Watson, Christopher wrote:
Wow, Kamil...you have GOT to see this absolutely terrific feature!!
This is really very funny, guys. I hope you all have a good time.
Thanks to Al Hospers who help me a lot because I didn't know that there is a
build-in function in Dir 8 that calls exitLock. It could
yes .. U are right .. It looks like any TEXT problem .. My OS is Win
2000
US language , Slovak regional options (central europe).
What font are you using? Is it an ISO 8859.2 (Latin 2) font? You might
have
a code page conflict. If you're using Slovak text on an English system,
that could
Not in a projector, in authoring mode.
All I get is: " A fatal error has occured, click OK to quit."
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hello (again) beloved list
So nobody has the response? Or am I incomprehensible with my poor
english... It would be so great for me (and others) to resolve this tiny
problem which prevents my interface to have a professional appearance:
When a user resize a miaw is it possible during the
My friend found another bug with fonts on Win NT/2000:
If U use imported fonts, and U are not an administrator, this fonts not
works ..
Its problem with user rights .. Projector want to put any temporary data
somewhere , without right for this area .. I dont rememeber directory ..
Pytkin
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Kamil,
You could try putting the needle on the record a little more gently !
Sorry about that, I'm feeling flipant today :o)
Tim
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Hi,
At the begining of presentation I play avi with sound. The I want to
start a main
I am looking for tools able to connect Director with FileMaker Pro.
Would anyone have any info on this subject? Either a an xtra or ways to
communicate with FileMaker Pro within Director and Shockwave documents.
Thanks!
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Is there a way to pass parameters to projectors created with Director 8.5
I'd like do something like:
projector.exe -par1 -par2
or something like that.
Thanks
Andrea
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Hello List,
I'm creating a simulated version of a software package for use in a CBT. There are
many MIAWs and much information shared between movies as global variables. I estimate
that by the time I'm through with project, there may be over one hundred global
variables, some of which will
hello, is it possible to create a 'form' for user entry in director for use
in a projector and then submit/email the contents of each field to a
specified person?
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Hello Gene,
Depends on what you put in them.
In theory the use of global vars is only limited by system memory.
You should really consider using V12. It's a great tool in managing large
projects plus it gives you the advantage that you can change your content
very fast.
We use it all the time
Hey -
strangely enough in one of my automated dice jobs emails, I saw a gig
listed for macromedia; seems they're in search of a manager for the
Director team which is strange after the recent layoffs, no?
At any rate, if there's anyone in San Fran looking for a job, I'm sure one
of the
If the states are different colors you could use getpixel() to determine
where the rollover is... or if not then you could use the old technique of
saving a multicolored version of the map from Photoshop in a (8-bit) TEXT
file, use fileIO to read the map into memory and translate the mouse
Hi Folks,
I've created a simulated version of a complex software package for use in a CBT.
There are many MIAWs and field members, drop-down menus, radio buttons, check boxes,
etc. This simulated software version will be used for tutorials where we will
instruct the user how to perform
I'm not too clear about what you want, but if it's something like posting
the form data to a web page, yes you can. Look up postNetText and
getNetText.
But if you want to _email_ the form data to someone then you can use the
Multiuser Xtra. It can send emails through SMTP. There was an open
Just hide the cursor ( set cursor to 0), and move a sprite around.
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Subject: lingo-l Can I program a MIAW to control the cursor?
AH, the city at the bay, that's an idea...
Not really, infact I've already twice applied for a job at the mothership.
I do not know if it's an american custom not to send a notification of me
not fitting their current needs, but I personally find it questionalble...
Pekka
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Thanks Chris,
But can this sprite simulate mouse clicks and other mouse functions. So all I have to
do is program the cusor. A simple example would be moving a cursor over a button with
a roll-over behavior attached to it. If I can just control the cursor by moving it
over a button, the
Hi jean-louis!
I don't really got you, but i have found this:
Lingo cannot test stillDown when it is used inside a repeat loop. Use the
mouseDown function inside repeat loops instead (Director Help)
But testing the mousedown inside the loop is in my opinion not such a good
solution because
Hi,
I nedd to develop an aplication that translate words from portuguese to
english. I have 5.000 words (both languages in a text cast member) and I
want that, at the same time the user types your querie in one language the
possible words is appearing in another window in other language.
Somene
It makes a lot of sense, but I'm afraid I have to reply with I don't think
so.
Since you cannot set properties like the mouseLoc - I don't see how.
I think faking the cursor and a lot of extra handlers is the only
alternative - but who am I to say so.
Unless you write a VB proggie or something
have you tried
tell (the stage)
cursor 280
end tell
inside a script on the MIAW?
Luiz
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listed for macromedia; seems they're in search of a manager for the
Director team which is strange after the recent layoffs, no?
I believe the position has already been filled from within but they were
obligated to post the position anyway.
Not really, infact I've already twice applied
I am using the common-used code to grab the stage picture:
m = new(#bitmap)
m.picture = (the stage).picture
but as everyone here knows. sometimes this command stalls the computer
for about 5 seconds. Is there some other way to grab the stage???
Luiz
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I'm really troubled by your reaction, Whatson.
A good come back might have been it's not always elementary, my dear Watson.
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At any rate, if there's anyone in San Fran looking for a job, I'm sure one
of the macromedia guys on the list might be able to put in a word or two
for the high-visibility ones on the list
Perhaps James Khazar should apply? He's qualified, and it would put
him in a position to smash the
Kamil,
... I didn't know that there is a
build-in function in Dir 8 that
calls exitLock. It could be
also quitLock, escapeLock or
whatever.
It's called exitLock because it prevents your user from exiting your projector via
keyboard commands, like the escape key as well as alt-F4, or
I've never seen the stage.image slow or stall a computer either.
This works very well for me every time I've used it.
- jp
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I've never seen the stage.image slow or stall a computer either.
This works very well for me every time I've used it.
He was talking about the picture of the stage causing a stall, not
the image of the stage. Maybe it does sometimes?
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i think i tried that, but i'll give it a shot. thanks!
rik
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nope. here's what the button does:
on mouseUp
showtime = member(entry).text
sprite(3).editable= FALSE
setVariable(sprite 1, nextmovie, showtime)
end
here's my movie script.
on startMovie
global showtime
member (entry).autotab = TRUE
setVariable(sprite 1, nextmovie, EMPTY)
on idle
Kamil,
I think the point was that:
you didn't even look into the Help System.
If you had looked for the ESC key (which you knew about), you would
have found the property you had wanted no matter what it's particular
name was.
(i.e. 'the blockESC' or 'the notQuit' or whatever)
Complaining
'Save' is a quick Save, appending changes to the end of the existing file.
'Save Compact' reintegrates the changes and rewrites the file.
If a file is large, or there were lots of edits, this could take
appreciable time.
'Save As' reintegrates the changes and writes a new file.
hth
-Buzz
Hi,
I need to develop an aplication that translate words from portuguese to
english. I have 5.000 words (both languages in a text cast member) and I
want that, at the same time the user types your querie in one language the
possible words is appearing in another window in other language.
Somene
untried (as I've never heard of your symptom before):
play some silence after the AVI to clear out the buffers?
-Buzz
At 10:58 PM +0200 6/27/01, Kamil Dabkowski wrote:
Hi,
At the begining of presentation I play avi with sound. The I want to
start a main sound that will play during the whole
'Save' is a quick Save, appending changes to the end of the existing file.
'Save Compact' reintegrates the changes and rewrites the file.
If a file is large, or there were lots of edits, this could take
appreciable time.
'Save As' reintegrates the changes and writes a new file.
I'm not sure
Three answers:
First, I agree with Chris' comment for using about 100 global
variables, there should be no problem with that many (as long as you
can remember what each one does :) ). While V12 is an excellent
product, using it to save a large number of global variables would be
not be
In large projects, I combine single globals in a global list. i guess
this gives no performance advantage but it makes it easier to work with.
consider this:
lPrefs=[#serial: 234, #user: Herman, #timeOnline: 2343] etc
In this way, I use 4 or 5 lists with releated globals and I don't have
any
Hi everybody!
I am working on a new database releated program, which will do thousands
of getnettext operations within a few hours. How many simultaneous
operations can I start. Is there a limit? Any experiences with that?
regards, Florian
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At 8:56 AM -0400 6/28/01, Gene Fritzinger wrote:
I have the V-12 DBE Xtra, but I'm not sure my schedule will allow the
time necessary for the learning curve. Please consider sharing your
thoughts and opinions on the best way to handle this situation.
There's hardly any learning curve with
and what do I do in director 7?
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Short answer: 4
There is an excellent article with free code written by Will Turnage
on DOUG on a NetMgr that will manage your Net requests for you
(track the 4 active ones and queue up others and activate them when
appropriate). Check it out at:
If It's a shockwave project then then I believe the limit is down to the
browser - we've found that if we go over 4 then problems start to occur.
This is using IE and Netscape on a Mac - other combinations may differ.
Shockwave seems particularly efficient on Windows...
Pete
On Thursday,
Upgade.
At 2:09 PM -0300 6/28/01, Luiz Gustavo Castelan Póvoas wrote:
and what do I do in director 7?
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I'm getting some reports that a chat room I made with Director 8.5 and the
Multiuser Server Xtra is coming up as a blank box when viewed on an OSX box.
I'm aware that Director isn't supported on OSX for authoring, but is
Shockwave happy on OSX?
Thanks,
Stephen
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Yes, Buzz, that was exactly the point.
Granted, I did emphasize it sardonically (overly so, possibly), but what I
was saying is that the truth is out there...and it's right under your
nose.
Use the help provided with the product to search out your answers first.
Good heavens, a good chunk of
I think it depends on the number of socket connections a browser has. Aren't
most browsers defaulted to 4 socket connections??? A user can of course
change this.
Anyway I have never needed to exceed more than 2 simultaneous downloads or
uploads at once (to be on the safe side). Whenever I had to
It's not a shockwave project and also I did not count I am sure that I
have been starting at least a dozen requests at a time. So are there
limits if one is not in shockwave?
regards, Florian
Pete Carss wrote:
If It's a shockwave project then then I believe the limit is down to the
browser
i'd store them in one property list, with the name of the global as the
property and the value of the global as the value in the list. then the
whole list can be global, and you can access the globals within with
globalNeeded = gGlobalsList[#whichGlobal]
and then there's only one global; the
I want that, at the same time the user types your querie in one language the
possible words is appearing in another window in other language.
That's a pretty broad question, so I can only give you a broad
answer--check into property lists, text chunk handling, and maybe databases.
listmom
And
there is a setCursor xtra, which will put the system cursor whereever
you want, but it can be a mite disconcerting for the user.
it is prolly better to kill the real cursor and use a fake, bitmap cursor.
Chris Aernoudt wrote:
It makes a lot of sense, but I'm afraid I have to reply with I
my understanding is that a regular save just appends the changes to the
end of the existing dir file, and save and compact look at the whole
file, and gets rid of old stuff that's gone etc.
Enrique Nivasch wrote:
Also, make sure you save and compact frequently.
I suppose that save and
i should really read the responses before i send my own...
Buzz Kettles wrote:
'Save' is a quick Save, appending changes to the end of the existing file.
'Save Compact' reintegrates the changes and rewrites the file.
If a file is large, or there were lots of edits, this could take
Shockwave doesn't have Linux support at this time, and since OSX is Linux-based, it's
not supported either.
Charlie Fiskeaux II
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www.cre8tivegroup.com
859/858-9054 x29
cell: 859/312-3883
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At 10:29 AM -0700 6/28/01, Stephen Recker wrote:
I'm getting some reports that a chat room I made with Director 8.5 and the
Multiuser Server Xtra is coming up as a blank box when viewed on an OSX box.
I'm aware that Director isn't supported on OSX for authoring, but is
Shockwave happy on OSX?
on 6/28/01 2:52 PM, Kerry Thompson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I want that, at the same time the user types your querie in one language the
possible words is appearing in another window in other language.
That's a pretty broad question, so I can only give you a broad
answer--check into
So my question is, can a MIAW control the cursor to this extent?
Gene, have you looked into Buddy API's baPlaceCursor?
You may not be able to do what you want directly from the MIAW, but how
about creating an object in the main movie, and using tell the stage? You
could pass parameters to
I dont like Slovak systems .. There are full of bugs , randomly hangs ,
incompatibility problems etc ..
I can sympathize--Microsoft probably didn't put much effort into the Slovak
system. It's probably too small a market for them at the moment.
Have you tried creating your projector on a
Colin's correct. I was thinking of edited members and had forgotten
about deleted.
BTW: the append-style Save is what MS Word does and one can see their
older edits if they open an edited Word doc into a raw text processor
such as BBEdit.
hth
-Buzz
At 12:00 PM -0400 6/28/01, Colin Holgate
AND ... you fixed a typo in the second version sent!
So for your question:
Considering that one can't usually map words one-to-one across
languages, you might be trying to do something impossible.
There's also the larger issue: word order
English changes it's meaning when word order is
Also, as was mentioned by Buzz save and Compact can reduce the file size. But
the method below can also do so. From the Director 8.5 Release Notes:
Developers creating Shockwave movies may find that their .dcr file size is
reduced by 500 to 1000 bytes if they Recompile All Scripts and Save the
The movie is using Arial. I'm checking to see if we have a Slovak or Central
European Win 2k system available.
Are you using the English version of Director or some other Language?
Peri
Roman Pekarek wrote:
yes .. U are right .. It looks like any TEXT problem .. My OS is Win
2000
US
on 6/28/01 4:16 PM, Buzz Kettles at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
AND ... you fixed a typo in the second version sent!
So for your question:
Considering that one can't usually map words one-to-one across
languages, you might be trying to do something impossible.
There's also the larger
Hi there friends,
I am a beginner in Lingo scripting, and I have the following
problem:
I am doing the best I can, but cannot make Director to play CD tracks.
I would be VERY grateful to anybody who can help me with some advise
or at least information on the subject.
I am working with Director
Oh, the movie doesn't use embeeded fonts so that the issue with the movie.
But Embedded fonts do have this issue listed below.
Peri
Roman Pekarek wrote:
My friend found another bug with fonts on Win NT/2000:
If U use imported fonts, and U are not an administrator, this fonts not
works ..
thank you Andreas for your suggestion. I'm afraid it's more difficult than I
was thinking... :-(
jena-louis valero
When you resize a miaw by hand is it possible during the mousedown process
to freeze the ghosty frame by lingo and so prevent that frame to get
smaller or wider?
something
There's a way to create a autocomplete feature, the user begin type and see
grayed the possible matchs for that word (something like the auto complete
xtra) and when they stop to type or the word is finished, the translation
for that word appear in other window??
That's what I hoped you were
A possible alternative is to use Snapz Pro 2.0.1
to capture excatly what you describe and save it as QT.
You talking head MIAW could then just 'open' this
QT when required to show the user how it is done.
JohnT
Gene Fritzinger wrote:
Hi Folks,
I've created a simulated version of a complex
Well, you know the right mailing list to write to. In fact, the owner of
this very mailing list makes a free xtra called CD Pro that can do exactly
what you are looking for. Check it out at:
http://www.penworks.com/
hasta...
ck
PS: You might find it more useful to put a subject in your email.
Apparently one can send/rcv data chunks from babelfish from within Director.
see http://www.babelfish.com/
maybe that would help ...
-Buzz
At 1:57 PM -0700 6/28/01, Kerry Thompson wrote:
There's a way to create a autocomplete feature, the user begin type and see
grayed the possible matchs for
Hi List,
How do I or can I lockout someone from getting in to my dir file and editing them when
I'm not around?
Thanks
Fred Westermeyer
Slot Graphics
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At 4:44 PM -0500 6/28/01, Fred Westermeyer wrote:
Hi List,
How do I or can I lockout someone from getting in to my dir file and
editing them when I'm not around?
Thanks
Fred Westermeyer
Slot Graphics
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265 Beach Boulevard
Your answers are boring. To tell the boss someone´s entering into your .dir
file is not as fun as renaming the file with the old DOS Norton Utilities
and erasing the first character of the file. That wolud be like something
like erasing it.
And there are more many ways to do it... (sorry for my
Thanks Tom Higgins and Alex Smith for your help. It has been very useful
to me.
I would like to know how my cylinder (happy parent of my camera) can
follow a simply terrain. For example: to walk on a stair and going from
the first floor to the second. Let´s do it without steps, only climbing
a
Irv, Buzz and Andy,
I've got the begginings of a solution working. I'll post it tommorow.
Thanks alot for your suggestions,
Dennis
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Gravity of some sort is needed, but let's talk about how we implement that...
What is desired? To hold the cylinder _down_ on the terrain of movement. Therefore I'd
suggest that you periodically (every exitFrame, prepareFrame or using a timeout
object) determine the model's position
What I was meaning (in some way) was that if you make a .zip, anyone can
delete it. And if you can´t control if someone is messing with your files,
you can´t control neither if they erase them. Hidding Folders and/or files
is a safe solution. And you can even hide the zip file with the password
What I was meaning (in some way) was that if you make a .zip, anyone can
delete it.
Fred didn't say why he wanted to keep people out of his files, but I
suspect it is for security. Look at his sig--he works for a casino. Those
folk have to be as careful about security as banks. I know--I've
hidden doesn't mean safe. erasing a hard drive will destroy it.
If you want to keep it safe, take it with you.
-Buzz
At 4:49 PM -0700 6/28/01, Kerry Thompson wrote:
What I was meaning (in some way) was that if you make a .zip, anyone can
delete it.
Fred didn't say why he wanted to keep
Hi Andrea,
This is easy on Windows using Buddy API's baCommandArgs() function
(returns the command line as a string). There's also an undocumented
movie property -- the commandLine -- that should return the same
value.
The Macintosh OS doesn't use command lines, so passing arguments to a
if in the property inspector, the editable of the member is true, it
will hold on to the cursor even after the editable of the sprite is set
to false.
don't need to have editable of member and sprite both true to enter keystrokes
hth
joe
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Buzz Kettles wrote:
hidden doesn't mean safe. erasing a hard drive will destroy it.
If you want to keep it safe, take it with you.
but what if you get mugged or something?!?
:-)
-Buzz
At 4:49 PM -0700 6/28/01, Kerry Thompson wrote:
What I was meaning (in some way) was that if
Hi,
I am somewhat new to Director. I understand tho that to make a database that
would be user friendly (and editable), and easy to program with, is not so
simple. I also understand that there ARE add-ons that I can buy that will
do the job. I really don't need anything too fancy, just
What I was meaning (in some way) was that if you make a .zip, anyone can
delete it.
Fred didn't say why he wanted to keep people out of his files, but I
suspect it is for security. Look at his sig--he works for a casino. Those
folk have to be as careful about security as banks. I
what do you want to do?
yes, there are database xtras, but director's internal functions can
handle a lot of the same functionality. in general, if you can do it
without an xtra, it's better.
-bhakti
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Hi,
I am somewhat new to Director. I understand tho that to
There's a way to create a autocomplete feature, the user begin type and see
grayed the possible matchs for that word (something like the auto complete
xtra) and when they stop to type or the word is finished, the translation
for that word appear in other window??
The point is that you're
Is there a way to pass parameters to projectors created with
Director 8.5
I'd like do something like:
projector.exe -par1 -par2
Hi Andrea,
You can use an Xtra to do what you desire. One such Xtra is MasterApp,
from UpdateStage. Here is an excerpt from the MasterApp documentation
that you
I am somewhat new to Director. I understand tho that to make
a database that
would be user friendly (and editable), and easy to program
with, is not so
simple. I also understand that there ARE add-ons that I can
buy that will
do the job. I really don't need anything too fancy, just
Control - Recompile All Scripts (Shift + F8)
Pekka
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Subject: lingo-l problem reading compiled scripts
I am getting an error
Just the mere correction that MacOSX is not Linux-based, but Unix based.
Pekka
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Sent: 28. kesäkuuta 2001 21:10
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: lingo-l Shockwave/Multiuser on
See Pims OpenDocument Xtra...
http://www.pimz.com/xtras/
The Macintosh OS doesn't use command lines, so passing arguments to a
projector on startup is more difficult.
Right now I'm looking for a solution to that problem myself; I'd be
interested in hearing how other people have done it
RE:
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Subject: lingo-l Locking someone out
Date: Thu, Jun 28, 2001, 4:44 PM
How do I or can I lockout someone from getting in to my dir file and
editing them when I'm not around?
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Try encrypting them with Tiny
also check out www.shocknet.org.uk
Great knowledge and examples on Director and Database/ASP/SQL/PHP/CFM
awesome if you want to know how to do it with out xtras
Hi,
I am somewhat new to Director. I understand tho that to make a database that
would be user friendly (and editable), and easy
At 4:39 AM +0300 6/29/01, Pekka Buttler wrote:
Just the mere correction that MacOSX is not Linux-based, but Unix based.
In fact, more specifically MACH based.
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At 2:46 PM +0200 6/28/01, Andrea Boratto wrote:
Is there a way to pass parameters to projectors created with Director 8.5
I'd like do something like:
projector.exe -par1 -par2
[Excerpt from http://www.directoru.com/]
The commandLine
Director's the commandLine system property is designed to
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