lingo-l Buddy API

2004-09-17 Thread Greg Lippert
Hi all, I am creating a project that needs to switch the resolution of the display to 800x600. I was trying a few xtras but then realized that Buddy API supports that function. However no matter when I call the function (exitframe, startMovie or prepareMovie) the stage is no longer centered. The

RE: lingo-l Buddy API

2004-09-17 Thread Julian Weaver
if your movie is also 800x600 window(stage) = the desktoprectlist[1] should do it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Lippert Sent: 17 September 2004 17:27 To: [EMAIL

lingo-l Buddy API Monitor Switching

2004-09-17 Thread Greg Lippert
Nevermind, I got it to work by creating a new stub movie with nothing on the stage that jumps to my first movie with data. The way it calls things seems to have solved the problem. Thanks, Greg [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

lingo-l Re: shockwave3d texture problems

2004-09-17 Thread Lutz Paelike
I don't know if it is Maya (the exporter) or Director that does not work properly. From my experience it is most likely Director because i experience new bugs every day ... I just want to excuse me for being so unfriendly to the macromedia team. Today I found the time to browse the list archive

Re: lingo-l Buddy API

2004-09-17 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
Greg: Really a bad idea to start switching monitor resolutions - is there a specific reason for this? Ross [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

Re: lingo-l Buddy API

2004-09-17 Thread Troy Rollins
On Sep 17, 2004, at 12:51 PM, Ross Clutterbuck wrote: Really a bad idea to start switching monitor resolutions - That isn't always the case. Depends on the audience. In my case, I make a lot of kiosks which get run on rental PCs, and set up by on-site staff. The more the software can do to

OT: don't do that was: Re: lingo-l Buddy API

2004-09-17 Thread roymeo
I've been a leave the user's monitor alone fer chrissakes person, too, but I have come to learn that there is a time for if-then-else and a time for case, a time for strings and a time for symbols, a time for And/Or and a time for bitxor, a time for cross-platform and a time for using those

Re: lingo-l Re: shockwave3d texture problems

2004-09-17 Thread Julian Rodriguez
Lutz Paelike wrote: But Director looks more and more like a semi-abandoned piece of software. I think there are two possibilities: - putting more effort(=money,developers,support) into director like flash gets - or shutting it down and concentrating on a migration path to flash I agree with

Re: lingo-l Memory Inspector

2004-09-17 Thread Kurt Griffin
I'm using Dir MX (not 2004) with MacOS 10.3.4. I went to use the Memory Inspector and could not find it. I looked up the manual and it says it should be under Window/Memory Inspector. The Help says the same but it is not there. And I cannot see it anywhere else. There is no memory inspector on

Re: lingo-l Buddy API

2004-09-17 Thread KLGC Studio
I think the blanket Really a bad idea is a rather misleading guideline that is only appropriate for developers that don't deal with all the considerations. There are situations, even when something is distributed to the public, when desktop environment resetting is appropriate if handled

lingo-l some DIR news

2004-09-17 Thread Buzz Kettles
the below was copy/pasted from one of the other DIR lists: Developers, Today Macromedia announces a comprehensive update to both Macromedia Director and the Shockwave Player. This update includes a wide variety of changes to both

RE: lingo-l some DIR news

2004-09-17 Thread Thomas Higgins
All, the below was copy/pasted from one of the other DIR lists: Developers, Today Macromedia announces a comprehensive update to both Macromedia Director and the Shockwave Player. Thanks Buzz, I did post the announcement

RE: lingo-l some DIR news

2004-09-17 Thread Buzz Kettles
At 11:54 AM -0700 9/17/04, you wrote: All, the below was copy/pasted from one of the other DIR lists: Developers, Today Macromedia announces a comprehensive update to both Macromedia Director and the Shockwave Player. Thanks

Re: lingo-l Re: shockwave3d texture problems

2004-09-17 Thread Troy Rollins
On Sep 17, 2004, at 1:26 PM, Julian Rodriguez wrote: I agree with that. Director interface looks obsolete. I don't think so. I like the Director interface - at least on OSX. I can't believe Director still has only one Undo (I don't know MX2004, but MX does). One undo. To be honest, I rarely use

Re: lingo-l Buddy API

2004-09-17 Thread KLGC Studio
Daniel, I would say that adhearing to make absolutely sure that ... meant just that. If you can't ensure such then don't ;-) On MX04 my tests so far caught such in on closeRequest. Additionally, one xtra (Andrade Arts Resolution xtra) has an automatic reset on shutdown, clearing global

Re: lingo-l Re: shockwave3d texture problems

2004-09-17 Thread Julian Rodriguez
Troy Rollins wrote: On Sep 17, 2004, at 1:26 PM, Julian Rodriguez wrote: I agree with that. Director interface looks obsolete. I don't think so. I like the Director interface - at least on OSX. I can't believe Director still has only one Undo (I don't know MX2004, but MX does). One undo. To be

Re: lingo-l Re: shockwave3d texture problems

2004-09-17 Thread Troy Rollins
On Sep 17, 2004, at 9:18 PM, Julian Rodriguez wrote: Thanks for the tips. That's why I said the developers were improving Director. But you can't deny there are quite a few things to do before it's perfect. Anyway, I am interested in this FLV thing... How can I encode my videos in this format?

lingo-l re: making FLV files

2004-09-17 Thread Mike Warner
Thanks for the tips. That's why I said the developers were improving Director. But you can't deny there are quite a few things to do before it's perfect. Anyway, I am interested in this FLV thing... How can I encode my videos in this format? Julian Julian, if you have a linux machine, you