Re: Shockwave 3D

2002-06-18 Thread hitesh
Helloo, nobody seems to have worked on the 3D in director 8.5. Probably am on the wrong list. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanking you. Yours truly, For WITS Hitesh Director Ph: (91 - 22) 878 6319 / 20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.witsindia.com <-- From Dreams to Reality the Rea

Re: loch max = -32768

2002-06-18 Thread Robert Tweed
- Original Message - From: "Howdy-Tzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Does it have to do with 16-bit ints, or with that funky error that > also keeps the stage width from going past 4095 pixels? Dunno why that limit is there, but that's the upper bound of a 12-bit unsigned integer. It may be tha

Re: loch max = -32768

2002-06-18 Thread Colin Holgate
> >I was referring to projectors. As far as Director itself, I don't >recall, but I know you couldn't make a 32-bit projector until D5, I >think. I don't know... it was a long time ago! :) > >I don't know if Director itself was EVER 16-bit. I meant the projectors. Me too, but the issue didn

Re: Quickstart projectors...

2002-06-18 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
Cheers all for the input... Guess I'm gonna have to do a good hard search of my drive to find the files - they MUST be there otherwise Director won't run (which has been pointed out)... Ross _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com addre

Re: loch max = -32768

2002-06-18 Thread Tab Julius
I was referring to projectors. As far as Director itself, I don't recall, but I know you couldn't make a 32-bit projector until D5, I think. I don't know... it was a long time ago! :) I don't know if Director itself was EVER 16-bit. I meant the projectors. At 05:01 PM 6/18/02 -0400, Colin

RE: Quickstart projectors...

2002-06-18 Thread Buzz Kettles
When making fast start projectors, you might as well make Shockwave projectors since the diff is whether or not the files listed below get packed inside ... -Buzz At 2:25 PM -0700 6/18/02, you wrote: > > In Director 8 you compiled the Projector as Shockwave and included the >> follwing in yo

Re: loch max = -32768

2002-06-18 Thread Colin Holgate
>Does it have to do with 16-bit ints, or with that funky error that >also keeps the stage width from going past 4095 pixels? It's bitmaps, isn't it? And yes, they're probably related, in that Director had to live within QuickDraw limits, and VideoWorks was written before 32 bit QuickDraw was

Re: loch max = -32768

2002-06-18 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 17:01 -0400 06/18/2002, Colin Holgate wrote: >Interesting logic, but I think that Director wasn't a 16 bit app >until version 3.03. Before that it was only 32 bit. Yeah, that port to Windows really did some damage to it. ;) Does it have to do with 16-bit ints, or with that funky error that

RE: Quickstart projectors...

2002-06-18 Thread Kerry Thompson
> In Director 8 you compiled the Projector as Shockwave and included the > follwing in your Xtras folder too: > > dirapi.dll > iml32.dll > proj.dll > msvcrt.dll > I don't use Shockwave projectors, but when I build a regular projector, I put those .dll's in the same directory as my exectuable. It

Re: Quickstart projectors...

2002-06-18 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
> remember when you add the necessary Xtras externally, you'll want to > mark the Movie -> Xtras dialog to NOT pack them into the projector ... That much I have managed to pick up, but I'm confused about the required Director Player files and where they reside. In Director 8 you compiled the Pro

Re: loch max = -32768

2002-06-18 Thread Colin Holgate
>Since Director originally was a 16-bit app, and 32-bit wasn't >introduced until Director 5, most likely the file format and >everything for those was still 16-bit; there being no practical >reason (other than perhaps speed) to move to 32-bit ints. Also, the >speed diff between 16 and 32 woul

Re: loch max = -32768

2002-06-18 Thread Penworks Corporation
Since Director originally was a 16-bit app, and 32-bit wasn't introduced until Director 5, most likely the file format and everything for those was still 16-bit; there being no practical reason (other than perhaps speed) to move to 32-bit ints. Also, the speed diff between 16 and 32 would be

RE: Quickstart projectors...

2002-06-18 Thread Thomas Higgins
Ross, > Do you do things the same way? I can't find half of the DLLs > required to do it like in D8 (dirapi.dll etc) and I've just > drawn a blank. All the files are sitting right there in Director's application folder, just as they always have been: Dirapi.dll Iml32.dll msvcrt.dll Proj.dll

RE: Quickstart projectors...

2002-06-18 Thread Buzz Kettles
remember when you add the necessary Xtras externally, you'll want to mark the Movie -> Xtras dialog to NOT pack them into the projector ... -Buzz At 12:30 PM -0700 6/18/02, you wrote: > > In Director 8 I used the quickstart projector all the time (the stub >> projector saved as Shockwave and

loch max = -32768 (acknowledgments)

2002-06-18 Thread jean-louis valero
Thank you very much Colin,Robert and Buzz for your understanding of that problem. MM?It would be great anyhow to push loch to a 32 bit number, to dumb down many things. On the other hand your suggestion, Robert (internal loc property with a floating-point value) rejoins my solution. Regards jean-l

RE: Quickstart projectors...

2002-06-18 Thread Kerry Thompson
> In Director 8 I used the quickstart projector all the time (the stub > projector saved as Shockwave and all the necessary Xtras held > externally) > but I have recently been asked to do this for an 8.5 movie and I can't > do > it... > > Do you do things the same way? I can't find half of the DL

Quickstart projectors...

2002-06-18 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
Hey all... I'm feeling a little dense today so I haven't been able to work this one out - MM's site is no help either. In Director 8 I used the quickstart projector all the time (the stub projector saved as Shockwave and all the necessary Xtras held externally) but I have recently been asked to

OT - Job in Brazil

2002-06-18 Thread Fabiano de Aguiar Aniceto
I apologize sorry to post this kind of message, but I was fired this morning, and it was a suprise for me. If anyone knows a place that i can work with Lingo, Director here in Brazil (São Paulo), please e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks in advance for all brazilians that may help. Fabiano de

Re: Submit button

2002-06-18 Thread Fred Westermeyer
Warren You are the man, I will try it out today. If you ever in the area I'll buy you dinner here at the casino. Thanks Fred >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/18/02 12:54PM >>> At 11:57 -0500 06/18/2002, Fred Westermeyer wrote: >I made a submit button, what I need is how do I code this button to >send

Multiple Text Selection

2002-06-18 Thread James Newton
Hi everyone, I've posted a new behavior to: This describes a Multiple Selection behavior for Text members, and includes a demonstration plus downloadable files. Enjoy, James [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode,

Re: scriptable sound object

2002-06-18 Thread brian
thanks all. Brian Douglas (:ub) [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

Re: Submit button

2002-06-18 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 11:57 -0500 06/18/2002, Fred Westermeyer wrote: >I made a submit button, what I need is how do I code this button to >send the information in the text cast to a e-mail address. If this is an online application you might be happiest getting someone to write you a CGI that can handle a post ca

Re: scriptable sound object

2002-06-18 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 12:30 -0400 06/18/2002, Colin Holgate wrote: >It is also on the Categorized Lingo menu under Sound: Sound Pause. It's also located on page 28 of the Lingo docs under "lingo by feature: sound: playing sound". -- Warren Ockrassa | http://www.nightwares.com/ Director help | F

Submit button

2002-06-18 Thread Fred Westermeyer
Hello all, I made a submit button, what I need is how do I code this button to send the information in the text cast to a e-mail address. Like the following: name, state, city, zip, your e-mail and when you press the submit button the information in the cast (name, state...) go to the e-m

Re: loch max = -32768

2002-06-18 Thread Buzz Kettles
At 6:37 PM +0200 6/18/02, you wrote: >hello list >What do you think about this limitation of loch: Impossible to obtain a >value inferior to -32768. It changes itself to a positive value. Is it a >negligence, a bug or a technical impossibility ? Curiously the regpoint of >a member has no problem

Re: loch max = -32768

2002-06-18 Thread Robert Tweed
- Original Message - From: "jean-louis valero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > What do you think about this limitation of loch: Impossible to obtain a > value inferior to -32768. It changes itself to a positive value. Is it a > negligence, a bug or a technical impossibility ? Curiously the regpoin

Re: loch max = -32768

2002-06-18 Thread Colin Holgate
> >What do you think about this limitation of loch: Impossible to obtain a >value inferior to -32768. It changes itself to a positive value. It seems that the loch of something is a 16 bit number (is that a short integer, or a medium integer?). Wrapping around to a negative number if you go to

RES: shockwave to call a javascript function in the browser??

2002-06-18 Thread Fabiano de Aguiar Aniceto
You can use GotoNetPage("javascript:OpenBrowserWindow()") on your shockwave button. Than create a function in the Html file that should look like this function OpenBrowserWindow() { window.open("Your_URL","NameofWindow","width=300,height=200") } Hope this helps Fabiano. -Mensagem

loch max = -32768

2002-06-18 Thread jean-louis valero
hello list What do you think about this limitation of loch: Impossible to obtain a value inferior to -32768. It changes itself to a positive value. Is it a negligence, a bug or a technical impossibility ? Curiously the regpoint of a member has no problem when ajusted to less than that value. Tha

Off Topic - Job in Brazil

2002-06-18 Thread Fabiano de Aguiar Aniceto
I apologize sorry to post this kind of message, but I was fired this morning, and it was a suprise for me. If anyone knows a place that i can work with Lingo, Director here in Brazil (São Paulo), please e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks in advance for all brazilians that may help. Fabiano de

Re: scriptable sound object

2002-06-18 Thread Howdy-Tzi
At 11:59 -0400 06/18/2002, brian wrote: >is it possible to script a sound to pause? What kind of sound is "a sound"? There are several formats Director can import. If it's QT audio, for instance, pausing should not be a problem. Also in what way are you causing the sound to play to begin with

RE: winxp and creating a projector...

2002-06-18 Thread Buzz Kettles
Have you rebuilt the desktop since installing Director? *shouldn't be necessary, but ...* -Buzz At 9:51 AM -0500 6/14/02, you wrote: >Totally strange; I tested, still not good here, and I'm admin on the >machine. It's also pretty damn new (last week) and director is one of 3 >apps on here so fa

Re: scriptable sound object

2002-06-18 Thread Colin Holgate
>In the infinite wisdom of the Technical Writers at Macromedia, it is >listed under P for "pause" > > sound(channelNum).pause() > >or > > pause(sound(channelNum)) It is also on the Categorized Lingo menu under Sound: Sound Pause. -- [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to dig

Re: scriptable sound object

2002-06-18 Thread Buzz Kettles
admit it - you didn't look! At 11:59 AM -0400 6/18/02, you wrote: >hello list, > >is it possible to script a sound to pause? > >i could find no documentation on it. > >b > > > Brian Douglas (:ub) > > > > >[To remove you

Re: text field scroll bars

2002-06-18 Thread Buzz Kettles
not a bug (it was unfortunately part of the design) those scroll bars are definitely an annoyance for everybody. -Buzz At 3:17 PM +0100 6/18/02, you wrote: >Thanks, > >but has anybody else expreienced that, is it a bu8g in director, or >am I alone in this? > >Thanks, >Nik > > > Buzz Kettles <

Re: IL question

2002-06-18 Thread Buzz Kettles
At 10:49 AM +0100 6/18/02, James wrote: >Buzz Kettles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Do you know if copypixels supports [#ink : #reverse]? > >Hi Buzz, > >According to Werner Sharp, the formula for reverse ink is: >destination = destination XOR source. > >Truth table for XOR: > >| 0 1 >---|--

Re: scriptable sound object

2002-06-18 Thread Irv Kalb
In the infinite wisdom of the Technical Writers at Macromedia, it is listed under P for "pause" sound(channelNum).pause() or pause(sound(channelNum)) Irv At 11:59 AM -0400 6/18/02, brian wrote: >hello list, > >is it possible to script a sound to pause? > >i could find no documentation

Re: scriptable sound object

2002-06-18 Thread Colin Holgate
>is it possible to script a sound to pause? > >i could find no documentation on it. Did you try looking at sound(n).pause() in the help? -- [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

Re: scriptable sound object

2002-06-18 Thread grimmwerks
sound(1).pause() On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, brian wrote: > hello list, > > is it possible to script a sound to pause? > > i could find no documentation on it. > > b > > > Brian Douglas (:ub) > > > > > [To remove yo

scriptable sound object

2002-06-18 Thread brian
hello list, is it possible to script a sound to pause? i could find no documentation on it. b Brian Douglas (:ub) [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/l

Re: shockwave to call a javascript function in the browser??

2002-06-18 Thread Charlie Fiskeaux II
Sorry, I forgot the quotes; it should be goToNetPage "javascript:window.open('http://www.foo.com/me.html')" Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054x29 - Original Message - From: "Charlie Fiskeaux II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: shockwave to call a javascript function in the browser??

2002-06-18 Thread Charlie Fiskeaux II
goToNetPage "javascript:window.open()" or goToNetPage "javascript:window.open(http://www.foo.com/me.html)" Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054x29 - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday,

Re: text field scroll bars

2002-06-18 Thread nik crosina
Thanks, but has anybody else expreienced that, is it a bu8g in director, or am I alone in this? Thanks, Nik Buzz Kettles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > after you turn off the visible for the scrolling sprite, try > > the stageColor = the stageColor > > (this causes a repaint of the stage) >

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2002-06-18 Thread Nmuta Jones
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shockwave to call a javascript function in the browser??

2002-06-18 Thread bspeer
Hoping someone could confirm that shockwave 8.5 can communicate with the browser (Internet Explorer) to cause a new browser window to open... If so how?? Thanks for any insights! -Boyd [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi

List, Timer and Help needed (please do)

2002-06-18 Thread benjamin \(incorrect\)
Hi there I am trying to create a system which enables the user to make specialMoves with a onscreen character. Whenever a c, v or b key is being pressed, the user "leaves" the moving mode (which is finished, letting the user walk around and step into poses). He/she then enters the specialMoves mod

Re: IL question

2002-06-18 Thread James Newton
Buzz Kettles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you know if copypixels supports [#ink : #reverse]? Hi Buzz, According to Werner Sharp, the formula for reverse ink is: destination = destination XOR source. Truth table for XOR: | 0 1 ---|--- 0 | 1 0 | 1 | 0 1 (Though I imagine th