1) I seem to recall some situations where the alert hook WOULDN'T kick in -
so it won't save your butt all the time.
2) The fact that you have some bug at all, whether or not the message is
suppressed, is still a problem.
3) Depending on the bug, you might suppress the message, and then you m
Thanks...
I was also getting curious about this mechanism, is there any weak points
you can spot, because if not, I'm thinkin of using this for bugtracking in
ALL future projects. Especially those, which will have updates, because the
mass of data this could produce is astounding. Just think: rel
Well, if you're not in a position to eradicate all bugs that could create a
dialog before shipping, but you've tried, then certainly doing something
like you're suggesting makes a nice insurance.
Both myself and Bruce just wanted to make the point that you shouldn't use
alertHook in lieu of
Tab Julius wrote:
> Well, it'll help mask errors, but if you have an error, now you'll never
> know where it was or what the user was doing.
>
> All you're doing is suppressing the error MESSAGE, but whatever the error
> (non-existent variable, undefined handler, non-list, etc), the error will
>
As far as I know the ISP is not a QuickTime server, basically I have a
dcr movie which I have published and then upload with the QuickTime
movies that are contained in the dcr onto my server space at my ISP and
in the root folder...
Do I need to configure a QuickTime server, and if so can this be
does that work with shocwave too? should it be called shockwave.ini?
Bruce Epstein - Zeus Productions wrote:
>
> IMNSHO it is insane to ship a project with a known bug by disabling the
> error message. How can any of *us* predict whether it will affect the
> project when we don't know what is ca
IMNSHO it is insane to ship a project with a known bug by disabling the
error message. How can any of *us* predict whether it will affect the
project when we don't know what is causing the error or the nature of your
project?
I repeat my advice from the other day:
Create a text file called .INI
Well, it'll help mask errors, but if you have an error, now you'll never
know where it was or what the user was doing.
All you're doing is suppressing the error MESSAGE, but whatever the error
(non-existent variable, undefined handler, non-list, etc), the error will
still exist and will proba
Well, it'll help mask errors, but if you have an error, now you'll never
know where it was or what the user was doing.
All you're doing is suppressing the error MESSAGE, but whatever the error
(non-existent variable, undefined handler, non-list, etc), the error will
still exist and will proba
An absolute pathname is like referncing to a movie by:
go to movie "c:\projects\main"
I's not a setting, you have to code it.
Third question, Did you protect the movies on the development machine or the
one you have the error on?
Pekka
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [m
I have worked it out!
thanks to Carl for putting me on the right track.
here's how I did it; not very elegant but it works lika a charm:
(D7)
on exitFrame
sprite(the currentSpriteNum).moveableSprite = True
sprite(the currentSpriteNum).constraint = the currentSpriteNum +1
set the
coolwe'll give it a shot
At 03:14 PM 06/08/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi Dale
>
>Taking a little stab at things, why not make a complete backup of all your
>movies into a new folder. Rename your old folder for safety.
>
>then select Xtras -> Update Movies -> Select Update
>
>Then provided you've
Hi Dale
Taking a little stab at things, why not make a complete backup of all your
movies into a new folder. Rename your old folder for safety.
then select Xtras -> Update Movies -> Select Update
Then provided you've already created a solid backup then you can select
delete original files.
As
well, i never reference the casts at all, and when i reference the movies,
i never use the extension
as for absolute path name, i can not answer that question. is it a
preference somewhere?
At 12:07 AM 06/09/2001 +0300, you wrote:
>Hmm. Are you sure you have not
>1# used absolute pathnames on t
Hmm. Are you sure you have not
1# used absolute pathnames on the machine the files were developed on
2# used extensions (*.cst, *.dir) when referncing to the files which now
have been protected. Those aren't neccessary.
Pekka Buttler
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailt
i've never bothered to protect files before, but thought i would give it a
fling.
dir 8.0, win 98
i got everything changed to .dxr, .cxt ok, but when i installed software on
another machine, it was trying to find the old .cst files in the path on
the machine they were developed on...what am i miss
Got it!
Special thanks and a tip of the hat to Mark Jonkman--you nailed it, my friend.
There was no bug in imaging Lingo. There were duplicate sprites using the
same cast member. We had them just off-stage (-1, -1), and after we set the
image, we moved one onstage, leaving the other in the upp
Hi Al
> >
> > When exactly did SW start supporting MIAW's
>
> sorry.. you are absolutely positivily correct. it does not,
> unfortunately. I
> guess was in a fog
Just had to give you a little good natured poke on that one :-)
However, you are half right, you can roll your
> NOTE - the required Xtra is NOT Shockwave compatible. If you need SW
> dialogs
> you will neet to roll your own as MIAW's.
>
> When exactly did SW start supporting MIAW's
sorry.. you are absolutely positivily correct. it does not, unfortunately. I
guess was in a fog
Al H
Thanx guys, this list is fantastic. Fifteen minutes ago, I didn't know a thing about
custom dialog boxes, now, I have a thirty-page PDF on my desk about using the MUI
Xtra. I also already own BuddyAPI so I'll certainly consider using baMsgBox for my
simpler dialog boxes. And now, Al just in
Nick Youmans wrote :
> it might be possible use the MUI Xtra (which, if I remember right) is what
> director uses to make it's own dialog boxes), but I have never tried it.
>
I suspect that. Mainly two reasons: If the Director Error messages would be
done through MUI, then how the h*** do I see
Hi Al
You wrote:
NOTE - the required Xtra is NOT Shockwave compatible. If you need SW
dialogs
you will neet to roll your own as MIAW's.
When exactly did SW start supporting MIAW's
Sincerely
Mark R. Jonkman
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> Is it possible to add more than just one (OK) button to a
> standard alert message? I'd like to replace the OK button
> with a YES and NO button and ideally have to YES button in
> the hilited mode, sp the user can simply hit the Enter key.
Hi g,
You can certainly use MUI dialog boxes to do w
>When assigning images to members from the memory buffer, Director
>automatically creates a duplicate of the image.
Ok, I've verified that:
new(#bitmap)
imgA = image(320, 240, 32)
put imgA
--
put member(1).image
--
member(1).image = imgA
put member(1).image
--
> However, when reversing the
> Is it possible to add more than just one (OK) button to
> a standard alert message? I'd like to replace the OK
> button with a YES and NO button and ideally have to
> YES button in the hilited mode, sp the user can simply
> hit the Enter key.
you can easily do this with the buddyAPI Xtra & the
Another good way is utilizing the buddyAPI Xtra (www.buddyapi.com)
BuddyAPI lets you use two fuctions for free, though once you have it that
might not satisfy you... :-)
The creator of buddyAPI also posts a beta version of a single-task Xtra by
the name of baMsgBoxEx, which extends the functionali
you can use the MUI dialogue extra that ships with director.
customizable alert boxes. you can even change the little icon in there.
lots of good documentation on the web, and in bruce's books, and gary
rosenzweig's books...
also, you could always roll your own with a modal miaw, or even just a
Hey List,
Is it possible to add more than just one (OK) button to a standard alert message? I'd
like to replace the OK button with a YES and NO button and ideally have to YES button
in the hilited mode, sp the user can simply hit the Enter key.
As always, with much respect,
g fritzinger
[To
>I think the stage image is of a different class than a member image- more
>housekeeping is done with the latter, etc.
It appears you're right on that--I just ran some tests, and member image
assignment does not work the same way.
Cordially,
Kerry Thompson
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Very cool Bruce :)
Thanks and have a geat weekend!
-Warren.
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Hi. I'm coworking on a project where every part of the production process
has suffered delays, except the mastering deadline.
Now I do not usually even consider things like this, but now there's a real
risc that the product will have some bugs (especially an elusive one, which
throws a seemingly
Here is a fancier utility that finds the last symbol automatically. I also
created a revised version of the dumpsymbols utility. You can abort it by
clicking the mouse as it takes a long time to print out 1800+ symbols
on lastSymbol
emptySym = symbol(EMPTY)
repeat with x = 0 to the maxInteger
Here it is:
put interface (xtra "DumpSymbolXtra")
-- "xtra DumpSymbolXtra -- blabla from Holland!
--Functions--
* DumpSymbol integer index -- returns symbol at index from 0 to ?
"
Here is some sample code to print out a range of symbols
on dumpSymbols startIndex, endIndex
repeat with x = star
At 12:26 PM -0400 06/08/01, "Panta, Ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> What is "Dir Opener"? (Do you have a url)
>
>Here is URL or Dir Openor
>http://www.j-roen.net/diropener/
>
>> I have a cracker tool that I made a while ago, but I only use it to help
>> rescue people who lost a DIR in a disk c
> Am I to gather that there is no no-xtra way?
none. this requires a call to the system API.
Al Hospers
CamberSoft, Inc.
alcambersoftcom
http://www.cambersoft.com
A famous linguist once said:
"There is no language wherein a double
positive can form a negative."
YEAH, RIGHT
[To remove yourse
At 10:37 AM -0700 6/8/01, Kerry Thompson wrote:
>>I wouldn't think so. If you then change pDotSprite.member.image,
>>hiliteImage is not changed (afaik),
>> so images are not passed by reference like lists- at least when
>>you specify then as a member image.
>
>Wow--we found something we can d
Thanks Al.
Am I to gather that there is no no-xtra way?
Pekka
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Al Hospers
> Sent: 8. kesäkuuta 2001 20:43
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: wheelmouse and scrollable text fields
>
>
>
> > Is th
> Is there a way to caputre the input generated by rotating the
> wheel of a
> wheelmouse, xtra or something.
>
> I've got a client who is annoyed "how can you say industry standard if
> director cannot utilize my wheelmouse?". Help appreciated
try DirectXtras. they have one that does the job. I
>I wouldn't think so. If you then change pDotSprite.member.image,
>hiliteImage is not changed (afaik),
> so images are not passed by reference like lists- at least when you
> specify then as a member image.
Wow--we found something we can disagree on :-)
Check this out:
-- Welcome to Directo
If you are familiar with using the DateMaster xtra, could you please tell me the best
way to do date manipulation with it. I've been trying to use it as you would with
date objects from director, to add and subtract a given number of days. Such as:
set gStartDate = 20010608
set gStar
Hi
Is there a way to caputre the input generated by rotating the wheel of a
wheelmouse, xtra or something.
I've got a client who is annoyed "how can you say industry standard if
director cannot utilize my wheelmouse?". Help appreciated
TIA
Pekka Buttler
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Hiya,
Are there any global handlers for this xtra ?
I've not got anywhere trying to make an instance or using interface() or the
old mMessageList.
thanks
Richard Tribe
> --
> From: Jakob Hede Madsen
> Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2001 20:5
>>How can I set the users monitor resolution to a set size that I want ?
>
>You gotta have an Xtra. Buddy is my favorite
On the Mac, the Buddy API Xtra might not include the function he needs.
Last I checked it was contained in the free baSetDisplay Xtra.
Bruce
---
If there is a God, s/he is c
Hey All,
Just thought i'd pass along the url on Newtek's site about the shockwave 3d
exporter for Lightwave.
http://www.lightwave6.com
Buttons at the bottom of the page. Looks like its going to be great fun :).
- Bill
_
Get your
> Friends:
> I have a long quicktime movie. I need to put text and graphics at different
> duration on the Director's timeline. I need to put some text of a person's
> speech and related graphics. It must synchoranize with the quicktime movie.
> Would you please tell me how easily I can do this.
Thanks for your help Bruce.
Brad Carroll sent me the formula.
the pendulum is swinging now:
on animateMe
angle = angleStart * sin(2*pi*f*t)
x = cordLength * sin(angle) + centerH
y = cordLength * cos(angle) + centerV
newPoss = point(x, y)
mySprite.loc = newPoss
end animateMe
f is the f
Dear Lingo Colleague,
Please remove me from your list.
I have been try it for some time now and it doesn't to be working.
Thanks
Olu Ojuroye
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>> Can anyone recommend a printing xtra that is supported by Director 8+.
>>
>> I am picking up a job midstream, the former programmer had been trying to
>> use Print-O-Matic but apparently had a conflict with Director 8.
>
>Yeah? Was the former programmer competent?
Obviously not, I downloaded t
> I need to find information about how xtras communicate
> with the Windows OS.
To find out _how_ they communicate, consult either anyone who writes them,
or the XDK on Macromedia's site. To _gain_access_ to the Windows API, use
Ravi's DLLGlue Xtra.
That said, the XDK documentation discusses MOA
Dear Bruce
> What is "Dir Opener"? (Do you have a url)
Here is URL or Dir Openor
http://www.j-roen.net/diropener/
> I have a cracker tool that I made a while ago, but I only use it to help
> rescue people who lost a DIR in a disk crash.
Are U kidding or its real that U made the cracker tool. B
Dear Bruce
> What is "Dir Opener"? (Do you have a url)
Here is URL or Dir Openor
http://www.j-roen.net/diropener/
> I have a cracker tool that I made a while ago, but I only use it to help
> rescue people who lost a DIR in a disk crash.
Are U kidding or its real that U made the cracker tool. B
Hi all,
after getting some work out of the way I managed to dust my old password
scripts and improved it (so that it would support deletion of character(s)).
I've posted a sample in Director 8, you can download it at
http://www.ifrance.com/evildonut/goodieBag/password.htm
the password for the e
There are many good forums on Flash. They are not lists-like, though, but
they are really good... Post your questions and you'll mostly get some
answers. These are the two great ones:
http://www.flashkit.com
http://www.were-here.com
>From: "John Horn (Home)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: OT.
Hi Kerry,
When assigning images to members from the memory buffer, Director
automatically creates a duplicate of the image. However, when reversing the
process, i.e. if you assign the image of a member to an image object, thats
when a pointer is used.
Heres what the message window had to say:
-
Hi,
Karina, Florian, thanks for help a lot. I rewrite your script once again
to
achieve exactly what I want. For those who are interested the script is
below.
Thanks
Kamil
property spriteNum
property pPresentMember
property myList
global piCounter
property pDirection
property pWhichSprite
on
this code is similar that you want
-
global gSelectOn, gDragOn, gZoomIn, gZoomOut, gZoomInOut, gRegionName,
gLanguage
global gWidthMin, gWidthMax, gWidthCurrent
global gDimensionMin, gDimensionMax, gDimensionCurrent
global gPosition
Hello Carl,
the following script works (moviescript). You?ll need BuddyAPI for this. (My
mail program will fudge the line break.)
on qtInstallation
--messages: "QT needed to start application, install now?" and "qt needed"
set choice = baMsgBox( "QuickTime wird benotigt, um diese Anwendung z
Use some QuickTime editing program to insert cuePoints into the
QuickTime movie. Then in Director, use the "on cuePassed" handler
(see the Lingo dictionary for details) to take whatever action you
want at each cue point.
Irv
At 4:22 PM -0400 6/7/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Friends:
>I have
At 7:05 PM -0700 6/7/01, Kerry Thompson wrote:
>I've created an image in memory with imaging lingo. In the debugger,
>it shows up as:
>
>hiliteImage =
>
>When I do this:
>
>pDotSprite.member.image = hiliteImage
>
>the watch window shows that member as:
>
>pDotSprite.member.image =
>
>The image
"Kafka's Daytime" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>
> Your best bet may be to include text and graphics in the QuickTime movie
> itself...
> then use Lingo to control the QuickTime movie as required. For more on this
> try
> Apple's "Quick Time for Developer's" series (try Apple's web site for
> purchs
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