storing this code). The > projector > sends an update message to the database via ASP page to add to the number of > installations for that user by 1. > > 6. Once this code is written to the text file, the application runs in full > mode. > Thereafter, when the application is opened, it detects the presence of that > stored > code and if it checks against the serial number of the harddrive (of course, > it goes through a complex mathematical operation first as an additional > level of > security), then the application automatically runs in "full" mode. > > 7. If the user requires more than the two installations allowed when they > purchase > the program, they can send an email to our support, explaining why. This, > again, is > what happens when you purchase software online from macromedia (I got the > idea from > them). Requests for further installations can be evaluated on an individual > basis. > This also allows you to sell group licenses, such as 10 installations or > more. Your > backend database system handles the whole thing. You can full automate the > system > by using the directconnection xtra in the projector to handle the connection > automatically, and the directemail xtra to send a request for more > installations. > > By doing this, we have implemented a multi-layered security system. The > unique > installation code is only issued to those who have made the purchase, and it > is done > by a "behind the scenes" transaction between the projector and the online > database. > No unlock code is emailed or given to a client. Secondly, the code is > stored in an > encrypted file that would be difficult for anyone to find or open. Thirdly, > the stored > code is unique to the computer, so it will not work on other machines. > Finally, > the final line of defense is that the code is created by a complex > mathematical > operation that the projector runs - more challenge for any potential > crackers. > > Hope this isn't too long... just wanted to give you some details that > might help. I am pretty busy with projects now, but if you want to talk > more, > I'll see what I can do. > > Andrew > > > >I want to establish a copy protection similar to windows XP. In detail i > > >would like to read out things like amount of RAM, harddisk serial etc > > >and combine that into a serial number. Since my application has to be > > >online anyway, it will check this serial number with an online database > > >and therefore know whether it is legal or not. > > > > > >Any ideas, xtras or something? > > > > So, I have to buy a new version when I increase my RAM, or upgrade my > > hard-drive? > > -- > Andrew Dempsey > Multimedia Developer and Consultant > Cairo, Egypt > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone/Fax: (+202) 267-7691 > Web: www.andrewdempsey.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!] [T
copy protection
Hi Roy, I am currently working on an application that does what you are talking about. Here's how we're doing it. 1. User purchases software unlock online, and his info is gathered into a database. User has a unique ID and password (set by him, similar to, say, a Macromedia membership www.macromedia.com/membership). 2. The software runs in a default "demo" mode with partial functionality. When it runs in demo mode, there is an "unlock" option. 3. If "unlock" is clicked, the user is prompted to enter username and password. This info is sent via a "getNetText" call to an ASP page that queries the SQL database (or you can use access for lower volume) to see if this user has purchased the unlock key, and if user has purchased it, how many installations they have made. 4. If user has not purchased key, they are prompted to go to the secure web page to make the purchase. 5. If they have purchased key, and have not surpassed the allowable number of installations (we allow two), then I use the Buddy Xtra to grab the serial number of the hard drive, create a unique installation code for that computer, and write it to a text file that does not have a .txt extension (so that the file will not automatically open if clicked on - you can do this using the FileIO xtra). I use Buddy to encrypt the file as well. (Although I am currently evaluating UpdateStage's vlist xtra as a possible better alternative for storing this code). The projector sends an update message to the database via ASP page to add to the number of installations for that user by 1. 6. Once this code is written to the text file, the application runs in full mode. Thereafter, when the application is opened, it detects the presence of that stored code and if it checks against the serial number of the harddrive (of course, it goes through a complex mathematical operation first as an additional level of security), then the application automatically runs in "full" mode. 7. If the user requires more than the two installations allowed when they purchase the program, they can send an email to our support, explaining why. This, again, is what happens when you purchase software online from macromedia (I got the idea from them). Requests for further installations can be evaluated on an individual basis. This also allows you to sell group licenses, such as 10 installations or more. Your backend database system handles the whole thing. You can full automate the system by using the directconnection xtra in the projector to handle the connection automatically, and the directemail xtra to send a request for more installations. By doing this, we have implemented a multi-layered security system. The unique installation code is only issued to those who have made the purchase, and it is done by a "behind the scenes" transaction between the projector and the online database. No unlock code is emailed or given to a client. Secondly, the code is stored in an encrypted file that would be difficult for anyone to find or open. Thirdly, the stored code is unique to the computer, so it will not work on other machines. Finally, the final line of defense is that the code is created by a complex mathematical operation that the projector runs - more challenge for any potential crackers. Hope this isn't too long... just wanted to give you some details that might help. I am pretty busy with projects now, but if you want to talk more, I'll see what I can do. Andrew > >I want to establish a copy protection similar to windows XP. In detail i > >would like to read out things like amount of RAM, harddisk serial etc > >and combine that into a serial number. Since my application has to be > >online anyway, it will check this serial number with an online database > >and therefore know whether it is legal or not. > > > >Any ideas, xtras or something? > > So, I have to buy a new version when I increase my RAM, or upgrade my > hard-drive? -- Andrew Dempsey Multimedia Developer and Consultant Cairo, Egypt Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone/Fax: (+202) 267-7691 Web: www.andrewdempsey.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!]
