ShockWave play

2001-03-28 Thread Nguyen Duc Hai
Hi All, Why my browser can not play shockwave 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] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and hel

Recompiling scripts with lingo

2001-03-28 Thread Luke Wigley
Hi Listers, I was wondering if anyone knows a way of re-compiling scripts using lingo only? (eg. the equivalent to either hitting tab on an open script, or choosing 'recompile all scripts' from the menu) Thanks in advance Luke [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go

Re: Local HTTP problems

2001-03-28 Thread pranavn
IP addresses don't work either. Any other solutions? Regards, Pranav > The local folders address is in the format of > http://localmachinename/directory/ Didn't work for me either; use the ip of the localmachine instead. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, g

Re: Nother nutty question - gotonetpage d7/d8

2001-03-28 Thread pranavn
Doesn't work in authoring for me either. Works in projector and shockwave though. Try explicitly setting the browserName before calling the gotoNetPage. Director might be getting confused between Netscape and IE. Regards, Pranav Yeah, but it's odd that both the authoring and projector won't

Re: Nother nutty question - gotonetpage d7/d8

2001-03-28 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
On 3/29/01 2:03 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can set the browser from the Preferences menu in Director. You might > have set the two versions of Director to point to different browsers. > AFAIK, this setting overrides the default browser property in Windows. > > Re

Re: Nother nutty question - gotonetpage d7/d8

2001-03-28 Thread pranavn
You can set the browser from the Preferences menu in Director. You might have set the two versions of Director to point to different browsers. AFAIK, this setting overrides the default browser property in Windows. Regards, Pranav Yet in D8 I get browsername() as netscape on my machine (which

Re: audio mixer - sorry!

2001-03-28 Thread Andreas Gaunitz
>> Then use some GUI control to set the volume of each channel. If you >> use stereo sound members, your sound will occupy channelNr and >> channelNr + 1 > >That's not true, is it? Thought stereo or mono could be in a channel; I've >never noticed a problem mixing stereo and mono... Grimmwerks,

Re: Filename and Shockwave

2001-03-28 Thread Mark A. Boyd
At 21:17 3/28/2001, Kerry Thompson wrote: >>You're downloading a 40 MB movie?? Don't do that!!! > >True, though you could stream it, and not chew up the user's hard drive. Yea, but unless this is a 2 hour movie, I have doubts that it will be what Rodrigo wants. I used to figure download time at

Re: Irregular windowshape - --------

2001-03-28 Thread Mark A. Boyd
At 21:27 3/28/2001, faris wrote: >Hi, Howdy, >First Sorry for disturbing you.. Stop saying that. We like this stuff :-) >I am new to lingo and I am in project. I did a stub projector and got the >non rectangular window (1bit). I want to animate this can you give me a >sugession or any examples

Re: Nother nutty question - gotonetpage d7/d8

2001-03-28 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
On 3/29/01 1:16 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wots the line? Let's just say gotonetpage "http://www.grimmwerks.com" This works in D7 for me, but not D8. Yet in D8 I get browsername() as netscape on my machine (which is strange as I have IE as the default, and that's wha

Re: Local HTTP problems

2001-03-28 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
On 3/29/01 1:15 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The local folders address is in the format of > http://localmachinename/directory/ Didn't work for me either; use the ip of the localmachine instead. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to h

Local HTTP problems

2001-03-28 Thread pranavn
Maybe it's AI. Maybe it's voodoo. I dunno. Director seems to be acting funny exactly when my deadline looms large Anyways.does anyone know of local HTTP addresses not working reliably in Director? I have a local machine configured to serve web pages and it does that just fine in a browser

Re: Nother nutty question - gotonetpage d7/d8

2001-03-28 Thread pranavn
Wots the line? Regards, Pranav I'm doing a simple gotonetpage -- it works in D7 in authoring, doesn¹t work in d8 - and it's the same stupid line! [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, e

Nother nutty question - gotonetpage d7/d8

2001-03-28 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
Ok, I'm losing my mind or something. I'm doing a simple gotonetpage -- it works in D7 in authoring, doesn¹t work in d8 - and it's the same stupid line! Didn't work in D8 projector either...what nuttiness have I done now? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to ht

Open Window (was Repeat Properties)

2001-03-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
>hi kerry Hi Mike. Ignore the man behind the curtain. I'm even nice to Tab, who seems to have a gender identity crisis ;-) Since I'm the ogre tonight, I have to be the one to scold you, though. When you start a new topic, it's best to send a new e-mail with the topic name rather than replyin

Irregular windowshape - --------

2001-03-28 Thread faris
Hi, First Sorry for disturbing you.. I am new to lingo and I am in project. I did a stub projector and got the non rectangular window (1bit). I want to animate this can you give me a sugession or any examples. Waiting for your reply.. Faris - Original Message - From: "Colin Holgate"

Re: Filename and Shockwave

2001-03-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
>I'm new with shockwave files. The preload will download all the movie before >play or just part of it? Preload will download the entire thing, and use a *lot* of hard drive space, plus taking forever. You would need to loop forever on a frame, checking netDone() >If not how can I load the mo

Re: Irregular windowshape on doug?

2001-03-28 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
On 3/29/01 12:12 AM, "Colin Holgate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just did a test, and it works. You can include the MIAW movie > inside the projector, and still open it as a window, and set its > windowtype, and hide the stage. You get everything you want, and only > one file. Fantastic - th

Re: Filename and Shockwave

2001-03-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
>You're downloading a 40 MB movie?? Don't do that!!! True, though you could stream it, and not chew up the user's hard drive. >(with due apologies to >Kerry, I know he doesn't like exclamations) Boy, I'm the ogre tonight, I guess. First Jakob, now Pranav I go off into FlashLand for a week

Re: Non-rectangular windows don't work anymore?

2001-03-28 Thread LePhuronn
> Trying to do the non-rect shape miaw trick using 1 bit member as mask, and > it's just not working in either D8 or D7any ideas? The MIAW mask does work, but it'll only happen when the MIAW is called from a projector - it does NOT work while in author-mode. Sorry! [To remove yourself from

Re: Irregular windowshape on doug?

2001-03-28 Thread Colin Holgate
>I can get it to work miaw, but unfortunately I think the client wants this >as a desktop app, so for the moment forsaking a folder/files install and >thinking as one projector, can I actually do the stage as alpha'd out? Are you arguing that you have to use the stage to avoid having more than o

Re: Irregular windowshape on doug?

2001-03-28 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
Yup, PITA, but a client wants this 'nifty' feature. I can get it to work miaw, but unfortunately I think the client wants this as a desktop app, so for the moment forsaking a folder/files install and thinking as one projector, can I actually do the stage as alpha'd out? I've tried (the stage)

Re: Filename and Shockwave

2001-03-28 Thread pranavn
You _can't_ use a 40 Mb movie. Not unless it's going to be off a LAN or your users have lots of time to wait for the download. QT movies can be set to stream from the cast member properties, but you usually need to do some tweaking with the score layout before you can use them. If the user reach

Re: Filename and Shockwave

2001-03-28 Thread Rodrigo Peres
on 3/29/01 12:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > You're downloading a 40 MB movie?? Don't do that!!!(with due apologies to > Kerry, I know he doesn't like exclamations) > > Regards, > Pranav > > > > I don't use the preloadnetThing because the movie is up to 40Mb. > >

Re: Filename and Shockwave

2001-03-28 Thread pranavn
You're downloading a 40 MB movie?? Don't do that!!!(with due apologies to Kerry, I know he doesn't like exclamations) Regards, Pranav I don't use the preloadnetThing because the movie is up to 40Mb. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks

Re: netTextResult

2001-03-28 Thread pranavn
This has happened often with me. So after checking for a netError, I also check that the netTextResult is not EMPTY or VOID. To make sure that the web page is not pulled out from the cache, you can append a question mark to the end of the address. e.g. getNetText("www.myserver.com/search.cgi" & "

Filename and Shockwave

2001-03-28 Thread Rodrigo Peres
Dear list, I'm trying to change the filename of a movie cast using a url from web to import a movie, but it isn't work. Everytime I try the browser hang out both Internet and Netscape, or nothing happens... this is the code on startmovie caminho = "http://www.idea.eti.br/mtv/l00m3.mov" member("

Re: Irregular windowshape on doug?

2001-03-28 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
On 3/28/01 9:43 PM, "Mark A. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Only works in projector mode. You won't be able to see it during authoring. AH! Whew. Thanks Mark. Freaked a bit. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi

Re: Non-rectangular windows don't work anymore?

2001-03-28 Thread Colin Holgate
>Trying to do the non-rect shape miaw trick using 1 bit member as mask, and >it's just not working in either D8 or D7any ideas? Are you in a projector at the time? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post message

Re: Irregular windowshape on doug?

2001-03-28 Thread Mark A. Boyd
At 18:04 3/28/2001, g r i m m w e r k s wrote: >This has been asked so many times before, but what's the url of the article >on doug or can someone hit me with a (can be simplified, I get the 1bit mask >stuff) of irregular window shapes without an xtra? > >Can it be done with the stage or do I hav

Non-rectangular windows don't work anymore?

2001-03-28 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
Trying to do the non-rect shape miaw trick using 1 bit member as mask, and it's just not working in either D8 or D7any ideas? [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]

Irregular windowshape on doug?

2001-03-28 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
This has been asked so many times before, but what's the url of the article on doug or can someone hit me with a (can be simplified, I get the 1bit mask stuff) of irregular window shapes without an xtra? Can it be done with the stage or do I have to make the stage invisible and do a miaw? [To r

Re: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Jakob Hede Madsen
At 1:21 +0200 01_03_29, mike massey wrote: >hi kerry i am trying to open an avi quick time and a real file in a >"new window" and i used this code in a frame script and a movie >script and nothing happens.. i imported the file into my cast can >you help me? That would be Kerry with a capital K

Re: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread mike massey
hi kerry i am trying to open an avi quick time and a real file in a "new window" and i used this code in a frame script and a movie script and nothing happens.. i imported the file into my cast can you help me? on beginNewMovie theMovieglobal newWindowset newWindow to window "filename"open newWind

Re: Projector.ini file

2001-03-28 Thread mike massey
hi charlie why do you need a .ini file?? mike >From: "Charlie Fiskeaux II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Lingo List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Projector.ini file >Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:19:03 -0500 > >I have the Projector.ini file in the same directory as my pr

Re: Re: Interactive Tutorial SYstem

2001-03-28 Thread LePhuronn
Brennan, You are a star. At the moment I will only be presenting a prototype version of the project so I will not be delving too deeply into the syntax-checking - it will probably revolve around the MIAW telling the user what to put in and explaining what each line does and then retrieving the co

Re: Urgent problem

2001-03-28 Thread LePhuronn
You can do this by writing Lingo to send messages to the Flash movie. Based on the message, Flash can then do its stuff with its content. > I dont have access to the original falsh file just an swf of it. You're gonna need to original .fla I'm afraid because you will need to code in some handler

Re: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread LePhuronn
If I understand you right you want multiple entrys under the same property tag. I presonally would do this: database = [#roster: ["Tab", "Kerry", "LePhuronn", "Mark", "Grimmwerks"]] This way the #roster property would return a linear list with the names in it. Basically nest up lists to get your

Re: Relative paths

2001-03-28 Thread LePhuronn
> The ones that looks like: > videoPath = "@/video/fish.mov" > In which case you can use any of /:\ > to easily get the pathDelimiter: > sep = the last char of the moviePath Guess some habits are hard to break - always had to do things the long way round so lecturers can read the bloody thing!

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
>Howzabout DOM-Lingo: a complete DOM Level 2 implementation in Lingo?If >you'd like to preview it, I'd be happy to send it to you. Thanks, Christopher--that would be great. I've followed your discussions, and it has piqued my interest. I'd love to preview it. -Kerry [To remove yourself from

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
>For what it's worth Kerry is a guy! ;-) My wife would say that's worth something, at least :-) 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 list, email [EMAI

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
>However, I don't know all the requirements of what she's doing, so I won't >try to second-guess the design. Just to jump on Jakob's bandwagon for a moment, some Kerrys prefer to be referred to as "he" :-) Back off the bandwagon. I see I should have been even more specific. I'm constructing

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Watson, Christopher
Kerry, Howzabout DOM-Lingo: a complete DOM Level 2 implementation in Lingo? My implementation parses XML into DOM trees, and provides the entire Document Object Model API to access, travserse and edit the nodes in that tree. That includes methods relevant to your needs -- like getElementsByTagNam

Re: QuickTime problem

2001-03-28 Thread Jakob Hede Madsen
At 17:44 -0500 01_03_28, Charlie Fiskeaux II wrote: >I'm having problems with some QuickTime movies looking pixelated. Depending >on how I compress them, sometimes they look pixelated (like QT movies look >when they are resized smaller than they should be) on all computers here in >the office, an

Re: QuickTime problem

2001-03-28 Thread ifmp
RE: -- >From: "Charlie Fiskeaux II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Lingo List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: QuickTime problem >Date: Wed, Mar 28, 2001, 5:44 PM >I'm having problems with some QuickTime movies looking pixelated. Depending >on how I compress them, sometimes they look pixelated

Print PDF

2001-03-28 Thread Colby Dodson
Can anyone tell me the easiest way to print a pdf file from Director8 I am on mac platform? I am trying to use the Buddy API xtra now but I can not get it to work at all. And what would the lingo look like to perform this? Thanks Colby [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to diges

QuickTime problem

2001-03-28 Thread Charlie Fiskeaux II
I'm having problems with some QuickTime movies looking pixelated. Depending on how I compress them, sometimes they look pixelated (like QT movies look when they are resized smaller than they should be) on all computers here in the office, and sometimes only on mine (they look fine on other PCs an

Re: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
>I'd like to take this opportunity to point out that Jakob/Jacob can be >spelled in different ways. As can Kerry :-) >Some Jakobs get hurt when their particular spelling is not respected Ok, folks, we gotta respect Jakob's feelings. -I- spelled it right--what's wrong with the rest of you ;-)

netTextResult

2001-03-28 Thread Sharon Moeller
I am putting together a game that makes several calls to asp pages to access data from a sql database. The strange thing happening is that after about 15 times through the program in authoring mode, director is suddenly not pulling the information off the page. I get no error, just no text.

Re: audio mixer

2001-03-28 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
On 3/28/01 12:05 PM, "Andreas Gaunitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Then use some GUI control to set the volume of each channel. If you > use stereo sound members, your sound will occupy channelNr and > channelNr + 1 That's not true, is it? Thought stereo or mono could be in a channel; I've n

Re: Projector.ini file

2001-03-28 Thread Charlie Fiskeaux II
Just copy the Director.ini file that is found in the same directory as the Director .exe file. It has all possible lines and explanations in it. Charlie Fiskeaux II The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054 x29 cell: 859/312-3883 - Original Message - From: "Tab Julius" <[EM

Re: Re: antialiasing in Fields

2001-03-28 Thread Tab Julius
No, that's what the text members are for. You can antialias them. At 11:05 PM 3/28/01 +0530, Ravi Garimella wrote: >Hi > >Is it possible to antialias text in a field. if so how do u do it? > >Ravi [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/

Re: antialiasing in Fields

2001-03-28 Thread Ravi Garimella
Hi Is it possible to antialias text in a field. if so how do u do it? Ravi _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

Re: urgent! mpgxtra errror

2001-03-28 Thread Mark A. Boyd
At 08:07 3/28/2001, Roberto Molari wrote: >Hi list >I ve got a big problem I'm using the mpgxtra by Tabuleiro, well in some pc >machine happen that mpgxtra.x32 crash >why? is there a better xtra for mpg? if is pobble for mac too DirectMediaXtra by the same company is better in that it uses Direc

Re: sprites reacting to sounds (?)

2001-03-28 Thread Andreas Gaunitz
The sound playback utilities of Director does not give away any information about the actaul data of the samples being played, such as the waveform level at a certain sample point. You _might_ do it by using Amplitude Xtra, but I don't remember exactly what it was capable of: http://www.marmal

Re: re: RETURN key in text fields

2001-03-28 Thread Andreas Gaunitz
>Hi all, > >anyone know how to lock out the RETURN key on Windows in a text >field, so effectively a user can only type on one line and not press >return to drop down a line? Sure. Put some behavior like this on the text field sprite: on keyDown me end This will trap keydowns, prev

Re: audio mixer

2001-03-28 Thread Andreas Gaunitz
This is easy. Use puppetsound(channelNr, soundMember) command, where channelNr is an integer from 1 to 8 and soundMember is a member name. Then use some GUI control to set the volume of each channel. If you use stereo sound members, your sound will occupy channelNr and channelNr + 1 -A. >Hi

Re: ¨ Match the Column ¨

2001-03-28 Thread Andreas Gaunitz
There's a chepter in the book 'Advanced Lingo for Games by Gary Rosenzweig' ISBN 078972331X that you should read. -Andreas >Dear Lingoers, > >I want to do a match the column type of quiz in >director, where the user can drag an item from column >A and match it with an item on column B. > >Link

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Tab Julius
I meant in the conversation. :) Anyway, back to Lingo... At 06:05 PM 3/28/01 +0100, Karina Steffens wrote: > > My fault, I was thinking Karina. Too many K-people. > >Erhmm... Two? > >Scrolling up... ok. There's also Kyle and kaplesh. Not much of a mob, really >;) > >But who'd know better then

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Karina Steffens
> My fault, I was thinking Karina. Too many K-people. Erhmm... Two? Scrolling up... ok. There's also Kyle and kaplesh. Not much of a mob, really ;) But who'd know better then you, Tab? ;) Karina [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.co

urgent! mpgxtra errror

2001-03-28 Thread Roberto Molari
Hi list I ve got a big problem I'm using the mpgxtra by Tabuleiro, well in some pc machine happen that mpgxtra.x32 crash why? is there a better xtra for mpg? if is pobble for mac too tnx robx sorry for my english [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Tab Julius
It's one of the danger's of faceless, voiceless communication. I suppose we could be like Yahoo and attach little boy and girl images to each of the messages, except we don't allow attachments. :) I'll confess I probably was additionally jumping to a conclusion as I have a female family fri

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Clint Little
I definitely didn't think so! Kerry actually has that happen to him a bunch and he has actually endured quite a bit of ribbing a while ago about it... :-) -- Clint At 10:56 AM 3/28/01 -0500, you wrote: >My fault, I was thinking Karina. Too many K-people. > >No offense intended... :) > >At 10:

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Karina Steffens
> example may have been lame, but the point was that working > backward from > value was no guarantee that you got the matching property. Hmm.. I see your point now. Actually, that would also be true for a properly structured list, such as: [#name: "Joe", #password: "Joe", #age: 3] It's still

re: RETURN key in text fields

2001-03-28 Thread Leon McComish
Hi all, anyone know how to lock out the RETURN key on Windows in a text field, so effectively a user can only type on one line and not press return to drop down a line? cheers, Leon [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cg

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Tab Julius
My fault, I was thinking Karina. Too many K-people. No offense intended... :) At 10:52 AM 3/28/01 -0500, Clint Little wrote: >For what it's worth Kerry is a guy! ;-) > > >At 10:41 AM 3/28/01 -0500, you wrote: > >>Whether it makes sense or not depends on what you're trying to >>accomplish. Yo

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Colin Holgate
> >> For what it's worth Kerry is a guy! ;-) > >You just beat me to it ;) > >Karina Karina is a girl, or has a very progressive marriage. [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 P

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Karina Steffens
> That said, I think if Kerry's list was structured a little > differently to > begin with, the whole thing might be easier. Maybe #words > is a property > that matches up with a linear list of words, so you just extract the > wordlist and then you have your list of words. >From what HE ;) sai

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Karina Steffens
> For what it's worth Kerry is a guy! ;-) You just beat me to it ;) Karina [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

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Clint Little
For what it's worth Kerry is a guy! ;-) At 10:41 AM 3/28/01 -0500, you wrote: >Whether it makes sense or not depends on what you're trying to >accomplish. You could just be taking the items in order. Granted, the >example may have been lame, but the point was that working backward from >va

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Tab Julius
Whether it makes sense or not depends on what you're trying to accomplish. You could just be taking the items in order. Granted, the example may have been lame, but the point was that working backward from value was no guarantee that you got the matching property. That said, I think if Kerr

Re: audio mixer

2001-03-28 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
Well, for 4 sounds, it's all built into director; you'd really just have to do the research to creating the necessary sprites to set the fades, etc, which shouldn't be too hard. I did something like this with Beatnik. Www.grimmwerks.com/portfolio/tvt/hurricane/ [To remove yourself from this li

Re: sprites reacting to sounds (?)

2001-03-28 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
You should either check out the Beatnik Xtra (beatnik.com) or Amp Xtra (marmalade.com.au I think). [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: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Karina Steffens
Hi Tab, > a prop for a given value, which besides being slow(er), will > fail if you > have the same value under two different props. Consider: > > m=[#Name:"Joe", #Password:"Joe", #Name:"Bill", #Password:"Bill"] > > Under your approach, if you do a getOne(m, "Joe"), you'll > always get #Name, >

Re: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Irv Kalb
At 12:51 PM +0200 3/28/01, Jakob Hede Madsen wrote: >At 22:35 -0800 01_03_27, Irv Kalb wrote: >>At 9:14 PM -0800 3/27/01, Kerry Thompson wrote: >>>I have a property list with multiple items having the same >>>property. Something like [#roster: [#name: "Tab"], [#name: >>>"Jakob"], [#name: "Roy"]]

Re: Web resources & mailing lists for director!

2001-03-28 Thread Tab Julius
The other major lists are: Direct-l, for "all things director", whether converting palettes or tweening or whatever. Used to be sort of a free-for-all, I don't know what it's like now ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Xtras-L, for users of Xtras, the traffic there isn't particularly heavy (www.trevimedi

Re: Web resources & mailing lists for director!

2001-03-28 Thread Tab Julius
At 07:08 AM 3/28/01 -0800, Timothy West wrote: >Hi, >Can anyone reccomend any web resources (preferably >with some open source code!) or e-mail lists (other >than this one) which are good for concepts such as >sound,image and video control in lingo. >Any help would be great! >Best Wishes >Tim > >_

Web resources & mailing lists for director!

2001-03-28 Thread Timothy West
Hi, Can anyone reccomend any web resources (preferably with some open source code!) or e-mail lists (other than this one) which are good for concepts such as sound,image and video control in lingo. Any help would be great! Best Wishes Tim __ Do You

sprites reacting to sounds (?)

2001-03-28 Thread Timothy West
Hi, Does anyone know of any way (existing or not) to create an engine which can make sprites react to a sound track (e.g. depending on volume of sound sprites horizontal position on screen varies) - any resources, tutorials or a starting point on this would be greatly appreciated! best wishes Tim

audio mixer

2001-03-28 Thread Timothy West
Hi, Can anyone reccomend a tutorial, resource, starting point (or open source file??) regarding creating an audio mixer in Director 8 - e.g. 4 sound tracks that can be faded in and out using a some kind of controller? Any help about controlling sound in Director generally would be great! Best wish

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Tab Julius
That's a little different, in that it uses a value to find a prop to go with it. Unfortunately, by using GetOne, you let Lingo go through and find a prop for a given value, which besides being slow(er), will fail if you have the same value under two different props. Consider: m=[#Name:"Joe"

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2001-03-28 Thread Todd . Becker
I will be out of the office starting 03/28/2001 and will not return until 03/30/2001. I will respond to your message when I return. Thank you Todd Becker [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 lis

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2001-03-28 Thread Brajeshwar
Dear Lingoers, I want to do a match the column type of quiz in director, where the user can drag an item from column A and match it with an item on column B. Link to some resources or a tutorial in this direction. Regards Brajeshwar __ Do You Yah

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Karina Steffens
> both, I guess, but the main point was to pull out all of a > specific property. Oops.. I think I missed that little bit... Same handler, slightly modified: on propLst, myProp mainList = [ [#puzzle: [ [#title: "One"], [#level: "Moderate"], [#word: "Lingo"], [#word: "Director"] ] ], [#puz

Re: Projector.ini file

2001-03-28 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
Check zeusprod.com for a whole thing on the .ini files. [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 w

Re: Help me to solve a little problem - faris ...

2001-03-28 Thread g r i m m w e r k s
There should be a built in behavior in the animation library to do this for you -- look for something called "cycle graphics". [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: Explain to me

2001-03-28 Thread Brajeshwar
Hi, Go to the macromedia site and director section, they give you free files and documents on how to use the multiuser server and developed chat rooms. Regards Brajeshwar --- Nguyen Duc Hai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list, > I want to create a chat room. How do I do? > Thanks

Re: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Tab Julius
It depends if you just want to enumerate everything (which grimm's would do) or if you want to look for a specific property and enumerate all of that property's entries (which mine would do). Actually mine would do both, I guess, but the main point was to pull out all of a specific property.

Re: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Mark A. Boyd
At 02:51 3/28/2001, Jakob Hede Madsen wrote: >Maybe not related but: >I'd like to take this opportunity to point out that Jakob/Jacob can be >spelled in different ways. >Some Jakobs get hurt when their particular spelling is not respected... >maybe more so one of the variants than the other. O

Re: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Jakob Hede Madsen
At 22:35 -0800 01_03_27, Irv Kalb wrote: >At 9:14 PM -0800 3/27/01, Kerry Thompson wrote: >>I have a property list with multiple items having the same >>property. Something like [#roster: [#name: "Tab"], [#name: >>"Jakob"], [#name: "Roy"]]. It's actually a considerably more >>complex list, but

Re: Relative paths

2001-03-28 Thread Jakob Hede Madsen
At 5:03 +0100 01_03_28, LePhuronn wrote: >Things to Note: >1./ When running from a projector, the applicationPath and the moviePath >will return the same thing. Well, only if the current movie is embedded in the projector. Always using stub-projectors this would only be the case very briefly. >

RE: Repeat properties

2001-03-28 Thread Karina Steffens
> That would do it with the list I suggested. I probably should > have posted > the actual list--I'm reading it from an XML file, and I can't > count on all > the child nodes at the same level having the same property. A better > example would be something like[[#puzzle: [#title: "One"], [#level:

Re: Artificial Life site

2001-03-28 Thread Tim Forster
Hi, I made a quick-n-dirty version of online life a while ago. You can have a look at it here http://www.wanging.com/virus.htm Click on the screen to instantiate the sprite. If this is the sort of thing you are after, let me know and I could send you the source. Email me offlist. Cheers,

Re: Urgent problem

2001-03-28 Thread Mattias G
Well this is a job I´m doing for a job partner in a different country. A company made the game for the webb and I really dont know why he cant get the source of it. Anyway thanx for the reply :) /Mattias > >As far as I can tell, you really need the original file to make >this possible. A variable