the frame script is at sprite channel -5
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At 09:50 AM 12/5/2005, Michael Nadel wrote:
Is there a way to take a part of the screen, (for example the
Rect(19, 54, 602, 418)) and make whatever appears on the screen in
that rect into a bitmap cast member (to be able to print it as a
single member)?
Thanks
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or 3 CD drives to put in 2 discs, the
convention presenter to have 2 DVD drives to seamlessly swap DVD's
for those 10 video discs while the other disc is playing, etc.
roymeo
At 04:41 AM 10/30/2005, Frank Coleman wrote:
Anyone here have any experience using the CD Xtra on a multiple CD project
yting more to us than:
oaeu9087`4py3789g78954789054pgc',.pc)*(&HD*()D*&HD)*(&*(^Y&*(FXD>%^EXDCHTBNTLTG&*(&*^(%^&*FRCD
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At 12:55 PM 10/7/2005, you wrote:
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When you protect a dir/cst, the external scripts are no longer referenced.
At least last time I checked, there was no way that any edits on a
script made any differcence after protecting the director files.
roymeo
At 09:04 AM 10/7/2005, you wrote:
I wonder if one could protect a project by
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No one does that but James Newton.
roymeo
At 08:22 AM 9/22/2005, you wrote:
thanx christoffer, yes of course, also for "on foo(".
Christoffer Enedahl wrote:
Valentin Schmidt wrote:
Hi Alex,
great stuff, just one little flaw:
if there are 2 handlers in a script, "on foo&
erformance increase, will you.
*canned SitCom laughter*
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Sounds like putting a screw in with a hammer, but hammer on!
Let us know how it goes.
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At 01:18 AM 8/26/2005, you wrote:
Director is what I know best, although I am reasonably proficient in
Java - which was the focus of my degree.
Whilst it sounds complicated, the actual app is not
n, answers, products, and not restricting yourself to
the Director world.
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stamp to a file or registry entry lately, then reboot.
roymeo
At 08:51 AM 8/25/2005, you wrote:
Hey Tim,
Are you using director because that's what you know. Director is amazing
but other languages would give you better control C++ or even Java.
Keep us posted if you decide to stick wit
. Couldn't even reboot it from a service or networked computer.
Other than than one annoyance, we had pretty good luck with a c++
service watch-dog, either onboard, or as a connected monitoring machine.
roymeo
At 01:56 AM 8/24/2005, Tim Welford wrote:
Hi List,
Does anyone have any
on Your Target Platform
Independent of your development system, you should have a target
platform with controlled and documented hardware, OS and supporting
applications.
--
So my answer isn't Mac or Windows. My answer is: If you are
developing a kiosk, develop on the target box, n
Ah...I remember having to use Word 2000 last
year, anything more current REALLY effed up the .rtf in the files.
roymeo
At 09:48 AM 8/16/2005, you wrote:
When i was doing a project and working qith Word files i had the exact
someproblem, but not all spaces appeared as square boxes. I thought
The object model has changed and some lingo has permanently changed
around MIAWs and Timeouts.
It's not TOO big a hassle to update that code.
The amazing part is that they 'snuck' the scriptExecutionStyle
feature in and that it works at all!
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at least I believe I was unable to get some of the 'antiquated' MIAW
object stuff to work in MX2004 no matter the scriptExecutionStyle.
roymeo
At 01:06 PM 8/12/2005, you wrote:
Except that doesn't actually work for MIAWs or Timeout objects and
probably some other objects
Except that doesn't actually work for MIAWs or Timeout objects and
probably some other objects, too.
roymeo
At 11:42 AM 8/12/2005, you wrote:
Just set "the scriptExecutionStyle=9" somewhere before the legacy code.
If you are likely to start using any of the new lingo for MX04,
shadow), etc.
You may be able to fix it, but it wouldn't surprise me if you can't.
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Maybe it's just the whole "MadeWithMacromedia
copyright blah and DIRECTOR copyright blah" part
that's missing from the summary.
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back into the scope of Director,
rather than the event-driven scope.
roymeo
At 06:02 PM 7/1/2005, you wrote:
thanx for the info. A workaround would be to let the callback create a
timeout object (see code below which does succesfully throw an error).
So, I wonder, maybe it would be a good
enced ("me") and aren't trying
anything too fancy there.
The basic idea is:
Do as little as possible when receiving events n callbacks from
Flash/Xtras/ActiveX. Set the data somewhere for Director to find as part
of its normal event hierarchy.
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dle, whereas the Director process "head" was still sitting there trying
to 'go to the frame'.
roymeo
At 07:53 AM 6/30/2005, Brennan Young wrote:
Here's an interesting one.
Using the XML parser Xtra and I discovered that when using the callback
feature of parseURL, script
..] or a propertylist
You can do it with the suggested do line, but often when you come to having
to "do" that there's some confusion in the code.
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eral hours trying
to figure out why something isn't working right)
roymeo
At 10:58 AM 5/18/2005, you wrote:
Thanks roymeo,
Combined with Kraigs answer, that's a good place to start, as I am using
a timeout object in the same channel that I discovered was causing the
anomaly.
Cheers
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Frame one can cause problems as such.
some other things which have been known to have unexpected events would be
timeout objects, MIAWs, maybe LDM's
(not that this causes this exact problem, just tossing out some things to
check)
roymeo
At 10:29 AM 5/18/2005, Tim Welford wrote:
Hi li
Betcha that member type is something like #richText or something and not
#text. Same as if you tried new(#vestigalTail).
roymeo
At 03:15 PM 5/12/2005, you wrote:
hi,
i'm working on a project in which a lot of castmembers are created
dynamically using the new(#...) lingo.
usually this
And often a put statement counts as a reference, though temporary, lasting
only for the duration of the put operation.
roymeo
At 11:49 AM 5/12/2005, you wrote:
One reference to the object. Garbage collection deletes an object when
there are zero references to it. To see this number go up
look at baFileExists(path)
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Yeah"Object expected" instead of "Script error".
More helpful than a dead cat full of maggots.
roymeo
At 12:42 PM 3/28/2005, Irv Kalb wrote:
Here's what to do:
Go to your Director folder
Find Director.ini
Copy it
Go back to where your projector is
Paste it
Change t
Sounds like you'll need to read the PrintOMatic documents and do some more
robust and elegant layout of your pages of text.
roymeo
At 12:14 PM 3/28/2005, Michael Nadel wrote:
I have a large text file in a text cast member, and I want the text to be
printable and appear on multiple pages. I
you can trap alerts with alert hook and get a little bit of the info. and
it can be helpful to use the messagewindow and put statements for
unit-testing and writing statements to a log otherwise.
roymeo
At 12:12 PM 3/28/2005, you wrote:
Is there a way to know what the script error is when
total length - sprite height = scrolltop when done
one side or the other you have to figure out the pixels per line, but
that's about it....
roymeo
At 09:19 PM 3/22/2005, you wrote:
How can I detect when a text member has been scrolled to the bottom? I
know the scrollTop value will chan
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I think you know what you need to do already:)
You're going to have to loop on a frame until everything is loaded and
check fore each one.
I think.
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At 06:55 PM 3/10/2005, you wrote:
Here's some more context, I'm doing this for usling Flash XML
xmlLoader =
MX2004 is great, and the scriptExecutionStyle is really effing amazing, but
there are some things that have changed from MX to MX2004. the MIAW object
is one of them.
(I'm not sure what the answer to your question is, sorry.)
roymeo
At 04:07 PM 3/8/2005, you wrote:
Returning to a pre
esponse()
AliAsksSameQuestionAgain = the milliseconds
RoymeoTypesUpToMuch()
FinishedTime = the milliseconds
put "How Long Since First Question: "& (FinishedTime - AliAsksFirstTime)
put "How Long Since Same Question: "& (FinishedTime -
AliAsksSameQuestionAgain)
roymeo
At 12:30 PM
The more professional approach would be to try to contact the person
directly with detailed instructions about how to remove their
account. Approach them with peace and loving kindness.
roymeo
-- wow...did I just suggest that?
At 12:41 PM 2/25/2005, you wrote:
Shall we all band together and
sleep has always been in ticks on the mac and in milliseconds on the
PC. So that should be about 16.667 seconds.
roymeo
At 11:01 AM 2/24/2005, you wrote:
hi list,
I have an apple g4 (os x 10.3.3) where director's sleep() function
(UiHelper-xtra) doesn't work as it should. a si
longevity testing.
At 04:20 AM 2/18/2005, you wrote:
Thanks, I will take a look.
Does anyone know how reliable it is, i.e. if it will play for a couple of
days before crashing?
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VideoSprite Xtra'll do that.
roymeo
At 12:42 PM 2/17/2005, you wrote:
On a slight tangent, I'm interested in grabbing a video signal from a
video card (winTV etc) and outputting to the stage (no record) for kiosk
purposes.
Any ideas on that front?
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ation to help you.
You were looking for help, right?
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27;re launching a browser, or embedding it in Diretor? I don't think
embedding will speed anything up...
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x = "woogie woogie woogie"
tell the stage
SomeRoutine()
SomeOtherRoutine(x)
end tell
roymeo
At 01:43 PM 1/31/2005, you wrote:
Hi people/gurus,
I hope someone can help me.
I have for hours been trying to work out a solution to no avail.
Does anyone know if it is possible and how t
Perhaps we could start a secret society, and then a director user, as if
guided by an occult hand, would come to the secret MUS meeting.
But we'll need some sort of password or catchphrase...
http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/transcripts_081304_cult.html
roymeo
At 07:48 PM 1/27/2005
Where can I find a list of all currently undocumented lingo features?
Right next to a list of unforeseen problems for an upcoming project ;-)
That's the list that at the end of the project is called the "I told you
so!"s, right?
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i supposed one could be tempted to do that if he actually can tell you word
23 of paragraph 4 of page 232 or something like that:)
roymeo
At 05:32 AM 1/8/2005, you wrote:
> > I am asking if any one has the Macromedia Director MX 2004 Bible (.PDF)
> > file
>
> No I bought t
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REALLY FAST BLANK REPEAT LOOP, when necessary. :)
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There may be some font options that are Mac only. I think Buzz is a mac
guy and I'm guessing you aren't (the Mac part, not the guy part).
roymeo
At 06:22 PM 12/17/2004, you wrote:
Hello everybody and thank you everybody for your help.
To Buzz:
> depending on the font, you may be
i haven't done it, but I'd think you could use 2 separate instances of the
VideoSprite Xtra, each 'tuned' to a different video-in source.
roymeo
At 03:04 PM 12/9/2004, Pedja wrote:
Hi guys
Anyone knows of a way (Xtra, activeX...magic:) to get the video feed
from two (
nvert that to
bytes to write via binary Xtra.
What is the sane way to do this?
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You need to check out Buddy API.
the handlers are called something pretty close to:
baReadRegString(...)
baReadRegNumber(...)
baWriteRegString(...)
baWriteRegNumber(...)
roymeo
At 10:33 AM 12/6/2004, you wrote:
Hi
I want read and write user registery with director
lingo in my projects, How i can
pdateStage in there to
make the top sprite turn off and refresh the stage.
But that's the simple waymore complex ways would be to get the .image
of all the sprites on stage individually and paste them together in the
correct positions in a new image.
roymeo
At 04:18 PM 12/5/2004, you wr
sounds like you may be trying to read unicode characters. Director isn't
unicode.
roymeo
At 06:33 PM 12/3/2004, you wrote:
Hi,
I need to load an external xml-file that includes special characters using
getNetText, but some characters get messed up when loaded into the
Shockwave movie.
Not the past 8 years or so
At 09:37 AM 12/3/2004, you wrote:
yeah but... only if the folder selection pane of the dialog box has focus-
the filename text box has focus by default.
Stephen
roymeo wrote the following on 12/3/2004 8:15 AM:
backspace?
At 08:17 AM 12/3/2004, you wrote:
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i don't believe you need to be using the directImage xtra here.
just have the MIAW do a:
x = new(#bitmap)
x.image = (the stage).image
to copy the image to a member in the cast, or probably, just pass that
.image back out to the stage to assign to a member to display on screen.
roymeo
At 03:
BuddyAPI doesn't automatically set it back for you, you have to do that
sort of cleanup yourself. on exitMovie or somewhere like that, you set it
back to the original settings which you so cleverly saved somewhere.
Though it won't set it back if you crash...
roymeo
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Yeah. But this one goes up to 11.
roymeo
At 04:21 PM 11/27/2004, you wrote:
At 11:02 PM +0200 11/27/04, Michael Nadel wrote:
Did anyone hear of an issue in Mac OS X that Director returns a value of
"11" if the system is set to the highest soundlevel? I thought soundlevel
can only be v
myVar = myList.getAProp(#booger)[i]
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