lingo-l How to select individual lines within a scroll text field?

2002-03-05 Thread Centre Generation Emploi
Hi, Is there any way to select individual lines within a scroll text field? Thanks. Ann. [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]).

Re: lingo-l Windows title bar font

2002-03-05 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 17:44 -0500 03/04/2002, Charlie Fiskeaux II wrote: Ummm, it's whatever font you set it to be... Try looking under the Appearance tab in your Windows Display dialog. If you spring for peghole.com's OSCXtra suite, you can find it out easily by adding an OSText box cast member, setting its

RE: lingo-l The new director?

2002-03-05 Thread Ken Prat
Please stop this thread now. Anyone who thinks Flash will replace Director doesn't have any idea what the other tool does. It's ridiculous. Do we really need another Flash kills Director thread in our lives ever again? Why will you have to? Would you like to explain this statement? Are we

Re: lingo-l Re: dcr to dir?

2002-03-05 Thread Howdy-Tzi
is there a flash conterpart for this type of file unprotector? Check the list archives. There are answers aplenty to this question to be found there. -- Warren Ockrassa | http://www.nightwares.com/ Director help | Free files | Sample chapters | Freelance | Consulting

Re: lingo-l The new director?

2002-03-05 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 23:33 -0700 03/04/2002, Stuart Heimdal wrote: OK, so I've just spent the last year of my life learning Director for what? Oh for Pete's sake quit panicking. Macromedia has made it VERY CLEAR they intend to keep Director going. Any implication to the contrary is flame bait laid by a

lingo-l Flash MX--less likely to slow Director projectors?

2002-03-05 Thread Nmuta Jones
I am wondering aloud if Flash MX will work better with Director in terms of animation speed. Having started with Flash, I must admit that it is easier for me to create animations in Flash and then import them into Director. One thing I like about Flash is how easy it is to create multiple

RE: lingo-l The new director?

2002-03-05 Thread the nightboy
The fact of the matter is that actionscript and lingo are very similar in syntax, actionscript being slightly more proper, in terms of traditonal programming languages, and I find it quite simple to move back and forth. Brian Douglas (:ub)

RE: lingo-l The new director?

2002-03-05 Thread Peter King
I wonder if Macromedia will build upon Director's 3d support, while keeping Flash 2d? That would help keep the two product lines different, because there is def a lot of (unwelcome?) crossover between the two packages. -Original Message- From: Kurt Griffin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

Re: lingo-l Flash MX--less likely to slow Director projectors?

2002-03-05 Thread grimmwerks
the flash player still has weird fps issues on the mac. [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-L is for learning and helping

lingo-l Newbie Question

2002-03-05 Thread Phil Calvert
Hi, I've just started using lingo, and am struggling to resize a rectangle within a movie when using the scale command. I'm getting the following error: Script error: Property not found #scale Can anyone help me please? It's been annoying me all day now! Thanks, Phil

RE: lingo-l The new director?

2002-03-05 Thread grimmwerks
But y'all have to agree that Flash has had more high-profile exposure than director, and seems to have been helped along by Macromedia as well. I don't blame them, as I too would push the product that was getting attention. With that in mind, it's sometimes been a hard sell with director in

RE: lingo-l The new director?

2002-03-05 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 12:05 -0500 03/05/2002, Colin Holgate wrote: My request in the past has been to make a Macromedia Web Studio kind of product, that includes both Flash and Director. I'm not against using Flash at all, and used inside Director it becomes better than either on their own. I agree; this kind

RE: lingo-l Pathing

2002-03-05 Thread Colin Holgate
Imagine a maze, and a piece of cheese, and a mouse. Pathing routines allow the mouse to move around the maze to find the piece of cheese, they are related to AI. A Star is the most famous one. Lucas has done a lot of this, but I'm not sure if he's on lingo-l. -- [To remove yourself from

Re: lingo-l Pathing

2002-03-05 Thread Perry
Has anybody done any pathing routines in lingo, such as a star? You mean search functions and such? Depending on what you want to accomplish, the PRegEx Xtra from openxtras.org might do what you want. I'm interpreting the question as meaning sprite animation paths. Grab a high school maths

Re: lingo-l The new director?

2002-03-05 Thread .
RE: -- From: Stuart Heimdal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: lingo-l The new director? Date: Tue, Mar 5, 2002, 12:33 AM OK, so I've just spent the last year of my life learning Director for what? Now it looks as though I'll get to learn ActionScript and JavaScript in

RE: lingo-l Pathing

2002-03-05 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 17:11 + 03/05/2002, Peter King wrote: Imagine a maze, and a piece of cheese, and a mouse. Pathing routines allow the mouse to move around the maze to find the piece of cheese, they are related to AI. A Star is the most famous one. Aha. I thought you were referring to such things as

Re: lingo-l Newbie Question

2002-03-05 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 17:35 + 03/05/2002, Phil Calvert wrote: I've just started using lingo, and am struggling to resize a rectangle within a movie when using the scale command. I'm getting the following error: Script error: Property not found #scale Well, what is the code you're currently using to do that?

Re: lingo-l URGENT antialiasing in projectors

2002-03-05 Thread Colin Holgate
which Xtras should I include in order to activate AntiAliasing in projectors?? I can't get it to work. Font and Text ones. -- [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: lingo-l Pathing

2002-03-05 Thread Perry
Imagine a maze, and a piece of cheese, and a mouse. Pathing routines allow the mouse to move around the maze to find the piece of cheese, they are related to AI. A Star is the most famous one. Oh that A * ! I've done quite a bit of this sort of stuff over the past few years. It's a frightfully

lingo-l URGENT antialiasing in projectors

2002-03-05 Thread lpovoas
which Xtras should I include in order to activate AntiAliasing in projectors?? I can't get it to work. Luiz GUSTAVO Castelan Póvoas mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 3Di - Inovação Digital. http://www.3di.com.br Rua Lauro Linhares, 589 88036-002 - Florianópolis Fone: +55 48 333-4963 Fax: +55 48

Re: lingo-l MAIW

2002-03-05 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 15:21 -0800 03/05/2002, Mattie Wells wrote: Ive got a simple question for you all (I think). I need to quit a projector.exe from a MIAW. Do you mean the 'quit' command is not functioning? -- Warren Ockrassa | http://www.nightwares.com/ Director help | Free files | Sample

Re: lingo-l MAIW

2002-03-05 Thread Wobbly
use tell the stage to quit don't forget to close the miaw and forget the miaw HTH wobbly - Original Message - From: Mattie Wells [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 11:21 PM Subject: lingo-l MAIW Hello, Ive got a simple question for you all (I

Re: lingo-l How to select individual lines within a scroll textfield?

2002-03-05 Thread James Newton
Centre Generation Emploi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any way to select individual lines within a scroll text field? Bonjour Ann, * You can use the hilite command to highlight one block of text at a time in a field member * You can use the selection property to highlight one one block

Re: lingo-l MAIW

2002-03-05 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 22:22 + 03/05/2002, Wobbly wrote: use tell the stage to quit You don't even need the tell. Quit is global. don't forget to close the miaw and forget the miaw That's not an issue with a quitting application (in theory). It's inferred that a quitting projector is closing and

Re: lingo-l access to the name of a parent script from withinthe script

2002-03-05 Thread Mike Gralish
A self reference contains the info. For example, using a script member named Some Code on new me put me end -- offspring Some Code 2 1e231b3c or on new me the itemdelimiter = quote put item 2 of string(me) end -- Some Code Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] simple question: Suppose you have

Re: lingo-l MAIW

2002-03-05 Thread Wobbly
- Original Message - From: Howdy-Tzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 10:43 PM Subject: Re: lingo-l MAIW At 22:22 + 03/05/2002, Wobbly wrote: use tell the stage to quit You don't even need the tell. Quit is global. don't forget to

AW: lingo-l access to the name of a parent script from withinthe script

2002-03-05 Thread Michael von Aichberger
Thanks Mike! Michael A self reference contains the info. For example, using a script member named Some Code on new me put me end -- offspring Some Code 2 1e231b3c or on new me the itemdelimiter = quote put item 2 of string(me) end -- Some Code Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] simple

Re: lingo-l access to the name of a parent script from withinthe script

2002-03-05 Thread Andreas Gaunitz P11
Suppose you have a parent script named myScript. How can I access that name from within the parent script, something like: property pMyName on new me me.pMyName = me.member.name return me end on new me pMyName = me.script return me end -A. [To remove yourself from this list,

RE: lingo-l access to the name of a parent script from within the script

2002-03-05 Thread Kraig Mentor
If its the name as a string I find this works for me... Regards, Kraig --- --PURPOSE: Determine the name of this script. --ACCEPTS: 'me' as an instance of this script. --RETURNS: 'tName' as a string. --- on getScriptName(me)

lingo-l access to the name of a parent script from within the script

2002-03-05 Thread Michael von Aichberger
Hi, simple question: Suppose you have a parent script named myScript. How can I access that name from within the parent script, something like: property pMyName on new me me.pMyName = me.member.name return me end ??? Thanks Michael [To remove yourself from this list, or to change

Re: lingo-l access to the name of a parent script from withinthe script

2002-03-05 Thread Irv Kalb
Something like this: on new me sMe = string(me) -- gives you something like offspring myScript 2 1235678 pMyName = word 2 of sMe -- gives you myScript delete char 1 of pMyName -- gives you myScript delete the last char of pMyName -- gives you myScript return me end Irv At

AW: lingo-l access to the name of a parent script from within the script

2002-03-05 Thread Michael von Aichberger
Hi Andreas and Kraig! I just played with your suggestions and found out that me.script gives the name of the ancestor script, not its own name. In my case, the name of my parent script is oPPC04: on new me me.ancestor = new(script oPPC) put me -- gives

RE: lingo-l Pathing

2002-03-05 Thread Kurt Griffin
Lucas has done a lot of this, but I'm not sure if he's on lingo-l. This comes up a lot on the dir-game-l list (to which Lucas is a frequent poster). The subscribe page for the list is at: http://nuttybar.drama.uga.edu/mailman/listinfo/dirgames-l If you want to search it, the archive search is