hi all
can anybody tell me how i can change forecolor of
specific word of text field, but i don't want to give
line or word place.
like
spose
in my text field "a"
if user write any month names like
fab, jan or. if user write any of them
then that word(month name) shold be co
Nice isometric map!
You can find some information on programming isometric games here :
http://www.gamedev.net/banman/banman.asp?ZoneID=1&Task=Get&X=1019550792039
If you want to see my current project (because Im programming an isometric engine
too!) here :
http://www.spectre-software.com/spe
I\'ve used a function file(\"...\").exists in my movie.
In Director everything works just fine, but when I run the movie from a
projector an error occurs: \"unsupported lingo command... #file\".
I\'m pretty sure that every Xtra needed is available.
What do I have to do to make it work?
Thanks f
Hi list,
Do yo know of any free "display a file open dialog box" xtra that is
Shockwave safe?
I'm supposed to upload a user selected image file (from a Shockwave)
to a ftp server.
I was contemplating using the netXtra instead of directFtp, but with
the netXtra you cannot select a file on th
> I'm bamboozled.
Ditto.
Have you tried throwing some put statements in there or commenting out
specific chunks of code to try to determine what portion of the code is
causing the slow-down? I've never seen an issue with instanciation of
child objects, no matter how many levels deep. The late
I am wanting to open a projector file from within another director movie. I
dont have the uncompiled version and am wanting to merely open up the .exe
projector file!
How do I do this?
Regards.
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Regards,
Steve Blundell
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Hi,
>There are usually more invidious ways to get into trouble without
realizing it, though. Generally recursion becomes infinite when
its >terminal condition is unmet, or improperly tested for. For example you
could try this:
> on CursIt
> fSomeNum = 1.0
> repeat while fSomeNum >
At 11:02 +0200 04/23/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I\'ve used a function file(\"...\").exists in my movie.
>In Director everything works just fine, but when I run the movie from a
>projector an error occurs: \"unsupported lingo command... #file\".
>
>I\'m pretty sure that every Xtra needed is a
At 13:48 +0100 04/23/2002, Andreas Gaunitz P11 wrote:
>Do yo know of any free "display a file open dialog box" xtra that is
>Shockwave safe?
There's an HTML command that lets you display a file upload dialog
box. It sends a list of the items selected to a CGI, which then goes
ahead with the u
At 14:27 +0100 04/23/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I am wanting to open a projector file from within another director movie. I
>dont have the uncompiled version and am wanting to merely open up the .exe
>projector file!
>
>How do I do this?
Have you looked up the 'open' command in the Lingo di
At 21:55 +0800 04/23/2002, noelle cheng wrote:
>>Even if you carry out the float precision as far as Director can
>>display, of course, your test condition will never be met. You'll
>>see nothing >but zeroes but, technically, your number will never
>>reach zero. The above is an example of pilo
There are two Xtras out there that can do this for you.
The FileXtra3 will do this, and it is completely free. The code would be:
on DoesFileExist sFullPathToFile
xFileXtra = XTRA("FileXTRA3").new()
fExists = xFileXtra.fx_FileExists(sFullPathToFile)
xFileXtra = VOID
return fExists
e
>Don't have a clue, but have you thought about leaving the text sprite
>there and not worrying about it? What happens if you have the text
>sprite, but don't write to it, or only write to it once in the whole
>routine?
We ran a test that left the text sprite on-stage, and wrote into it in
Rele
Hi;
I need to know how can I detect if a user of my CD have installed a program PowerDVD
for ex, an if it is installed open it (powerDVD) and if not then open the installer,
have ideas?, an xtra maybe?
please help me.
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h
>Have you tried throwing some put statements in there or commenting out
>specific chunks of code to try to determine what portion of the code is
>causing the slow-down?
Yes. See my reply to Jakob.
>How bulky are the XML files that you are parsing? Could they be slowing
>things down?
The XML is
>Does the text-fix also work if the member is not on the stage, or
>not even in a sprite?
No. The sprite needs to be on-stage and visible for the speed-up to occur.
-If it only 'fixes' while on the stage, then it might have to do with
the sort of 'mini-updatestage' i anticipate is happening wh
Thank you, everyone, for your help.
After much consternation and consideration, I tried placing another instance
of my "Status" text member onto the stage in a separate channel. I assigned
a small behavior to that sprite to make it visible only in Release Mode,
shrunk the height of the member to
Hi,
Could you help me please?
I would like to have volume control in my program. The trouble is that I
am unable to isolate the problem when I use this. There are errors which up
to now, I am still unable to correct.
But it is essential to have this.
The volume control file by itself w
At 03:24 +0800 04/24/2002, noelle cheng wrote:
>The volume control file by itself works.
>
>Is there any way or workaround that I may take to use this file
>without it being in my main movie?
It seems as though you've been trying to do your Director work by
copying and pasting stuff from
At 12:06 -0500 04/23/2002, Juan Fernando Pacheco wrote:
>I need to know how can I detect if a user of my CD have installed a
>program PowerDVD for ex, an if it is installed open it (powerDVD)
>and if not then open the installer,
>
>have ideas?, an xtra maybe?
I believe FileXtra3, included with
Hey all,
I am trying to implement a password for a current project I am working on.
I want to have the password be the value of a castmember in an external
cast. Is there a way that I can protect a cast?
Thanks,
b
Brian Douglas (:ub)
=
Hey all -
I'm in the initial phases of planning a gnarly Director project that has a
continuous data feed. The data is being generated out of several "data
stations" that will be fed into a C++ *.dll (which I'm not coding myself).
Now I'm kinda stuck on the different methods I can use to yank t
nevermind :)
Brian Douglas (:ub)
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Hi
I have 2 3d scenes (max) in my director movie on different frames, on
one I have an extra camera (overhead) displaying on the face of the
scene, but now I have brought another 3d movie in (menu system) but the
overhead camera also displays on this one which is not what I want. I
have tried ch
Hi there. Don't know if this will help, but the only time I've ever had
sound playing back at double speed is when I've used a sample rate Director
doesn't recognise. You've probably tried this already (sorry, I don't read
the digest religiously), but can you convert the sample rate of all your
so
>I am trying to implement a password for a current project I am working on.
>I want to have the password be the value of a castmember in an external
>cast. Is there a way that I can protect a cast?
Xtras -> Udate Movies -> Protect. And make sure you have a backup copy.
That won't necessarily p
Hello List,
I think this is quit easy but, my brain is fried today :)
How can tell if someone is currently in a field?
And how do I tell when they have left that field?
Thanks,
Mattie
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At 6:23 PM -0700 4/23/02, Mattie Wells \(E-mail\) wrote:
>Hello List,
>
>I think this is quit easy but, my brain is fried today :)
>
>How can tell if someone is currently in a field?
If there is tall grass or wheat or other plant material all around.
(Sorry, couldn't resist)
>And how do I tell
> As in previous posts I am having trouble with a Director project that has
> all the sound files playing back at double the normal speed.
Nothing I
> have done has made any difference.
> >
> Operating System is Win 2000 Professional with SP1
Hi Debi,
I might not have the solution toyour pr
At 9:42 AM -0700 4/23/02, you wrote:
> >Does the text-fix also work if the member is not on the stage, or
>>not even in a sprite?
>
>No. The sprite needs to be on-stage and visible for the speed-up to occur.
Can you set the colors on this sprite so that you can't see it?
(leave it visible, just
or, from anywhere else,
if sprite(the keyboardFocusSprite).member.type = #field then
--bhakti, seething that irv made those jokes before he did
Irv Kalb wrote:
>
> At 6:23 PM -0700 4/23/02, Mattie Wells \(E-mail\) wrote:
> >Hello List,
> >
> >I think this is quit easy but, my brain is fried tod
> if ilk(sprite(spriteNum).member) = #field then
I think that ilk(sprite(spriteNum).member) will always evaluate to #member.
What Irv was perhaps looking for was sprite(spriteNum).member.type which
will return #field when attached to a field sprite.
I also think that what was being asked will b
> If there is tall grass or wheat or other plant material all around.
>
> (Sorry, couldn't resist)
>
>> And how do I tell when they have left that field?
>
> If there is no more tall grass or wheat or other plant material all around.
>
> (Dang, I did it again - somebody stop me!)
Don't stop..
Hi list,
I'm about to develop an application that will need to store about 10.000
pages of text and images. My users will need to be able to perform search in
this texts. Based on this, i'd like to ask advices about the best aproach to
store this data and search it. I'm experienced in SQL and dyn
At 12:27 PM +1200 4/24/02, Sean Wilson wrote:
>
>What Irv was perhaps looking for was sprite(spriteNum).member.type which
>will return #field when attached to a field sprite.
>
Yes ... member.type
I was just typing quickly so I could be the first one to do the field
joke thing!
Irv
--
Lin
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