screengrab on NT

Hi, I'm tryin to make a screengrab on NT: - member("membername").picture = (the stage).picture it works fine on 95,98 and mac but gives an error on NT: - script error: picture expected Anyone knows workaround (without using xtras)? thanks simon [To remove yourself from this list, or t

Keeping the beat

I am building a musical game for kids. Kids graphically build their own rhythm from different notes and rests and then hit the play button. I've got it basically working, but the timing seems to be off. I don't know what is the best way to keep a constant beat. What I need is a way of getti

Re: Help please...............calling dll

>Can any help me in finding how to call dll file form >lingo You need an Xtra called Glu32. I believe it's available from www.updatestage.com. Cordially, Kerry Thompson Learning Network [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-

Help please...............calling dll

Hello list Can any help me in finding how to call dll file form lingo thankz p.reddy __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mod

Re: 3D Dreams

Dear Edd I worked in this Xtra and it is very good. It requires DirectX to be loded to the system. bye somu - Original Message - From: Edd Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 7:58 PM Subject: RE: 3D Dreams > Hi > > I am experimenting wit

Re: Screen size

Hi Mitesh, You can do this using rect and drawRect properties of the stage. on prepareMovie stageSize = the desktopRectList[1] (the stage).rect = stageSize (the stage).drawRect = stageSize end regards -- Ramesh CT http://www.lingoman.net/ -

Screen size

Hello I am mitesh gajjar from india i am working in Pixelballet. I want to know that i can change my stage size as per the monitor size if monitor is 14 inch then it set automatic 800*600. if it is big monitor or small then it's set movie size as per screen size. please if u know that then write

Re: saving a field member

>how can I save a field member with the font,font size,textcolor the >compleat member to a file and load it back? Does it have to be a field member? If it was a text member, you can setpref "filename",the rtf of member "text member", and then set the rtf of member "text member" to getpref("fil

Re: designing an audio sequencer

Yeah, I've done something similar with Director and Beatnik: http://www.grimmwerks.com/projects/beatnik/drumulatorone/ [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] (Problem

saving a field member

how can I save a field member with the font,font size,textcolor the compleat member to a file and load it back? -- Steve Clark *** Quotes to Remember: "I may not have been the best president, but I sure had the most fun." ---Bill Clint

RE: DOM, Anyone?

>Are we saying that it is just a way of sharing data and values between other >programmes. At its most basic level, yes. HTML has a basic shortcoming--it mixes data and processing instructions. XML is a way of separating out the data--you could think of it as a database. That data can then be

Re: XML?

>I'm wondering if anyone has might be able to tell me where to get info on >how to use XML in director? Here is a good place. I see Christopher has pointed you at the XML parser Xtra. It's not well documented, though, and using it is not intuitive at all. For example, if you know XML (or HTML

RE: DOM, Anyone?

> Just when i though I was in control.. > > I am confused to what is going on i am sorry > Are we saying that it is just a way of sharing data and values between > other programmes. That would be ONE application of it, Jonathan. In fact, that's how I'm putting it to use, primarily, here

RE: DOM, Anyone?

Just when i though I was in control.. I am confused to what is going on i am sorry Are we saying that it is just a way of sharing data and values between other programmes. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi T

RE: DOM, Anyone?

>Symantically, I suppose it could Interesting how the computer business has affected our everyday vocabulary :-) Cordially, Kerry Thompson Learning Network [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

RE: DOM, Anyone?

>OK, so now I'm a little confused. The term DOM, in my mind, brings up the >image of a tree of objects within a specified environment, such as a web >browser, as a reference for programmers to determine which objects and >properties go where, how they relate and what they do within that >environme

Re: Re: print screen

Well, almost - printomatic will print what you tell it to print. You will also need to grab the screen (I assume you just want the stage, not the desktop). For that, you can use member("someMember").image = (the stage).image, and then use printomatic to print the member. -Kurt > Try PrintoMatic

RE: Flashing QT

I too have had the same problem as you with Quicktime. There seems to be a double screen flash to the stage color and or white when setting up a movie to play, even when the movie is preloaded. The workaround that I use is to place a copy of the first and last frames overlaying the movie on the

Re: DOM, Anyone?

> Actually, my DOM implementation is completely Lingo-based, and has no > linkage to the member/sprite/stage metaphors, or the Lingo that supports > them. In simple terms, this DOM implementation is all about creating > well-formed XML/HTML/XHTML documents in memory, then outputting > views of the

Re: How do i ? : QT

Is this the only way anyone knows of ? [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 PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming L

RE:

why not check for an intersection, or if its within the rect of the other sprite.. That will make it simple -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of mike massey Sent: 15 March 2001 06:07 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: i am trying to write a s

RE: qtvr software

you can buy them from www.apple.com look at their website. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of sundeep bhatia Sent: 15 March 2001 18:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: qtvr software hi list i need to create some qtvr movies but i dont know

Mac G3

Hi Mahmood, I'm currently using a Mac G3 266 Mhz with 4 Hd since 4 years now, also I modified the cpu card in order to run at 300Mhz..no problem at all since then. Just buy a SCSI Hdrive and place inside.it will work great! Big ciao from Italy Maurizio -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Re: qtvr software

I use Apple's QTVR Authoring Studio. It's very well designed and rich in features. There will probably be a new version soon. It doesn't support QT5's new cubicVR feature. In fact, it won't run at all with QT5 installed. I've also seen the stitcher from VRTools -- conVRter. It's good and pro

custom scrolling fields and swapping

Hi All. I am using a default custom scrolling behaviour in D8. I have to scroll 8 different fields with different field size text on a mouse up event. But the built in behaviour you can scroll only 1 text field. I am swapping text fields with the one on the screen. But the problem is the dragger

RE: DOM, Anyone?

>Don't think that a Lingo DOM would be as clean though >as a lot of properties inter-relate to each other, for example >"Member" can be an object in and of itself complete with >properties (rect, regPoint, etc), yet "Sprite" has a member >property that would call back to the "Member" object. A

RE: XML?

Bill, If you want to parse XML text, use the XMLParser Xtra (which ships with Director, and can be found in the /Xtras/Media Support/ directory). The XMLParser Xtra is not a part of the default Xtras list for movies in D7, so if your running D7, you'll need to add the Xtra to your movie. To add

XML?

I'm wondering if anyone has might be able to tell me where to get info on how to use XML in director?  I've got a few books but they do not contain much on it. Thanks for any help -Bill _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at ht

Re: qtvr software

Sundeep, VR Worx 2.0 is the software you need. It works on Mac and Windows and in my opinion is more intuitive and has more features than the QTVR Studio available from Claris/Apple... for more info...http://www.vrtoolbox.com -Boyd Speer Touchstone Digital De

qtvr software

hi list i need to create some qtvr movies but i dont know which software to use. i have all the images but i need to know in which programe i should assemble them to create a qtvr movie out of them. many thanx in advanceGet Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. [To

Exporting 8bit Palettes from D7.02

Can it be done? Is there an Xtra which will do the job? Rich Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] [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 PROTECTED]) Li

True Color Wheel 0.1b

Hi all, A while ago i posted a support request regarding the formula for the HSV color model. this is while trying to build a true 'photoshop like' color wheel in director. i have managed to develop a first draft, and some basic code is included (it requires director 8 as to the setPixel meth

designing an audio sequencer

I'm trying to design an audio sequencer as part of my final year project-and having difficulty. I want it to be in the format of an analog-style, 16-step sequencer (each representing a 16th of the bar). Each step will be assigned to one of 16 on-screen buttons, with each button having an on and

Re: script error

Hi. No, i'm not using any aditional xtras in the aplication project. And i'm the only one who have Macromedia Director installed, in fact i test the aplication in a huge variaty of machines, and strangely only in the clients personal computer the aplication don't run's. Liiar >From: "Eric C

Re: multiple textfield question

how about setting the editable of the field you want sprite(2) to true when you enter the frame, this seems to work ok. on beginSprite sprite(2).editable = 1 end Carl -Original Message- From: Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 15 March 2001 16:

Re: multiple textfield question

At 5:17 PM + 3/15/01, Joe wrote: >Hi there >I got 40 textfields in witch the user can write some things. > >Now my problem is that every time i start this movie the cursor >is on the 3rd textfield witch is sprite(4) >I want that the cursor is on the first textfield sprite(2) >how can i do that

RE: the mouseSprite?

> See guys, > I'm not dumb. That's nice. I never suggested that though. I was simply going by what I know. When I saw mouseSprite I also checked a list of all known keywords for Director (7 or 8 I can't remember). I got this from the lingo-l mailing list ages ago. Somebody had Hex-edited the

multiple textfield question

Hi there I got 40 textfields in witch the user can write some things. Now my problem is that every time i start this movie the cursor is on the 3rd textfield witch is sprite(4) I want that the cursor is on the first textfield sprite(2) how can i do that or why is it always on field 3 is there

How do i ? : QT

I have a series of QT movies 10 in total, is it possible to have the director move to the next movie after one is complete automatically. I have figured the simple way is to do it manually but wondered if i can do it automatically in sequence, and if so how? TIA [To remove yourself from this li

Re: How do i ? : QT

have director loop on a frame containing "movie 1" until member("movie 1").movieTime=2000 where "movie 1" is the name of the cast member of the first movie and the number (2000) is the length of the video. This is under the QuickTime properties tab, but it is only displayed when you click the b

How do i ? : QT

I have a series of QT movies 10 in total, is it possible to have the director move to the next movie after one is complete automatically. I have figured the simple way is to do it manually but wondered if i can do it automatically in sequence, and if so how? TIA [To remove yourself from this li

RE: the mouseSprite?

See guys, I'm not dumb. I guess you'd have said the same thing for the mouseCast too, while it had been undocumented. I just happened to type this function out and sure as hell saw it being colored green like any good keyword should. To boot, I also saw it listed at http://www.directorworkshop.de

Re: the member of the text editor

"LePhuronn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > If it IS possible to make Lingo references to Director's interface at > author-time, please let me know as this could be invaluable to me at this > time. Check out the UIHelper Xtra, which is part of the (now optional) Save As Java installation. You can op

RE: DOM, Anyone?

The mind starts to boggle (at the potential) - such an API would be very usefull indeed... Tell us more! -Boyd Speer Touchstone Digital Design At 11:32 PM 3/14/01 -0500, you wrote: >At 1:46 PM -0800 3/14/2001, Watson, Christopher wrote: >>Obviously, there's a lot more to the DOM, and implementin

RE: the mouseSprite?

> > Anyone know how to use the mouseSprite command? I used it the way I would >> use the mouseMember but I get an error that says property not found. > >ther's no such command. to find out which sprite is under the mouse >pointer use 'the rollover' > >eg > >on exitframe > put the rollover >end

RE: the mouseSprite?

> Anyone know how to use the mouseSprite command? I used it the way I would > use the mouseMember but I get an error that says property not found. ther's no such command. to find out which sprite is under the mouse pointer use 'the rollover' eg on exitframe put the rollover end HTH Leon

Flashing QT

SORRRY Forgot to change the Subject of my last post!!! nightmare! I have created a director movie that plays a sequence of quicktime files. The BIG problem is that every time I go from one frame to another (containing a different QT), despite the fact that the first and last frames of all t

the mouseSprite?

Anyone know how to use the mouseSprite command? I used it the way I would use the mouseMember but I get an error that says property not found. Regards, Pranav [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

RE: MIAW moveToFront/moveToBack

nightmare! I have created a director movie that plays a sequence of quicktime files. The BIG problem is that every time I go from one frame to another (containing a different QT), despite the fact that the first and last frames of all the movies are the same, there appears to be a flashing of som

Re: MIAW moveToFront/moveToBack

Try moving the Window to front after the repeat loop on openWindows repeat with i = 1 to 3 myWindowName = "Window"&i window(myWindowName).open() end repeat moveToFrontWindow 1 end on moveToFrontWindow winPos --put the windowList the windowList[winPos].moveToFront() end regar

MIAW moveToFront/moveToBack

Dear listMembers, I am launching 3 MIAWS at the same coordinates. I would like to have the first MIAW that is launched to be in front of the two others. I have a script basicly like this: repeat with i = 1 to 3 myWindowName = "Window"&i window(myWindowName).open() if (i = 1) then wind

Re:

And here's a 3rd method: on exitFrame if NOT (sprite 2 intersects 1) then go the frame end if end -- Mark A. Boyd Keep-On-Learnin' :) [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

OT: Anybody from Bangalore?

Hi all, We are in the process of forming a group called Bangalore Macromedia Users Group (BMMUG), the group is already has about 15 to 20 members and planning to expand it to more members. If anybody from Bangalore, India on this list could mail me privately for details. thanks and regards

Re: converting color bitmaps to black and white

You are setting blue to average 2 times instead of setting red. -Andreas >Hello everybody! > >I wanted to change colour images to black and white. (The original images >are 24 bit, after importing in director they are 32 bit) > >I tried this with the following steps: > >For any pixel in the ima

converting color bitmaps to black and white

Hello everybody! I wanted to change colour images to black and white. (The original images are 24 bit, after importing in director they are 32 bit) I tried this with the following steps: For any pixel in the image, get the color:color = image.getPixel(x, y) calculating the average value of