guitar tuner in D8 shockwave found this to be the case. it was quite
disturbing then even more so not to hear that my $199 will
not find it
fixed!
Agreed - Deferred - Closed? :P
*sigh*
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How can I save a shockwave3D file that I created in real time
using lingo??
You can't.
Colin just took the words straight out of my mouth :)
But what you Can (and expected to do) is to save the LINGO that you used to
create the world, and recreate it each time you start playing the
Hei All..
i made the projector (XXX.exe),when i run the projector (xxx.exe) in the window 95 or 98,the windows will prompts out the message box ("this program consits illegal operation"),why this message display ?
Is my scripts error or the system problem?
This message only sometime prompts
Hello lists,
Hope you can help me with this problem.
I would like to make a bar graph, wherein the length of the bars will
depend on the amount computed. I was able to make the code already for the
automatic computation of figures whenever the user input the necessary data
Great thanks .. lloydie
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HOw simple thanks for helping the needy
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Are you sure that the Bold is really a typeface of its own?
If it's just a false bold or a false italic, it's director trying to
fatten or slant the font, which might conflict with the special
properties of Hebrew line feeds...
-Andreas
Tried posting this yesterday but it seems to have
Dear List,
Once again I turn to your great wisdom in my search for enlightment.
I will be helping one of my students with his exam work. He's doing a
Quicktime movie (of a 3d walk-through). Not QTVR, just a simple film
which will be placed on a CD.
However the QT needs to have some
But when using sequnceXtra to play a midi file... Where do the midi
notes go? You can't make it play samples that are stored in your .dir
or .dxr can you?
-Andreas
At 10:38 AM -0400 5/2/01, Roy Pardi wrote:
At 7:25 AM -0700 5/2/2001, Irv Kalb wrote:
I'll guess I'll answer my own question.
When I start My projector.exe that time i want to change monitor size
color palette
like screen size 800*600 color setting is 32 bit.
The budAPI xtra can do this.
On the PC, at least... This is not cross-platform.
-Andreas
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Hi! Marco.I have no solution for you but i have a question instead.
Since you seem to be in QTVR, could you please tell me what software to use.
I would also like to know what's the trick in taking the photographs? For
ex, I want to to make an object VR for a car, how do i take the
hi! manisha, you need to go to www.printomatic.com to install the xtra that
will allow you to print specific sprites or castmembers.
hope this helps:)
Cheers!
-Dimple-
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Please tell me the buddyAPI website.
Thanx regds
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Hi Prasad,
You can use buddyAPI's baPrintFile() function to print pdf files. I
Hi
http://www.mods.com.au/budapi
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Please tell me the buddyAPI website.
Thanx regds
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One of the things they'd like to add is a
tabbing-to-next-button and enter
schemeI'm just thinking about the way to implement that
Since I'm really dealing with all the buttons as behaviors
rather than say
frame/moviescripts (perhaps I should change that?) one
thought was to have
On 5/3/01 7:44 AM, Al Hospers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
instead of using a global for that you can have the sprites register
themselves with each other in the beginSprite handler. then you don't need
to know in advance how many buttons are on the screen. I used this in a
field tab behavior
I tried using the vectors, but i don't have experience
yet on how to use
these vertex commands. I only get an error -2147221503.
Tried to look on
the Director support but i tried using a smaller figure for
a new point but
still the same error.
instead of using vectors how about
However when I import this data through v12tool, the data
turns out like
this
- first item
[]
[]-second item
[]
[]-etc.
The [] representing a square character. At this point I'm
not sure what is
causing this since the data in the access database is
standard, with just
the enter
tabbing would
tell each to
increase the focus, they'd be all on the same page.
focus or editable.
Got it. Thanks.
you are certainly welcome grin
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we're working in a chat room which displays visual responses to the
activities of the chat room. we have variables such as totalVisitors,
entries, exits etc.
some of these variables we have to store externally and at the moment we're
using a perl script for that. however, i want to see what can
Dimple..
I've done a bit of work with QTVR...here are some basics:
First, at a minimum, you'll need a tripod and special tripod head for your
camera.
Kaidan sells relatively inexpensive heads designed for creating photos to be
used
to create QTVR scenes. As for the camera, your 35mm will
Ah an old GD primate on the mailing list!!
Rich P
ex-GD
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Any thoughts on the move to a HTML help system in 8.5? I really miss the
old
style which I personally
Christ! You ex-GD too? I suppose no-one else on this list would ever
understand .
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Hi All,
I am checking thru a projector whether the user has QT installed or not. I
have downloaded the new QTInstaller 5 and
when i am installing the code and cancel in between the program doesnt quit
but goes on to the next handler.
Does anyone know the error code of QT 5 to check when the
Hi!
Well.
What do you think about color depth in director movies?
It's best 8 bits depth or 32 bits depth in 8.0 Director movies?
Thanks.
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When I start My projector.exe that time i want to change monitor size
color palette
like screen size 800*600 color setting is 32 bit.
The budAPI xtra can do this.
On the PC, at least... This is not cross-platform.
Not quite correct. There *is* a Mac version available for free as part of a
When using the Sequence XTRA, I build up a list of notes that the
user wants to hear, then turn them into a MIDI sequence. For
example, the notes E, F, G, gets turned into:
[[[1, 1, 1, 1], [[0, 144, 52, 100, 480], [480, 144, 53, 100, 480],
[960, 144, 55, 100, 480
Then I pass this list
Well, Ines, it's still a bit unclear to me how XML fits the bill here. A few
questions to begin with:
- What aspects of your client/server data management would benefit from
having that data encapsulated in XML?
- Are you just looking for a convenient way of organizing the data, or would
the
Work continues on DOM-Lingo. I'm grappling with implementing
DocumentFragment and the namespace functions. Right now, the project really
needs a parser object that doesn't rely on the XMLParser Xtra, so I'm
looking into what it will take to port the Xerces parser, scanners and
readers over to
I've developed a series of CDs on Public Health using Director 7 ... the
client now wants them to go on their website as well ... what are the
pros and cons of using RealMedia, Shockwave, or Flash?
Since you have already done it in Director, the straightest route would
probably be Shockwave.
Thanks Kerry
I am sorry i am giving u trouble.
Oh, don't apologize. I didn't mean to sound like I was scolding you--just
passing along a tip to help you get the most out of the List. I was in a
bit of a hurry trying to catch a plane, so my tone may have been more
abrupt than I intended.
U
Hello list!
I am finding that my projector (640x480) will not center upon opening. I have the
projector setup to center, but no luck. Anyone know why this would happen?
Thanks,
Brian
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Once again I turn to your great wisdom in my search for enlightment.
Patience, Grasshopper.
What resolution would be the highest possible and what compression codec
do you think is appropriate for streaming QT off of a CD using Director?
Depends on your machine specs. Generally, I like
At 9:20 AM -0700 5/3/2001, Watson, Christopher wrote:
Work continues on DOM-Lingo. I'm grappling with implementing
DocumentFragment and the namespace functions. Right now, the project really
needs a parser object that doesn't rely on the XMLParser Xtra, so I'm
looking into what it will take to
Hey list!
I know this probably was already discussed, but is it possible to use buddy
api in the web, despite the security problems and all?!
Thanks.
Fabio
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I know this probably was already discussed, but is it
possible to use buddy
api in the web, despite the security problems and all?!
no
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Yeah, but you can do all this in Beatnik as well.
I guess I'm not seeing how you're locking to quarter notes, eigth notes,
etchow are you keeping track between note values in relation to each
other, ie tempo?
On 5/3/01 11:43 AM, Irv Kalb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When using the Sequence
At 5:15 PM -0400 5/2/01, Ian Jempson wrote:
When I use the ilk() function it seems that instances of a parent script
are shown as #instance. Since I have a list where any given element may be
one of three different classes, is there any way that lingo can easily
return the name of the parent
Friends,
Is there a way to customize the Macromedia banner which shows at the beginning
and at the end of a projector? For example I would like to put my name under
whom it is licensed to etc. Thanks in advance.
Kannan
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Is there a way to customize the Macromedia banner which shows
at the beginning
and at the end of a projector? For example I would like to
put my name under
whom it is licensed to etc. Thanks in advance.
dunno what you are talking about unless you are using an academic version.
if that is
The problem was that I was not able to do this in Beatnik. I read
the manual several times and could not find this functionality. I
wrote the Beatnik folks and asked them specifically how to build up a
song full of notes on the fly and get Beatnik to play it back with
the proper timing.
I think it really depend on our project...
More bit depth mean more load on process
But few color can makes things bad..especially if you're working
with sprite ink...
It's my opinion
V
Hi!
Well.
What do you think about color depth in director movies?
It's best 8 bits depth
1. Where in MIDI time to play the note
2. 144 is the noteOn event
3. The note number
4. Velocity (whatever that is)
5. Duration (480 is a quarter note)
my word. this sounds like the days of programming using Commodore 64 BASIC!
grin
FWIW - for all practical purposes Velocity is the
no one responded to this, so I wasn't sure if it really went threw or not,
so I appologize if you have already seen this
ok, here is one that I have been messin with for about an hour now. I am
trying to get the location of a specific line within a text/field sprite.
Here is what I am doing:
Do you ever limit the data rate of your QT videos?
Sure--it depends on the medium. If it's coming off CD, I'd go with a higher
data rate than for a Web video. Or, more precisely, a higher average bit
rate, since I tend to use Sorensen 2 and VBR. The higher data rate gives
the option of
Perhaps this is the confusion. This is a kid's game based soley on
the screen. There no musical keyboard instruments here. I am not
recording something that is played on an instrument. As the user
clicks on what notes they want to play, I am building up a song on
the fly, then I need to
At 2:02 PM -0400 5/3/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Friends,
Is there a way to customize the Macromedia banner which shows at the beginning
and at the end of a projector? For example I would like to put my name under
whom it is licensed to etc. Thanks in advance.
This banner or splash screen will
At 1:34 PM -0400 5/2/01, Al Hospers wrote:
Are you all sure that it was Director's problem? Just in
general, when two
sounds are played back to back (or if one cuts off the other one), the
waveforms have to align very closely for it to transition
smoothly. If one
sound's waveform ends up
Have you forwarded this information on to Greg Yachuk? I'm
not sure that
he sees posts on this list and it would be useful to know if
he a) knows
about the issue for D8.5 and b) might know of a workaround.
no. I was speaking of the problem in 8, which I discussed at length with
Jake. I am
Hey all -
We are creating a large environment with several technologies including
Director (shockwave) and Java. We started out with just a Director
environment using MIAWs, but found modularity (e.g., namespaces and
memory
contexts) to be a bit weak. Also, MIAWs not working in shockwave
Have you looked at Andy White's lingo xml parser?
It was the first thing I looked at, several months ago. Andy's parser was
written during the infancy of the XMLParser Xtra, when all he was really
trying to do was duplicate the Xtra's functionality (and, by association,
its shortcomings), so as
Hello List,
I'm in the process of creating a CBT with Director that will have a simulated version
of a software package our company developed in Visual Fox Pro. I want my simulated
version to be as true to form as possible. A major part of the software is what's
called the Mover Form which
Hi List
I'm one of the authors of sequenceXtra and I must say it's interesting to
follow the ongoing discussion about MIDI and sequenceXtra going on on the
list now.
Since the question of timing in sequenceXtra and MIDI as a protocol has come
up I would like to take the opportunity to gove an
Is it possible to read a volume label of a cd-rom.
Yep--you need the Director Swiss Army Knife, aka Buddy API. I think you
want the baDiskInfo command. Check it out at http://www.mods.com.au/budapi/.
No one should be without Buddy. It's cheap--in fact, free if you use, I
believe, 2 or less
I would like to take the opportunity to gove an introduction to that
matter, and at the same time make a few othe points. I hope I don't bore
everyone. I just think this is reallu useful stuff.
Bjarne,
This is awesome! Not boring at all--this kind of info is what I'm on the
list for. I'm a
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[[[1, 1, 1, 1], [[0, 144, 52, 100, 480], [480, 144, 53, 100, 480],
[960, 144, 55, 100, 480
and pass this in to a call in the Sequence XTRA called
sxBuildTrack. Then I call sxPlay in the Sequence XTRA and it
plays the song. This
With the buddy api xtra, yes.
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I've come with a way to do this now, If anyone would like to know just let
me know and I will post the code as soon as I finish it...
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To: Lingo Group
So, my question is, does this type of functionality even seem possible
with Lingo?
I don't see anything there that can't be done in Lingo. It's a bit of a
project, but many of us have done much more complex things.
please consider offering suggestions as to the basic logic or way to break
...have to second Kerry's comments. I'm a long time MIDIot myself
and found your comments to be very useful/informative...the bit
of history provided some valuable context.
Josie
Kafka's Daytime
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Hi Bjarne,
In my opinion, SequenceXtra would be the Xtra of the Decade if it was
possible for you to implement an 'internal mode'. That is:
SequenceXtra playing its dynamically created (or loaded) midi file
_using _sound _cast _members.
What do you think? Would it be possible?
-Andreas
On 5/3/01 4:57 PM, Andreas Gaunitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
_using _sound _cast _members.
What do you think? Would it be possible?
I just asked him if it could tie in with beatnik - send the midi firing to
the beatnik xtra...
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I would definitely use Lingo's OOP capabilities. Irv Kalb is one of
our resident OOP gurus, and I know he's written some articles on OOP
programming.
Stop it you're making me blush.
If you ask him nicely, he'd probably give you a couple of URLs.
Try: http://www.furrypants.com/loope
(Heck,
I have a movie that I am using a Buddy API to print a pdf file. I am
going to convert it to a dcr file and stream it on the internet. Does
anyone know if I can make that xtra work with the dcr file while
streaming?
You can't use Buddy, but here's an intriguing idea. The next version of
A bit of a correction to one of my earlier posts. You can use Buddy's
baDiskInfo to find the volume name of a CD on Windows only. It's not a Mac
function, though. Well, the DiskInfo function is available on the Mac, but
you apparently can't get the volume name like you can on Windows.
Kerry Thompson kindly wrote:
A bit of a correction to one of my earlier posts. You can use Buddy's
baDiskInfo to find the volume name of a CD on Windows only. It's not a Mac
function, though. Well, the DiskInfo function is available on the Mac, but
you apparently can't get the volume name like
it works fine when tested in
the message window but only displays the last item in the field on screen.
It would be helpful if you told us the code you're using to display it.
the next problem would be how to make each item clickable. do I need to
use a separate field for each item in the
repeat with volumeName in [MyCD1, MyCD2, MyCD3, MyCD4]
if baFileExist(volumeName :ID then exit repeat
end repeat
Thanks, mare--that's actually the approach I use at the moment, except I'm
using baDiskList() for my volume name list. The problem is that it hits the
floppy drive, zip drive,
Uhm... Kerry, it's my belief that with Sorenson, higher datarates quickly
leads to extreme performance demands. When you go above 120 Kb/S you're
already into modern computers.
Jakob
Hmm... It's counterintuitive, but I'll take your word on it, Jakob.
Programming is my field more than video
Sorry about the read requests... I didn't restart after turning it off.
I am trying to create a screen that displays a list of items retreived from
a database into a field. The problem is that it works fine when tested in
the message window but only displays the last item in the field on screen.
For our edification, though, it would seem that the lower the bit
rate, the tighter the compression, therefore the more decompressing
the CPU would have to do. Or does a higher average bit rate equate
more to higher quality?
Not completely sure of the reasons, but you only have to test the
Hey all,
Being rather frustrated with the llingo list functions, and lack there of,
I built a series of list functions for linear and property lists that
mirror the array functions
of javascript.
If you are interested you can Download them at:
A bit of a correction to one of my earlier posts. You can use Buddy's
baDiskInfo to find the volume name of a CD on Windows only.
It's not a Mac
function, though. Well, the DiskInfo function is available on
the Mac, but
you apparently can't get the volume name like you can on Windows.
no,
On 5/3/01 7:28 PM, Al Hospers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Xtra - correct?
Right. But you can also get some kind of disklist as well, and step through
that list if need be.
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Hi everybody,
I need to know where does the shockwave plug-in folder get created when a
user downloads a copy of the shockwave player from the Net. I know where
does it get created in Windows systems, but no clue abt Mac. systems.
Rgds,
Sundar.
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