fileXtra3

2001-05-22 Thread JUAN COLON
anyone know how to search for multiple files on the PC and if the files are found to delete them, using the FileXtra3 JUAN-NYC _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com [To remove yourself from this list,

Re: Sound off help

2001-05-22 Thread John Trentini
Now I think I've got it! Your post was a bit confusing. May I suggest , next time, you start with explaining what you want to acheive and then what you need help with. If you just want to play certain sounds on mouse events (mouseUp/ Down, etc.) then you don't need a toggle button but a command

Re: variable variables in lingo?

2001-05-22 Thread Bill Numerick
Thanks exactly what i wanted :) >set a = "abc" >set b = "xyz" >set abcxyz = "hello" >do "put" && a&b >-- "hello" _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change

Re: variable variables in lingo?

2001-05-22 Thread Colin Holgate
>set a = "abc" >set b = "xyz" >set abcxyz = "hello" > >put ab >"hello" set a = "abc" set b = "xyz" set abcxyz = "hello" do "put" && a&b -- "hello" set a = "abc" set b = "xyz" do "set" && a&b & "=" & quote & "hello" & quote -- [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go

Re: variable variables in lingo?

2001-05-22 Thread Tab Julius
Um, yes and no. Well, yes, though you'd have to go through a few more steps and create a string and then parse it to get its value out, so technically you could pull it off, but I'll betcha there's an easier way to do your ultimate goal. What, specifically, is your ultimate goal? You're as

variable variables in lingo?

2001-05-22 Thread Bill Numerick
Hi all, Quick question...is there a way to do variable variables in lingo? For example: set a = "abc" set b = "xyz" set abcxyz = "hello" put ab "hello" Maybe not that simple but is there anyway to do that? Thanks - Bill _ Get

Help Needed on Popup Xtra

2001-05-22 Thread Bruce Epstein - Zeus Productions
In my limited experience with the popup Xtra, the primary cause of such problems is that some versions of the xtra respond to mouseDown and some respond to mouseUp. Try changing your mouseDown handler to a mouseUp handler or vice-versa. Bruce >I am working on improving a project made with Direct

inverse sin, tan, cosin

2001-05-22 Thread Bruce Epstein - Zeus Productions
Below is a version you might find less cryptic. It is from the url I cited the other day. The asin() and acos() functions return void for invalid inputs. -- The inverse sine and cosine, known as the arcsine and arccosine -- can be derived as follows. Note the special handling of the end condition

WinNT error message

2001-05-22 Thread Bruce Epstein - Zeus Productions
Don't bundle your Xtras in the projector. Put them in a separate Xtras folder instead. (BTW, I don't think you need the BMP Agent.X32 Xtra at runtime. It is for authoring only, I believe) >Working on a projector for a client with Win NT. We test on our machine >here, and it's fine, on their machi

Re: updating htm links

2001-05-22 Thread Quixadá
hi, mark the "member("someMember").media = member("someMember").media" stuff worked just fine. setting this after setting the filename was enough. thanks a lot! At 09:26 22/05/01 -0700, Mark A. Boyd wrote: >At 06:18 5/21/2001, Quixadá wrote: >>which works. the problem is that after setting the f

Re: Field Names (OT response)

2001-05-22 Thread Irv Kalb
I wrote this the other day. My comment of "I don't know and I don't care" was not meant to be short-tempered, over-the-top, off-putting, nor was I attempting to scare newbies or put an alarming feel to the list, and I certainly did not intend to come off as an ogre. If you re-read that questi

Re: linking png file loses alpha

2001-05-22 Thread grimmwerks
...never mind, it was image depth. [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 Ling

director playback requirements....

2001-05-22 Thread grimmwerks
Just checked http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/ts/documents/playback_requirements.htm and strangely enough, it seems that the non-3d 8.5 has lighter requirements than 8.0 - is that true? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks

Re: TOGGLE BUTTON

2001-05-22 Thread LePhuronn
I've got a copy of a multi-state button I have written - I'll mail you it if you want [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

linking png file loses alpha

2001-05-22 Thread grimmwerks
Hey all - linking a member to an external png file with an alpha, but it loses it's alpha when drawn to the stage. However same graphic imported normally keeps it's alpha. I'm explicitly setting the member.usealpha to true but still no go. Any suggestions? [To remove yourself from this list, o

problem with baPrintFile

2001-05-22 Thread Allard, Simon
Hi all ! I have a problem with baPrintFile on MAC. I have to print a .PDF file, I use Buddy API with the baPrintFile function. Everything work well on PC, but on MAC I have weird thing happening. When I test the print function inside Director, it print...OK! When I test the print function on a

Re: updating htm links

2001-05-22 Thread Mark A. Boyd
At 06:18 5/21/2001, Quixadá wrote: >which works. the problem is that after setting the filename, nothing works >anymore. the new hyperlink keeps the hyperlink style, but the cursor >doesn't change, the behavior becomes inactive and the data parameter >returns nothing, not even an empty string.

Storing data in comments vs fields...

2001-05-22 Thread Brennan Young
Lucas wrote > if you store it in the scripttext of a member, > director compiles the list, so you suffer the speed hit at compile time > instead of at runtime. Not to mention that it compresses better to shockwave that way. -- _ Brennan [To remove yourself from this list, or to c

Sound off help

2001-05-22 Thread William Miller
Well I finally got the multistate button behavior in the Dir lib to work and it works great but..on the different states I need the sound to be turned off and on! The sounds I need off and on are for buttons and effects and they are all in my cast... The control section of the behavior is

open and save a file.mdb

2001-05-22 Thread roberto
Hi lingotribe! What is the best way (if it's possible) to open a file .mdb (Access), write into it (new records) and save it as .mdb using Director? V12? thank you roberto from genoa [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi

sending email

2001-05-22 Thread mitch daigle
Hey Folks, I was searching through the Digest for a way to send email and I ran into this code: on mouseup me goToNetPage "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=info&body=bla,bla"; end Would this work with ie and netscape? Does the user need a email program such as Outlook for this code to work? Mi

How to set the Media Catagory in qtRegisterAccessKey ?

2001-05-22 Thread Tze-Chien Chu
Hi I use the Media Cleaner Pro 5 to add a media key on my movie. I try to use the qtRegisterAccessKey command but the command need Catagory and Media key I know the Key but what is the catagory ? Tze-Chien Chu [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http:

Re: locVToLinePos

2001-05-22 Thread Andreas Gaunitz
A lot of Director documentation is pointing in the direction that fields are old technology, and will be obsolete. 'Text' is the future. Therefore I think that any feature that 'text' members sport will be continued, but fetures of fields may not be... I would not hesitate to rely on a feature

RE: wallpaper

2001-05-22 Thread Hai Nguyen Duc
You forget a parameter. The syntax of command: --> Result = baSetWallpaper( FileName , Tile ) If Tile you set = true then wallpaper will display titled else you set Tile=false good luck. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of gksoon Sent: Tu