lingo-l Time computation based on frame - Solved

Thanks to everyone who helped. Here is the solution. I'm not sure if it can get anymore succinct or elegant, but it works. on putTime cFrame, tFrames ttsec = integer(tFrames-(10*integer(tFrames/10))) twsec =

RE: lingo-l Projector Error- This program has made an illegal operation

Hi, Are you using other xtras in your MIAWS? I had previously this kind of error with Popmenu xtra. I had to make sure that the MIAW is closed and I had to call Forget window. hope it helps! -- Laurent BRIGAUT Integration Nouveaux Media, Inc.

lingo-l editShortCutsEnabled and a menu

hello list here is my (new) problem: if I set in D8 editShortCutsEnabled to true, it's possible for the user to cut and paste and undo etc.with command(mac) or control(pc)+a,x,c,z into a text member. But how is it possible to conceive a menu with all these functions and, more, a menu which

Re: lingo-l Time computation based on frame - Solved

Thanks to everyone who helped. Here is the solution. I'm not sure if it can get anymore succinct or elegant, but it works. It was hard to tell from your earlier message exactly what format you want the time to be in, otherwise I was going to suggest this before. Sorry if you spent a lot of

RE: lingo-l Time computation based on frame - Solved

Heh, well, the truth was I was making it for Flash, but I was figuring out the script in Director b/c Director is a heck of a lot easier to script and test in, even with the new syntax in Flash 5. The only thing I can do to hasten the process, is instead of making three duplicate sets of

Re: lingo-l Please help - time computation based on frame

At 09:33 PM 11/7/00, Steven Sacks wrote: Hello. I need some math help. I need to compute remaining time based on a total frame count compared to the current frame. It's a 10fps movie. Here's the elapsed time script. Here's one way: on computeTime totalFrames, rate unitsLeft = totalFrames -

lingo-l TimeOuts behaving badly

Hi list, I recently upgraded to D8, and started using the timeOut objects. But they seem to be very unpredictable, or maybe it's me not knowing how to use them... In the current movie, I put the code: on something me timeOut("Shrink").new(2000, #shrink, me) end with the handler "on shrink

Re: lingo-l projector win2k-plyaing in win98 issues

HI, i made a projector in win2k and put all the files on a cd. i tried to run it on win98 computer, is does ok, but the play back is rather not that exiting. it seems its suffocating from loading the files into buffer. all help is sincerely appreciatedl. thanks daniel [To remove yourself from

lingo-l Controlling Flash Sound in Director

Dear List, How to control the flash sound in Director. I want to stop the flash sound after quiting that dir movie. [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]

lingo-l OT: Broken Threads

At 08:43 AM 11/8/00, you wrote: Oops. Didn't see the new thread until just now. Steve, why did you originate a new thread when the other one was progressing? No need to answer, but it would be nice to keep messages "threaded." It had the word Solved at the end. That's a common thread change

Re: lingo-l OT: Broken Threads - you're right

The (rhetorical) question is "Why would anyone want to originate a new thread when the original is still active/viable?" Yes, we do it that way. [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

lingo-l OT: OS X and Unix

Hello all: I was wondering if anyone has heard if the advent of OS X, being a freeBSD system, will force the traditional lack of Unix/Linux players to change? With my current employer, we have a larger than normal Unix/Linux user base, about 25% use the "other" platforms. We can not ignore them

RE: lingo-l OT: Broken Threads

For some reason, when I try to reply to Lingo-L threads, it sometimes emails ME instead of penworks. I don't understand why that is, so I have to reply to a different thread, copy and paste the subject, and send it that way. I didn't know it would cause a problem. I'm using Outlook (ugh, i

lingo-l Handler not defined error

I think I have a simple problem (yeah, right!) I'm burning a CD that has a movie that opens the default web browser with "gotoNetpage...". On some computers, I'm getting a "Handler not defined" error. I'm using Director 6.5. Any help on resolving this error would be appreciated. Thanks! Mike

Re: lingo-l Handler not defined error

I'm burning a CD that has a movie that opens the default web browser with "gotoNetpage...". On some computers, I'm getting a "Handler not defined" error. Maybe this is too simplistic, but do those computers have a default browser (assuming they're Windows)? Cordially, Kerry Thompson Learning

Re: lingo-l Handler not defined error

No, it probably means that he doesn't have the netlingo xtra on his CD (or bundled in). Assuming the error actually occurred on the gotoNetpage line... At 10:59 AM 11/8/00 -0800, Kerry Thompson wrote: I'm burning a CD that has a movie that opens the default web browser with

RE: lingo-l database

I have about 50 pages of text and I want to put it into some sort of a database retrival system on my cd rom. Is this a possible function of director and lingo? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post

lingo-l scrolling menu

Hi all, How can I make an horizonal scrolling menu? Alessandra __ Todo brasileiro tem direito a um e-mail grátis http://www.bol.com.br [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

RE: lingo-l database

I have about 50 pages of text and I want to put it into some sort of a database retrival system on my cd rom. Is this a possible function of director and lingo? V12-DBE Xtra is a superb database engine for Director: http://www.integration.qc.ca/ Hope this helps Rob

lingo-l preLoadRAM setting not working on Mac (at least in D7.0.2)

A reader reported that he was having trouble setting the preLoadRAM. I tested this in D6.5 and D7.0.2 on the Mac: put the preloadRAM -- 0 set the preloadRAM = 2 * 1024 * 1024 -- On D6.5 Mac, it yields: put the preloadRAM -- 2097152 -- But on D7.0.2 Mac, it does NOT seem to work put the

RE: lingo-l database

Have you use it before? and is intergrate into director? I've personally used it in some big projects, as I'm sure many developers on this list have. I've had excellent luck with it. and is intergrate into director? It's a separate, third-party tool, but it's 'integrated' in the sense that

Re: lingo-l projector win2k-plyaing in win98 issues

Hi Dr. Daniel D. Errampalli, Are you running the projector from the CD? Running it from the hard-drive considerably improves performance. Are you using a Stub Projector? Compiled Projector are slower. OT: Never knew the play back could be *not exciting* (exiting means: going out (Uscente)).

Re: lingo-l projector win2k-plyaing in win98 issues

thanks i am very new to this stuff Are you running the projector from the CD? Running it from the hard-drive considerably improves performance. Are you using a Stub Projector? Compiled Projector are slower. what is a stub projector thanks daniel [To remove yourself from this list,

RE: lingo-l projector win2k-plyaing in win98 issues

Hi Daniel A stub projector is quite simply a very basic director movie that is saved out as a projector. Basically a stub projector is generally created at the same size (stage rect) as the other movies that will be playing. It has a single movieScript that in short contains a startMovie handler

Re: lingo-l Installing and uninstalling?

At 10:11 PM + 11/8/2000, Ambalack Team wrote: Hello, I need my projector, which is in CD-Rom, to copy some files to the my documents folder if they are not already there. What do you guys usually use in these situations? A third-party setup program? Or would you just simply copy the

Re: lingo-l Installing and uninstalling?

At 19:07 08.11.2000 -0500, Roy Pardi wrote: At 10:11 PM + 11/8/2000, Ambalack Team wrote: Hello, I need my projector, which is in CD-Rom, to copy some files to the my documents folder if they are not already there. There are probably a lot of solutions. . but you could also use

lingo-l sprites appearing and disappearing

Hi all, Is there a way to make a sprite appear and dissappear using a keyUp and keyDown on the visible of sprite (takes to long) say you press the up arrow key and sprite1 appears, then when you press the left arrow key sprite2 should appear and sprite1 should disappear. Any help would be

lingo-l font asset problem on win95

hi folks. got a weird one here. we've got a movie that plays completely from CD, using D7.02, x-platform. on win95 only, there is a font asset xtra not found error. however, when the whole folder (stub projector, .dxr, assets, xtras folder) is copied to the harddrive, it plays fine. on all

Re: lingo-l sprites appearing and disappearing

Hi Juan, Instead of setting the sprites visible state, place them offstage when you want them to disappear and place on the stage when you want them to appear. -- movie script on keyDown case the keyCode of 123:sendSprite(1, #appear) sendSprite(2,#disappear) 126:sendSprite(2,

lingo-l character weirdness

okay, another weird one. d7.02, x-platform, using a custom font member. different project from the other post. in some places, in text members, i need to display what's called an m-dash, which is a long hyphen. shift option dash on the mac. — that was it, but i don't know how it looks on your

Re: lingo-l character weirdness

At 06:04 PM 11/8/00, R. Bhakti Klein wrote: in some places, in text members, i need to display what's called an m-dash, which is a long hyphen. shift option dash on the mac. — that was it, but i don't know how it looks on your machine. anyhoo, it's not displaying in windows machines. nothing at

lingo-l MIAW stops sound

Hi guys, I am building a Director projector (Dir 8 on Mac). I have a button behavior that calls in a MIAW. The MIAW pops up perfectly until i click on the 'close' button and it stops the sound that's playing from the main movie. The sound is in Sound channel 1 playing as a looping background

Re: lingo-l MIAW stops sound

At 5:58 AM + 11/9/2000, Martha Arifin wrote: Hi guys, I am building a Director projector (Dir 8 on Mac). I have a button behavior that calls in a MIAW. The MIAW pops up perfectly until i click on the 'close' button and it stops the sound that's playing from the main movie. The sound is in

Re: lingo-l MIAW stops sound

Martha Arifin wrote This is the script that i attached to my CLOSE button on MIAW: on mouseUp me close (the activeWindow) forget (the activeWindow) end Hi I dont know if this relates the sound problem, but thought I'd mention that having a window forget itself can cause problems. You're

Re: lingo-l character weirdness

At 06:04 PM 11/8/00, R. Bhakti Klein wrote: in some places, in text members, i need to display what's called an m-dash, which is a long hyphen. shift option dash on the mac. — that was it, but i don't know how it looks on your machine. anyhoo, it's not displaying in windows machines.