RE: lingo-l Unicode Update

2006-07-07 Thread Tim Welford
I thought first half of 2007 was actually quite encouraging, the months seem to fly by at the moment. If MacDobe think this is a realistic target release time, it would certainly do no harm to announce officially to the community on the adobe site. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: lingo-l Unicode Update

2006-06-30 Thread Tim Welford
My boss keeps finding major opportunities for one of our products in the UAE, I keep telling him to concentrate elsewhere. Shame, they like to spend money out there, we've seen tens of thousands of potential pass by. I suspect in reality there is an underlying technical issue why it can't be done

RE: lingo-l Unicode Update

2006-06-30 Thread Tim Welford
Has anyone ever attempted a director community petition? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nik crosina Sent: 30 June 2006 11:53 To: Lingo programming discussion list Subject: Re: lingo-l Unicode Update Yes, becasue most people have

RE: lingo-l How Do Vandals Stop (break into) Kiosk Movies?

2006-06-30 Thread Tim Welford
Catch all key strokes, and tell the movie to do nothing unless it's a code you have specified? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Fretheim Sent: 30 June 2006 16:53 To: lingo-l@lists.fcgnetworks.net Subject: lingo-l How Do Vandals Stop

RE: lingo-l re - artistic journey

2006-04-26 Thread Tim Welford
I don't really do 3D, so I can't make it, but what about a first person view from a drivers seat in a moving vehicle, where images came up on road signs as you passed. Similarly, adverts on a wall as you travel down an escalator like in the London underground or a travelator at Heathrow?

lingo-l Finding the closest point from a list of points in lingo

2006-04-11 Thread Tim Welford
Hi Guys, I'm hoping someone can help me out with a quick pointer, I've got a tight deadline and my minds gone a bit blank. I have a list of points [point(112,456), point(12,485), ...] list goes to about 50 These are actually co-ordinates of certain pixels on my stage. I need to find the

RE: lingo-l Custom Scrollbar

2006-04-03 Thread Tim Welford
I Agree, Before it does suddenly stop, does anyone fancy \ have the skills to port the list to another host or server. I don't know about everyone else, but I'd be happy to make a small donation to the running costs of a revived service, as this list has helped me out of a jam on many an

RE: lingo-l dumb Flash question

2006-03-13 Thread Tim Welford
Indeed, but the Rt. Honourable Mr. Tom Higgins did recently tease us with news of updated Flash and Quicktime Asset Xtras, which I'd hope would support the latest versions of flash. The article (available on his web log) was posted on the 20th Feb and did say that the update would be posted

RE: lingo-l export question

2006-03-08 Thread Tim Welford
Personally I use the DirectImage xtra from DirectXtras, you can import and export using about 30 different compressions and file formats, including multi-layered images such as photoshop PSDs http://www.directxtras.com/DImage_home.asp?UUID=1613156 Its not the cheapest of Xtras granted, but its

lingo-l Questions about LDM's

2006-01-30 Thread Tim Welford
Hi list, 2 quick questions about LDM's that I hope someone can answer... 1. Does an LDM run at the framerate of the LDM movie or the framerate of the moive it is placed in. 2. Does an LDM have access to the castmembers of the movie it is placed in (I.e. Embedded fonts etc?) Many thanks Tim

RE: lingo-l Bringing Webpage to Foreground

2006-01-24 Thread Tim Welford
How about looping through all browser windows and minimising them rather than closing them using: baSetWindowState( WinHandle, State ) Then maximise just the browser you want, which would be the next step from killing them all -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: lingo-l Bringing Webpage to Foreground

2006-01-23 Thread Tim Welford
Webpage to Foreground on 1/23/06 3:23 AM, Tim Welford at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This will produce better results, especially when you have multiple internet browser windows open. Alternativly, you could create a small html page with an auto forward javascript script in the distribution

RE: lingo-l Checking for Installed Apps?

2006-01-18 Thread Tim Welford
I use BuddyAPI's baFindApp() function, You give it a file extension, and it returns a string pathname to the application (Or an empty string if none is found) If you need to find a specific program that does not have an associated file type, or is not the primary program for that file, you could

RE: lingo-l maintaining proportions

2006-01-16 Thread Tim Welford
Property pRatio On beginSprite me pRatio = mySprite.width / mySprite.height end repeat while (mySprite.height member(mySprite.member).height) and (mySprite.width member(mySprite.member).width) mySprite.width = mySprite.width + 5 mySprite.height = mySprite.width * pRatio

lingo-l getNetText and proxy

2005-11-23 Thread Tim Welford
Hi, Anyone know how I can use things like getNettext when the computer uses a proxy server to access the internet. Do I need to use a 3rd party xtra like UltimateNetXtra, or is there a way with just normal director lingo (MX 04) Thanks Tim [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to

RE: lingo-l getNetText and proxy

2005-11-23 Thread Tim Welford
; on the mac there is propably some comand to use with shell xtra), or let the user specify it manually. valentin Tim Welford wrote: Hi, Anyone know how I can use things like getNettext when the computer uses a proxy server to access the internet. Do I need to use a 3rd party xtra like

RE: lingo-l playing DVD as a Volume on HD

2005-11-07 Thread Tim Welford
Hi Nik, I am looking at doing a similar thing in the next few weeks, can you share your findings with me so I don't get stuck in the same hole. Thanks Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nik crosina Sent: 06 November 2005 16:21 To:

RE: lingo-l Curved path between two points

2005-10-18 Thread Tim Welford
I've adjusted Carl's demo to run on exitFrame so you can see the animation. None of my work here, all Carl's http://www.procyon-development.co.uk/lingo-l/curvedPathV2.dir Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Welford Sent: 18 October

RE: lingo-l test with lingo if the computer is slow?

2005-10-11 Thread Tim Welford
I use the time based animation method for most of my animations, more info in this article: http://director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=1153 The only problem I find is that more often than not even with a super fast computer, it's never quite as smooth as the score, I usually only really

RE: lingo-l just testing aliveness AGAIN

2005-10-06 Thread Tim Welford
I received an almost identical blackout, Friday 23rd Sep 2 posts Mon 03 Oct - I resign up and get a message from Lingo-L to say I am already signed up Wed 05 Oct - 44 messages turn up. (most have already been answered, so I guess they have been sitting in a queue somewhere.) This is the first

RE: lingo-l date and time

2005-09-22 Thread Tim Welford
If you use BuddyApi check out baSystemTime which is great and will allow you to output the data\time in just about any format you can think of. HTH -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 21 September 2005 23:14 To:

RE: lingo-l Tools for DMX 04 Authoring Environments

2005-09-22 Thread Tim Welford
then open it from the Xtra menu and it will dock to the other tools in Director. That is helpful as far as usefulness. Are you looking for something specific? Kraig | -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf | Of Tim Welford

RE: lingo-l Tools for DMX 04 Authoring Environments

2005-09-22 Thread Tim Welford
Tools for DMX 04 Authoring Environments Am 22.09.2005 um 14:22 schrieb Tim Welford: That's a great start Kraig, thanks Now I have just got to find some lingo to replicate the use of the go to handler button in the script window. the UIHelper xtra is your friend here. activateScriptEditor

RE: lingo-l DMX Projector running as a windows service

2005-08-26 Thread Tim Welford
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Welford Sent: August 25, 2005 3:26 AM To: Lingo programming discussion list Subject: RE: lingo-l DMX Projector running as a windows service Darren, Well, I can't give too much away, but basically, it's a bit like a kiosk - well is a kiosk, but mounted on a special

RE: lingo-l DMX Projector running as a windows service

2005-08-25 Thread Tim Welford
of running with director. d:p -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Welford Sent: August 24, 2005 2:57 AM To: lingo-l@penworks.com Subject: lingo-l DMX Projector running as a windows service Hi List, Does anyone have any thoughts \ tips

lingo-l EULA for Director Software projects

2005-07-19 Thread Tim Welford
Hi List, Sorry if this seems off-topic, but I think it may be useful to more than just myself, so here goes. Does anybody know of any resources with EULA (End User Licence Agreements)? I don't fancy sitting down to write my own, and I'm not sure of copywrite issues if I nab what looks like a

RE: lingo-l How to prevent copying a file from CD to HD oranotherCD :: Part2

2005-06-21 Thread Tim Welford
Unfortunately, there will always be a way around any security technique. Does this illegal data track solve the problem of direct CD copy then? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of biju george Sent: 21 June 2005 07:30 To: Lingo programming

RE: lingo-l How to prevent copying a file from CD to HD oranotherCD:: Part2

2005-06-21 Thread Tim Welford
just get it on the blank CD? I don't know - or it may be a part of the disc image) -- Mark Whybird Tim Welford wrote: Unfortunately, there will always be a way around any security technique. Does this illegal data track solve the problem of direct CD copy then? -Original Message- From

RE: lingo-l How to prevent copying a file from CD toHD oranotherCD:: Part2

2005-06-21 Thread Tim Welford
Interesting, I have a DVD R\RW in my dell optiplex gx280 machine a did a few tests and got the following (D is my dvd drive letter): Did: put baDiskInfo( D, number ) With lots of different disks Director MX Application disk - Result = 1130663698. Photoshop application disk - result =

RE: lingo-l How to prevent copying a file from CD toHD oranotherCD:: Part2

2005-06-21 Thread Tim Welford
- Result = 0. Blank Disk I then wrote data to - Result = 80591823. Disk written by colleague on different computer (different drive manufacturer) - Result = 3872700079. -Original Message- From: Tim Welford Sent: 21 June 2005 14:12 To: 'Lingo programming discussion list

lingo-l StartMovie Problem

2005-05-18 Thread Tim Welford
Hi list, I am having a bit of a weird problem. I have a large movie file that's nearly entirely script driven. For some reason the on startmovie handler is being called twice. (discovered using a put command) I have searched the movie high and low for any erroneous scripts that may be making

RE: lingo-l StartMovie Problem

2005-05-18 Thread Tim Welford
, just tossing out some things to check) roymeo At 10:29 AM 5/18/2005, Tim Welford wrote: Hi list, I am having a bit of a weird problem. I have a large movie file that's nearly entirely script driven. For some reason the on startmovie handler is being called twice. (discovered using a put

RE: lingo-l Nostalgia

2005-05-12 Thread Tim Welford
/me wonders if Tab has an Inbox of 10,000 Lingo-L emails that he's never read. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kurt Griffin Sent: 12 May 2005 14:26 To: lingo-l@lists.fcgnetworks.net Subject: lingo-l Nostalgia Fun glimpse at our past.

RE: lingo-l Open file with application

2005-05-06 Thread Tim Welford
Hi, When you say and NOT the version that is installed on the system Do you mean the version of the PDF or the version of Acrobat. If the later, I'm not sure that its strictly legal to put a runnable version of the program on a disk and distribute it. I may be wrong Tim -Original

RE: lingo-l Extenral Application prob

2005-04-13 Thread Tim Welford
Maybe it would help to use buddy to copy the executable to the system temp folder, run it then delete it afterwards. Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Sheridan Sent: 13 April 2005 10:00 To: lingo-l@lists.fcgnetworks.net Subject:

RE: lingo-l joining lists in lingo

2005-04-12 Thread Tim Welford
Hi, Thanks for all your answers guys, very helpful. I don't particularly dislike repeat loops, I was just wondering if there was a more efficient way. I think I am going to investigate the pRegEx solution (re_copy) that I found in direct-l list that was suggested by Martin Pallett. And see if

RE: lingo-l joining lists in lingo

2005-04-11 Thread Tim Welford
() addProp(list1, getAt(list2, i) end repeat i'm not exatcly sure of the syntax, however, it clearly should give you an idea. Ciao, Ozkan -Orjinal mesaj- From: Tim Welford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:28:10 +0300 To: lingo-l@penworks.com Subject: lingo-l joining lists in lingo

RE: lingo-l Director lingo xtras on embedded windows

2005-03-21 Thread Tim Welford
image further, but that's what I have now. - Original Message - From: Tim Welford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lingo programming discussion list lingo-l@lists.fcgnetworks.net Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 9:44 AM Subject: RE: lingo-l Director lingo xtras on embedded windows Excellent, Thanks

RE: lingo-l Lingo to make a sprite grow by scaling?

2005-03-21 Thread Tim Welford
I would work out the width to height ratio, add the increase increment, then change the height to match i.e. property sp, thisRatio, incSize on beginSprite me sp = me.spriteNum thisRatio = sprite(sp). height / sprite(sp).width incSize = 8 end on exitFrame me

RE: lingo-l test status of another running projector using lingo.

2005-02-23 Thread Tim Welford
Sorry, forgot to say: Running MX04 on XP + have buddyApi if that helps. -Original Message- Hi, I am looking for ideas on how to increase the functionailty a small testing application. Basically, I want to make a small system tray application that will sit in the background and monitor

RE: lingo-l tree views

2005-02-07 Thread Tim Welford
Hi Nik, I have used the cXtra Treeview on several occasions in the last year, I have quite a few of their xtras. Unfortunately I have not used the other tree xtra mentioned, so I cannot make a decent comparison but just a few points: 1. It is quite powerful, and has a lot of functionality. 2. I

RE: lingo-l RE: on stopMovie problem in projector

2005-01-19 Thread Tim Welford
Hi, Just reviving an old thread with a new question. Is there anyway to achieve the solution listed below in Dir 8.5, I am doing a couple of small updates to an old movie, and am not able to update the whole thing to MX04, I would also like to avoid having to make a custom window bar if

RE: lingo-l Lingo repeat loop versus other languages

2005-01-07 Thread Tim Welford
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Welford Sent: 07 January 2005 09:20 To: Lingo programming discussion list Subject: RE: lingo-l Lingo repeat loop versus other languages Woah Dude, defend that fair maiden, pistols at dawn lol No offence was meant, I didn't