textfield1 is full, lets use the second

2002-09-23 Thread Fabrice Closier
Hi all, i wonder if there is a way to count visible lines into a textfield. i'am building a template for print where 3 colomnes are builded in. what i want to achieve is to see if first col is full, if yes, to let continue text into col 3, if 2 is also full fill the third as well. if also full,

Re: esc key

2002-09-23 Thread Tom Jacobs
Nitin, Here's one way to trap the Esc key (put this in a movie script): on startMovie the exitLock = TRUE --Disable the Esc key the keyUpScript = "EscHandler" -- Any time a key is pressed call KeyUpHandler end on KeyUpHandler if the keyCode = 53 then --The Esc key's keyCode is 53

Re: esc key

2002-09-23 Thread Tom Jacobs
Nitin, Here's one way to trap the Esc key (put this in a movie script): on startMovie the exitLock = TRUE --Disable the Esc key the keyUpScript = "EscHandler" -- Any time a key is pressed call KeyUpHandler end on KeyUpHandler if the keyCode = 53 then --The Esc key's keyCode is 53

RE: esc key

2002-09-23 Thread nitin sharma
hi can anybody tell me how i disable esc (Esc) key. means spose i have a persentation & i want user can only exit by my exit button. if he press esc (Esc) key he should get an alert "press exit button to exit" alot of thanks in advance nitin __ Do

Streaming MP3 Player

2002-09-23 Thread Lee Chadwick
In order to showcase our school's student works, we are attempting to make a streaming mp3 player for their musical achievements. Basically, It is a streaming jukebox. I can't quite get my head around the concept of this whole thing. Does anyone have an example, or some tips?I have read most

RE: RE: BUZZ Id3tags mp3 player question?

2002-09-23 Thread Buzz Kettles
At 3:46 PM +0100 9/23/02, you wrote: >Hi Buzz, > Ive got things working almost right but im stuck on how to get the tags of >the subsequent track and put it into the gSong2List. i though what i needed >to do was in the prepare movie handler, as the movie loads i need all the >tags from all the fi

RE: RE: BUZZ Id3tags mp3 player question?

2002-09-23 Thread Buzz Kettles
At 5:22 PM +0100 9/23/02, you wrote: >Buzz ive been testing extensivly and found some errors in the structure of >the code were working with, >It seams that the preparemovie script line: > > > put dummyStreamer.id3tags into gSong1List > > >will only work in a frame script,if i put it in the prepa

Re: Embedded font issues

2002-09-23 Thread Howdy-Tzi
On Monday, Sep 23, 2002, at 15:14 US/Central, Ron Woodland wrote: > I've also noticed some other "bugs" in Director 8.5.1 running under > the Classic Envrionment. Dragging and dropping cast members to the > score yields a sprite that is only one frame in duration, even though > the prefences

Re: Embedded font issues

2002-09-23 Thread Ron Woodland
From previous reading, if the embedded font has the same name plus the asterisk, when the font is missing on another machine Director will automatically look for the embedded one that matches and use it instead. That means I don't have to go through all the text and field cast members and c

Re: Embedded font issues

2002-09-23 Thread Kerry Thompson
>I embed a font, allowing the default naming convention of simply appending >an asterisk to the original name. I use the original font that Director >sees on my Mac for the text cast members ...and it looks great. > >When I move the movie file to another Mac or Windows computer that does >not

Embedded font issues

2002-09-23 Thread Ron Woodland
I apologize if this topic has been already covered extensively. I have used embedded fonts successfully before, but MacOS X is now in the equation and there seems to be more "imponderables" to deal with. Of course, Director 8.5.1 is running in Classic Mode. Fonts can be located in an umpteen

Re: image scroller_archive

2002-09-23 Thread Howdy-Tzi
On Saturday, Sep 21, 2002, at 14:15 US/Central, sandeep wrote: > how do u search a problem in the archive. Your best bet is to look by subject and see if there's something that leaps out at you. It *is* somewhat surprising there's no search! Warren Ockrassa | http://www.nightwar

RE: RE: BUZZ Id3tags mp3 player question?

2002-09-23 Thread Robin Pereira
Buzz ive been testing extensivly and found some errors in the structure of the code were working with, It seams that the preparemovie script line: put dummyStreamer.id3tags into gSong1List will only work in a frame script,if i put it in the prepare movie handler it retuns void , Do you have

RE: RE: BUZZ Id3tags mp3 player question?

2002-09-23 Thread Robin Pereira
Hi Buzz, Ive got things working almost right but im stuck on how to get the tags of the subsequent track and put it into the gSong2List. i though what i needed to do was in the prepare movie handler, as the movie loads i need all the tags from all the files before the user sees the GUI. so far

Re: a color picker

2002-09-23 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
On 9/23/02 10:09 AM, "Andy Fuchs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> decreed thusly: > at 23.09.2002 14:44 Uhr, .seb wrote: > >> As everyone is speaking of color picker... what do you think of the one on >> iotic : http://www.iotic.com/colourcube/ > > Quite hard to select a desired color (aka. pure yellow)...

Re: blur

2002-09-23 Thread Fabrice Closier
quickly i would dub your original and make it blur in ps, add a reverse square mask to it, and move the mask with mouse... it should do the trick but there are probably imaging lingos for this... anyway, done similar in flash, works great. if your file is not to big anyway... think about using

Re: a color picker

2002-09-23 Thread Andy Fuchs
at 23.09.2002 14:44 Uhr, .seb wrote: > As everyone is speaking of color picker... what do you think of the one on > iotic : http://www.iotic.com/colourcube/ Quite hard to select a desired color (aka. pure yellow)... -- Andy Fuchs -- silent movie media -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.s

Gap in shockwave loop

2002-09-23 Thread Developer
Really this is the best way! Thanks! - Original Message - From: "Matthias Amberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 7:14 AM Subject: Re: Gap in shockwave loop > I usually get better results by importing the wav files into the director > movie

blur

2002-09-23 Thread Tom Vandenbossche
Hi little question. I have a foto on the background. On top I want to have a layer that contains a transparant square. The effect I want to create is that the photo is blurred there where the square is on top of the photo. the rest of the image remains sharp. How do I do this effect? Is ther

RE: a color picker

2002-09-23 Thread .seb
Hi, > there's also a fresh article at www.director-online.com about > colorpickers As everyone is speaking of color picker... what do you think of the one on iotic : http://www.iotic.com/colourcube/ cheers, seb [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://

Re: Gap in shockwave loop

2002-09-23 Thread Matthias Amberg
I usually get better results by importing the wav files into the director movie and then compress the sounds while publishing to shockwave instead of creating external swa files and then importing/linking them... beats me why but it might help matthias At 13:46 Friday20.09.2002, you wrote: >A

Re: a color picker

2002-09-23 Thread Matthias Amberg
there's also a fresh article at www.director-online.com about colorpickers matthias [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

RE: DVD - lost my link.

2002-09-23 Thread Robin Pereira
This is the link for an xetra called DVD Duck it german made but with some English support, iHavent got round to useing it yet so let me now how you get on with it ? http://www.fischhase.de/dvd.duck/docs/en/initerrors.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

DVD - lost my link.

2002-09-23 Thread Elvin M. Certeza, Jr.
Hello list, I need to gain information using Director to create DVD I've read an article send here in the past, I seem to have lost that link... Thanks! Elvin M. Certeza, Jr. http://www.alphalink.com.au/~certeza/ [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http:/