Access Database?

2004-09-23 Thread Matt Wells
Hello, I have built a shockwave application that needs to read and write to an access database. Is there a built in method of doing this or a good xtra that will do this? Thank you, Matt [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi

Shockwave Database connectivity

2004-09-23 Thread Matt Wells
What is the best way to read and write to an Access Database from a shockwave movie? [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-L is

Line Spacing?

2004-07-29 Thread Matt Wells
Hello, Is this a bug or? I was messing around setting the line spacing in my project and now when I changed the font size the line spacing will not change automaticly now I have to change it manually. Is there a way to change it back to automatic line space? [To remove yourself from this li

List question

2004-07-22 Thread Matt Wells
I was wondering if you guys could give me a hand with this. I'm creating a HTML editor and I have come across this problem. I look at each char in the text and place what it is in a list like what you see below. ** Now I need to find in each list the ones with matching numbers and combine them

RE: Getting information form a list

2004-07-19 Thread Matt Wells
sort -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Irv Kalb Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 12:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Getting information form a list Use "getPropAt" Irv At 12:29 PM -0500 7/19/04, Matt Wells wrote: >How do

Getting information form a list

2004-07-19 Thread Matt Wells
How do you get the first and second value from a property list by the position? listA = [10: "one", 3: "one", 4: "three"] nCount = count(listA) Repeat with x = 1 to nCount secondPos = ListA[x] put secondPos end repeat With this I get -- "one" -- "one" -- "three" How do you get this from the p

RE: Removing duplicates from 2 list

2004-07-11 Thread Matt Wells
item that matches in both lists to your matchlist. That's what the code that I provided did. Confused ... Irv At 1:19 PM -0500 7/11/04, Matt Wells wrote: >Hello, > >After comparing two lists and finding the matches, I have placed them in >a new list. The new list now has dupli

excluding duplicates from a list

2004-07-11 Thread Matt Wells
Maybe I'm going at this in the wrong direction. Here what I'm trying to accomplish. When a user selects char[20..30] and presses the BOLD button it makes the text in member "editable Text" bold and saves this to a database ("member("aaa").char[20..30].fontstyle = [#bold]). Later the user opens

Removing duplicates from 2 list

2004-07-11 Thread Matt Wells
Hello, After comparing two lists and finding the matches, I have placed them in a new list. The new list now has duplicates of the same item. I need to get rid of all the duplicates. This is what I have so far. Shouldn't this work? I'm getting an Index out of range error? nItemsInListA = count

comparing lists

2004-07-10 Thread Matt Wells
Hello, I'm at a bit of loss here on comparing two lists I need to find which values match in each list. Basically does list A also have a 24 as does list B. Here are the lists: B1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25] I1 = [10, 11, 12

RE: Html Editor

2004-07-09 Thread Matt Wells
Form the original post: I have found a great way of creating a HTML editor (Text only which is all I need) using Lists and .selection. The only thing I what is Bold, Font size:color:Font and italic. So, making each a button, when the user hilights text and selects bold it places this in a list cal

RE: Html Editor

2004-07-09 Thread Matt Wells
ingo list and before someone try to kick me I love lingo :), but this project need to be in shockwave? There are amazing tools for html editor for free on the web. Try the HTML Area (www.interactivetools.com/products/ html area/). Rodrigo on 7/8/04 11:25 PM, Matt Wells at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >

Html Editor

2004-07-08 Thread Matt Wells
Hello, Im tring to create a shockwave movie that is an html editor. So, when the user hilights a word in a editable text field all they would have to do is select a button and it would change the color, bold, italic and size. And then take the text thay have created in shockwave and export it in H

RE: Cursor Location

2004-07-08 Thread Matt Wells
That works thank you -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Di Luzio Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 10:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cursor Location - Original Message - From: "Matt Wells" <[EMAIL PROT

Cursor Location

2004-07-08 Thread Matt Wells
Is there a way to find out were the cursor is in a text field. The best that I can come up with is to find the location by the mouseLoc. What I need is to find out were the cursor is at all time regardless of were the mouse is. on mouseDown me pointClicked = the mouseLoc currentMember =

Shockwave and Internet Database

2004-07-05 Thread Matt Wells
Hello, I have a site were the user signs in under an asp page and pulls there information form a database. With this I need to integrate shockwave into it. The only way I have found to do this is the externalParamValue("sw1"). And for some reason it will not work in the Netscape browser. The

RE: Text question

2004-06-28 Thread Matt Wells
Thnaks I figured it out Matt Wells Real Estate Power Tools, Inc. (815) 963-7378 Direct (866) 708-6657 Toll Free [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realestatepowertools.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Wells Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004

Text question

2004-06-28 Thread Matt Wells
In a editable text member, can you edit the format on a word or words while the movie is playing? So, in the statement (Hello, World) changing the word Hello to a different color and font size. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-

RE: Text question

2004-06-16 Thread Matt Wells
e solution. They are pretty good at accessing DBs very efficiently. Just post your data back to a page that is looking for your params and that page would interface with the database and execute the proper query. Let me know if I am missing something here... ~Mathew Matt Wells wrote: > > H

Text question

2004-06-16 Thread Matt Wells
Matt! Now I need to write back to a database on the server. Just need to know if its posibal or not. Thank you, Matt Wells [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] (Pro

Window in front

2004-05-05 Thread Matt Wells
Hello, I am opening a projector.exe from a projector. The problem is that the projector that I am opening is opening behind the first projector application. Is there a way tell which application should be in the forefront. Thank you, Matt [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to d

RE: Truth or fiction

2004-01-06 Thread Matt Wells
. With warm regards, Matt Wells, President Real Estate Power Tools -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 3:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Truth or fiction > I'm of the same incl

RE: Truth or fiction

2004-01-06 Thread Matt Wells
Thanks, I'll just figure it out for my self - which is not a problem - I just figured one of you would have a deeper knowledge base and be able to give me an answer of the top of your head with little or no effort. Thanks for the help > Ok, so it can be done, has anyone ever done this or have

RE: Truth or fiction

2004-01-06 Thread Matt Wells
Ok, so it can be done, has anyone ever done this or have heard of a way doing this? >I have found a company that had created a CD-ROM in Director that >"claims" that there CD (once inserted into the users computer) will >retrieve the users e-mail address from there computer. Are there claims >of

Truth or fiction

2004-01-06 Thread Matt Wells
I have found a company that had created a CD-ROM in Director that "claims" that there CD (once inserted into the users computer) will retrieve the users e-mail address from there computer. Are there claims of any truth? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http:/

DVD?

2004-01-06 Thread Matt Wells
MX 2004 - Will the new DVD feature allow playback on a home DVD player? If so it's a must have!!! [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])

RE: DVD Creation

2003-11-26 Thread Matt Wells
I can create a project with director that will play on my home DVD Player? And if so is there a good tutorial out there? Thanks, Matt [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 PROTECTE

Buddy API (baXCopyProgress)

2003-10-06 Thread Matt Wells
Please Help! Has anyone else ever had problems getting baXCopyProgress to work in Buddy API? I can't seem to get the handler to work at all - I get a handler not found error? Here is my code: The movie script I have this: on baCopyProgressUpdate percentage, filename updateProgressBar percen

RE: Turning a string into lingo

2003-09-12 Thread Matt Wells
e "do" command -Original Message----- From: Matt Wells [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 9:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Turning a string into lingo Shouldn't this work? gCode = "member("& QUOTE &"text"& QUOTE &

Turning a string into lingo

2003-09-12 Thread Matt Wells
Shouldn't this work? gCode = "member("& QUOTE &"text"& QUOTE &").char[1..10].hyperlink =" & QUOTE &"www.macromedia.com"& QUOTE put value(gCode) Shouldn't this change this string into a line of code? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.

return hilited text in a field

2003-09-11 Thread Matt Wells
Hello, I have a question that I can't seem to find any answers to maybe you all can me help out. When a user hilites any set of char in field how can I return which set of chars are hilited. Thanks for the help. Matt, [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http

Trim White Space on import

2003-07-26 Thread Matt Wells
Hello, Is there a way to stop director from trimming the white space on ImportFileInto? Matt, [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]).

RE: Databases in Lingo

2003-07-09 Thread Matt Wells
Diego, I'm working on a large project and have used the Valintina and V12 Databases. Both are very good but, there are a few differences. The Valintina DB will allow you to create the database on the fly. The V12 you must create the initial tables and fields in a V12Db Tool which they give you. If

Need Help With Valintina DB

2003-07-02 Thread Matt Wells
Hello List, I have created a way for people to select any font that is located on there system and then (while in a projector) select and embed the font into director. The way I have done this is to store the font they have selected into a BLOB Field that is in the Valintina Data Base. So, th

setScriptList

2003-06-30 Thread Matt Wells
--Ok, This works fine for adding a behavior On beginSprite me sprite(7).setScriptList([[(member 8 of castLib 1), "[#pConstrained: 0]"]]) end beginSprite --But, Shouldn't this remove it??? on endSprite me (7).setScriptList([]) end endSprite [To remove yourself from this list, or to chan

need to attach a behavior

2003-06-30 Thread Matt Wells
Is there a way for lingo to attach a behavior to a sprite and then unattach it as well? [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-L

Runtime Error!

2003-06-18 Thread Matt Wells
Hello, Has anyone experienced a Runtime Error! That crashes Director and destroys the .Dir File. Here is the message I'm getting: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error! Program: C:\Program Files\macromedia\Director MX\Director.exe I'm also working with a Valintina Data Base. Any h

Embedded Fonts From DataBase

2003-06-13 Thread Matt Wells
Hello List, Here's a tricky one!! What I'm trying accomplish is loading an embedded font with recordfont(), while in a projector movie and then past the font into a Valintina Database using a Blob Field. After I store the font into the database I'm trying to load the embedded font from the datab

RE: Allowing the user to change fonts

2003-06-12 Thread Matt Wells
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howdy-Tzi Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Allowing the user to change fonts On Thursday, Jun 12, 2003, at 09:56 America/Chicago, Matt Wells wrote: > I'm having tr

Valentina for Director

2003-06-12 Thread Matt Wells
Has anyone worked with Valentina for Director? If so maybe you can help me out, I need to write a font cast member into a blob type field, which I can do. But I am having troubles reading it back into the database? Any help would be appreciated. [To remove yourself from this list, or to cha

Allowing the user to change fonts

2003-06-12 Thread Matt Wells
Hello, I'm having trouble finding a way for the user to change a font. The ideal way would be to have a dialog box show the users fonts and there for allow them to select the font of choice. Also if I'm not mistaken if there is a font that is chosen that is not a common font when the project is

Accessing a Fuction from a MIAW

2003-06-06 Thread Matt Wells
I am having a problem accessing a function from a MIAW. This is what I'm calling from the MIAW: on mouseUp me OpenObject end This is the function in the main projector: on OpenObject me Alert "Working" end It works when calling from the main projector movie but when I try to call to it fr

RE: Recording audio

2003-06-03 Thread Matt Wells
I have been playing around with the Audio xtra and have found that the recording is not the best from my mic? It seems to cut the volume in half? Any Ideas? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Slava Paperno Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 8:17 PM T

recording audio ( Ask To soon Sorry I found it )

2003-06-03 Thread Matt Wells
Ask To soon Sorry, I found i [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-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Than

Recording audio

2003-06-03 Thread Matt Wells
Hello all, Has anyone heard of a way or xtra that will allow director to record audio from the end users mic on there computer and either store it as a cast member or external file? Thank you, Matt, [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/l

Help me save Director!!

2003-01-06 Thread Matt Wells
oject in director? What are common pitfalls of doing the project in flash? What are common pitfalls of doing the project in director? Thank you all, Matt Wells [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

Flash Capabilities Within Dir.

2003-01-06 Thread Matt Wells
Hello All, Is it possible to load a movie into a flash movie that is within Director? Thank you, Matt [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 P

MX and Flash?

2002-12-31 Thread Matt Wells
As I contemplate the large expenditure for a new director version I only have one major question. Will or does the MX version handle flash with a bit more ease than in previous versions. I have written a CD-ROM in director and many cast members are in fact made in flash. So, I have found that wh