RE: File IO - how do I erase text in a file?
Hi Kerry >I got a little lost in the part about the 4 > and the 3 and 0 and the 4th 0 of the third minor seventh. > > Cordially, > > Kerry Thompson That's the problem with you exBostonians.. you lose a little hair and you get totally befuddled by by the 4th 0 of the third minor seventh. you should take up hockey as a specator sport... it might help clear up your mind a bit ;-) mark [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: File IO - how do I erase text in a file?
Hi Steven did you try to do the following set someFile = new( Xtra "FileIO") errorCode = openFile(someFile, FilePath, 0) errorCode = delete someFile errorCode = closeFile( someFile ) set someFile = 0 it might work just a wild stab in the dark 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: File IO - how do I erase text in a file? SOLVED...
> Gosh! Wouldn't it just be easier to delete the file and then rewriting to > it rather than going through all those repeats and stuff? Easier? Maybe, but as much fun? I say thee nay! =) Deleting the file requires recreating the file and then writing to the file again. What's easier? Running a repeat loop, or doing complex file management? The repeat loop won't fail, whereas the File IO might act up at any time. Best to minimize the work the computer has to do (in this case a 90MHz Pentium I). I might be a victim of superstition here, but it feels like a safer bet to run a repeat loop than have to recreate the file over and over. I am saving CONSTANTLY to this file. Deleting, creating, and writing to a file over and over doesn't seem a good idea. I'm thinking that after thousands of times of doing that, the hard drive would start losing sectors and require defragging. Of course, I'm no hard drive/OS tech, so I'm just guessing. At any rate, it works now, so all is good. Thanks, Steven [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: File IO - how do I erase text in a file? SOLVED...
Gosh! Wouldn't it just be easier to delete the file and then rewriting to it rather than going through all those repeats and stuff? Cordially, Pranav Negandhi New Media Applications. Learnet India Limited, Mumbai. Phone: 91-22-859 8042 Ext: 410 I figured out a workaround, clunky as it may be. --- set gTheWriteText = removeQuotes(gTheWriteText) if the last item of gTheWriteText = " 3110" then nothing else put SPACE after gTheWriteText end if on removeQuotes dataString repeat with a = 1 to the number of chars in dataString if char a of dataString = QUOTE then delete char a of dataString end repeat . -Steven [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: File IO - how do I erase text in a file? SOLVED...
sorta... I figured out a workaround, clunky as it may be. --- set gTheWriteText = removeQuotes(gTheWriteText) if the last item of gTheWriteText = " 3110" then nothing else put SPACE after gTheWriteText end if on removeQuotes dataString repeat with a = 1 to the number of chars in dataString if char a of dataString = QUOTE then delete char a of dataString end repeat return dataString end --- This puts a space over the 0 where the 3110 would be. But now the last item in the list when it brings it back in will be "321 ". So, I just delete the last char of dataString if it = SPACE before putting quotes back into the list. on replaceQuotes dataString if the last char of dataString = SPACE then delete the last char of dataString repeat with a = 1 to the number of items of dataString if char 1 of item a of dataString = SPACE then delete char 1 of item a of dataString put QUOTE before item a of dataString put QUOTE after item a of dataString end repeat return dataString end I just realized, though, that I could have solved that problem differently by just saying string(value(x)) since they are numbers. I hope this helps somebody else. You can retrieve the number of characters in a file using FileIO, so you can easily add a bunch of spaces to the end of your string you are writing and delete them all when you read them: repeat while the last char of dataString = SPACE delete the last char of dataString end repeat -Steven [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: File IO - how do I erase text in a file?
> FileIO obviously doesn't overwrite an entire text file > when it writes to a file, it just writes from char a to char b. > If there are more characters already in the text file beyond > char b, they remain untouched. I've had the same problem. The only workaround I could come up with was to delete the contents and write it out again amended. Some delete functions would be really useful - other than just the entire contents; which is all it seems to provide. Could you use BudAPI's ini functions instead? [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: File IO - how do I erase text in a file?
I'm using Director 6 so I can't use dot syntax :( Allow me to get a little more detailed. FileIO obviously doesn't overwrite an entire text file when it writes to a file, it just writes from char a to char b. If there are more characters already in the text file beyond char b, they remain untouched. I have a linear list I am saving to a text file. I am converting the linear list to a string and removing the brackets and quotes. Let's say the end result is a string 100 characters long. I write the 100 character long string to a text file. Now, in one case, the string is 101 characters long, and it writes that to the text file. Now the text file is 101 characters long. If I write my 100 character long string to that text file, it only overwrites the first 100 characters of the text file, leaving character 101 there. The next time I read that file, it reads the last item in the list with a 0 at the end of it, which effectively breaks my code. I tried to add a space to the end of the string to overwrite the trailing zero, but when it wrote 3110 it wrote "3110 " which added 2 spaces to the overall length. Same problem. I've decided that the only way to really handle this is to do a short repeat where it checks to see if the last char of the string is a space, and if so, delete it. This should solve the problem, in theory. If you have any other ideas, please let me know. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Kerry Thompson > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 1:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: File IO - how do I erase text in a file? > > > > >Is there Some way to just delete > >the last char of the text file each time it opens > >it to save and then write to it > > How about: > > theText = readFile (theFile) > delete theText.char[theText.length] > writeString (theFile, theText) > > Does that do what you want? I got a little lost in the part about > the 4 and > the 3 and 0 and the 4th 0 of the third minor seventh. > > 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!] > [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: File IO - how do I erase text in a file?
>Is there Some way to just delete >the last char of the text file each time it opens >it to save and then write to it How about: theText = readFile (theFile) delete theText.char[theText.length] writeString (theFile, theText) Does that do what you want? I got a little lost in the part about the 4 and the 3 and 0 and the 4th 0 of the third minor seventh. 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!]
File IO - how do I erase text in a file?
Hello, I have a problem with File IO I'm trying to solve. I am writing a list to a text file and the last item in the list is 3 numbers long, except in one case, it is 4 numbers long and the last one is 0. Well, when it writes to the file with a 3 number final item after it has written with the 4 number item, the 0 stays at the end, breaking my code. So, it is simply inserting text from char 1 to the length of the string of the list, which means the 0 stays there. What would be the best solution to this problem? Deleting the file and creating the file each time I write to it seems like too much work. Is there an easier way to do this? Some way to just delete the last char of the text file each time it opens it to save and then write to it would be best. -Steven [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: Putting text into sprite not member
>hasn't this question been asked and answered in the past few days here >or on Direct-L? Sure has. Check the header--the message was sent Monday. We're getting duplicates--I've seen a few others go drifting by in the stream. 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!]
Re: volume up and down buttons
You haven't declared 'vol' as a global in the scripts for the volume up and volume down. You can also shorten your scripts like so: For volume [+] on mouseUp me global vol vol = max(7, vol + 1) the soundLevel = vol end mouseUp me For volume [-] on mouseUp me global vol vol = min(0, vol - 1) the soundLevel = vol end mouseUp me HTH Cordially, Pranav Negandhi New Media Applications. Learnet India Limited, Mumbai. Phone: 91-22-859 8042 Ext: 410 I am very new to Director and lingo especially so bear with me please. I have a volume icon and a plus and a minus sprite and i want to make the volume go up incrementally on clicking plus and doown clicking minus I've put these scripts in: ...set the soundLevel to 7 end if end for volume [ - ] on mouseUp if the soundLevel > 0 then set vol to soundLevel set vol to vol-1 set the soundLevel to vol else set the soundLevel to 0 end if end But I get error- variable used before assigned a value Can anyone please set me straight? 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: volume up and down buttons
> But I get error- > variable used before assigned a value You need to declare "global vol" at the top of each of your mouseUp handlers. Try: on startMovie global vol set vol to 4 set the soundLevel to vol end -- for volume [ + ] on mouseUp global vol if vol < 7 then set vol to vol + 1 set the soundLevel to vol end if end -- for volume [ - ] on mouseUp global vol if vol > 0 then set vol to vol - 1 set the soundLevel to vol end if end However, this doesn't update your volume icon. Which version of Director are you using? [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!]
volume up and down buttons
I am very new to Director and lingo especially so bear with me please. I have a volume icon and a plus and a minus sprite and i want to make the volume go up incrementally on clicking plus and doown clicking minus I've put these scripts in: on startMovie global vol set vol to 4 set the soundLevel to vol end on mouseUp if the soundLevel < 7 then set vol to soundLevel set vol to vol+1 set the soundLevel to vol else set the soundLevel to 7 end if end for volume [ - ] on mouseUp if the soundLevel > 0 then set vol to soundLevel set vol to vol-1 set the soundLevel to vol else set the soundLevel to 0 end if end But I get error- variable used before assigned a value Can anyone please set me straight? 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!]
volume
I'm an illustrator and not a programer. I am working on a director prodject that uses puppet sounds. The puppet sounds work ok but I would like to add a button that would controll the volume of my puppets? How do I do this? [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!]
Downloading a file from CD-Rom
Good evening, This is my first day using this mailing list. So in advance I'm sorry if these questions have been asked... Within a CD-Rom we are developing, the end user is able to click and choice a destination (on their desktop) for the document ex) .doc. I'm not exactly sure how to go about doing this. Does anyone have any sugestions? Thanks in advance... One more dumb question I am unable to locate the FileIO Xtra, but I am able to view the xtra in the folder. Where can I find it once I am using Director? Thanks Sabrina [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: SV: collisions ?
At 2:07 PM -0300 8/9/01, Agustín María Rodríguez wrote: >I´ve modified this example from balls to boxes and some other things. I >hope it >solves your problem. [snip] Don't forget to set the collision.mode property to the desired collision processing method. >Movie script: > >on CallSpcript me This should be on callScript me Regards, Terry -- ...---===| 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: Comunications between projectors
At 12:50 PM -0400 8/9/01, Al Hospers wrote: >> If I've two running projectors (proj_1 and proj_2) is there a >> way to pass >> parameters from proj_1 to proj_2 without writing to HD. > >1 - why no HD writing? getPref/setPref would work pretty well. This can create a crash in some circumstances and i/o errors in others. Not safe. > >2 - are they running on the same machine? > >3 - how about a peer to peer MultiUser Server? Best approach! However, you do not need a server - just the Multiuser Xtra. Examples of this type of code are posted at http://www.multiuseru.com/community/ -- ...---===| 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: CurrentScript
At 3:51 PM +0200 8/9/01, Yariv Alter Fin wrote: >Dear List, > >At the finishing line of our soon-to-be-online project we are deep >into the phase of shockwave debugging. Using the alertHook handler, >all error messages are displayed in a text field, and the user is >requested to restart/reload. Problem is, that since the entire >application happens in one frame, we need to know the name of the >script where the error has occured, since errors such as "Script >error: object expected" are rather impossible to trace within the >complex application code... The question is therefore, does anyone of >a property of the sort of 'the currentHandler' or 'the >CurrentScript'? at the moment i am planning to add a line to each >handler, registrating it as the current one. also for this it would >be handy to be able to autimatically retrieve the handler's name... >any suggestions? This is a long desired feature - currently only available using server-side Lingo and the Multiuser Server. Best approach (sloppy but it works) is to have each handler post their symbol (or other ID) to a global variable when they start running: on yourHandler ... gCurrentHandler = #yourHandler -- actual code goes here end yourHandler > >Another question is regarding 'traping' error and the return codes >the alertHook handler returns. does anyone know what these -1,0,1 and >2 actually mean...? Search the Macromedia Technotes at http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/ using the search phrase "alerthook" - you will find all of the details you need. Regards, -- ...---===| 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: Putting text into sprite not member
hasn't this question been asked and answered in the past few days here or on Direct-L? 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 > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Etaoin Shrdlu > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 3:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Putting text into sprite not member > > > Is it possible to update a specific text or field sprite with > changing the text of its member? [ sprite(spriteNum).member.text] > > I have multiple text fields that are created by the user, and > rather than go the sloppy route of creating loads of separate > empty text or field cast members, I'd like to keep it clean > with just one member, where different instances have different text. > > But I've no clue how to do this. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > e.s. > > "It's very easy to be radical in order to be a radical. Being > radical for a purpose takes commitment, and a willingness to > pay for your screw ups." -Paul Mobbs > > _RSUB__ > http://www.rsub.com go there now - - - - -> > > [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!] > > [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!]
pulling folder and file names
I'm new to the list so I apologize if you've already dealt with this. What I need to do is be able to access and put(on screen) the names of all the sub-folders, and the files within them, sometimes four or five layers deep. I want to not only be able to display them, but the user has to be able to click on the names to access the files. The files are sound clips so I want to select the ones I want to play and build a running playlist. I'm starting out however with just trying to figure out how to pull all this information in and display it. Any help, pointers, or even directions on where to find out would be much appreciated. 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: flash 4 swf and QT direct to stage flickering
You could've just set sprite(flashsprite).static = true [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 4 swf and QT direct to stage flickering
on 8/10/01 6:34 AM, phillip louderback at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi all, > I'm trying to use a flash 4 interface as a background > and then play a quicktime direct to stage (director > projector, v8) but the video is flickering like mad. > if i use a bitmap as the background it runs fine. > can't qt and swfs coincide? any help would be > appreciated. > phillip louderback > > __ > 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!] > > I could neverr beat that one so I made the moviers out of flash exported to quicktime , worked a treat -- [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!]
QT video flashes between DTS and notDTS
hi again, i'm toggling a quicktime between direct to stage and not DTS. when i turn it back on it becomes invisible and then flashes on. Is there a workaround? thanks phillip louderback __ 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!]
Fwd: test lingo filter
Hey Tab-- This could be trouble. I've gotten spammed from this "I Hate Spam" alias before. It looks like he/she is testing to see if their mail gets through your spam filter. I have them filtered out in Eudora, but not coming through Lingo-L. Cordially, Kerry Thompson >X-Authentication-Warning: mail1.fcgnetworks.net: majordomo set sender to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] using -f >From: I Hate Spam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Lingo-L Digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Mailer: PocoMail 2.5 (974) - Registered Version >Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 14:28:16 -0400 >Subject: test lingo filter >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >test test > > >[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: MUI Xtra question
On 8/9/01 at 2:12 PM, Robert Wingate shared the following: > > Either one is better than trying to code MUI...what a headache! > >Aw, come on. MUI is really straightforward, and it pretty much does what >you tell it to. The current shockwave-unsafety is the biggest headache! >This article makes it easy: For me, typing a hundred lines of code is a headache compared to dragging and dropping a few icons. Personal preference, I guess. I've been writing code for years, but I still prefer graphical interfaces. 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!]
Re: thanks flash 4 swf and QT direct to stage flickering
thanks a million, toggling the static of the swf seems to be helping. phillip --- Kerry Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I'm trying to use a flash 4 interface as a > background > >and then play a quicktime direct to stage (director > >projector, v8) but the video is flickering like > mad. > >if i use a bitmap as the background it runs fine. > >can't qt and swfs coincide? any help would be > >appreciated. > > If the swf isn't animating, you can set its #static > property to true, and > make it not DTS--two DTS sprites will definitely > compete. Also, make sure > it is paused. > > > 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!] > __ 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!]
test lingo filter
test test [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
> Either one is better than trying to code MUI...what a headache! Aw, come on. MUI is really straightforward, and it pretty much does what you tell it to. The current shockwave-unsafety is the biggest headache! This article makes it easy: http://www.director-online.com/accessArticle.cfm?id=888 I haven't seen any of the visual-mui tools that I liked better than the control I get from Mui itself (granted, I probably haven't seen them all). 2c, Rob /* * Rob Wingate, Software Human* * http://www.vingage.com * * mailto:[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: flash 4 swf and QT direct to stage flickering
RE: -- >From: phillip louderback <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: flash 4 swf and QT direct to stage flickering >Date: Thu, Aug 9, 2001, 12:34 PM >I'm trying to use a flash 4 interface as a background >and then play a quicktime direct to stage (director >projector, v8) but the video is flickering like mad. >if i use a bitmap as the background it runs fine. >can't qt and swfs coincide? any help would be >appreciated. Turn your Flash movie into a QuickTime movie and use it non-DTS. Or, run the QuickTime over it (your Flash movie running non-DTS) non-DTS also. Otherwise, as a Flash movie, it would have to be static and non-DTS. Another option is to cut the Flash movie into 4 separate movies and run them _beside_ the QuickTime movie. Buttons in any one of them could still talk to Director, etc, etc. Steve Bennett www.ifmp.net [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 4 swf and QT direct to stage flickering
>I'm trying to use a flash 4 interface as a background >and then play a quicktime direct to stage (director >projector, v8) but the video is flickering like mad. >if i use a bitmap as the background it runs fine. >can't qt and swfs coincide? any help would be >appreciated. If the swf isn't animating, you can set its #static property to true, and make it not DTS--two DTS sprites will definitely compete. Also, make sure it is paused. 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!]
Re: flash 4 swf and QT direct to stage flickering
>I'm trying to use a flash 4 interface as a background >and then play a quicktime direct to stage (director >projector, v8) but the video is flickering like mad. >if i use a bitmap as the background it runs fine. >can't qt and swfs coincide? any help would be >appreciated. If the Flash sprite is animated, that's life. If it's a still picture you're using, try setting the static of the Flash member to true. -- [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: SV: collisions ?
I´ve modified this example from balls to boxes and some other things. I hope it
solves your problem.
Behavior attached to some sprite:
on mouseUp me
w=sprite(me.spriteNum).member
w.resetWorld()
box=w.newModelResource("box", #box)
box.radius=1
box1=w.newModel("box1", box)
box2=w.newModel("box2", box)
box1.addModifier(#collision)
box1.collision.enabled=true
box2.addModifier(#collision)
box2.collision.enabled=true
box1.collision.resolve=true
box2.collision.resolve=true
box1.collision.setCollisionCallBack(#col, ("callscript"))
box2.collision.setCollisionCallBack(#col, ("callscript"))
end
Movie script:
on CallSpcript me
on col me, colData
beep
datlist=[coldata.modela, coldata.modelb, coldata.pointOfContact,
coldata.collisionNormal]
sendAllSprites (#collisionNotification, datlist)
end
Another movie script puts the info into the stage:
on collisionNotification me, collisionData
sprite(me.spritenum).member.text = string(collisionData)
end
on beginsprite me
sprite(me.spritenum).member.text = ""
end
Agustín
Magnus Ewald wrote:
> Hi List
>
> Im a 8.5 newbie and i am trying to get the collision detection working with
> a "setCollisionCallback()", but i cant get it to work. I have 2 models,
> "box" and "box2", how do I easyest ,to say, show an alert message when these
> collide ?
>
> thanx /magnus
>
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flash 4 swf and QT direct to stage flickering
hi all, I'm trying to use a flash 4 interface as a background and then play a quicktime direct to stage (director projector, v8) but the video is flickering like mad. if i use a bitmap as the background it runs fine. can't qt and swfs coincide? any help would be appreciated. phillip louderback __ 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: CD playing using MCI command
>while this is true, it has nothing to do with playing an audio CD >track, which was the original question and in fact was the subject of >the posting... Ah... good catch, Al. I zoned in on the part about casts and such, and missed the part about Red Book. Thanks for setting it straight :-) 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!]
RE: Comunications between projectors
> If I've two running projectors (proj_1 and proj_2) is there a > way to pass > parameters from proj_1 to proj_2 without writing to HD. 1 - why no HD writing? getPref/setPref would work pretty well. 2 - are they running on the same machine? 3 - how about a peer to peer MultiUser Server? > Something like "tell (projector) to..." as with MIAW? no 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: CD playing using MCI command
Peter: > I have complete documentation about MCI commands from > Microsoft, but (as other things) it does not work. hmmm. interesting statement. I have done a lot with MCI & once you get over some conceptual hurdles it worked quite well. while it is depricated, the support for MCI is still there in Windows 2000. dunno abut XP tho. Kerry responded: > You can use sound playFile, and you don't need to import the > audio into a cast. > > If you're using Director 8 or later, there is a whole new set > of sound > commands that give you a lot of control over audio. Check the Lingo > dictionary, Lingo by Feature, under "Sound." while this is true, it has nothing to do with playing an audio CD track, which was the original question and in fact was the subject of the posting... I suggest that you go to the Penworks web site & look at the CD Pro Xtra. it is free and does what you need quite well. these are the folken who host this mailing list. click here: http://www.penworks.com/xtras/cdpro/index.cgi 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!]
Comunications between projectors
If I've two running projectors (proj_1 and proj_2) is there a way to pass parameters from proj_1 to proj_2 without writing to HD. Something like "tell (projector) to..." as with MIAW? Thanks, Andrea [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: CD playing using MCI command
>Is it the good idea to play large sounds (songs) from >an audio track added to CD via MCI commands rather >then importing to cast and say puppetSound. ? MCI has been deprecated by Microsoft for several years, and has only legacy support. I'd stay away from MCI. You can use sound playFile, and you don't need to import the audio into a cast. If you're using Director 8 or later, there is a whole new set of sound commands that give you a lot of control over audio. Check the Lingo dictionary, Lingo by Feature, under "Sound." 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!]
RE: CD playing using MCI command
What os are u using.microsoft don't support mci any longer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Peter Rosa Sent: 09 August 2001 15:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CD playing using MCI command Importance: High Hi all Director lovers, how exactly should I use the mci() command in Director ? I have complete documentation about MCI commands from Microsoft, but (as other things) it does not work. I just try to play an Audio-CD track from Director. Is it the good idea to play large sounds (songs) from an audio track added to CD via MCI commands rather then importing to cast and say puppetSound. ? Any ideas should be great. Best regards Peter Rosa [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!]
CD playing using MCI command
Hi all Director lovers, how exactly should I use the mci() command in Director ? I have complete documentation about MCI commands from Microsoft, but (as other things) it does not work. I just try to play an Audio-CD track from Director. Is it the good idea to play large sounds (songs) from an audio track added to CD via MCI commands rather then importing to cast and say puppetSound. ? Any ideas should be great. Best regards Peter Rosa [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: Giving focus to an editable text member
Yes! It Works! and Thanks A Bunch. Yariv >Take a look at the keyboardFocusSprite > >florian > >Yariv Alter Fin wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> Just a little question: does anyone know how to give 'focus' to an >> editable text member, so that the cursor will already be blinking >> inside it without the user having to click the text area first...? >> >> Yours, >> >> Yariv >> >> [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!] [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: Giving focus to an editable text member
I think the comand you're after is "the keyboardFocusSprite" or words to that effect. [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: Giving focus to an editable text member
Take a look at the keyboardFocusSprite florian Yariv Alter Fin wrote: > > Dear All, > > Just a little question: does anyone know how to give 'focus' to an > editable text member, so that the cursor will already be blinking > inside it without the user having to click the text area first...? > > Yours, > > Yariv > > [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!]
CurrentScript
Dear List, At the finishing line of our soon-to-be-online project we are deep into the phase of shockwave debugging. Using the alertHook handler, all error messages are displayed in a text field, and the user is requested to restart/reload. Problem is, that since the entire application happens in one frame, we need to know the name of the script where the error has occured, since errors such as "Script error: object expected" are rather impossible to trace within the complex application code... The question is therefore, does anyone of a property of the sort of 'the currentHandler' or 'the CurrentScript'? at the moment i am planning to add a line to each handler, registrating it as the current one. also for this it would be handy to be able to autimatically retrieve the handler's name... any suggestions? Another question is regarding 'traping' error and the return codes the alertHook handler returns. does anyone know what these -1,0,1 and 2 actually mean...? TIA, Best Regards, Yariv [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!]
Giving focus to an editable text member
Dear All, Just a little question: does anyone know how to give 'focus' to an editable text member, so that the cursor will already be blinking inside it without the user having to click the text area first...? Yours, Yariv [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: Archives
http://www.mail-archive.com/lingo-l@penworks.com/ >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!]
RE: best mpg player: directMedia or mpegXtra?
There was a time when mpeg xtra was the best because it used MCI strings that winodws was famous for...however as the OS moved on the support for MCI declined and problems arose in the mpegxtra and it was just not a viable option anymore for Os systms higher than win95 Direct show replaced MCI which microsoft currently contiunes to supportThere fore DirectMediaXtra works great with machienes on crrent Os sytemsive had no problems... All I can say...is...if u get mpeg xtra u will be disappointed in performece Direct media is great.. The only other alternative is ONSTAGE mpeg xtra... Whiich is too really goodthough I personally feel more comfortable with direct media...having used for so long.. Hope this help Jon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 August 2001 03:27 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: best mpg player: directMedia or mpegXtra? For a consumer title...? [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!]
XP protection
You can also use the DirectOS Xtra from www.directxtras.com. I actually prefer it in many ways for most of my tasks. Andrew -- Andrew Dempsey Multimedia Developer and Consultant Cairo, Egypt Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone/Fax: (+202) 267-7691 Web: www.andrewdempsey.com >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 [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!]
SV: collisions ?
Hi List Im a 8.5 newbie and i am trying to get the collision detection working with a "setCollisionCallback()", but i cant get it to work. I have 2 models, "box" and "box2", how do I easyest ,to say, show an alert message when these collide ? thanx /magnus [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!]
