RE: how can I exit the movie?
> didn't call stopMovie. ah... that's what I seem to remember. I suppose it's funny that piece of my library is that old thanks for the info Al [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: how can I exit the movie?
> What's the benefit? Why not just always use halt? I've been > doing it for > years - no problems. I'm not sure why you're going through > the trouble to > differentiate. well, historical I suppose. it's just a part of my code base. that said, it seems to me that at one time I found something not working properly when I used HALT in runtime. maybe you guys are correct, after all you have more experience thatn me, but in that case why are there two ways to exit a movie? 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: how can I exit the movie?
> Actually, a better way out is to use 'halt'. > > In authoring mode (that is, in Director), quit will also exit > Director, > which makes it really annoying for testing. By using 'halt' > instead, the > movie will just stop. to cover both authoring & runtime modes I have found that this works well. use this code as a behavior on your Exit button: on mouseUp me smartQuit end then place this code as a movie script in your movie: on smartQuit if the runMode <> "Author" then QUIT else HALT end if end the reason for the distinction is that QUIT will cause the Director authoring environment to close, which is not what you want when testing. hope this helps 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: How can I flush the event buffer?
> What can I do to stop this, is there a way to flush the event > buffer - or is > this a taboo? if you are on D 8+ check out flushInputEvents. 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: search a word in a field
JaCQUES wrote: > I would like to now how to search a word in a field and then > highlighting this word. Hi, If the amount of text in your field is not too large you can do this in Lingo. If you do not need to pre-index your search there is an article by Pat McClellan on DOUG (www.director-online.com) that will certainly help you out. Search using "text" and "search" as keywords. If there is enough text where you might want to index each field in advance for a very speedy search then there is an article about doing it in tLingo on UpdateStage here: http://www.updatestage.com/previous/971201.html However if you have a HUGE amount of text in the field of you need to search the contents of a large file, you may want to use an Xtra like TextCruncher from UpdateStage. TextCruncher does lightning-fast searchs of text. You can use it in a Director projector or in a Shockwave movie to perform a real-time fulltext search or even create indices for an indexed search of very large amounts of text. The latter seems appropriate for your needs. Here is an article in the UpdateStage archives that will help get you on your way http://www.updatestage.com/previous/981201.html There actually is a drag and drop behavior in the current demo that does the indexing and runtime search for you. The current version of TextCruncher Xtra is a commercial product available for sale through www.updateStage.com. It is $129, is for both Mac and Windows, supports Director 6-8 and is Shockwave safe. For more information, download a trial version or to order TextCruncher go here: http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/xtrahome.html Cheers, Al Hospers UpdateStage Marketing Associate alcambersoftcom 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: embed bitmap-font
> Is it possible to embed bitmap fonts? nope, as far as I know only TrueType 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: pauses in queued sounds?
> - Is there a way to get the 32 sounds to play with a pause > (in time) in > between each sound? add a sound with empty space in it between each item in the queue -- WARNING UNTESTED repeat with f = 1 to 32 sound(4).queue([#member: member( f, "sounds")]) sound(4).queue([#member: member( "1_sec_space", "sounds")]) end repeat sound(4).play() if you have a sound member with 1 second of blank space in it, this should put that between each item in the queue you are constructing. > - Can I control the size of the pause between the sounds? > (For example, if > the 32 sounds are the letters of the ABC, and I want to give the user > control on how fast the letters will be read). have different size space sound members that you use based on the users' choice. i.e "1_sec_space", "500_msec_space", "2_sec_space", etc. 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: different Line spacing in MAC and PC
> arrange the word in > the text member like setting (Arial,Size 12 ,and Line spacing > 14 ) in mac > machine, and save as XXX.dir, and then i open in the PC Win > NT the setting > will be (Arial,Size 12 and Line spacing 15).So the line > spacing is different > with Mac setting which i setting it before. > > WHY ,someone have any suggestion or solution. because they are different on the Mac & PC. if it causes you a problem you have 2 choices: 1 - create a behavior that you attach to each text member that sets the line height of each member in the on beginSprite handler. 2 - turn the text into a bitmap. 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: Adding YES and NO buttons to an alert message
> NOTE - the required Xtra is NOT Shockwave compatible. If you need SW > dialogs > you will neet to roll your own as MIAW's. > > When exactly did SW start supporting MIAW's sorry.. you are absolutely positivily correct. it does not, unfortunately. I guess was in a fog 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: Adding YES and NO buttons to an alert message
> Is it possible to add more than just one (OK) button to a > standard alert message? I'd like to replace the OK button > with a YES and NO button and ideally have to YES button in > the hilited mode, sp the user can simply hit the Enter key. Hi g, You can certainly use MUI dialog boxes to do what you need done. I have used them a lot for all kinds of projects. Lingo In A Nutshell has information about using them as does the MM technotes. Some time ago, either here or on Direct-L, I posted a handler that makes creating the basic ones quite easy. You might search the archives for the code. NOTE - the required 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 please visit our site at http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/xtrahome.html and click MUI Maker in the menu on the left. HTH, 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: wheelmouse and scrollable text fields
> Am I to gather that there is no no-xtra way? none. this requires a call to the system API. 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: wheelmouse and scrollable text fields
> Is there a way to caputre the input generated by rotating the > wheel of a > wheelmouse, xtra or something. > > I've got a client who is annoyed "how can you say industry standard if > director cannot utilize my wheelmouse?". Help appreciated try DirectXtras. they have one that does the job. I used it for a project a couple of years & it was able to get everything, including some obscure joystick button presses. 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: Quicktime question
> All works well...But I want to put in a warning box to tell > the end user that the program will quit and install > Quicktime. Where do I pu this code? I assume that you are going to put in an Alert. however, I don't think that you can do this in the prepareMovie. I think you will need to do it in a frame or at least startMovie. 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: FW: Possibly OT: Xtra question
> I need to know how xtras > communicate with the > Windows and Mac OS. How they use the API or toolbox, what systems, > resources, and whatever else is involved in an xtra talking > to the OS it is running on. have you looked at the XDK? that would point you in the right direction. there is also an Xtras dev list that Terry S. runs. you can find the sub info on the MM site. 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: How to preserve keyboard interaction in swish files?
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RE: How to preserve keyboard interaction in swish files?
> That said, what the heck is a swish file? Did I miss > something along the way? Swish is a authoring tool for creating animated text in Flash. man are you out of it Al [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: How to preserve keyboard interaction in swish files?
> He only sent that to Lingo-L. actually I'm pretty certain it was on Direct-L as well... [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: How to preserve keyboard interaction in swish files?
> How can I preserve the keyboard interaction of a swish file > when a it´s > imported into Director 8? please don't cross post messages on multiple lists! thanks 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: drawing like in a drawing prgramme
> I wasn't taking a crack at your > program, but I appoligize if thats the way you took it, but I > also think > that you miss interperted what I was stating. guess so, no problem-o. 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: drawing like in a drawing prgramme
John Horn wrote: > Thank you, my point exactly Dave wrote: > Which, > of course, is > completely expected. _Any_ drawing program, even Pshop, will > do the same thing. so John, if all drawing programs do that & the routine & wrote in mine does it, but does it minimally or on the same level as programs like Photoshop, what exactly is your point? 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: drawing like in a drawing prgramme
> yes I realize this, as stated I created a paint program for a > project last > year, but you do still run into jagged lines if the mouse is > moved to fast, > even with in the program you linked. interesting... I can't see any difference between moving the drawing tool fast or slow, but if you see it who am I to disagree. 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: drawing like in a drawing prgramme
> There will be limitations based on the processor speed and > the speed at > which director is running. You can fill like you are asking, > but the lines > will be jagged if the mouse is moved to fast. you absolutely can write a drawing routine that will not have the jaggies & the dropouts. it requires interpolating between points & is not a trivial exercise. FWIW all of the drawing routines in all drawing/painting programs do this. you can see an example of this technique here: http://www.cambersoft.com/contrapptions/mykidcan_paint.html cheers, 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: print from fields
> It has been suggested that mPrint designer is the extra to > use but this > seems longwinded & inapproipriate. > Any other ideas? as I stated in a previous posting on this subject... there is no internal way in Director to Print. you will need to use some Xtra to handle the process. they all are long winded in a certain sense I suppost, however they are quite appropriate. the only other possibility is to build the data entry fields in Flash & embed tham in Director & then print those out. I have not done this & I don't think that assembling separate Flash elemennts into a single form/page and printing that is possible. cheers, 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: re:printing textfields
> Is it possible to print the content of a textfield and if so > how can this be > done. I would like the data to be input then printed by > pressing a button to > the printer the computer is connected to is this possible? Director has no built-in printing capabilities. you will need to use something like mPrint or PrintOMatic. you can find more info on there & where to find 'em on the UpdateStage site: http://www.updatestage.com/products_table.html#Print enjoy, 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: Acrobat problems
> I have used an alert statement to test the paths. I have > tried both the > moviePath and the pathName. I Have also asked 3 experienced lingo > programmers who work with me and their stumped as well. I'm > not sure what to > do at this point. Well here's the deal... If you have one machine where it works & a bunch that don't you need to figure out WHY it works on the one machine. Does it always work in authoring? Does it work on your development machine? You may need to install your development system on some of these machines, including the one where it works, and trace thru the code in the debugger. Have you done that? Possibly try typing in the "open xxx with yyy" code in the message window & see what that does. One thought - does the machine where it works have Acrobat installed on it? It sounds as if you have your work cut out for you. Of course you could also get one of the Xtras like MasterApp that have functions that are designed to do this for you. Good luck, 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: annoying feature! (mailto)
> I've written the following Cold Fusion script which sends an > email without > opening a browser window: but does require Cold Fusion, correct? 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: annoying feature! (mailto)
> But when I turn my movie into a projector, the above code > causes a browser > window to open and only then creates a new mail window. How > can I prevent it > from opening a browser window? this is, in fact, the way it works. the mailto function will open a browser window. if you want to send email without that taking place you can purchase an Xtra such as the DirectEmail Xtra from Direct Xtras or use the MultiUser Server Xtra that comes with Director. there are technotes on the Macromedia site detailing the latter. 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: Acrobat problems
> I am using Director 7.0.2 for a project and I am having > problems opening > "pdf" files on Windows. The following code works fine on a > Mac. It also > works on Windows(95, 98) in Authoring mode. However, at > runtime it only > works on one of our machines running Windows 98. On other > machines running > Windows(95, 98, 2000) the "pdf" does not open. It looks like > its about to > (the cursor turns to the hour glass) but nothing happens. The > paths are all correct. hi, so what makes you think that the paths are all correct on any arbitrary given machine? have you put alert statements in the code to verify this? without doing that I would suggest that it is highly likely that the paths are NOT correct on any but the one machine it works on! try putting one alert when you set the path to Acrobat and another when you set it to the PDF. run it on the machines you are failing on & report back if, in fact, the paths are correct. cheers, 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: deleting everything but numbers from a field member
> Can anyone tell me, is there an easy way to delete all > characters other than numbers from a field member? nothing built-in, but: 1 - put the text from the field in a variable 2 - loop thru the characters in the variable 3 - look at each character & see if they are contained in 1234567890 4 - if so, put that character in another variable 5 - when done put the contents of the second variable in the field 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: director 8.5 serial :-)
> Macromedia Director 8.5 Studio > Serial: WDW850-X-X-X are you NUTS? are you absolutely out of your MIND? do NOT post this stuff here. this is not a WAREZ list. in case you don't know it, and I assume that you do, this is ABSOLUTELY ILLEGAL. sheesh! 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: Password entry fields
> Someone's got to be really idle to actually take time out to > memorize the > keystrokes of a font like Wingdings. but that's what hackers do my friend. what you are describing is a REALLY insecure way of protecting a password. I do not sggest it. someone could pcopy the keystrokes out of the p/w field, paste it into another & write a simple translation handler to decode it. I personally prefer to put a single character into the p/w field as you type, hiding the real p/w field off stage. 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: xtras
> Can any one tell me How to start coding video xtras...? > Can any refer some links where I can get good information on > Video xtras to > start with.?? take the time to search the Macromedia site. try doing a search on XDK. it will point you to a lot of resources, including a list explicitly for Xtra developers, that should help. 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: Border around the stage
> So if anyone has an idea of how to do this (cross-platform; > mac/pc), please let me know. I am sure I am not the only one > who would like to use this.. you are absolutely not the only person asking this question. it comes up about once a week. in fact if you search the Lingo-L archives here http://www.mail-archive.com/lingo-l@penworks.com/ usind border as the keyword you will find about 46 references t it. 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: opening a PDF
> I am developing a CD for the PC platform. I need to create a > behavior that > will open a PDF file from the CD (ie I know the path to the > PDF). So far I > have only managed to get the file to 'save' to the users HD > ... but cannot > get it to open. Jason, There are 3 pieces to this puzzle: 1 - finding path to the PDF on your CD 2 - finding the path to the Acrobat reader on a given user's 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 to do what you desire. That said, you will often know only item 2 with moderate certainty. The reason for this is that the user may or may not have installed the Acrobat reader and they could 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. All in all it's a conundrum that is made simpler by using an Xtra to determine these seeming unknowables. There are several Xtras available to help you with this, 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. 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. Price: $299.00 Platforms: 32-bit Windows, Win 3.1, Mac Director versions supported: Director 4,5,6,7,8 Author: Glenn Picher 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: Password entry fields
> They're all dingbats and > effectively > serve the purpose of masking the keystroke. actually they don't mask anything since if you have the font accessable you will be able to figure out the keys. what he is looking for will give no indication of any difference between characters. 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: Memory leak in Director 8
> I have heard a lot of negative about D8, but I'll be honest, > I've done some > pretty hefty projects in D8 that have been running as > shockwave and CD-ROm > deliverables without any major hitches. Some people might blast me for > saying that in my experience, D8 has been reasonably stable > in my books... > but then again I don't use every feature of it. like Mark, after all my bitching about it I have used D8 for over a dozen very large projects over the past year & I have not had the problems you are experiencing. there must be something that is different here. FWIW I never use play play done, I always use go movie. I also do a lot of OOP coding & like you specifically unloading stuff. I do, however, sometimes throw in a unload and unloadMember command for good measure when there are a lot of movies being loaded & unloaded. FWIW I would be suspect of a new Xtra & try the same app on a target machine that you know where you can hard code the valuse in that you are using the Xtra to read. see if it happens. just my 2 cents, 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: FileXtra - Could this be a factor in the memory leak in Director8
> I'm using the FileXtra. According to Macromedia site it shipped with > Director 6.5 and 7, but NOT 8. > > Could there be a problem with this Xtra running in 8? > > Anyone had any problems with this Xtra in 8? that's interesting. I have it in D8, but don't know for sure if I got it myself, tho I doubt it. that said I haven't heard anything specific about it having problems. there is a newer version that you should check out. http://kblab.net/xtras/ 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: centering a movie
> One more problem: > The autorun feature is not working on all the > computerswhat could be the reason. maybe because those users have set the Autorun function to OFF! just a wild guess mind you. 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: it is urgent pleaseeee
>I m a beginer of Director. And i m using version 8. > i m working on a presentation. I want to use a quick > time movie in my presentation. can u tell me the > script with that i can use play stop and rewind and > forward buttons. i mean i want to control that movie > in director with these buttons. Please reply me sn > as u can look in the Window menu in the Library palette in the Media section. there are behaviors for using Quicktime. 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: Blinking Cursor in Field Position
> Okay, is there any way to detect where the blinking cursor in > a field is at. > I've read into "selection", "selStart", and "selEnd", but I > specifically need > to know where that cursor is when no text is selected. when there is nothing selected, the SelStart = the SelEnd. 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: Drop Down Menus
> Does anyone know how to make drop down navigation windows in director > or if there is any good tutorial's on the subject Hi William, There is, of course, the standard InstallMenu command that has been built into Director at least since V 4. A perusal of the Lingo Dictionaly or Help will provide details. There is also another solution, the Dropdown List behavior provided in the Library, which may be able to be used for your purposes. If these options, or a search of the archives, do not completely do what you need I you may wish to consider the Popup Xtra by UpdateStage. Here is some information: Popup Xtra, formerly sold as PopMenu Xtra, enables you to create hierarchical popup menus with customizable forecolor, backcolor, font, fontsize, selected item indicator, menu indicator and alignment. The menu contents can be changed at any time with Lingo to provide the user with context-sensitive menu choices. Version 3.1.0 of Popup, the first version released by updateStage, added the ability to dynamically determine the menu position at runtime, so that you can display a menu anywhere on the stage when the user holds down the mouse. The latest version of Popup, v 3.2, adds the ability to use Popup Xtra in Shockwave. The "Go" menu on the lefthand side of this page was created with Popup Xtra. Owners of a prior release purchased from updateStage can upgrade to the current version for $79.00. Price: $299.00 Upgrade from a version prior to 3.2: $79.00 Platforms: 32-bit Windows, Win 3.1, Mac Director versions supported: 5,6,7,8,8.5 Shockwave-safe, Shockwave auto-install Author: Scott Kildall 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: Re: projector border
> I still don't see it. For that matter, I don't see anything > labeled "New > Shockwave multi-criteria search format" either. At the > splash page I click > "Xtras" then click "Search Xtras" from the text list in the > left frame. I > get an Excite search form which doesn't return anything > resembling a border Xtra. OK, let's try again... 1 - go here http://www.updatestage.com/ 2 - click "XTRAS" 3 - in the left hand frame click "Mile High table" 4 - click "Familiar HTML table format" 5 - in the list of links click "Window" 6 - the first link under Window is "Border Xtra" hth 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: Re: projector border
> I didn't see any Border Xtras listed. Charlie, They were meaning that you should look at the Mile High Table O Products. That's the definitive listing of Xtras for Director. To save you the trip again the Border Xtra is here: http://www.mcmm.com/english/pages/homee.html HTH 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: burning cds
> is it possible to do the same from a windows machine? "it is not possible to do this on a windows machine": amazing but true... 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: DCR with Quicktime
> I have the Xtras "QT3Asset, QTAuth, QTExport" in Xtras > folder. Can I need any more Xtras to run Quicktime Movie in Browser. > Plese provide that information you need to have the QT3 xtra downloaded & installed in the Shockwave Xtras folder. is that in fact the case? having it in any other Xtras folder, like one in the place where you are launching the SW movie, is not relevant. BTW - each user who wants to see your movie will need to have that xtra installed for them as well! also the other 2 xtras are for authoring. 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: Edge around projector
> Oh AND if anyone wants to know in future how to open pdfs > from a projector > with just lingo i finally got it to work! Thanks to everyone > who helped me though! well.. tho it was likely something specific to your project that was causing your difficulty, it would be useful for those who have been reading your postings & the replies to see the code that finally worked for you. or, at least an explanation of the resolution so others can possibly benefit. 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: URL of shockwave movie
> 2) I need example of script in Javascript that use the command > "externalEvent and evalScript". well... you could search on the MM site for these or do the same on DOUG (a.k.a. director-online). both have pretty good examples. I seem to remember a good article on DOUG. 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: Tracking CD useage
> Is there anyway to do it for the FIRST useage only? We just > want to know > if people are suing these things AT ALL. if you don't care about the stealth aspect then you can use the form: on sendmail yourAddress, yourSubject, yourMessage addressString = yourAddress subjectString = yourSubject messageString = yourMessage gotonetpage "mailto:"&; addressString &"?subject=" & subjectString & "&body=" & messageString end you would use it as follows: yourAddress = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" yourSubject = "test message" yourMessage = "this is an email message to ed" sendmail yourAddress, yourSubject, yourMessage that should do the job. it will, as I said, pop up the email window and browser window. as far as the first time only, look for a file on the user's machine using getPref(). if it exists then do nothing, if not then call the sendMail handler. when you are done then write the file using setPref() 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: Tracking CD useage
> Is there a lingo command that would automatically send an > email message > the first time a CD is open and launched - something that doesn't > require user input or involvement? there is nothing in Lingo per-se that will do what you like. doing a getNetText with a mailTo will pop up a email window. if you are looking for "stealth" you will need to do it using a CGI script or an Xtra such as the DirectEmail Xtra from DirectXtras. I have used it on several projects & it works quite well. in fact I am using it for one now. NOTE - as there is no standardized place to get a mailserver address you will either need to supply one yourself, or possibly ask the user for one. more details are included in the Xtra docs. 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: Tracking CD useage
> fwiw, some people might have a problem with any application that > sends tracking data without the user's consent. I know I would. I didn't mention this in my previous postings, but I agree with Roy here. if you are planning on sending this stuff you SHOULD have consent. in fact many people have personal firewalls these days like BlackIce which tells you if something is trying to send out an unauthorized communication. 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: TOGGLE BUTTON
> does anyone know how to make a multi - state button? I can make > buttons without a problem but I am lost on how to make a multi - > state button yes... however you don't say exactly what you neeed. that said, there is a reasonable one in the Library in D 8 and 8.5. it may even be in 7. have you checked those out? you also may want to check out the behaviors on mediamacros. lots of stuff like that there. 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: MIAW first appearing in the lower right corner of stage
> I have a main director movie which runs full screen (1024X768 > / 800X600) which opens a number of MIAWs. I've noticed while > testing that the MIAWs when first opened, actually first > appear in the lower right corner of the stage before jumping > to their final position in the center of stage. My first > instinct is to set their position off stage while first > opening them and then after the MIAW is visible, move it to > the center of stage. I was hoping I could get some feedback > on this approach or possibly a better approach. this works for me. 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: resizing a browser window from shockwave
> You can try:
>
> goToNetPage("javascript:OpenWindow('index.html','_new','status
=yes,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,width=210,height=80');")
very cool Kerry. doing the same thing I was suggesting, only without the
externalEvent & HTML. you can then build the call to width & height on the
fly in Lingo. you say "you can try" but I assume that you have done this
yourself...
live & learn.
cheers,
Al Hospers
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RE: Help Needed on Popup Xtra
> I am working on improving a project made with Director 7. > Presently, I use > Director 8. One scaring thing is that the Popup Xtra is not working on > Director 8 now - it works perfectly well on Director 7. Why > is this so? How > can I make it work on Director 8. Any help you folks can > render shall be > appreciated as this problem is not helping me to make progress. Sola, Just curious. I am assuming that this is the Xtra you would have purchased from UpdateStage? If so, have you contacted them with a support question? inquiring minds... 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: resizing a browser window from shockwave
> I was able to open a new shockwave movie in a second browser by using > lingo's gotoNetPage "myMovie.dcr","_new". > Now I have another question. Is it possible (from lingo) > to specify the > size of the secondary browser window? I believe that Bruce Epstein also suggested doing this using _Blank for the goToNetPage parameter. however I do not think that you can set the size of the new browser window without using a JavaScript or VBScript call, that needs to be accessed via the externalEvent call as I suggested. I would suggest that you could use the JS call for everything, passing a parameter to JS containing the size and URL desired. other than that I am not sure how else to go about accomplishing what you desire. this is a method that requires 4.0 browsers BTW and should be tested on all browser types it at all possible. 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: stopping audio
> I am concerned about using "QT3Mix" because it seems to cause some > systems > to randomly crash? I'm not sure... I have not had any problems using QT3Mix. it is generally a lot better than MacroMix. 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: Field Names
> They are both field cast members which are intended to > display the same name > from a list but on different sections of a data output screen. why not just place the same field on the screen 2 times? 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: opening a new browser window with shockwave
> Hello, I have a question. This may be very basic, but I am > trying to open a > shockwave movie in a new browser window from another > shockwave movie, is > this possible? if so, how do I go about doing that? so you are trying to open a new browser window and leave the original one open? if so you can likely use the externalEvent function to call a Javascript function in your current SW page that opens another browser window & goes to a different page containing your other SW movie. there are technotes at MM and on DOUG that detail ho to use evalScript. understand, of course, that having multiple browser windows open with SW's on them will likely have an adverse effect on the user's system performance. 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: opening pdfs...
> Al works for updateStage, the publisher of that > Xtra--I'm not knocking > Al, I'm just making sure you knew that his opinion may not be > unbiased). that's why when I suggest a proiduct from UpdateStage I always use my company SIG. I ain't hidin' anythin'. full disclosure! 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: opening pdfs...
> On the contrary, you can do what you require with an ActiveX. > I to get a > list of the methods usable to control it, double click on it after you > insert it in your movie. I'm not sure which one makes it > open a PDF. I do > know that the syntax for using the methods is the following: > sprite(x).method(param1,param2) > > If someone figures out which method is used, please post it. so have you done this yourself? can you post a behavior or handler to illustrate how to make it happen? 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: opening pdfs...
> Being new to Director, can anyone tell me how i can use the > ActiveX control to embed a pdf document into my cd movie? Is > there a specific piece of lingo that someone could possibly > help me out with to instruct a button to open it as i have NO > idea of lingo at all! This exact question was just asked on Direct-L this morning. Do you know Odette? That said, I don't think that you can do what you require with an AxtiveX control. You will need an Xtra to embed an application/presentation into a Director movie. I suggest using MasterApp. While I have never tried it with Acrobat, there is a how-to on doing it with PowerPoint on the UpdateStage site at http://www.updatestage.com/previous/990701.html#item2 How to play PowerPoint files from Director using MasterApp Xtra The code should directly apply to Acrobat. Also there's a behavior in the behavior lib that lets you specify any app and window size to embed called "Launch program and position window on stage". The behavior lib is the first item on the downloads page under Supporting Materials: http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/xtradownloads.html 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. Price: $299.00 Platforms: 32-bit Windows, Win 3.1, Mac Director versions supported: Director 4,5,6,7,8 Author: Glenn Picher 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: cursor position in textfield
> Say, for example, a user has scrolled to the 5th char in a 20 > char word using the arrow keys. By pressing SHIFT+HOME the 5 > chars preceding the cursor should be selected. I will set the > selStart to 1 but how can I set the selEnd - I need something > like theCurrentCursorPosition. Equally, in the above > situation, pressing SHIFT+END would select the 15 chars after > the cursor position. Again, I can set the selEnd to the last > char of the line, but how do I set the selStart. when there is nothing selected, the selStart is the same as the selEnd AND it IS the current cursor position! thus you would set first get the current position by getting either the selStart or selEnd and putting it into a temporary variable like pCurrentCursorPosition. then set the selStart to 1 and the selEnd to pCurrentCursorPosition. 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: cursor position in textfield
> How can I find out where the cursor is in a text field > sprite? Not the mouse position but the actual text cursor > (vert line) itself. I need it to imitate the action of > holding SHIFT+HOME or SHIFT+END to select a chunk from the > current char to the start or end char of a line. Leon, check out the selStart and the selEnd. 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: RE: Don't Need help with a RAM hog on Windowsanymore
> Guess you skipped the rest of that thread, huh, Al? :) guess it was that beer with dinner 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: spritenum reference
> I am trying to set the keyboardFocusSprite by reference to a
> field name
> using the following code:
> set the keyboardFocusSprite = sprite(member("teamname", "team
> data").spritenum
> The problem is it returns either the number of an empty
> sprite channel or
> the cast membernum. Can you tell me where I am going wrong.
off the top of my pitifully hairless head,
sprite() references something in a channel, so putting the member info in
the () doesn't mean anything. you need to
set the keyboardFocusSprite =
sprite(numberOfTheChannelContainingYourField)
HTH
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RE: Don't Need help with a RAM hog on Windows anymore
> nevermind is the issue resolved and is there something we could all make use of in the resolution? 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: finding the highest occupied sprite channel - moviewide
> Is there any way I can check ALL the frames without actually playing > them? to my knowledge, no. 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: RE: field char
> sometime back there was a a solution posted to the forum > about restricting the no of characters in a field. If anyone > has the solution kindly mail it again. of course you COULD always go to the archives that Tab has so kindly provided as a resource & find it yourself... http://www.mail-archive.com/lingo-l@penworks.com/ 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: Proxy server authentication...
> unless > someone wants to forward me the responses. of course you could check out the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/lingo-l@penworks.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: Current frame?
> I want to build a behavior to jump 2 frames forward on mouse > up. This = > behavior is going to be used a lot in the movie. > How can I know the current frame number?? uhhh... the frame() function. did you even have a look in the printed or on-line documentation? 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: Need help with a RAM hog on Windows
> Seems to be hairier than that. The QA house is unable to run it on a > machine that has less than 80MB. are you saying that the QA house can't run it on any machine with less than 80 MB of physical memory installed? this doesn't make any sense to me. Windows handles memory managment for Director itself. basically, as Colin has stated, this is done thru the swapfile on disk. even a machine with 32 MB of RAM installed will be able to run an application that requires many more megs of physical ram by paging things to disk. it may be slow and it may thrash the disk a lot, but it should run. generally the swapfile settings are set such that Windows dynamically chooses the amount of hard disk space available to the swapfile. HOWEVER a user can set this to a hard number. this case is the only time I have personally seen what you are describing. I would make sure that this is not the case. additionally, are you doing any unloading of assets as you move thru the application? if not I would consider looking into doing that. 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: field tabs
> Does anyone know if it is possible to automatically add a
> RETURN to a field
> when tabbing to the next field instead of having to key
> return and then
> tab.
sure...
put RETURN after member("myFieldName")
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RE: broken links to QT and Castlib on PC
> are you using hard coded paths or relative ones? > Interesting - I did finally get results by changing a > castmember (a 1 pixel > bitmap) with a quicktime movie on the fly using lingo using a > relative path > structure, but i found this very messy. well, this is what I have done on many Xplatform projects using QT movies & I have never had a problem & generally don't find it to be messay at all. 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: simulating the user pressing the TAB key
> Actually, all I'm trying to do is to tab to the next editable > field and set selStart and selEnd after the character count > in the first field reaches 10 characters. I've got the > char.count part OK but I'm having trouble activating the next > field. Sorry for my round-about approach. if you have all the fields set to editable = false, then setting one to true gives it the focus. monitoring the key to see if is TAB and then setting the editable property of the various fileds will yield the results you need. 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: simulating the user pressing the TAB key
> Is there a way to simulate the user pressing the TAB key from > within a projector? to what end? not enough info to answer the question. 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: qt movies on pcs
> Hi guys > Just a small wierd problem I've made a presentation on a mac > with 7.0. I > imported some quicktime movies. These movies are linked to > external files. > When I burn up a CD it works fine on the mac but the PC asks > me to locate > the files - it can't find them, even though they are in the > same directory > as the .dir file. I've tried changing the path structure in > the info part of > the movie, reimporting - everything. Wierder still i've never had this > problem before. Any ideas? are you using long filenames on the Mac & not setting the PC volume appropriately? are you using hard coded paths or relative ones? inquiring minds... 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: sound fadeOut
> "if (the volume of sound(1)=0 AND the volume of sound(2) = 0) then" along those lines then I would probably find the volume level that is actually inaudible and go from there. volume = 0 is actually overkill. I seem to remember that I have had good success with 5 or so. 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: sound fadeOut
> I have this before going to a different movie: > > on mouseUp > If soundBusy (1) then sound fadeOut 1, 60 > If soundBusy (2) then sound fadeOut 2, 60 > > go movie "myNewMovie" > end mouseUp think about it now... you check if soundBusy in channel 1. if there is a sound and it is playing you fade it out. while the fade is happening you check if the other channel's sound is busy. if it is you start fading it out. then you immediately go to the next movie. the process of going there stops the sound REGARDLESS of whether or not the sound has faded completely. and it won't ever be completely done before it goes there because you are telling it to jump right now. > Does the sound fadeOut have to be in a loop until > it is completely faded BEFORE the "go movie..."? basically yes. here's is one possible way to accomplish what you want to do: WARNING UNTESTED LINGO 1 - remove the go movie from the button script 2 - have the button script, the mouseUp, set a flag like gMovieJump. it could be a global variable. that is easiest. it might look something like this: global gMovieJump on mouseUp me If soundBusy(1) then sound fadeOut 1, 60 If soundBusy(2) then sound fadeOut 2, 60 gMovieJump = TRUE end mouseUp 3 - put the go movie in an if-then statement in your exitFrame handler and check the gMovieJump flag it every time through. perhaps like this: global gMovieJump on exitFrame if gMovieJump then -- check to see if the sound has faded if NOT(soundBusy(1)) and NOT(soundBusy(2)) then -- be sure to reset your global 'cause it is persistent gMovieJump = FALSE -- the sound has faded so jump to your movie go movie "myMovie" else -- keep looping while you wait for the sound to fade out go to the frame end if end if end remember, your milage will vary. 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: mu ip config questions
> Using a router here - what ports does the MU server use so I > can set up > port routing? you configure it in its INF 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: I SEARCHED ARCHIVES AND COULD FIND NOTHING
> I searched maricopa and the archives and could not find an > answer to this > question: > > Is there a way to use lingo to detect if a filmloop has > stopped playing? Or > do I have to count the frames that are in it when I create it? and the > attach that as a property of the film loop? interesting... when I search the Direct-L digest for the entire year of 2001 using film loop end as the keywords I get 8 quite relevant postings. try it. 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: Opening pdfs...
> I have looked in my Director books for this one! I need the > user to click on > a button to open a pdf so they may print from it if necessary > whilst the cd > is running. The only thing i can find is to use the open > command but skips > details and doesn'g go into it much more than that! > > I will probably need to perhaps detect is someone has Acrobat > or can i > supply on disk and have it open the pdfs from that? Any help > on how i go > about this would be fantastic!!! > I use that but i want to know one more thing that i want to > search excel > in any system because in each system i don't know the excel path so i > want to search that > so want that script if any one can know that then write me mail Hi, There are two things at issue here: 1 - finding the path to Acrobat, if it exists on the user's machine 2 - opening it and the appropriate PDF file Using an appropriate Xtra, you can combine both of these into a single process. i.e. Looks in the appropriate place for the path & extract it for you, then use it that information to launch the application. One such Xtra is MasterApp from UpdateStage. In addition to a great many other functions, MasterApp will automatically find the path to a given executable program based on the relationship between the document and the application. Following is a few paragraphs from the on-line docs that you may find informative: ** MasterApp The launch utility methods mappLocateExecutable, mappOpenDocument and mappPrintDocument rely on an association made by the system between a document and its application. The same mechanism that makes an application launch when you double-click it on the desktop, allows these MasterApp methods to launch the right app. Mac and Windows systems handle the association process differently. Understanding how the two systems work will help you use the launch methods successfully. On Windows, a file's extension associates it with an application. You can see the associations that are already set up on the system by choosing View -> Options from any Windows Explorer menu and clicking the File Types tab. Clicking the Edit button with any file type selected will show the actions the system can perform on a file of that type. The "open" action should always be listed. Clicking again on the Edit button with the "open" action highlighted will display the path to the application that will launch if the document is double-clicked. The information displayed in View -> Options, is coming from the Windows Registry. An application's installer makes new file associations for its document types when it is installed. When you edit the information in View -> Options you are actually making changes to the registry. You can view the registry entries that make file associations directly by using the system utility REGEDIT.EXE and viewing the category HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. On the Mac, a file's creator code determines what application will open when you double-click it. A doc opens with an application that has the same creator code. You can view a Mac file's creator code with Apple's ResEdit which is available off of the updateStage download area. However a file's creator code is not actually stored inside the file itself. It is stored in the desktop database of the volume where the file resides. The path to the associated application is also stored in the desktop database. ** MasterApp is a commercial Xtra from www.updatestage.com Price: $299.00 Platforms: 32-bit Windows, Win 3.1, Mac Director versions supported: Director 4,5,6,7,8 Author: Glenn Picher For more information and a downloadable den=mo version go here: http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/xtrahome.html HTH, Al Hospers Marketing Associate UpdateStage [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: Xtra not consistent
> I am using a BuddyAPI xtra and it is packaged with the projector. It > work perfectly on all desktop PC's that I have tested it on > but it does > not work at all on PC laptops. Does anyone know why this could be? no. but I would not package any Xtras as a part of a projector. pull them out & put them in an Xtras folder next to the projector. I have never had a problem working that way. 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: lowering the volume while the buttonis being presse d down
> Is there anyway to use 'the volume of sound 1' instead of 'member'? you have the sound in sound channel 1? try the soundLevel. it controlls overall sound. it's values are from 1-7 as I remember. 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: Lingo-L Archive (was: retrieving data from the internet)
> There's a Lingo-L archive at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/lingo-l@penworks.com/ ah ha! that's great. I will bookmark it myself. others should as well thanks Mark 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!]
helping yourself
folks, just a suggestion: if you read this or other lists on a regular basis you know that there is a lot of really good code that flows thru here on a daily basis. you can really help yourselves if you grab the good stuff that is posted over time & archive it somewhere for later use. stuff that you may not find useful at the immediate time, but that quite likely will be in your future as a Lingo programmer. I, for one, grab snippets, complete postings and ideas from the lists I subscribe to all the time. then I throw them in a text file with an appropriate name in a folder called "Director Hints & Tips." I've been doing this for years & I have a LOT of archived stuff. then, when I need something that I haven't done before, I look there FIRST for ideas. I mean hey, why reinvent the wheel. then I try writing it myself. if I have a problem, I look in the list archives, if it has one, to see if someone else has had the problem & solved it. if I can't find anything THEN, and only THEN, I post a question. it has saved my butt many times. 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: retrieving data from the internet
> But does anyone have explanations for all net error codes ;-) I thought I just posted this recently. hey Tab, isn't there a archive of this list? hmmm.. anyway, at the risk of another hit to the bandwidth, here it is. enjoy, 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 on getNetErrorString me, errorCode case (errorCode) of "OK": return "OK" 0: return "OK" 4: return "Bad MOA Class" 5: return "Bad MOA Interface" 20: return "Internal error" 905: return "Bad URL" 4144: return "Failed network operation." 4145: return "Failed network operation." 4146: return "Connection could not be established with the remote host" 4147: return "Failed network operation." 4148: return "Failed network operation." 4149: return "Data supplied by the server was in an unexpected format" 4150: return "Unexpected early closing of connection" 4151: return "Failed network operation." 4152: return "Failed network operation." 4153: return "Failed network operation." 4154: return "Operation could not be completed due to timeout" 4155: return "Not enough memory available to complete the transaction" 4156: return "Protocol reply to request indicates an error in the reply" 4157: return "Transaction failed to be authenticated" 4159: return "Invalid URL" 4160: return "Failed network operation." 4161: return "Failed network operation." 4162: return "Failed network operation." 4163: return "Failed network operation." 4164: return "Could not create a socket" 4165: return"Requested Object could not be found (URL may be incorrect)" 4166: return "Generic proxy failure" 4167 : return "Transfer was intentionally interrupted by client" 4168: return "Failed network operation." 4242: return "Download stopped by netAbort(url)" 4836: return "Download stopped for an unknown reason." otherwise return "unknown error" end case end [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: retrieving data from the internet
> Here are two code examples I tried.
>
> on getTheData
> startTimer
> netID =
> getNetText("http://htmlgritch.island.com/SERVICE/QUOTE?STOCK=qqq";)
> repeat while netID
> if the timer > 600 then
> put "time out"
> exit repeat
> end if
> end repeat
> theData = netTextResult(netID)
> return theData
> end getTheData
>
> startTimer
> netID = getNetText("http://htmlgritch.island.com/SERVICE/QUOTE";,
> [#stock:"qqq"])
> repeat while netID
> if the timer > 600 then
> put "time out"
> exit repeat
> end if
> end repeat
> theData = netTextResult(netID)
> return theData
> end getTheData
at the very least you have a repeat loop involved here. try putting the
getNetText in a button click and the check for the result in an ExitFrame
somewhere else. start the timer check in the button click and check it in
the extiframe as well. the repat loop keeps things locked up.
HTH
Al Hospers
CamberSoft, Inc.
alcambersoftcom
http://www.cambersoft.com
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RE: MIAW in shockwave
> Can MIAW be used in shockwave movies? If so how is the syntax > different. > Right now I'm setting the properties and then using open > "myWindow". It > works in director but not shockwave. MIAW's do not work in SW. it is quite a limitation. you can use Linked Director Movies, but they are not the same thing. I have created some fake one using film loops, but they are problematic in many ways. I suggest that you consider a reconsideration of your design if you have a lot of MIAW's in your projector & you want to put it on the web. 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: registration of a keydown event within an editable field?
> does anyone know if it is somehow possible for a director > movie to register > a keydown event from within an _editable_ text field? ie. > allow the user to > enter text into a field and have director simultaneously > register a keydown > event for each keystroke sure. attach a behavior to the text field. have it monitor the keystrokes using a on keyDown handler. do what you want inside it. that's how people do password fields. 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: Set resolution (was ARGGGGHHH!......pls help!)
> How about some setting like "force" in BuddyAPI... So there's "force" > option and "IfCan" option...or something like that... so you would like to force the screen refresh on a machine that you potentially know nothing about to a rate that may damage up the user's monitor? not a good idea in my book. FWIW I don't think there is any way that the OS can tell what a acceptable refresh rate is. I just agree that it is a bad idea. this is a user controllable thingy. 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: Set resolution (was ARGGGGHHH!......pls help!)
> >And how about to set the refresh rate of monitor. Because everytime I > >use basetdisplay...it's only on 60Hz ! to my knowledge there is no way to specify the refresh rate through Lingo or any Xtra at this time. 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: The lack of proper posting Subjects (Was: Re: ARGGGGHHH!......pls help!)
> Some of us are just a bit too busy to read every posting. Having the > ability to scan the subject lets us focus on helping where we > have the most > skill or ability. Not to mention that it makes the list archives more > useful for future and current list members later on. > > PLEASE make an effort to include a useful subject with your > postings folks. hear hear Terry. I absolutely agree. the other annoyance is NO SUBJECTS! please do take the time to put a subject in your email. thanks, 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: ARGGGGHHH!......pls help!
Hi, I hopre that the following will be useful: >If it is 600X480 then I want to continue else I would like > to change the >settings to 600 X 480. When the user clicks the exit button > I would like >to reset the settings to what they were when the movie was > launched i.e. >to the user's screen resolution. I am not sure which platform(s) you are looking for this functionality. Also the resolution you are specifying is not a standard one, it is usually 640x480 not 600x480. That said, UpdateStage sells a utility Xtra called the DisplayRes Xtra which performs this task for Windows. If you look at the information on our site about DisplayRes we provide you with some alternative solutions for the Mac. The DisplayRes Xtra lets you... Find out about the capabilites of the current Windows 95/NT display device (screen sizes, color depths, etc.) Find the currently active display size and color depth (because Director's own 'the desktopRectList' and 'the colorDepth' do not reflect changes to the display mode until the projector is started again) Change the display mode immediately if possible Change the default display mode and restart or shut down the computer if necessary to accomplish the change of modes, if the display mode can not be changed immediately Reset the monitor to the default display mode. Price: $99.00 Platforms: 32-bit Windows (alternative Mac solutions) Director versions supported: 5,6,7,8 Authorware 3.5 and 4 Author: Glenn Picher >How to check whether a specific application is installed on > a users system. 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. 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. Price: $299.00 Platforms: 32-bit Windows, Win 3.1, Mac Director versions supported: Director 4,5,6,7,8 Author: Glenn Picher MasterApp and DisplayRes are commercial Xtras 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: events activatewindow and deactivatewindow
> >I want to use the events activatewindow and deactivatewindow > to run some > >sciprt when I switch between the movie projector and other windows > >applications. But I found that these two handlers are never > executed! Can > >anybody help me on that? Thanks very much. Hi Drizzt, I believe that you are going to need an Xtra with hooks into the operating system to do what you desire. One such Xtra is MasterApp, published by UpdateStage and written by Glen Picher. You will need to check to see what window is the active window and, if it is not your Director projector, execute your code. If you wish to do something in particular when your program becomes active again then you will need to monitor the active window all the time, even while it is in the background. Of course yourprojector would need to be set to "Animate In The Background" bor this to take place. Here is an example from the MasterApp documentation that shows how you can check which window is currently active: - mappGetActiveWindow () Returns: integer window ID Returns windowID of the frontmost window (0 if no windows are visible or active). Note: this only applies to windows owned by the Director/Authorware task. Usually returns the same window as mappDirectorStageWindow in projectors, but could also return authoring-time windows, MIAWs, or Xtra- or XObject-owned windows. Example: set winID = mappGetActiveWindow() if mappWindowType(winID) = "Tool" then mappCloseWindow(winID) end if - 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. For more information, the complete documentation for the Xtra, and a downloadable demonstration version please visit the UpdateStage web site at http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/xtrahome.html. HTH, 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: calling DLL from Director
> I don't know how to build DLL's. The target environment is > windows (32 bit). I desperately need source examples and > references to documents (hopefully on the net) containing > that information. The application which suppose to call the > DLL is Macromedia Director 8. So if anyone has an example of > calling DLL from Director... > thanks in advance > oh Hi "oh", I don't know where to send you for information on writing custom DLL's. For that you will need another programming language like C, PowerBASIC DLL Compiler or Delphi. That said, you are not also able to call an arbitrary DLL from inside Director without another helper app called an Xtra. One such Xtra is Glu32 by UpdateStage. The GLU 32 Xtra allows Director applications to make calls to 32-bit Dynamic Link Libraries (DLL's) on the PC and to shared libraries on the Mac. GLU32 provides access to system calls on both platforms as well. GLU32 Xtra for Mac and PC provides a faster and much less expensive method for enhancing Director than creating a cross-platform Xtra or paying for custom Xtra development. Instead of investing time learning the Macromedia Xtra API, the developer need only create a DLL on Windows and a corresponding shared library on Mac. With some care, the two can be created so that the calling syntax from Director is virtually identical on both platforms. For more information visit http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/xtrahome.html. There you can view the complete documentation online or download an evaluation version. The Glu32 Xtra is a commercial Xtra sold by UpdateStage, Inc and was written by Ravi Singh. Glu32 Win: $199.00 Glu32 Mac: $199.00 Glu32 Win/Mac bundle: $299.00 Platforms: 32-bit Windows, PowerMac Director versions supported: 6,7,8 HTH, 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: Urgent and tough .....Please Help
> return "Drop this behavior on the framescript of each frame > you want to be > included in the back button history. Also drop it on the > back button and > the script does the rest." seems to me that the person who created the behavior documented what was needed. 1 - put this into a behavior script 2 - drop it on each frameScript that you want to go back to 3 - drop it on the button you want to use to trigger the going back I didn't look thru the code, but it seems that is what to do. did you try it? do you know what a frameScript is? do you know what a behavior is? HINT - what he is calling the frameScript is called the Behavior Channel in D8. 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: Re: Save text file
> Oh thanks but i don't know that script so if u have then tell me. 1 - please don't write me directly. I answer all posts on the list. thanks 2 - FileIO is an Xtra. go here: http://www.director-online.com/ search for FileIO. FWIW - I would suggest that you search the following locations for this kind of stuff: DOUG - http://www.director-online.com/ Macromedia - http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/ Direct-L Archives - http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/director/digest/index.html this has everything to do with your learning how to help yourself. and that's gonna be the most important thing you can learn in this business! cheers, 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: Save text file
> I have created notebook in director in that u can save different > different text i have u can save that text & also get back that text. > But i want to save that text at particular path like > "c:\Nootbook\username.txt" i have used setpref & getpref. this command > save that text file at "c:\programfile\macromedis\dirctor > 7\pref\username.txt". > I don't want like this. Setpref take it's own path. so i want to save > file at my given path so how can i do. look into the fileIO functionality. that will allow you to save wherever you want. does not work in SW tho. 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: dropdownlist behavier
> now i wrote handlers which are called when selecting a menu item... > > this workes pretty well BUT!!! > > i can't have menu items which consist of more than one word separated > with a space. > > because handlernames cant have spaces > > is there a possibility to solve this problem? have all the items in the menu call a single handler. pass as a parameter, that menu item. in that handler have a case statement that does whatever you want based on the menu item, including calling other handlers and passing appropriate parameters. 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: Net error codes
> Where can I get this list? Thanks. hmmm... I don't know what a netError of 2 would be. that said here is a handler that I include in all my network operations objects that returns the verbose info on the errors that I know about. if you do find out what an error of 2 is, or any others that are not in this listing please post them back to the list so that others can benefit. 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 LINGO FOLLOWS === on getNetErrorString me, errorCode case (errorCode) of "OK": return "OK" 0: return "OK" 4: return "Bad MOA Class." 5: return "Bad MOA Interface." 6: return "Bad URL or Bad MOA class." 20: return "Internal error" 905: return "Bad URL" 4144: return "Failed network operation." 4145: return "Failed network operation." 4146: return "Connection could not be established with the remote host" 4147: return "Failed network operation." 4148: return "Failed network operation." 4149: return "Data supplied by the server was in an unexpected format" 4150: return "Unexpected early closing of connection" 4151: return "Failed network operation." 4152: return "Failed network operation." 4153: return "Failed network operation." 4154: return "Operation could not be completed due to timeout" 4155: return "Not enough memory available to complete the transaction" 4156: return "Protocol reply to request indicates an error in the reply" 4157: return "Transaction failed to be authenticated" 4159: return "Invalid URL" 4160: return "Failed network operation." 4161: return "Failed network operation." 4162: return "Failed network operation." 4163: return "Failed network operation." 4164: return "Could not create a socket" 4165: return"Requested Object could not be found (URL may be incorrect)" 4166: return "Generic proxy failure" 4167 : return "Transfer was intentionally interrupted by client" 4168: return "Failed network operation." 4242: return "Download stopped by netAbort(url)" 4836: return "Download stopped for an unknown reason." otherwise return "unknown error" end case end [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!]
