Re: lingo-l cd name/listing from director

2002-08-10 Thread Andreas Gaunitz P11
Yea I did it too a while ago. It's more or less a copy of the Mac folder window/ Windows Explorer but with company graphics. It launches applications too, so it can be used as a lecture tool at meetings, fairs etc. The user changes the contents and headlines by putting files and folders in

Re: lingo-l cd name/listing from director

2002-08-10 Thread Tab Julius
You can use the CD Pro Xtra to do this - it'll give you a list of CDs, including volume name. http://www.penworks.com/xtras/cdpro At 04:53 AM 8/10/02, Andreas Gaunitz P11 wrote: Yea I did it too a while ago. It's more or less a copy of the Mac folder window/ Windows Explorer but with

Re: lingo-l A major disaster

2002-08-10 Thread Beertje
Hi Buzz, I'm sorry, but I am getting no results of any kind with this. George - Original Message - From: Buzz Kettles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 22:49 Subject: Re: lingo-l A major disaster put this script on a button, setup the destination

Re: lingo-l A major disaster

2002-08-10 Thread Buzz Kettles
If your field is member(1), Clicking on the button pops a value ($100) into the field a second click pops a zero in. That's what I thought your description said you wanted. allows me to click on a button and place a dollar amount into a field and click on it again and place 0 in that same

Re: lingo-l A major disaster

2002-08-10 Thread Beertje
Hi Buzz, I have no idea what I did wrong the first time, but I went back and redid it and it works fine now. Thank you sir. George - Original Message - From: Buzz Kettles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 16:43 Subject: Re: lingo-l A major disaster

lingo-l Crazy numbers

2002-08-10 Thread Beertje
I am using the following script to add the text of field and I am getting some crazy numbers. on mouseUp put the text of field Cost1 + the text of field Cost2 into field Total updateStage end The field Cost1 is 27935 and the field Cost2 is 5500 and field Total is showing 1236921976.

RE: lingo-l Crazy numbers

2002-08-10 Thread Thomas Higgins
George, on mouseUp put the text of field Cost1 + the text of field Cost2 into field Total updateStage end The field Cost1 is 27935 and the field Cost2 is 5500 and field Total is showing 1236921976. Using your exact code I get 33435. in my field member named total (the

Re: lingo-l Crazy numbers

2002-08-10 Thread Buzz Kettles
try using: the value of field instead of: the text of field reason: the text of field is a string the value of field is the number you want to add, so you need numbers hth -Buzz At 5:12 PM -0400 8/10/02, you wrote: I am using the following script to add the text of field and I am getting

Re: lingo-l Crazy numbers

2002-08-10 Thread Beertje
I renamed all the fields, changed the names to match in the behavior and now I get 1236930056.4000. I think my computer is cursed :))) - Original Message - From: Thomas Higgins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 17:21 Subject: RE: lingo-l Crazy

Re: lingo-l Crazy numbers

2002-08-10 Thread Beertje
Buzz, you are a genius. Thanx a bunch. - Original Message - From: Buzz Kettles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 17:34 Subject: Re: lingo-l Crazy numbers try using: the value of field instead of: the text of field reason: the text of field

Re: lingo-l Crazy numbers

2002-08-10 Thread Beertje
One last question, how do I keep the decimal points to 2 ? - Original Message - From: Buzz Kettles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 17:34 Subject: Re: lingo-l Crazy numbers try using: the value of field instead of: the text of field reason:

Re: lingo-l Crazy numbers

2002-08-10 Thread Buzz Kettles
Thanks for the compliment, but Tom's also correct - There's no need to use 'value' (Director automatically converts for you) I get the expected value either way -Buzz At 2:34 PM -0700 8/10/02, you wrote: try using: the value of field instead of: the text of field reason: the text of field

RE: lingo-l Crazy numbers

2002-08-10 Thread Thomas Higgins
George, One last question, how do I keep the decimal points to 2 ? the floatPrecision = 2 Done! Cheers, 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

Re: lingo-l Crazy numbers

2002-08-10 Thread Tab Julius
the floatPrecision =2 At 05:43 PM 8/10/02, Beertje wrote: One last question, how do I keep the decimal points to 2 ? - Original Message - From: Buzz Kettles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 17:34 Subject: Re: lingo-l Crazy numbers try

RE: lingo-l Crazy numbers

2002-08-10 Thread Thomas Higgins
try using: the value of field instead of: the text of field reason: the text of field is a string the value of field is the number you want to add, so you need numbers Close. I just got the scoop from Nuuj: Lingo looks at the line of code, sees that it's a math operation and then

RE: lingo-l Crazy numbers

2002-08-10 Thread Thomas Higgins
Also keep in mind that under the hood Director is always tracking floats out to 15 decimal places, setting the floatPrecision only adjusts how many decimal places are used for value display (upon conversion to a string). Cheers, Tom -Original Message- From: Thomas Higgins

RE: lingo-l Crazy numbers

2002-08-10 Thread Thomas Higgins
All, x = FALSE + 1 -- first FALSE is converted to an integer x = 0 + 1 -- both args are ints, no conversion needed so put x -- x = 2 Pardon the idiotic Tom Math, x would be 1 after this. :P Doh! Cheers, Tom [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

Re: lingo-l Crazy numbers

2002-08-10 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
On 8/10/02 5:12 PM, Beertje [EMAIL PROTECTED] decreed thusly: on mouseUp put the text of field Cost1 + the text of field Cost2 into field Total updateStage end on mouseUp put int(the text of field Cost1) + int(the text of field Cost2) into field Total updateStage end [To remove

Re: lingo-l Crazy numbers

2002-08-10 Thread Buzz Kettles
int()?:) (I know you probably meant integer() -Buzz At 7:42 PM -0400 8/10/02, you wrote: On 8/10/02 5:12 PM, Beertje [EMAIL PROTECTED] decreed thusly: on mouseUp put the text of field Cost1 + the text of field Cost2 into field Total updateStage end on mouseUp put int(the

RE: lingo-l Crazy numbers

2002-08-10 Thread Buzz Kettles
At 3:03 PM -0700 8/10/02, you wrote: x = 0 + 1 put x -- x = 2 Tell the truth Tom - you've been workin' on the side for Enron or WorldCom, right? [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,