Re: sound stop doesn't stop sound (test dir)

2004-07-12 Thread Frank Di Luzio
Thank you all for your responses. I feel a bit more confident about our products again. I do feel bad, though, for blasting a few ear drums. Sorry. It seems like I am ubeatable when it comes to having "Director" incompatible hardware. This time its not a SB 128 soundcard. Its a VIA AC'97 (WDM). T

sound stop doesn't stop sound (test dir)

2004-07-12 Thread Frank Di Luzio
Hi List, I'm beginning to think that directors sound engine is as bad as its text engine. In fact, I always have to find workarounds for sound bugs in Director, but this one really bites. When I stop a sound and play a new one in its place, I hear a small portion of the previous sound before the

Re: Cursor Location

2004-07-08 Thread Frank Di Luzio
- Original Message - From: "Matt Wells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Is there a way to find out were the cursor is in a text field. Have you considered textMember.selection? Frank [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To

getting the last label name

2004-06-24 Thread Frank Di Luzio
Hi list, This is the way I'm retrieving the last marker name. It seems a bit too complicated to me. Can you comment or share your method? the markerlist[the markerlist.findPos(marker(0))] Thanks, Frank [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.c

Re: preserve regpoint with imported png at runtime

2004-06-17 Thread Frank Di Luzio
Hi List, So here is how I finally did: Start out with a linked png Member. Then duplicate that member as often as you need. on init(me) var_memberNum = sprite(me.spriteNum).member.duplicate() var_memberCast = sprite(me.spriteNum).member.castlibNum pPlaceHolderPict = member(var_memberNum, var_mem

Re: preserve regpoint with imported png at runtime

2004-06-16 Thread Frank Di Luzio
Ok it works now. I will follow-up later tonight or tomorrow with the detailed description. (got to catch my bus and get home to the kiddies!) Noch mal danke Valentin. Frank [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post message

Re: preserve regpoint with imported png at runtime

2004-06-16 Thread Frank Di Luzio
- Original Message - From: "Valentin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > a quick test showed me that it's important that your image is "linked as > external file" from the beginning (even the dummy, if there is one). Thanks Valentin, that seemed to be the main problem. I was creating a new in

Re: preserve regpoint with imported png at runtime

2004-06-16 Thread Frank Di Luzio
- Original Message - From: "Frank Di Luzio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > surprised that it works with bitmap member (i.e. it doesn't appear in the > list view of the property inspector). I found it. I was looking at the member and not at bitmap properties Well, I

Re: preserve regpoint with imported png at runtime

2004-06-16 Thread Frank Di Luzio
- Original Message - From: "Valentin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > you can set mymember.centerRegPoint=false. > or you could import the new png offstage (or with sprite.visible=0), set > the correct regpoint with > mysprite.regpoint=point(x,y), and then show the sprite. > if all your i

preserve regpoint with imported png at runtime

2004-06-16 Thread Frank Di Luzio
Hi List, I'm putting together a product catalog which imports png images as overlays for an underlying image. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary that I preserve the regPoint of the png. In Authoring mode, I can set the "filename" or use "importFileInto" to load the images into the application a

Re: database lingo vs. xtra

2004-06-08 Thread Frank Di Luzio
- Original Message - From: "Stephen Ingrum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > it will contain 1200-1500 entries > each entry will contain firstname, lastname, storenumber, > images(anywhere from 0-5), other misc textbased fields > With that number of records, I would surely do it with lingo. I have

Re: Soundbusy returns TRUE on PCs with no soundcard

2004-05-11 Thread Frank Di Luzio
- Original Message - From: "Cath Sample" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, > There seems to be a problem with testing for soundbusy(channel) in certain > cases. I don't recall this happening pre MX- has anyone seen it in older > versions? > Hi Cath, As I recall, Director has had a problem with m

Re: Math.ceil()...lingo style

2004-01-26 Thread Frank Di Luzio
- Original Message - From: "Daniel Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 4:38 PM Subject: Re: Math.ceil()...lingo style > There was a discussion about this (or perhaps it was floor) on Direct-l > last year or the year before. Someone poste

Re: How to refer frame number in one of the scenes in an FLA from Director

2004-01-13 Thread Frank Di Luzio
- Original Message - From: "biju george" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > sprite(x).frame=frame "100" of scene "scene1" > > There is 10 such scenes in it. > Hi biju, See if tell target can help. This portion of a script was used for a MC named "head" in the main time line of a flash sprite. ie. spr

Director MX 2004 (Forget Window Sound Bug)

2004-01-13 Thread Frank Di Luzio
Hi Tom and List, Tom, with all the new MIAW stuff, can you now "forget" a MIAW without it stopping all sounds? As far as sound goes, there was that bug that soundFadeOut brought the volume of the channel down to 0, but checking the the volume of the sound channel returns 255. I'm asking because

Re: Transparency with Imaging Lingo Headache - resolved

2003-11-17 Thread Frank Di Luzio
- Original Message - From: "Ross Clutterbuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 2:57 PM Subject: Re: Transparency with Imaging Lingo Headache - resolved > Hey list > > I've worked out what I was doing wrong. All the copyPixel activity I was > do

Re: Hidden files

2003-11-04 Thread Frank Di Luzio
- Original Message - From: "Mendelsohn, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On the root directory of my CD-ROMs, I typically have the projector and > next to it the autorun.inf and some dll's, etc. Does it matter if (on > Windows machines) these files sitting next to the exe are given the > a

Re: Huge animation

2003-10-27 Thread Frank Di Luzio
- Original Message - From: "Rama krishnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 1:22 PM Subject: Huge animation > First I thought of making it as a .mov file, the > problem is in the last frame of this animation these 2 > characters will come togeth

Re: forms and prints

2003-09-19 Thread Frank Di Luzio
I can offer 2 suggestions to get you started: 1. check out www.director-online.com for fdf. These are Acrobat pdf forms. I have used this method with good results. To distribute, the fdf data can be sent seperately if the recipient has the pdf form doc already. If not, you need to send both. 2.

Re: Text member selected

2003-07-10 Thread Frank Di Luzio
- Original Message - From: "info" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 8:13 AM Subject: Text member selected > > After writing with "PutInto" in a text member the text just writed > result selected. I've tried varius solution but i'm not able to ha

Re: Custom scrollbars behavior

2003-07-01 Thread Frank Di Luzio
- Original Message - From: "Francesco Scarfato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 8:22 AM Subject: Custom scrollbars behavior > I need a custom scrollbars behavior and i don't want to use the > behavior present in director's library 'cause i find n

Re: script error

2003-06-26 Thread Frank Di Luzio
- Original Message - From: "Prasis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >What I cannot figure out is, these codes run on the director > stage but when I make a projector file and click on the specific button > then it gives the message "script error". Does your projector contain the necessary Net xtras