Re: lingo-l script error at runtime but not in Dir.
I am getting a script error at runtime but not when I am authoring in Director. It runs great there. How can I tell what the problem is if it only happens at run time and gives no clue as to what is wrong? it could be that you are missing an xtra that is missing from the project (or the xtras folder). You will get this result if, for instances, you call the gotonetpage function and do not have the internet xtras available during run-time... hope that helps, Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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 xtra problem
if I remember correctly the DirectEmail Xtra does this. I'm sure somebody will correct me if I am wrong tho... grin it sure does. DirectEmail needs to have an object declared 1st: oEmail = new(Xtra DirectEmail, getUserEmailPref(2),,) then you can do cool things, like actually sending mail: sendEmail(oEmail, From, sendTo, sendCC,sendBC,subject,body,attach) it is all very exciting ;-) Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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 BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
sounds like a deal...where do I sign?? I have a ton of money sitting in old pickle jars in my basement just waiting for an opportunity like this!! WOO-HOO!!! I will be RICH!!! - Original Message - From: kexdonald manfab [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 10:12 AM Subject: lingo-l BUSINESS PROPOSAL. DEAR SIR, THIS LETTER MAY PROBABLY COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE snip snip and more snip AM WILLING TO PAY UP TO (10%)OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO YOU AS COMMISION AFTER THE FUND TRANSFER IS CONCLUDED WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE.I LOOK FORWARD FOR A HEALTHY BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. [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 list and variable
how can i find if there an item taht i'm looking for in a list if i don't know it's position example mylist = [a, d, p, o] and i want to know if d is in the list but it could be in any position in the list position = 0 repeat while i = 1 to mylist.count if mylist[i] = d then position = i exit repeat end if end repeat you can then take position and do anything you want with it... good luck, Nick [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 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. you can easily do this with the buddyAPI Xtra the command baMsgBox( Message, Caption, Buttons, Icon, DefButton ) you can set the button argument to 1 of 6 different options, including YesNoCancel or OKCancel it might be possible use the MUI Xtra (which, if I remember right) is what director uses to make it's own dialog boxes), but I have never tried it. good luck, Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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 Appologies to all
Blocked before it made it to the list. Be glad you didn't get it. Multiple 500k files. It didn't get past me. Was it interesting stuff? Could you post a link somewhere? if it's anything like what I get (daily) from my family, it is probably just 20-30 500k bitmaps featuring some disgustingly cute animal with the caption you need a hug or some other similar new-act mumbo-jumbo ;-) nick [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 Fireworks Animation
The animation is saved as a PNG32 graphic. Do we need to convert it to an animated GIF to get it to work --- (this may have been mentioned already) if you have the fireworks importer for Director, you can import a Fireworks PNG file directly into direction. When importing there will be a check box saying something like import to score which should import all the images (slices) and build your animation into the score. I have never tried this, but it should work... Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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 OH no not again... Printing
Nick, I did some tests with buddyapi xtra a few months ago and the printfile command. My question with that is does the end user need to have acrobat to be able to print the pdf, or is buddyapi smart enough to print without acrobat being installed? Hi John, Acrobat must be installed on the user's computer. Buddy is smart enough to know that files with the .pdf extension should be printed with acrobat. If acrobat is not installed, there is no application or file type for the PDF extension nothing will print. We always check for acrobat at the start of the projectors using: if baFindApp(pdf) = EMPTY then we always give the user the opportunity to install acrobat (an installer is on the cd-rom). If they don't choose to install Acrobat Reader and nothing prints, well then that is their own fault (and I don't want to hear it) :-) The best thing about the baPrintFile is that it will determine if there is an application associated with this particular file extension and print using that application. We have used to print PDFs as well as MS Word Documents MS Excel Spreadsheets -- with only minor changes to the code. let me know if you have further questions. Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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 OH no not again... Printing
From: "John Horn (Home)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ok, before I start beating my head against the file cabinet again this year because printing in Director is such a pain. I used POM on the last project I needed printing, but it seemed like I was constantly running around in circles trying to figure out the POM coordinet system. Let me explain what I need to do. I need to take 8.5 x 11 forms, display them on-screen, have text fields that can be filled in by the user, and then print the form and the text fields out. Yes indeedy, PrintOMatic is a pain for everything except the simplest things. I have several horror stories my own self! ;-) You might want to look into using PDF forms. You can take user data (from director) slap it into a pre-designed PDF form document. I have never done this in a production piece, but I have experimented a bit. It isn't super hard. There is an article on how to do this at http://www.director-online.com/accessArticle.cfm?id=878 Once you have the PDF form data, it should be simple enough to print the form using the Buddy Xtra. Which, by the way, is how we now print everything -- PDFs via buddy... Good luck, Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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 Print PDF
Can anyone tell me the easiest way to print a pdf file from Director8 I am on mac platform? I am trying to use the Buddy API xtra now but I can not get it to work at all. look into the baPrintFile command in the buddy help. It is a cross platform command (assuming you have the Mac xtra) that will print any file with an extension (or creator type) that the computer understands. The application you wan to print with MUST be installed. We use it all the time. I always check if Acrobat is present before attempting to print a pdf. (if baFindApp("pdf") = EMPTY AND baFindApp("CARO") = EMPTY then). If the app is not installed to print that file, the baPrintFile will do nothing...but I always check -- just to be safe (and to alert the user to install acrobat so they can print the pdfs). if you have any other questions, please feel free to email off list... Nick Youmans FutureMedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l the tale of two sounds
Have you tried using lingo to preload the linked sound before it's needed? It's probably just stuttering because it can't pull it off of the CD as fast as it can from the HD. yes, I did. Unfortunately, the same thing happened. Also long as the sound is externally linked, I get the stutter. None of the QuickTime videos stutter and they have higher data rates. The sound format we use (16-bit mono, 22.05 kHz aif) has been our standard for years this is the 1st time we have had a problem with it... nick youmans [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 the tale of two sounds
Try using an mp3. The smaller file size might help. At this point, I am willing to give it a shot, but I am not sure if that will matter. Once the narration file is loaded (initiated) the rest runs smoothly... Are there any other considerations I need to know about if we switch to MP3. (I remember a post today about 'em but didn't read it because it didn't really concern me -- figures!) [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 File Dialog?
I know buddy API will let me pull up a 'select folder' dialog inside windows PCs, but is there some way to pull up a file dialog on MACS through director? Any Ideas? There is a slimmed down version of the Buddy Xtra for the Mac. It gives you some of the functional of the Windows version (but not all). You can use the following commands (among others) x-platform without difficulty: baSysFolder baGetFolder baFileExists baCopyFile The syntax will be exactly the same for both platforms. Check the Mac buddy xtra docs for more details. We're basically trying to write a multi-platform routine to let the user specifiy a folder on their harddrive in which to save a file from the cd. We have done a several projects like this. The buddy xtra was the perfect solution for us. If you would like additional information, feel free to email me off-list. Nick Youmans FutureMedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l File Dialog?
On 2/27/01 2:54 PM, "Nick Youmans" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: following commands (among others) x-platform without difficulty: baSysFolder baGetFolder baFileExists baCopyFile All this is good for the file save/exists, etc...but I don't think any of them offer the filesave dialog, correct? On the windows side, you can use the baGetFilename command...which is nice because you can specify if you want the save as or open dialog... but on the Mac side, you are right, you cannot use baGetFilename. But depending on your application, this may not be an issue -- it wasn't on the projects we did... I vaguely remember being able to do this on the Mac side...but I do not remember if it was buddy or something else... (sorry) nick [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 File Dialog?
From: "g r i m m w e r k s" [EMAIL PROTECTED] My apologies Nick - you're absolutely right that you can set a file/folder with the win side of budapi. no problem ;-) As always, I'm a jackass. depending on who you talk to, the same could be said about me (although they lie!) nick [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!]
lingo-l OT: good Online Flash resources
Hey All, I know this is slightly Off Topic, but I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good flash reference site. I am looking for something along the lines of this mailing list or something like director-online.com any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!! Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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 Sending E-Mail from a Kiosk
From: "Fred Westermeyer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a stand along kiosk that runs a Information Center. The Information Center is made in D7.02, and its hooked into the network system. What I need to do is make it able to send a message to someone e-mail address, when a button is press. Can this be done and how? I would like to type the e-mail address in the coding and can I have it to send to multiple people at the same time? The DirectEmail xtra should easily do this...check it out @ www.directxtras.com Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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 Sending E-Mail from a Kiosk
I wrote: I am not sure of your application, but it sounded like you wanted the email to be sent behind the scenes, without using an email client. if that is the case, DirectEmail IS your best (and easiest) bet. daniel plaenitz wrote: Unless you have a cgi-bin on some *nix server under you're control ( and are online, of course ) For, if so, a simple perl script and get/postNetText will do. Steal it from http://www.lingo.de/shockmail.htm that's true...being that 99% of our director works ends up on CD-ROM, I never think of those clever web answers...I am humbled ;-) Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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 Sending E-Mail from a Kiosk
Thank you, I will check it out. Do I have to you [use?] a xtra? I am not sure of your application, but it sounded like you wanted the email to be sent behind the scenes, without using an email client. if that is the case, DirectEmail IS your best (and easiest) bet. The xtra is easy to program tech support is great...it is worth the money -- even if I had to buy the DirectOs xtra as well (but we covered that earlier this week, didn't we) ;-) I have used DirectEmail on 2-3 projects without any problems. if you have any questions about, feel free to email me off-list and I will help when I can. Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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 Fwd: RE: GLS
Now you all know I don't have insurance. Fantastic. that's ok...you are probably not the only one ;-) Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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 PRETTY URGENT QUESTION: DirectEmail
I'm working with the DirectEmail Xtra on PC (D8 When I hit the send button with the script on it. I always get the message "Xtra not found, pEmail = new (Xtra "DirectEmail", "mymailserver", "", "")" "mymailserver" need to be replaced with the name of your default email server. Luckily DirectEmail comes with the commands "getUserEmailPref". Unfortunately, it doesn't work on the PC (check the docs for why!). BUT the directEmail sample movie has a handler called getUserEmailPref that will determine your Windows email serverunfortunately, you need the DirectOs xtra for this to work -- it's starting to sound like one of the excuses I used as a kid ;-) but once you have the directOS xtra (I think it is part of the DirectEmail Download), and the getUserEmailPref handler (windows only), just issue this command: Email = new(Xtra "DirectEmail", getUserEmailPref(2),"","") and it should work good luck, Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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 Direct Email Xtra Problem
Anyway I am using the Direct Email Xtra for some projector games. Is it necessary for the child playing the game to be online for the Direct Email Xtra to function properly??? If they are not online are they going to be faced with some awful error code?? You don't have to be online for directEmail to work. It can (and will) send the email directly behind the scenes without telling the user anything...you will probably want to do some error trapping (just in case)...but like most things, you can tell the user as much or as little as you want...I always let the user know that we are sending info, but that is up to you (and your clients).. good luck, Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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 movie hack/director request
Is there anyway to save a 'watcher window list' of globals/etc, so that upon opening the movie it's preset for you? Or anyway of creating a util script to do it for you? I've got a number of things I'm trying to hash out and have to keep adding one by one when I start up the appafter a crash. there are a few articles about debugging @ www.director-online.com (search using "debugging"). I am not sure if that is what you are looking for, but they have helped me in the past. good luck, Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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!]
lingo-l dueling sound().fadeOut() commands
Howdy All, I was working on fading out a sound channel this morning (something I have done many times) when I noticed this -- 2 different commands for fading out -- that use the same syntax... check this out == Lingo Dictionary Page 171 (also online lingo Dictionary "fadeOut") Syntax: sound(channelNum).fadeOut({milliseconds}) Description This function gradually reduces the volume of sound channel channelNum to zero over the given number of milliseconds, or 1000 milliseconds (1 second) if no value is given. == Lingo Dictionary Page 470 (also online lingo dictionary "sound FadeOut") Syntax sound(whichChannel).fadeOut(ticks) sound fadeOut whichChannel, ticks Description Command; fades out a sound in the specified sound channel over a period of frames or ticks. == so: When I used sound(2).fadeout(4000) -- milliseconds works ok... When I used sound(2).fadeout(4*60) -- ticks - works but sound fades VERY quickly ;-) When I used sound fadeout 2, 4*60-- tick works ok It appears that that the dot syntax only works with milliseconds and old syntax works with ticks (regardless of what the docs say)... It makes sense (to me) that the new dot syntax should use milliseconds, but I was just curious if anyone else noticed this? Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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!]
lingo-l Re: Setting Boundries (constraining sprites)
I am having trouble setting boundaries as to how far it can scroll up or down. Can anyone help? There may be other ways, but I usually create a vector shape (rectangle) with the tool palette. I size the vector shape to the limit you want your sprite to move...then check out the constraint command. it works something like this. sprite 11 = is the shape that limits movement sprite 12 = is the "moveable" sprite sprite(12).constraint = TRUE sprite(12).constraint = sprite(11) first you tell it that you want to constrain the movement of sprite 12, then you tell it what constrains it. This works great for me... good luck... Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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 Opening an application from Director 8
wants me to create a way of opening a Powerpoint slideshow from within the dossier If you use BuddyAPI xtra, you can test to see if PowerPoint is installed (baFindApp) and then launch the PowerPoint file (.ppt/.pps) with the open command, by using something like this: x = baFindApp("ppt) if x "EMPTY" then -- file exists...open it Result = baOpenFile( PowerPointFileName , State ) -- check results just in case it craps out end if BuddyAPI comes with Director you are allowed 2 free commands. I would recommend HIGHLY the Buddy xtra. if you don't have buddy, you should be able to use: open "PowerPointFileName" with "powerPointAppPath" one of the problems with this is that there is no guarantee that : a) PowerPoint is installed on the machine (I think it will just do nothing, but not positive) b) "PowerPointAppPath" is in the same location on every machine.. I hope this helps... Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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!]
lingo-l loosing flash sounds....
Hi All, I have a little quirkiness with Director 7.02 (PC) using flash sounds. I was wondering if anyone could offer a few suggestions. We have a small flash element that has a rollOver effect rollOver sound (done in flash) that we have incorporated into a Director Projector. The Projector basically plays a series of QuickTime videos. When the projector starts, the flash rollover sound plays but after a short time, the flash sound stops the sound in the QuickTime videos are unaffected. Sometimes the flash rollOver sounds continue to play, but most of the time they do not. The flash element is from a client. I don't think that we have the ability to change it ;-( I have looked at the macromedia website, but haven't really found anything that helped. Any suggestions would be appreciated... Thanks, Nick Youmans FutureMedia 518-583-0154 [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 loosing flash sounds....
Heh, guess you missed the flash drama I posted on Direct-L over the last 2 weeks. nope...I guess I wasn't paying attention ;-) Last week was pretty nuts here... I suggest you ask them for the .fla file OR ask them to send you an .swf and the sound effect file, I will see what if I can get a master file from them ;-) and to reprogram the flash movie to play an actionscript instead of the sound effect. The actionscript should be getURL("event: playFlashSound"); Then, put a behavior on the flash sprite that looks like this: on playFlashSound me puppetSound 3, "flashSoundEffect" end Thanks for the info...I will give it a try... Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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!]
lingo-l OT: Mac Projector Go movie weirdness
Hi All, I am experiencing a little weirdness with a projector popping between director movies. The projector is a stub that jumps to a movie "main.dir" after showing a splash screen opening qt video. There is also on other movie "certification.dir" that main.dir goes. Everything works well in authoring mode (both PC Mac), but when I make a projector on the Mac, we are getting some very weird errors like: - "disk read error" - "illegal cast member" - "bad chunk" or something like that. Everything works ok on the PC side... I tried everything I can think of. Has anyone experienced a similar problem??? OOPS...sorry...I forgot to say...we are using D7.02 MacOS 9 Any advice would be appreciated Nick Youmans FutureMedia [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!]