RE: xml file & xml xtra - african swallows may be holding my file hostage

2002-03-08 Thread Ken Prat
What about reading the file in with GetNetText and then parsing the xml string returned? I assume you are using "parseURL". > I'm having a fun little problem -- an xml object holding on to an > xml file w/ a death grip. It (either Director or the xml object) won't let it go > until I quit direct

RE: The new director?

2002-03-05 Thread Ken Prat
Please stop this thread now. Anyone who thinks Flash will replace Director doesn't have any idea what the other tool does. It's ridiculous. Do we really need another Flash kills Director thread in our lives ever again? > Why will you have to? Would you like to explain this statement? > Are we bei

RE: (no subject)

2002-02-26 Thread Ken Prat
Sorry, I missed the earlier posts so I may be missing something, but shouldn't you be re-initializing the "i" variable at the top of the "a" loop in test2 and test5? > It does seem to be a triple-nested loop, but only if the outer loop is > static. I don't think you need to rewrite your loops unl

RE: Using getAt/getOne to get value inside of an internal list inside of a list..

2002-02-06 Thread Ken Prat
Hmmm, not sure what you're getting at here... v = [[#name: "Bob"], [#name: "Heather"]] put v.getOne([#name: "Heather"]) -- 2 Hey All, Can I use getAt or getOne to get the value inside of a list that's inside of another list? Example [[#name:Bob], [#name:Heather]] and lets say I wanted to fi

RE: Microangelo 5.5 and Director 8.5.1 = no XP Icon

2002-02-01 Thread Ken Prat
Maybe try modifying the Projec32.skl file before you make the projector. You might have to fool Microangelo by changing the filename. Does Microangelo 5.5 support the new 48x48 and 16 bit icons? > A bit off topic here but has anyone been able to get an XP icon on a 8.5.1 > projector with Microang

RE: is there any body out there?

2002-01-29 Thread Ken Prat
> In an unusual set of circumstances (I've loaned my PowerBook G3 to a > colleague, my PowerBook G4 is being fixed, and I've been sick since > Friday), I've just gone over three days without reading e-mail. I > have loads to read on other lists, but a couple of lists show no new > messages. Is the

RE: set a behavior into a sprite with out drag & drop???

2002-01-28 Thread Ken Prat
setScriptList() Syntax sprite(whichSprite).setScriptList(scriptList) Description This command sets the scriptList of the given sprite. The scriptList indicates which scripts are attached to the sprite and what the settings of each script property are. By setting this list, you can change which

RE: Filename of member (Is:leniency with global properties)

2002-01-21 Thread Ken Prat
> If you can find a way to say: > 1: Always set the itemDelimiter before use > 2: And, it's helpful to reset it, but it's a hack that *may* or may > *not* fix something fundamentally flawed. Perhaps a more robust rule would be: 1. Don't use mutable global properties. - If you want to itemize

RE: Next available member in castlib?

2002-01-17 Thread Ken Prat
findEmpty() Syntax findEmpty(member whichCastMember) Description Function; for the current cast only, displays the next empty cast member position or the position after the cast member specified by whichCastMember. Example This statement finds the first empty cast member on or after cast memb