Re: lingo-l basic question: Lingo to test authoring or projector mode

2003-07-03 Thread Daniel Nelson
the runMode returns Author, Projector, Plugin, or Java Applet (though I believe 8.5 no longer exports Java, this is still in the docs) Regards, Daniel Bastien Bouchard wrote:Could someone tell me the Lingo expression for testing if a movie is in authoring or projector mode? Something

RE: lingo-l basic question: Lingo to test authoring or projector mode

2003-07-03 Thread Karina Steffens
Hi Bastien, if the runMode contains Author then -- do authoring stuff else -- do projector stuff end if The runMode strings are: Author-The movie is running in Director. Projector-The movie is running as a projector. Plugin-The movie is running as a Shockwave plug-in or other scripting

Re: lingo-l basic question: Lingo to test authoring or projector mode

2003-07-03 Thread Jussi Jokinen
if the environment.runmode contains Author then ... Jussi Hi all, Could someone tell me the Lingo expression for testing if a movie is in authoring or projector mode? Something like: if the authoring mode =false then cursor 200 end if Sorry for the basic question, i can't find it in the

RE: lingo-l basic question: Lingo to test authoring or projector mode

2003-07-03 Thread Karina Steffens
That's D8.5 - MX might be different. No, it's the same. MX didn't change existing Lingo. Not even line continuation characters got re-redone this time... ;) What?? But that means... Old projects could actually be compatible with MX? We must complain to the manager at once! ^_^ Karina

Re: lingo-l basic question: Lingo to test authoring or projector mode

2003-07-03 Thread Howdy-Tzi
On Thursday, Jul 3, 2003, at 12:54 America/Chicago, Karina Steffens wrote: That's D8.5 - MX might be different. No, it's the same. MX didn't change existing Lingo. Not even line continuation characters got re-redone this time... ;) What?? But that means... Old projects could actually be

RE: lingo-l basic question: Lingo to test authoring or projector mode

2003-07-03 Thread Karina Steffens
It's worse. Movies made in MX can even be opened and edited in 8.5.1 provided you haven't used the Accessibility or Flash MX Xtras. You don't get the snotty This file was made using a newer version of Director and I'm going to pick up my marbles and go home now dialog any more. So, does

Re: lingo-l basic question: Lingo to test authoring or projector mode

2003-07-03 Thread Howdy-Tzi
On Thursday, Jul 3, 2003, at 16:52 America/Chicago, Karina Steffens wrote: It's worse. Movies made in MX can even be opened and edited in 8.5.1 provided you haven't used the Accessibility or Flash MX Xtras. You don't get the snotty This file was made using a newer version of Director and I'm