Re: ripple effect

2001-05-30 Thread pranavn
I saw a nice ripple effect on http://www.evilfish.org/movs/mousepuddle.html You might have to dabble with imaging lingo since you are using text members. Or you could simply create bitmaps of the text in Photoshop and get it in Director. Regards, Pranav

Re: Re: Help..Kinda urgent

2001-05-30 Thread R. Bhakti Klein
do you set the exitLock = TRUE in the movie to prevent them from quitting using ctrl/cmd q? i think that disables that close button too. not sure. -bh Ravi Garimella wrote: > > Hi List, > > This may sound dumb, but when i make a projector with the option > In a window > Show title bar (Checked)

Re: Variable leak?

2001-05-30 Thread pranavn
This is my checklist for debugging Director-ASP communication - The property names in the parameter list match the form variables expected by the ASP page - Set the data type explicitly to string - Recheck the ASP code to make sure it is correct Sometimes, especially when you're testing the ASP

Re: RM + QT (OT + other TLA)

2001-05-30 Thread LePhuronn
> Knowing this, I suggested an indirect conversion from RM to QT, through AVI. > IOW, convert RM->AVI with RealProducer, then AVI->QT with QT Pro. This was one thing I thought of but the copy of RealProducer G2 that I have is version 6 and the RM that I have is version 8 - I have not been able to

Opening application in a stage

2001-05-30 Thread Victor Iwan
Hello list... I wonder If we can open an application but still open in a stage... The idea like : Open "file.html" with "iexplorer.exe" in {stage} Well.. Can we do that in director ??? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l

RE: Re: Help..Kinda urgent

2001-05-30 Thread Sean Wilson
> when i make a projector with the option > In a window > Show title bar (Checked), to get a title bar on the > top of the > stage. The x box to close the applications (projector) does not work. The > minimize button - works, but not close. This happens if somewhere in your movie (on prepareMovie

Re: Help..Kinda urgent

2001-05-30 Thread Ravi Garimella
Hi List, This may sound dumb, but when i make a projector with the option In a window > Show title bar (Checked), to get a title bar on the top of the stage. The x box to close the applications (projector) does not work. The minimize button - works, but not close. Any help would be appreciated

Re: PHP variables

2001-05-30 Thread grimmwerks
Sure - funny though, as I've been delving into php myself! Php uses the echo or print to write out to the browser; if you echo your variables back as one line, then that's the netTextResult() from the postnettext you just did. Understand? On Wed, 30 May 2001, Joel Tec wrote: > Hi list, > >

RE: it is urgent pleaseeee

2001-05-30 Thread Nelson Rodríguez-Peña
Hi, you need to use the movieRate: sprite(x).movieRate = 1 -- this will play a movie sprite(x).movieRate = 0 -- this will stop a digital video sprite(x).movieRate = -1 -- will play it backwards sprite(x).movieRate = -2 -- rewind sprite(x).movieRate = 2 -- fast forward This is it. Regards,

PHP variables

2001-05-30 Thread Joel Tec
Hi list, Is there a way to get values from some php variables... I currently can post values into the variables using something like this.. goToNetPage ("anypage.php?variableinphp=anyvalue") Im not an expert in php and I think that im missing some php command to catch tha values into shockwave

Re: passing variables to movies

2001-05-30 Thread Terry R. Schussler
At 5:55 PM -0700 5/30/01, Gavin Sim wrote: >Is it possible to pass a variable to another movie. for example i wish to >pass a variable called yourName to another movie i have created is this >possible? Read the documentation (Lingo Reference) under the topic "global". You will benefit from this

Assigning date objects to sprites within a repeat loop??

2001-05-30 Thread Gene Fritzinger
Hi List, I've created a calendar from a graphic which runs from 1999 2002 as part of a CBT. The reason it's a graphic is because it needs to be identical to the calendar within the software package for which the CBT is for. This calendar shows twelve months at a time, and when the user clicks

Re: Blinking Cursor in Field Position

2001-05-30 Thread RmtcDave
Hey, thanks. That was one that somehow floated over me. :-p Dave [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 an

RE: it is urgent pleaseeee

2001-05-30 Thread Al Hospers
>I m a beginer of Director. And i m using version 8. > i m working on a presentation. I want to use a quick > time movie in my presentation. can u tell me the > script with that i can use play stop and rewind and > forward buttons. i mean i want to control that movie > in director with these b

Re: Re: Quicktime Movie limitations

2001-05-30 Thread Colin Holgate
>The bandwidth savings would be in the compression method. I'd stick >with Sorensen, but make sure it's Sorensen Pro with VBR. One comment about this (or maybe two). I've seen some color weirdness when using VBR, so if you see that try Basic instead. Also, at higher data rates there may not be

it is urgent pleaseeee

2001-05-30 Thread Awais Irshad
Dears I m a beginer of Director. And i m using version 8. i m working on a presentation. I want to use a quick time movie in my presentation. can u tell me the script with that i can use play stop and rewind and forward buttons. i mean i want to control that movie in director with these b

RE: Blinking Cursor in Field Position

2001-05-30 Thread Al Hospers
> Okay, is there any way to detect where the blinking cursor in > a field is at. > I've read into "selection", "selStart", and "selEnd", but I > specifically need > to know where that cursor is when no text is selected. when there is nothing selected, the SelStart = the SelEnd. hth Al Hospers C

Re: Re: Quicktime Movie limitations

2001-05-30 Thread Colin Holgate
>We are working with a 832x624 Director movie, with a 640x480 >Quicktime running on it. >The Quicktime is 15fps, Sorenson compression, with 22Khz, stereo >sound. Is this something >the typical Pentium III 500Mhz system can handle nowadays. The >presentation is running from >a ISO PC-only CD.

Re: Re: Quicktime Movie limitations

2001-05-30 Thread Kerry Thompson
>Is this something the typical Pentium III 500Mhz system can handle nowadays. >If not, what would be more saving of bandwidth: sound, fps or the >compression method? Without testing it, I would say probably it's ok, but there are a lot of variables--video card, available RAM, etc. I think you'

Re: Quicktime Movie limitations

2001-05-30 Thread Mark Scott
We are working with a 832x624 Director movie, with a 640x480 Quicktime running on it. The Quicktime is 15fps, Sorenson compression, with 22Khz, stereo sound. Is this something the typical Pentium III 500Mhz system can handle nowadays. The presentation is running from a ISO PC-only CD. If not,

Re: passing variables to movies

2001-05-30 Thread Kerry Thompson
>Is it possible to pass a variable to another movie. Declare it global in both movies, in the scripts you want it available. global yourName >Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post me

Re: passing variables to movies

2001-05-30 Thread Colin Holgate
>Is it possible to pass a variable to another movie. for example i >wish to pass a variable called yourName to another movie i have >created is this possible? Global variables will still be around when you go to that other movie. -- [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest

Blinking Cursor in Field Position

2001-05-30 Thread RmtcDave
Okay, is there any way to detect where the blinking cursor in a field is at. I've read into "selection", "selStart", and "selEnd", but I specifically need to know where that cursor is when no text is selected. Incidently, the overall problem I'm trying to correct may already have been solved,

passing variables to movies

2001-05-30 Thread Gavin Sim
Is it possible to pass a variable to another movie. for example i wish to pass a variable called yourName to another movie i have created is this possible? thanks _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Re: ripple effect

2001-05-30 Thread Slava Paperno
Creating Ripples With Imaging Lingo, http://www.director-online.com/accessArticle.cfm?id=884 Slava At 05:18 PM 5/30/2001 +, you wrote: >Hi all, > >Im trying to achieve a kind of 'javascript' ripple effect (which we often >see in websites) I need to code it so whenever user rolls over a spr

Re: ripple effect

2001-05-30 Thread Brian Farmer
Go with DMTools Wave effect. I have used it and it works well. Good luck, Brian On Wednesday, May 30, 2001, Martha Arifin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi all, > >Im trying to achieve a kind of 'javascript' ripple effect (which we often >see in websites) I need to code it so whenever user rolls

ripple effect

2001-05-30 Thread Martha Arifin
Hi all, Im trying to achieve a kind of 'javascript' ripple effect (which we often see in websites) I need to code it so whenever user rolls over a sprite (text, in my case - it could be text member or bitmap), you'll get ripple/wavy effect distorting the text. Anyone can point me to the right

Re: Comunicating with linked dir's

2001-05-30 Thread Colin Holgate
>This sounds very interesting. How fast and how stable ist it? It's pretty easy to test for yourself. Just import one of your own movies into a new movie, as an externally linked file. Place it on the stage, set the member to enable scripts, and run your stage movie. There are certainly some t

Re: Comunicating with linked dir's

2001-05-30 Thread R. Bhakti Klein
you can get into trouble if you're not careful managing globals and other objects. but in general i find it quite stable and useful. haven't checked how fast it is, but in some cases there is no alternative, and it's certainly faster than nothing. :-) Florian Bogeschdorfer wrote: > > Colin Holga

Re: Comunicating with linked dir's

2001-05-30 Thread Florian Bogeschdorfer
Colin Holgate wrote: > > >I have never tries to import a .dir file into another one. But I guess > >what You want to do is to play different movies at the same time in > >different windows. Thats called MIAW (movie in a window) and You use the > >tell command to communicate, eg > > > >tell wind

Drag & drop vertexes

2001-05-30 Thread Fabricio G. Bissoli
Anybody can help me in a script to make a drag and drop in a vector shape member? The problem is when I have a polygon where the number of vertex is unknow. I want drag a vertex of this polygon in Shockwave mode. I thought verify, when mouseDown, if the mouseLoc is near of each vertex and so, set

Re: Drop Down Menus

2001-05-30 Thread Court Batson
> Does anyone know how to make drop down navigation windows in director > or if there is any good tutorial's on the subject Search http://www.director-online.com/ for the title "Pop'n Fresh!" Court Batson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bentmedia.com/ Bent Media, Inc. 128 South Clark Street New O

RE: Variable leak?

2001-05-30 Thread Mark R. Jonkman
Hi Sharon Anyway, several times when > retrieving the questions, there is html code showing up as a question. > The > code is usually the error that has occurred. What is the error message If it is a SQL Server or ASP error message then the ASP page should be doing its own error checking an

Re: Hyperlink text color

2001-05-30 Thread Ravi Garimella
Hi All, I need to change the color of text chunk when using hyperlinks in a text cast member. Right now i am using the code below to turn of the styles of the hyperlink but it does not work. Any help would be appreciated. Ravi property spriteNum on beginSprite me member("email text on pract

Variable leak?

2001-05-30 Thread Sharon Moeller
I have done a trivia game that uses asp pages to retrieve info from a database. There is an asp page, through the use of the stored procedure, that pulls 18 random questions, and also randomizes the answers so the question is never the same, in theory. Anyway, several times when retrieving t

Re: Comunicating with linked dir's

2001-05-30 Thread Rob Romanek
I wrote an introductory article on the subject a while back.. still working on the next one :-) Check it out at: http://www.director-online.com/accessArticle.cfm?id=439 There are a lot of issues with LDMs but they are a lot of fun! Good luck, Rob Stevon Ritchie wrote: > Hi all, > > A student

Re: Comunicating with linked dir's

2001-05-30 Thread Colin Holgate
>I have never tries to import a .dir file into another one. But I guess >what You want to do is to play different movies at the same time in >different windows. Thats called MIAW (movie in a window) and You use the >tell command to communicate, eg > >tell window "myWindow" to do something >or in c

Re: Re: RM + QT (OT + other TLA)

2001-05-30 Thread Wingates
> It has been pointed out to me that there is a Windows ActiveX for RM > format - anybody know where it is? It should appear in the ActiveX list of controls if you have the right Real software installed on your machine. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the "right" software is. I just installe

Re: RM + QT (OT + other TLA)

2001-05-30 Thread Wingates
> Quicktime Pro will not convert Real Audio Knowing this, I suggested an indirect conversion from RM to QT, through AVI. IOW, convert RM->AVI with RealProducer, then AVI->QT with QT Pro. >> you should be able to convert indirectly >> RM->AVI->QT using tools like RealProducer & QuickTime Pro. HT

Re: Comunicating with linked dir's

2001-05-30 Thread Colin Holgate
>I have imported a linked test movie which can have its script's >turned on and off but i can not seem to be able to comunicate with >it. >I have tried addressing it as a sprite, a member and a movie and i >have tried using the tell command. >has anyone found the format to enable remote control

Re: crossfade mp3 members

2001-05-30 Thread Colin Holgate
>I tried several things, but not very satisfying Not sure what you've tried, because it couldn't be simpler. Just puppetsound play the two members that have the MP3's as linked files, and repeatedly set the volume of both sounds to do the crossfade. [To remove yourself from this list, or

Sound cuts off before finished playing

2001-05-30 Thread Tasso Kaup
I'm using the Frame Properites: Tempo Dialog to determine the end of a wav file by setting the Cue Point to "{ End }" under "Wait for Cue Point". Often however, but not alwayws, the sound would cut off before the end which causes timing problems. Has anybody any idea what causes this behaviour a

Re: Comunicating with linked dir's

2001-05-30 Thread Florian Bogeschdorfer
I have never tries to import a .dir file into another one. But I guess what You want to do is to play different movies at the same time in different windows. Thats called MIAW (movie in a window) and You use the tell command to communicate, eg tell window "myWindow" to do something or in case of

Re: making a quiz

2001-05-30 Thread Tony Domigan
>Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 17:47:01 >From: "Gavin Sim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: making a quiz >can anyone andvise me how to make a multiple choice quiz with 5 questions >and three possible answers? The quiz needs to be scored and the person would >get two points for a correct answer

RE: Drop Down Menus

2001-05-30 Thread Al Hospers
> Does anyone know how to make drop down navigation windows in director > or if there is any good tutorial's on the subject Hi William, There is, of course, the standard InstallMenu command that has been built into Director at least since V 4. A perusal of the Lingo Dictionaly or Help will provi

Comunicating with linked dir's

2001-05-30 Thread Stevon Ritchie
Hi all, A student has asked me about controlling linked dir's play in a director movie. I have imported a linked test movie which can have its script's turned on and off but i can not seem to be able to comunicate with it. I have tried addressing it as a sprite, a member and a movie and i have

crossfade mp3 members

2001-05-30 Thread Martijn Janssen
Hi All, Does anyone know a way to crossfade two mp3 members in a give time (say 1 sec.)? The filename of the members can change, the movie reads the files in a certain directory and if they are MP3 thay can be played by the movie. I use two members to "store" the files in: "song1" and "song2". The

Cast problem

2001-05-30 Thread mitesh
Hi Friends, On stage i can see all data but when i open cast that time i can't see any image & text in cast but when i save file & close cast & then open cast then i can see that that is external cast so how can i solve that problem. Mitesh [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to

Switch Case

2001-05-30 Thread Jonathan Rees
Hello, its been a while, I just cant figure out a couple of things.. I am doing a switch case procdure to determine elements on the stage, I am testing my movie with the following code, can someone simply tell me how to switch my mode using button press I have done like : on mouseUp set gMode =

No Subject

2001-05-30 Thread Jonathan Rees
Hello, its been a while, I just cant figure out a couple of things.. I am doing a switch case procdure to determine elements on the stage, I am testing my movie with the following code, can someone simply tell me how to switch my mode using button press I have done like : on mouseUp set gMode =