Controlling Flash Sound

2002-03-28 Thread rosly
Hello people, An easy question for gurus out there. How do I stop a flash sound by using other button. I have a flash sprite on stage and I have a sound stop button as well. SoundStop, SoundLevel and soundEnabled just doesn't work with the flash member. Direct to stage is set to false cause I ha

RE: Flash bug?

2002-03-28 Thread Robert Walch
> Kerry Thompson wrote: > I have some Flash sprites on screen. When you click them, they send a > message back to Director with getURL("event:flashAnimDone", _parent). > That calls a handler in my Lingo code. > > On the Mac, that makes the screen freeze until the Lingo is finished > executing. I

Re: File Exist

2002-03-28 Thread Tab Julius
Like so: tempFileObj =new(xtra "fileio") openFile(tempFileObj, "c:\myfile.xxx", 1) result =status(tempFileObj) closefile(tempFileObj) tempFileObj =0 if (result =-37) then -- THE FILE DOES NOT EXIST end if This example opens it in mode 1 (for reading), checks the status, closes the file (w

Re: re: bitmaps showing up white II

2002-03-28 Thread nik crosina
hi heike, if you think it's to do with memory i am sure you also by now tried to unload each member once the user clicks to go to the next screen (page)? that'll keep the memory usage roughly the same for each screen, rather than filing it all up until it runs into problems... tschuess, nik

Re: File Exist

2002-03-28 Thread bhakti
something like this: -- create an instance of fileio pFileioObj = new(xtra "fileio") openFile(pFileioObj, pathToExternalFile, 1) -- (for that last parameter: 0 Read/Write, 1 Read, 2 Write) errorCode = status(pFileioObj) if errorCode <> 0 then -- error code shows file has not opened c

File Exist

2002-03-28 Thread stacey.i.strickler.1
I am having trouble checking to see if a file exists using FileIO. I know if I try to open a file that is not there I get an error of -37, which is a bad file name. How would I go about getting this into a variable so I can check the variable to see if the file exists? Stacey [To remove yourself

RE: Is there a Math.round in Lingo ?

2002-03-28 Thread Watson, Christopher
Running the integer function on any floating-point value will get you the rounded value. But be careful, the precision is only 16 decimal places. put integer(2.2) -- 2 put integer(2.5) -- 3 put integer(2.4999) -- 3 -Original Message- From: Kevin McCarthy [mailto:[EMAIL PR

Is there a Math.round in Lingo ?

2002-03-28 Thread Kevin McCarthy
Hi, I need to know, is there a way of saying math.round in lingo, I am trying to slide a camera around. Or perhaps there may be a way of actually sliding a camera from an old position to a new position in director that I'm not aware of..?? -KEV- [To remove yourself from this list, or to change

RE: Now, My turn..

2002-03-28 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 13:34 -0800 03/28/2002, Kerry Thompson wrote: >Well, there you have it, Tab. Can you pull the plug on this guy, at >least until he gets back from vacation? Actually it was done before the first "me too" hit the list. I wrote to Tab directly offlist, y'see. Seemed a tad more worthwhile than

Flash bug?

2002-03-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
Hullo all-- I think I've found another bug in the Flash Asset Xtra for D 8.5 Mac. Before I post it, tell me if it's a bug or expected behavior. I have some Flash sprites on screen. When you click them, they send a message back to Director with getURL("event:flashAnimDone", _parent). That calls a

RE: Now, My turn..

2002-03-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
Well, there you have it, Tab. Can you pull the plug on this guy, at least until he gets back from vacation? Thanks. Cordially, Kerry Thompson > -- > From: Mattie Wells > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 3:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: Now, My turn..

2002-03-28 Thread Peri Cumali
Blessed four pc Jason Je wrote: > I'm blessed three... :] > > Jason > > _ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://

RE: Now, My turn..

2002-03-28 Thread Mattie Wells
Me Too!! [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 with programming Lingo. Thanks!]

Re: Now, My turn..

2002-03-28 Thread Herman
yes getting the same message - Original Message - From: "Kerry Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 7:39 PM Subject: Now, My turn.. > to incur the wrath of the list. > > No, not unsubscribing. Just wondering if anybody else keeps getting

Re: Now, My turn..

2002-03-28 Thread Jason Je
I'm blessed three... :] Jason _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com [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

Re: Now, My turn..

2002-03-28 Thread Andy Fuchs
at 28.03.2002 19:39 Uhr, Kerry Thompson wrote: > Patrick STAS (Mailbox or Conference is full). > > He's on digest, so thankfully it only comes twice a day. Still kind of a > nuisance. Is everybody else getting this, or am I just specially > blessed? Hi Kerry, I am blessed to :-) Tab - could y

Now, My turn..

2002-03-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
to incur the wrath of the list. No, not unsubscribing. Just wondering if anybody else keeps getting these non-deliverable returns from a mailer daemon in Belgium for Patrick STAS (Mailbox or Conference is full). He's on digest, so thankfully it only comes twice a day. Still kind of a nuisance. I

NDN: Lingo-l digest, Vol 1 #161 - 5 msgs

2002-03-28 Thread Mailer-Daemon
Sorry. Your message could not be delivered to: Patrick STAS (Mailbox or Conference is full.) [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]). L

RE: embedding fonts

2002-03-28 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 11:28 -0800 03/28/2002, Mattie Wells wrote: >>System? RAM? Director version? HD space? >Win98, 500meg, I think I have about 1 gig left. OK -- so it's not the NT or 2K issue which prevents embedded fonts from being used. For starters make sure the right typeface name is selected in the text

Re: embedding fonts

2002-03-28 Thread John At Home
on 3/28/02 12:18 PM, Mattie Wells at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello again,:-) > Im having proplems embedding fonts and getting them to work . I've had problems with embedded fonts when they where NOT in the internal cast. I insert the desired font into the internal cast and get the usual (i.e.

NDN: Lingo-l digest, Vol 1 #160 - 18 msgs

2002-03-28 Thread Mailer-Daemon
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RE: embedding fonts

2002-03-28 Thread Mattie Wells
>System? RAM? Director version? HD space? Win98, 500meg, I think I have about 1 gig left. [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]). Lin

Re: embedding fonts

2002-03-28 Thread Leif E. Wells
Are the text and field members using Arial? The typeface is probably listed as "Arial *" in the font drop down. >Hello again,:-) >Im having proplems embedding fonts and getting them to work . Does anyone >know why the embedded font is not working in the projector file? Its a redo >project and t

RE: embedding fonts

2002-03-28 Thread Watson, Christopher
Make sure to include the Font Xtra and the Font Asset Xtra in that projector. Rules for Creating Projectors 1) If something suddenly doesn't work in your projector that worked in authoring or in a browser, check the Xtras. 2) See Rule 1. ¯¯¯ Christopher Watson Sr. Softwa

embedding fonts

2002-03-28 Thread Mattie Wells
Hello again,:-) Im having proplems embedding fonts and getting them to work . Does anyone know why the embedded font is not working in the projector file? Its a redo project and they did not include the fonts so I had to go in a replace all the fonts with a basic arrial font. I embedded that font

RE: internet connection

2002-03-28 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 07:56 -0800 03/28/2002, Mattie Wells wrote: >I allwallys thought that using getNetText was a suitable solution, Im I >wrong or is there a better way? You mean for determining whether the user has a live connection? Well, if you try it with a dialup account the machine will try to dial out.

Re: Animating with Lingo

2002-03-28 Thread Rob Romanek
Kurt Griffin wrote: > Don't use a repeat loop. You can use a frame loop, but that relies on frame > rate. A better way is to drive your animation with a timeout object. > > Normally, I'd leave you with that advice and let you work through it, but I > happen to have written a behavior that will mo

RE: internet connection

2002-03-28 Thread Mattie Wells
I allwallys thought that using getNetText was a suitable solution, Im I wrong or is there a better way? global myNetID,counter on startMovie counter =0 myNetID=getNetText("http://www.someserver.com/mytext.txt?";) end on exitFrame if netDone(myNetID) then go to frame 10 else if

alpha channels on bitmaps

2002-03-28 Thread ray barker
just a quick personal note on the alpha thread I always export for web option from P'shop and use the 32 bit PNG with transparency option Always gives me the expected result (and seems to have the usealpha property switched ob by default) hth ray barker

editor with no scroll bars in win XP pro

2002-03-28 Thread Wobbly
Dear list, from time to time and with no apparent pattern, director 8.5.1 (and earlier versions) when re-sizing to less than full screen, loses scroll bars for the containing window. this morning it happened whilst I was using a loader program with 16 bit DLLs. The loader program upset the op. s