detecting acrobat reader (ctd)

2002-05-28 Thread Heike Schmidt
hello steve, thanks very much for your reply to my post about detecting acrobat reader. the thing is this: we're only using the pdf's as a way for teachers to print out the contents of the cd we're doing. within the cd the content is animated and structured differently. therefore we really dont w

RE: selected cast members in a single list.

2002-05-28 Thread Sathya Murthy
Hai, I have a doubt... To find out the selected cast members in a given cast we are using , the "selection" function. some thing like this : - -"put the selection of castLib 1". - - when we use this, it gives us a list. suppose, the number of selection is not continuous , then we get more tha

Re: Database query

2002-05-28 Thread John At Home
on 5/28/02 9:29 PM, Steve Zografakis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey John, > > In my opinion, go with V12. > It is very simple to use, fully cross-platform and no installation Thanks. I've used V-12 many times before and like it alot. This project is already created and it uses EasyDatabase,

RE: Database query

2002-05-28 Thread Steve Zografakis
Hey John, In my opinion, go with V12. It is very simple to use, fully cross-platform and no installation required since it is an Xtra. You can import different already existing databases into V12 databases and even export a V12 database. Integration New Media also offers a Free Tool name

Re: transparent scrolling text fields

2002-05-28 Thread lingo-l-request
I think You can base on the "Custom scrollbar" to develop your idear. Cause of 4 castmembers you could creat yourself. You think about that? [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 PR

Database query

2002-05-28 Thread John At Home
Anyone ever use EasyDatabase? Is it any good? Should I get rid of it and use V-12? Any and ALL comments would be appreciated it. I have to decide if I want to take on a complex job using it or replace it. Thanks in advance, John === John R. Sw

rollover match

2002-05-28 Thread maria miranda
Hi, Is there an easy way to have an alert box appear if user rolls over 2 different sprites on stage which then reveal a matching image. -a very small matching type game. that is, there is about 6 rollovers and 2 of them have matching images when rolled over. so these could be rolled over at any

Re: Kind of a Director Question?

2002-05-28 Thread NIFKIN::NEURALUST.COM
the lists run by figleaf software would probably be a good start. i'd try flashnewbie and if they couldn't answer it try flashcoders... http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/ -nifkin - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 3:24 PM Subj

sound synching with cartoon character

2002-05-28 Thread maria miranda
Thanks for advice.. yes I tried putting the sound in the film loop, but the problem was that the sound was too long. but i have found a solution. which is to put charaacter in film loop, and put the play sound behaviour on this sprite, so the sound plays until it's done. then I placed a script in

Kind of a Director Question?

2002-05-28 Thread mwells
I have a flash script I am working on for my director movie. What is a good flash forum I could sign up to? Thank you, Mattie [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] (Prob

Re: is acrobat reader installed?

2002-05-28 Thread Kurt Griffin
> but how do i check whether the user actually has acrobat reader installed so > i can annoy him with a "sorry, you need to install acrobat reader first" > alert? essentially i need a > check if reader is installed > if yes > open document > if no > put out an alert > > it's not do-able without a

Re: quicktime sprite

2002-05-28 Thread Kurt Griffin
> How can I detect if a certain sprite contains a quicktime movie or not? if sprite(x).member.type <> #quickTimeMedia then... [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] (Prob

RE: sound synching with cartoon character

2002-05-28 Thread Dawson Valdes
put the sound in the film loop > -- > From: maria miranda > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: sound synching with cartoon character > > hi list, > I have a problem with synching sound to a lit

RE: quicktime sprite

2002-05-28 Thread Brian Romanko
> How can I detect if a certain sprite contains a quicktime > movie or not? Check out sprite(x).member.type It should return #QuickTimeMedia Brian Romanko Lead Developer - Neo/SCI Corporation Member - Greater Rochester Macromedia User Group [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to

Re: change file attribute with lingo or Xtra

2002-05-28 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 09:23 -0400 05/28/2002, Kafkas Daytime wrote: >On 05/28/02 08:45, "Boyd Speer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is it possible to change the "Read only", "Archive" (or none) file >> attributes using Lingo? or an xtra?? >DirectOS from directXtras (www.directXtras.com) Yes, or you can get int

Re: Refreshing Screen Problem

2002-05-28 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 08:13 + 05/28/2002, Shaik wrote: >I am using a projector which internally calls my DXR files. >If I am navigating fastly from slide to slide after some random time >my screen content is not refreshing and sometimes it says screen >buffer full , this is only happening in Window 98 systems

global wait

2002-05-28 Thread Tom Vandenbossche
What's the code to stop the entire (director) movie from playing if a member presses a certain key (stays a the frame) until the user presses another key to go on? So a global pause and play button Thx Tom [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penw

quicktime sprite

2002-05-28 Thread Tom Vandenbossche
How can I detect if a certain sprite contains a quicktime movie or not? Thx Tom [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

Re: change file attribute with lingo or Xtra

2002-05-28 Thread Kafkas Daytime
On 05/28/02 08:45, "Boyd Speer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to change the "Read only", "Archive" (or none) file > attributes using Lingo? or an xtra?? > > Thanks > -Boyd > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.

change file attribute with lingo or Xtra

2002-05-28 Thread Boyd Speer
Is it possible to change the "Read only", "Archive" (or none) file attributes using Lingo? or an xtra?? Thanks -Boyd [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, ema

Re: Object

2002-05-28 Thread chnexus
DrEvil wrote: > > I'm creating script objects and adding them to the actorlist, what all > do I need to do to ensure their destruction when I don't need them > anymore? As in clearing each out of memory and taking them off the list > when they are destroyed? Thanks > > Jeremy Simply by setting

RE: is acrobat reader installed?

2002-05-28 Thread Steve Zografakis
Hello Heike, Why not try using the PDF Xtra? You can very easily open PDF Documents from a URL and actually display them onto your stage instead of a seperate browser. Using the already created behaviours, the process becomes even easier. There is also a global method called PDF_Acroba

Re: VideoSprite zoom

2002-05-28 Thread Tab Julius
Is the AVI acting as a sprite? If not, then it's going direct-to-window and bypassing all of Director's imaging layers. Remember, even once a video itself is processed, it then needs to be composited with other layers in order to be a sprite (so other sprites can be on top, etc). Also, if y

Re: is acrobat reader installed?

2002-05-28 Thread rdantas
maybe you could check the registry for the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Adobe/Acrobat Reader entry, or something like that? Rui Dantas "Heike Schmi

is acrobat reader installed?

2002-05-28 Thread Heike Schmidt
hello list, i'm opening some pdfs in the user's browser via a button. so i have: on mouseUp gotoNetPage "@/pdfs/test.pdf" end this works fine. but how do i check whether the user actually has acrobat reader installed so i can annoy him with a "sorry, you need to install acrobat reader first" al

Refreshing Screen Problem

2002-05-28 Thread Shaik
Dear Friends, I am using a projector which internally calls my DXR files. If I am navigating fastly from slide to slide after some random time my screen content is not refreshing and sometimes it says screen buffer full , this is only happening in Window 98 systems. Can we clear screen buffer

Re: VideoSprite zoom

2002-05-28 Thread St1131
hello yes it's a lot of work, but I wonder why it is possible to increase an AVI-Movie in the same project to much bigger sizes without performance-problems then a VideoSprite? thanks Tab Julius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > Hi Holger, > > 1800x1360 is a lot of pixels - that's