accessing a flash movie's mc's objects (variables, properties and methods)

I have flash movie in a sprite within a Director movie and need to call an object's methods and get and set it's variables from Director using lingo but the object is actually created in a mc within the main flash movie. it is called called "phpfilermc" on _level0 of the flash sprite. I can mak

Re: undocumented Lingo

I haven't tried floodfill().. but it may be useful on a project I am starting. What are the parameters(arguments) that it requires?? Thanks, -Boyd [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 [EMA

OT cost of web services (Hosting) that support MS - IIs,Flash remoting, ASP, JSP, PHP, Access database,etc.

Would anyone suggest how much one could expect to pay for web services (Hosting) that support MS - IIs, Flash remoting, ASP, JSP, PHP, Access database,etc.??? If you have a particular service in mind which you have some experience with that info would be appreciated as well... Thanks, -Boyd [

Re: Convertion

try : listb = value(member(1).text - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >I'm trying to convert list to string and vice a versa so that I > can store > >all words/ data permanently on a text member, what's the syntax? > > > >lista=list("sat","dua") > >member(1).text = strin

PDF not opening from BuddyAPI in some machines

A strange circumstance-- when using BuddyAPI to open a .pdf file (opens the file using its normal app.) some machines seem to balk and then if we go to the task list and look for a "Acrobat.exe" thread we find one running and if we kill the thread the BuddyAPI command wil then work properly. (Wi

Supplier says Dir.8.5 (Mac) not available and cannot get a deliveryest. from their supplier???

Has the pipeline for a mac version of Dir (full Educational version - not the k-12 student) dried up?? I can't find a way to buy it that will accept a school division purchase order and can offer an estimated delivery date...Our supplier (Powerland) can give us a price but not a date for deliver

QuickTime in Browser on Mac

I have created a shockwave version of a Director movie to be played from a CD in Netscape or IE It works on a Windows machine, but not on a Mac The CD was burned on a windows machine but has the 8.3 filename configuration The movie plays but the QT members do not appear on stage when they shoul

Confounding Error Msg.in Shockwave

In Shockwave (I.E.) I am getting a weird message shortly after the page loads... "Internal error: Unexpected failure while compositing bitmap member 1 of PLAYER-CAST 1." after which shockwave quits... My flash movie on the same page is ok.. I'm using Dir 8.5 in Windows 2000 and have a simple l

Re: Distressflag (request)

Ok. Tab. My mistake... Sorry, my apologies to the list. -Boyd - Original Message - From: Tab Julius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 9:04 am Subject: Re: Distressflag (request) > > Even if it's for a good cause, it's technically a license > violation and/or > ill

Distressflag (request)

I am writing an application to help a severely disabled child communicate with a "head switch". He only has access to Mac computers and I develop on a Windows machine. The software is completed and I have ordered the Mac version of Director but the supplier says it won't be in for about a week a

Re: flash fscommand calling function in Directorshockwave..in Netscape?

Thanks, Warren, I am trying to illustrate the utility of both flash and director in this case and getting the two to talk to each other would be a real plus. The flash(which I am relatively new to) is MX and that may be a problem within Director at this point. I have not used CGI much and am no

Re: flash fscommand calling function in Directorshockwave..in Netscape?

Netscape version 4.7... > sorry for not following the thread earlier -- which versions of > netscape > are you looking to have this work in? > [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 [E

flash fscommand calling function in Director shockwave..in Netscape?

I just can't seem to get a string from inside a flash movie in a web page frame to a Director movie playing in another frame. Fscommand works fine in IE but not Netscape. It seems that direct communication is not possible to embeds but is possible to activeX controls.. Would anyone know of an

can Director read a Flash Local Shared Object using getNetText()?

Can Director read a Flash Local Shared Object using getNetText()? I have a Flash movie and a Director movie in separate frames on the same web page. I can use flash fscommand to communicate with director (calling a function to change the text in a field) using evalScript in IE but it won't work

Netscape Navigator to -> embedded shockwave Dir. movie??

How can Netscape Navigator tell a shockwave movie to execute a function??? Or... can a Shockwave movie ask the browser (Netscape Navigator) for the contents of the status line...? Thanks for any suggestions.. -Boyd Speer Touchstone Digital Design [To remove yourself from this list, or to chan

communication with Director

Can Flash movies in a browser use fscommand to call object methods in a Director shockwave on the same page??? Thanks for any info.. -Boyd Speer [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

shockwave to call a javascript function in the browser??

Hoping someone could confirm that shockwave 8.5 can communicate with the browser (Internet Explorer) to cause a new browser window to open... If so how?? Thanks for any insights! -Boyd [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi

Re: Java

You should be able to pass things between java applets and a director showckwave by using javascript as the go-between... Does the java applet have methods that can be called from javascript? - Original Message - From: Reena Ravindran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2002 11

Re: RE: Imaging Lingo

I'm convinced! Been waiting for James's book for a long time.. so what is the name of the book and where do I get it?? -Boyd Speer Touchstone Digital Design [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,

QTVR cursor disapperas replaced by white arrow

I am trying to get a screen capture of a QTVR sprite by turning off the directtostage and using the StageGrab Xtra but when I turn the directtostage back on the cursor that one normally sees is replaced by a regular white arrow cursor so the drag-to-pan feature of QTVR no longer works. I can s