quicktime or avi?

2002-02-19 Thread Mattias G
Hi! Im making a presentation that will involve about 6 movies qt or avi. This pres shall works on slow comp as well. Quicktime seems to run faster then avi on slow comp but then I need to install quicktime on users comp that dont really like to do because when user put in the cd it should run

RE: MIAW causing fatal error?

2002-02-19 Thread Jussi Jokinen
Director is only giving this "Fatal error har occured. Director will quit now." - requester before shutting down. I'm working on D8.5.1 by the way and I have run into this problem with 8 and 8.5 as well. (that is - every version I've worked with). How could this be code - related, since Director

E-mail via Lingo?

2002-02-19 Thread Tom Hines
Hi all, Is there a Net Lingo command that will allow you to send e-mail? I can only imagine the possibilities if this were true. What I originally had in mind was for my shockwave game to e-mail me when my hi-score had been broken. (Eg. "Your record hi-score of has been smashed by with a new

Re: Working with List

2002-02-19 Thread Buzz Kettles
shows how often I've actually used it :) I've actually only used it once As a test, I wrote a handler to get each getBehaviorDescription string & jam it into it's own .comments so that I could see the descriptions in the PI (& wouldn't have to open the BI). -Buzz At 10:25 PM -0500 2/19/02,

Announcement: DirectOS Xtra 3.0

2002-02-19 Thread Tomer Berda
February 19th, 2002 DirectXtras is pleased to announce a new version (3.0) of DirectOS Xtra. About DirectOS Xtra --- DirectOS Xtra is a powerful cross-platform Scripting Xtra for Macromedia Director and Authorware which provides applications with direct access to the Windows and

puppeted sprite width left over.

2002-02-19 Thread Jason Gruhl
I am puppeting sprites. In this instance I puppet a vector shape and then change it's width. The problem occurs when I reuse this sprite channel later for another type of member the sprite takes the width set for the vector shape. I've tried setting the puppeted sprite to it's new members widht bu

Re: Working with List

2002-02-19 Thread Kerry Thompson
>It's member(whichMember).comments (don't forget the "s"). And Yes, I'm >working on a project where we are using the comments property to store >lists Interesting--what's the advantage? Size, speed? Your project obviously isn't Shockwave, so I'm curious. I've used the comments just for comment

Set the cursor to a field or a text member???

2002-02-19 Thread lingo-l-request
Hi all, I'm a new comer, I have got a problem when using the Director. I want to set the cursor to a field or a text member which is editabled but it seem funny to using the function "selection" to set the cursor. Please help me to solve the question. Thanks. [To remove yourself from this li

Re: Working with List

2002-02-19 Thread Jeremy Aker
It's member(whichMember).comments (don't forget the "s"). And Yes, I'm working on a project where we are using the comments property to store lists (at least they're lists once converted from a string that is.) -- Jeremy Aker 5010 Sweetbriar Drive Raleigh, NC 27609 (919) 789-0871 [EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: Working with List

2002-02-19 Thread Colin Holgate
>A question occurs to me - > >Does anybody USE a member's .comment property to store text info >related to that member? There's a comment property? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email

Re: #medium

2002-02-19 Thread Colin Holgate
> >That said, you can still use it. A useful variable name for clairvoyant simulators. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-

Re: #medium

2002-02-19 Thread Tab Julius
That said, you can still use it. At 09:58 PM 2/19/02 -0300, Agustín María Rodríguez wrote: >Slava Paperno wrote: > >>Is #medium a reserved term (in D 8.5)? If so, what does it refer to? If >>not, why does my script editor highlight it in green? >>Slava > > > It has to do with the textu

Re: #medium

2002-02-19 Thread Agustín María Rodríguez
Slava Paperno wrote: > Is #medium a reserved term (in D 8.5)? If so, what does it refer to? If > not, why does my script editor highlight it in green? > Slava It has to do with the texture quality in Lingo 3D. My devaluated argentinian cent :) -- Agustín María Rodríguez http://cablem

#medium

2002-02-19 Thread Slava Paperno
Is #medium a reserved term (in D 8.5)? If so, what does it refer to? If not, why does my script editor highlight it in green? Slava [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Working with List

2002-02-19 Thread Buzz Kettles
A question occurs to me - Does anybody USE a member's .comment property to store text info related to that member? -Buzz At 4:05 PM -0800 2/19/02, you wrote: > > Im working on a yearbook that i am creating using director. the search >> function that i want to create is like "when u search fo

RE: Working with List

2002-02-19 Thread Kerry Thompson
> Im working on a yearbook that i am creating using director. the search > function that i want to create is like "when u search for a name of a > person, it will return the picture and the writeup for that person." > > I dont know how to code the lingo for this. so, anybody out there who > had

Re: swa export xtra

2002-02-19 Thread Buzz Kettles
There's a lot that falls into 'T'would be nice'. As much as you might need it, I don't think that this would make even the first cut of 'T'would be nice'. -Buzz At 5:11 PM -0600 2/19/02, you wrote: >Oh, you mean mac director natively can record audio? I was thinking Audio >xtra to record the a

Re: swa export xtra

2002-02-19 Thread grimmwerks
Oh, you mean mac director natively can record audio? I was thinking Audio xtra to record the aiff/wav, then (originally) using the swa export to compress. But of course, yes, I can use masterapp and a standalone mp3 encoder. T'would be nice if macr added that since it's already there (the sw

Re: Working with List

2002-02-19 Thread mike ang
Im working on a yearbook that i am creating using director. the search function that i want to create is like "when u search for a name of a person, it will return the picture and the writeup for that person." I dont know how to code the lingo for this. so, anybody out there who had already do

Re: swa export xtra

2002-02-19 Thread Buzz Kettles
Only Director Mac can record audio & it does it crudely ... - it makes a cast member & there's no control of sound format) & one shouldn't try a long sound (since it's trying to create a member in an unsaved movie, there are memory memory issues). If you are looking for real-time ripping of live

Re: ALPHAMANIA substitute

2002-02-19 Thread the nightboy
>At 15:22 -0500 02/19/2002, the nightboy wrote: > >>>You mean you can't do something like >>> >>>mNewMember = new ( #alphaMania ) >>> >>>...and then set the AA and other options that way? > >>AA? > >AntiAlias. > >>I was able to get a new nenber using mNewMember = new ( #alpha ) >> >>but how d

ALPHAMANIA substitute and a clear description of what I need itfor.

2002-02-19 Thread the nightboy
We have a live feed from several Nikon D1X cameras(still digital images) placed 40' above the ground. We have created an application that removes all the unnecessary art outside of the figure, replacing it with a feathered alpha channel, saved as a .PNG. Now, we are taking the images, and saving

diffusion dithering

2002-02-19 Thread Michael von Aichberger
Hi imaging Lingo freaks! Does anybody of you know how to convert an 24-bit RGB color image into an 1-bit black and white image with Lingo using DIFFUSION DITHERING? Would help me a lot! So thanks in advance. Regards Michael von Aichberger [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to dig

Re: ALPHAMANIA substitute

2002-02-19 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 15:22 -0500 02/19/2002, the nightboy wrote: >>You mean you can't do something like >> >>mNewMember = new ( #alphaMania ) >> >>...and then set the AA and other options that way? >AA? AntiAlias. >I was able to get a new nenber using mNewMember = new ( #alpha ) > >but how do I then import

Re: ALPHAMANIA substitute

2002-02-19 Thread Colin Holgate
>I was able to get a new nenber using mNewMember = new ( #alpha ) > >but how do I then import the source into the castMember? Man, we have to squeeze all the details out of you! Have an existing bitmap with the right alpha. Import on the fly an image that you somehow made from the video feed

Re: swa export xtra

2002-02-19 Thread grimmwerks
That's not what I was asking for though ...I was thinking Director could record audio and compress to mp3. I'm aware that I can use masterapp to control external appsjust asking specifically about the swa export xtra. On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Charlie Fiskeaux II wrote: > For windows, the b

Re: swa export xtra

2002-02-19 Thread Charlie Fiskeaux II
For windows, the best MP3 application I've found is DBPowerAmp. It integrates with Windows to offer options in your right-click menu that allow you to convert just about anything to MP3 or WAV formats. And best of all...it's free! Charlie Fiskeaux II The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 8

RE: Localised OSs

2002-02-19 Thread Kerry Thompson
> Also, many translation companies will take your Director project and > translate it, if you prefer to go that route. > I don't know of any localization houses that have Director experience--most of them do Web localization, or apps written in C/C++. Has anybody had any dealings with anybody li

Re: swa export xtra

2002-02-19 Thread Buzz Kettles
At 6:41 PM -0600 2/17/02, you wrote: >Ok, I'm a tad confused... > >I know of two non-macromedia apps that use the SWA Export xtra from >Soundedit fame to compress aiff to mp3 (mp3 encoder and Peak use it as a >regular plugin). The xtra itself doesn't have an 'interface' so I don't >know how these

Re: ALPHAMANIA substitute

2002-02-19 Thread .
RE: -- >From: the nightboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: ALPHAMANIA substitute >Date: Tue, Feb 19, 2002, 12:19 PM >Does anyone know of an Xtra besides alphaMania that will antiAlias Bitmaps >in director on Runtime. We have been looking at alphamania, but the proble

Re: fieldmember vs returnkey

2002-02-19 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 21:05 +0100 02/19/2002, H.F. Duijndam wrote: >Who can help me with this, i have several fieldmembers which the user has to >fill in with the right word. After typing his answer he should use the enter >or the return key to jump (go) to the next field he/she should fill in until >the test is co

Re: ALPHAMANIA substitute

2002-02-19 Thread the nightboy
>At 13:19 -0500 02/19/2002, the nightboy wrote: > >>Does anyone know of an Xtra besides alphaMania that will antiAlias Bitmaps >>in director on Runtime. We have been looking at alphamania, but the problem >>is that you can not introduce new castmembers into their format on runtime. > >You mean you

Re: ALPHAMANIA substitute

2002-02-19 Thread the nightboy
>>>Does anyone know of an Xtra besides alphaMania that will antiAlias Bitmaps >>>in director on Runtime. We have been looking at alphamania, but the problem >>>is that you can not introduce new castmembers into their format on runtime. >> >> >>You can link to an external .PNG or 32 bit bitmap. Tha

fieldmember vs returnkey

2002-02-19 Thread H.F. Duijndam
Hi, Who can help me with this, i have several fieldmembers which the user has to fill in with the right word. After typing his answer he should use the enter or the return key to jump (go) to the next field he/she should fill in until the test is completed. I have an moviescript wich makes te fi

swa export xtra

2002-02-19 Thread grimmwerks
Hey anyone (Howdy?) -- that swa export xtra that used to be with soundedit and is now used with peak - there's a little application that some guy wronte (NOT director) that uses it to compress aiff to mp3 - I wrote to him and he said he 'back engineered the COM' - which tells me nothing. I fi

Re: ALPHAMANIA substitute

2002-02-19 Thread grimmwerks
How bout that Fireworks to Director xtra from macr? On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Howdy-Tzi wrote: > At 13:19 -0500 02/19/2002, the nightboy wrote: > > >Does anyone know of an Xtra besides alphaMania that will antiAlias Bitmaps > >in director on Runtime. We have been looking at alphamania, but the pro

Re: ALPHAMANIA substitute

2002-02-19 Thread Charlie Fiskeaux II
If all you want is simply an image with an embedded alpha channel, I would recommend using TIFF format. With no compression, it's the highest quality format. And the linked image idea is a good solution. Charlie Fiskeaux II The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054 x29 cell: 859/31

Re: ALPHAMANIA substitute

2002-02-19 Thread the nightboy
>>Does anyone know of an Xtra besides alphaMania that will antiAlias Bitmaps >>in director on Runtime. We have been looking at alphamania, but the problem >>is that you can not introduce new castmembers into their format on runtime. > > >You can link to an external .PNG or 32 bit bitmap. That woul

Re: ALPHAMANIA substitute

2002-02-19 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 13:19 -0500 02/19/2002, the nightboy wrote: >Does anyone know of an Xtra besides alphaMania that will antiAlias Bitmaps >in director on Runtime. We have been looking at alphamania, but the problem >is that you can not introduce new castmembers into their format on runtime. You mean you can't

Re: ALPHAMANIA substitute

2002-02-19 Thread Colin Holgate
>>Does anyone know of an Xtra besides alphaMania that will antiAlias Bitmaps >>in director on Runtime. We have been looking at alphamania, but the problem >>is that you can not introduce new castmembers into their format on runtime. > > >You can link to an external .PNG or 32 bit bitmap. That woul

Re: ALPHAMANIA substitute

2002-02-19 Thread Colin Holgate
>Does anyone know of an Xtra besides alphaMania that will antiAlias Bitmaps >in director on Runtime. We have been looking at alphamania, but the problem >is that you can not introduce new castmembers into their format on runtime. You can link to an external .PNG or 32 bit bitmap. That would give

ALPHAMANIA substitute

2002-02-19 Thread the nightboy
Does anyone know of an Xtra besides alphaMania that will antiAlias Bitmaps in director on Runtime. We have been looking at alphamania, but the problem is that you can not introduce new castmembers into their format on runtime. b Brian Douglas (:ub)

Re: Verbose Error Reporting

2002-02-19 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 12:15 -0500 02/19/2002, Matthew DeSimone wrote: >"This Shockwave Movie has errors that have caused playback problems. >Please contact the author of this content regarding this problem. >Shockwave is unable to continue." > >I already installed shockwave.ini in the movie folder, and uncommented

Verbose Error Reporting

2002-02-19 Thread Matthew DeSimone
Hi all. Just wondering how I can force a more verbose output out of the shockwave error which displays: "This Shockwave Movie has errors that have caused playback problems. Please contact the author of this content regarding this problem. Shockwave is unable to continue." I already installed sh

Re: Localised OSs

2002-02-19 Thread Tab Julius
You should subscribe to MSDN, at least professional version, and get the international packs. This will give you access to Windows operating system in every language they support. Then you should get Norton Ghost so that you can switch to whatever system in whatever configuration you want a

Re: Localised OSs

2002-02-19 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 10:01 -0500 02/19/2002, Irina Danilova wrote: >have anybody ever tested their Director projects on systems other then >English, like Russian or Japanese Windows? There's a Japanese version of Director, so I can only assume it works there. I believe Kerry is the resident extended ASCII (OK, A

Re: Working with List

2002-02-19 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 14:03 -0800 02/18/2002, mike ang wrote: >I just want to ask anyone who knows how to work with list. I am in >the porcess of making a search engine using lingo. But am having >porblem with the scripts. anyone out there who have tried and made a >real search engine using lingo? There are a c

Re: Localised OSs

2002-02-19 Thread Jakob Hede Madsen
At 7:30 -0800 19/02/02, Leah Kramer wrote: >As far as testing on different Mac OS's goes... we made a new >partition for the >OS we wanted to test on an installed it there. Not quite as painless as >Virtual PC. In my view, it has always been tremendously easier to shuffle multiple boot-system

Re: Illegalopration error

2002-02-19 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 23:25 +0530 02/18/2002, mitesh wrote: >I have created one cd in that illegalopration error is coming. For that >i have put .ini files & dll files but error is not going so what i have >to do please help me. Well, at what point in the program does the error come up? What is your app trying to

Re: MIAW causing fatal error?

2002-02-19 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 11:37 +0200 02/19/2002, Jussi Jokinen wrote: >In my project I'm using two MIAWs on the top of the stage - one for help >texts (visible all the time) and another for different requesters (error >messagese etc.). Everything works pretty well, but my Director crashes every >now and then if I try

RE: memory leaks

2002-02-19 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 17:08 -0500 02/18/2002, Carol Mahaffy wrote: >yeah I have lots and lots of quicktime and sounds (mp3s). The leak is probably coming from the QT instances. I haven't had *major* troubles with QT5 on WIn2K, which suggests the issue has been resolved, but that's as may be. Since the problem is

Re: Localised OSs

2002-02-19 Thread M!ke
Dear Irina: > have anybody ever tested their Director projects [...] sure... BTW: If you understand Russian... could you go to http://www.625-net.ru/cgi-bin/prodirector/index.cgi (old version) http://www.625-net.ru/forums.htm (new, but you can be registered... It;s FREE :) ) __

Re: Localised OSs

2002-02-19 Thread Leah Kramer
Hi Irina, I'm currently doing a lot of developing and testing for some software that's going to be used in Greece, so here's by advice... In order to test your software for Windows, I highly recommend Connectix Virtual PC. You can buy it for Mac or Windows and basically it allows you to run any

Localised OSs

2002-02-19 Thread Irina Danilova
Hi, have anybody ever tested their Director projects on systems other then English, like Russian or Japanese Windows? Or does anybody know how to get the such systems or better the temporary access to them? Any lead will be highly appreciated :) --- Irina L. Danilova Junior Programmer VPG Inte

RE: memory leaks

2002-02-19 Thread Carol Mahaffy
that seems to make sense to me (but no not calling any getURL actions) . Tab was asking about the xtras i have loaded. Can i assume then if the leak is happening during and after the director movie is unloaded it is being evoked by an xtra? or by something that affects the xtras? I know i am not s

Re: Working with List

2002-02-19 Thread Andreas Gaunitz P11
OK, a database, sort of. I'm sure there are a lot of people here capable of helping, but your question is still kind of vague - what do you need help with? -A. >More of like a database search. Can anyone help me? > > >--- Andreas Gaunitz P11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>What kind of search en

Re: Working with List

2002-02-19 Thread mike ang
More of like a database search. Can anyone help me? --- Andreas Gaunitz P11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >What kind of search engine do you mean? Something like google.com, >searching a HD for files, or a data base? > >-A. > >>Hi everyone. >> >>I just want to ask anyone who knows how to work with

Re: Working with List

2002-02-19 Thread Andreas Gaunitz P11
What kind of search engine do you mean? Something like google.com, searching a HD for files, or a data base? -A. >Hi everyone. > >I just want to ask anyone who knows how to work with list. I am in >the porcess of making a search engine using lingo. But am having >porblem with the scripts. any

MIAW causing fatal error?

2002-02-19 Thread Jussi Jokinen
Hi list! In my project I'm using two MIAWs on the top of the stage - one for help texts (visible all the time) and another for different requesters (error messagese etc.). Everything works pretty well, but my Director crashes every now and then if I try to open these MIAW - movies during authorin

Re: copypixels and quads

2002-02-19 Thread James Newton
Michael von Aichberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello list! > > I am trying to copy a quadrangular but NOT rectangular area of one image to > THE SAME quadrangular area of another image of the same size. ... > pointsL = [point(453,161), point(476,165), point(469,204),point(446,200)] ... > N