Re: MIAW "SCRIPT ERROR"!!!!!!

2000-10-16 Thread Luke Wigley
> However, when I try this in authoring mode everything > seems okay. but when i created a projector from the > movie "story.dir", an error occur. ... > initialFile1 = new (xtra"FileIO") Are you including the FileIO Xtra with the projector? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to

MIAW "SCRIPT ERROR"!!!!!!

2000-10-16 Thread brian porter
hi everyone! I have got a problem with my project. I'm trying to make a dictionary for language learners on their interactive reading text. I created two movies : movie 1 is called "story.dir" movie 2 is called "dict.dir" -- abreviation for 'dictionary' It should work like this: movie 1 opened

urgent help needed

2000-10-16 Thread Samu
Hello everyone I am attempting to make a small quiz with director but I encounter one problem. In the movie there is a energy bar that reduces every time a user answer one question wrongly. so I've got 5 cast member of the energy bar "eb5/5, eb4/5, eb3/5, eb2/5, eb1/5" but I need a script to ma

Re: OT: E-mail scam

2000-10-16 Thread Brian, B&B W.D.
ha!! is that some new XML you're writing there? :) - Original Message - From: "Robert Koberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 11:05 PM Subject: Re: OT: E-mail scam > me too, only it was an expense report for a baseball game in NY > :) > > > -

Re: Calculus & Vectors

2000-10-16 Thread Kerry Thompson
>Otherwise we couldn't hear if we dropped a coin out of the pocket, could we? Actually, sound has more to do with the presence of an atmosphere than gravity ;-) >lDistance=sprite(me.spritenum).loc-sprite(fixedsprite).loc >sprite(me.spritenum).loc=sprite(me.spritenum).loc+100/lDistance

Re: OT: E-mail scam

2000-10-16 Thread Robert Koberg
me too, only it was an expense report for a baseball game in NY :) - Original Message - From: "Colin Holgate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 7:06 PM Subject: Re: OT: E-mail scam > >The e-mail may be from "desperate" at some address. The pers

Re: OT: E-mail scam

2000-10-16 Thread Colin Holgate
>The e-mail may be from "desperate" at some address. The person >writing the e-mail claims to be out of work and unable to support 2 >children, and begs, very contritely, for you to send him a dollar or >two to tide them over. I had a similar thing happen, only it was on the A train, and the g

Re: getPref and Shockwave.

2000-10-16 Thread Kerry Thompson
>on exitFrame > > if netDone(mynetID) = FALSE then > go to the frame > else > alert "Downloaded" > end if > > theText = getPref("fileCont.txt") > member("fileContent").text = theText >end You're trying to read the text whether the file is downloaded or not. Try: else alert

OT: E-mail scam

2000-10-16 Thread Kerry Thompson
This has nothing to do with Lingo, but there's a new/old scam going around. If you're not interested in the info, please pardon the intrusion. The e-mail may be from "desperate" at some address. The person writing the e-mail claims to be out of work and unable to support 2 children, and begs,

RE: Re: Lingo-L Digest V1 gotoNetPage & Cache

2000-10-16 Thread Mark R. Jonkman
Hi Kerry There is another way around the situation, but it will require a little more work. The loading piece would or could still be required. Gopinath, the best thing that you could do in a situation like this is to give your boss a good swift kick in the no, don't do that. There are se

Re: getPref and Shockwave.

2000-10-16 Thread Irv Kalb
At 9:50 PM +0200 10/16/00, Jørn Madsen wrote: >Hi list, > >I am having some problems with the following code: > >on exitFrame > global mynetID > set mynetID = >preloadNetThing("http://www.myweb.com/textfile/fileCont.txt") > > if netDone(mynetID) = FALSE then > go to the frame > else >

Re: getPref and Shockwave.

2000-10-16 Thread R. Bhakti Klein
you don't want to be setting up the download and checking for it in the same frame. in one exitFrame, call preloadNetThing and set myNetID. in the next exitFrame, do the loop that checks for netDone. and don't read the contents of the file until netDone returns true. (also, i'm not sure if you c

getPref and Shockwave.

2000-10-16 Thread Jørn Madsen
Hi list, I am having some problems with the following code: on exitFrame global mynetID set mynetID = preloadNetThing("http://www.myweb.com/textfile/fileCont.txt") if netDone(mynetID) = FALSE then go to the frame else alert "Downloaded" end if theText = getPref("fileCont.tx

html editor

2000-10-16 Thread Luiz Gustavo Castelan Póvoas
Does anyone knows where can I find the source code of an HTML editor made in director??? (.dir) Luiz Gustavo [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems,

RE: rere realaudio

2000-10-16 Thread Patrick Griffiths
> > You mean a RealNetworks xtra, right? I'd be interested. Very. > yeah, that's what I meant. sorry for the ambiguity. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Proble

Storage of Assets?

2000-10-16 Thread Michael Hanson
Would something like this be possible with Shockwave? User initially downloads Shockwave app from internet. Shockwave app stores large asset files onto user's hard drive - audio files for example. Next time user comes back to site (weeks later) user just receives Shockwave app, but uses ass

FileIO setfiltermask

2000-10-16 Thread John Horn (Home)
Is it possible to do a all bitmap images filter, or is this something that would have to be done for each file type. Thanks John [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: rere realaudio

2000-10-16 Thread Blake Senftner
You mean a RealNetworks xtra, right? I'd be interested. Very. -Blake > -Original Message- > From: Patrick Griffiths [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 11:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: rere realaudio > > > > maybe there is an activeX on win32? >

RE: writting a wait command

2000-10-16 Thread Robert Wingate
> that would stall all further processing until the loop is completed. That's what I intended. I know the advantages of using a frame-based wait instead of a repeat loop, but I have an idea of the project Colby is working on, and I thought it'd be appropriate in this case. :\ Rob /

RE: FileIO and more info

2000-10-16 Thread John Horn (Home)
thank you much -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert Wingate Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 2:26 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: FileIO and more info > Does anyone know where I can get some info on fileio, such as > command an

URGENT: addressing a COM-object in D7/D8

2000-10-16 Thread Florian Bogeschdorfer
Hello everybody. I need to address a COM object from D8/WIN98. I am new to the topic and tried to use GLU-Xtra and ActiveX import. Neither worked or at least I did not know how to make it work. 1. Is it basically possible to address a COM object 2. I need functionality comparable to the CreateO

RE: #define

2000-10-16 Thread Robert Wingate
> Is there anyway to do a #define in Lingo (D7) rather than > just assign a variable a value? Short answer: since Director doesn't use a preprocessor, no. But isn't doing a #define the same as assiging a value to variable in the preprocessor? Rob /* * Rob Wingat

RE: FileIO and more info

2000-10-16 Thread Robert Wingate
> Does anyone know where I can get some info on fileio, such as > command and syntax lists? * Macromedia Technotes * the Message window: put interface( xtra "Fileio" ) HTH Rob /* * Rob Wingate, Software Human* * http://www.vingage.com * * mailto:[EMA

FileIO and more info

2000-10-16 Thread John Horn (Home)
Does anyone know where I can get some info on fileio, such as command and syntax lists? Thanks John [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROT

RE: rere realaudio

2000-10-16 Thread Patrick Griffiths
maybe there is an activeX on win32? out of curiosity, how many of you would be interested in a real audio/video streaming xtra? patrick > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of jean-louis valero > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 1:07 PM > T

Re: writting a wait command

2000-10-16 Thread Irv Kalb
At 12:29 PM -0500 10/16/00, Colby Dodson wrote: >well the movie playback head pauses on this command but it never begins >playing again... >> From: Irv Kalb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:39:51 -0700 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: wr

Re: Urgent - Please help!!!

2000-10-16 Thread Bruce Epstein - Zeus Productions
At 12:36 PM -0400 10/16/00, Lingo-L Digest wrote: >>I have a popup menu that is activated on a right mouse click, the AVI >>digital video is paused and the directoToStage of the video set to 0, >>however, even though the popup menu sprites are in the higher channels and >>the video is no longer di

RE: writting a wait command

2000-10-16 Thread Bruce Epstein - Zeus Productions
At 12:36 PM -0400 10/16/00 >> I need to script a wait command > >Well here's a simple way: > >on waitFor intSeconds > endTime = the milliSeconds + ( 1000 * intSeconds ) > repeat while the milliSeconds < endTime > end repeat >end That is not a great way to wait, because it locks out other inter

rere realaudio

2000-10-16 Thread jean-louis valero
Sniff!! So, nobody knows the answer? jean-louis valero wrote: > hello list > As quicktime does not load .ra, do you know something to drive the > ra-reader with lingo? > May be an xtra...or applescript for Mac...but for Win? > Thanks > jlvalero [To remove yourself from this list, or to change

#define

2000-10-16 Thread Paul Marshall
Is there anyway to do a #define in Lingo (D7) rather than just assign a variable a value? Thanks. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: problem lingo

2000-10-16 Thread Kerry Thompson
> > >How to call the picture in folder to interface by typekeyborad > >Sounds like Patchareepan wants to import a bitmap that is in an external >folder and show it on the screen You're probably right, Carl. His/her question is so broad, it's difficult to tell. I admire Patchareepan for tackli

Re: Calculus & Vectors

2000-10-16 Thread Jonas Brink Worsøe
- Original Message - From: Kerry Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Calculus & Vectors > I want the floating sprite to exert sort of a planetary gravity effect on > the other sprites. As the floating sprite approaches a fixed sprite, that > fixed sprite should start moving towards

Re: writting a wait command

2000-10-16 Thread Kerry Thompson
>I need to script a wait command so that the playback head stop on a certain >frame or sprite for a certain amount of time without using the tempo >channel. Can anyone help? Sure. If you're using D8, use a timeout object. Something like this (untested) -- in a movie script global gPause on pr

RE: writting a wait command

2000-10-16 Thread Patrick Fabrizius
>> I need to script a wait command > >Well here's a simple way: > >on waitFor intSeconds > endTime = the milliSeconds + ( 1000 * intSeconds ) > repeat while the milliSeconds < endTime > end repeat >end > >HTH >Rob that would stall all further processing until the loop is completed. instead, tr

Re: writting a wait command

2000-10-16 Thread Irv Kalb
At 11:20 AM -0500 10/16/00, Colby Dodson wrote: >I need to script a wait command so that the playback head stop on a certain >frame or sprite for a certain amount of time without using the tempo >channel. Can anyone help? > Colby, Here you go: property pEndTicks on prepareFrame me -- This will

RE: Calculus & Vectors

2000-10-16 Thread Patrick Griffiths
This is only an outline of what you have to do: sounds like you want is Newtonian gravity. Fg = [G * (m1 * m2)] * R^-2 where: - G is a constant - m1 and m2 are the masses of the objects - R is the distance between the objects. to make it easy you could say everyone has a mass of 1 and then pl

RE: writting a wait command

2000-10-16 Thread Robert Wingate
> I need to script a wait command Well here's a simple way: on waitFor intSeconds endTime = the milliSeconds + ( 1000 * intSeconds ) repeat while the milliSeconds < endTime end repeat end HTH Rob /* * Rob Wingate, Software Human* * http://www.vingage.c

Re: Re: Lingo-L Digest V1 gotoNetPage & Cache

2000-10-16 Thread Kerry Thompson
>and when the user ( my boss ) clicks on a button, thinks nothing happened so >he clicks again and again... >then he quits and tells me "YOUR LINKS DON'T WORK" >where do I go from here? First, get your boss a lifetime subscription to Dilbert, and ask him if he majored in sociology. I would put

writting a wait command

2000-10-16 Thread Colby Dodson
I need to script a wait command so that the playback head stop on a certain frame or sprite for a certain amount of time without using the tempo channel. Can anyone help? Thanks colby [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi

Re: problem lingo

2000-10-16 Thread Carl West
> We'd love to help you. Can you give us a little more information? If you > can describe what you are trying to do, and the problems you are having, in > more detail, we will be better able to help. > > >How to call the picture in folder to interface by typekeyborad Sounds like Patchareepan w

Re: Lingo-L Digest V1 gotoNetPage & Cache

2000-10-16 Thread gopinath
hi! all, I made a CD presentation. then converted that into dcrs for the web to jump to diff pages I used gotoNetPage my boss didn't want the 'loading Shockwave' screen everytime before a new movie appears so now I use one html file and gotoNetMovie to jump but since till the next media is arriv

Re: using field

2000-10-16 Thread Carl West
vedanta ulises wrote: >... > I make it clear. if my field only can show 5 lines and > my list are 20 lines. how the script (lingo) can make > my field shows only line 6 and 10. Look up scrollTop and scrollByLine. scrollByLine is probably what you want for this These work with boxtype = #fixed o

Calculus & Vectors

2000-10-16 Thread Kerry Thompson
I've been working all weekend to come up with a formula for this, and I realize now I probably should have gone ahead with that third semester of calculus. Here's the problem. I have one main sprite that floats around the screen. I also have 44 other sprites scattered around the screen, each c

Re: Urgent - Please help!!!

2000-10-16 Thread Carl West
David Kimmer wrote: > > I posted a message on Friday with regard to AVI and the directToStage > command - here is the problem... > > I have a popup menu that is activated on a right mouse click, the AVI > digital video is paused and the directoToStage of the video set to 0, > however, even thoug

Quicktime TRAILS? Question

2000-10-16 Thread director/lingo
Hello I have three small quicktime movies in a director 8 movie. I have all three movies paused on frame 1. I have it set so if I click on any of the three qt movies that they go to a new marker in the movie and execute a scaling of the quicktime movie clicked upon to move and scale larger to

Re: Urgent - Please help!!!

2000-10-16 Thread Jakob Hede Madsen
>I have a popup menu that is activated on a right mouse click, the AVI >digital video is paused and the directoToStage of the video set to 0, >however, even though the popup menu sprites are in the higher channels and >the video is no longer directToStage, the popup still appears behind the >video

RE: Disabling the Print Screen Button

2000-10-16 Thread Patrick Griffiths
i don't if it can be done without an xtra. for your client: it is probably always possible to capture the screen. if you are determined enough, nobody can stop you. it may require a little c code, but it can (as far as I know) always be done. most times all you need is PaintShop Pro or any othe

Call Window.open Doesn't work

2000-10-16 Thread Yariv Rosenstein
Hi all I am trying to open a new window from my shockwave movie. in the lingo code I wrote : on mousedown externalEvent "Info" end and in the html code I wrote: test