lingo-l (the stage).image quirk?

Does anyone know why the size of the image of the stage refuses to get updated when I change the size of the stage? If I change the stage size and reposition some sprites on stage, then try updating a bitmap member to the image of the stage, it gets the new sprite positions, but not the new size.

Re: lingo-l A bug or what???

Never heard of this bug. I don't think it is one. Does it happen in authoring or/and runtime? Have you tried save and compact? Try deleting Directors preferences in the system folder Try another marker name Recheck your syntay and try eg go to frame X (while X is the number of the frame) instead

RE: lingo-l Retrieving HTML parameters from URL

Hiya Mark, Grimmwerks... An thorough explanation seems to be in order. I'm posting shockwave content (100 different SW movies) on the net. To be able to keep User information, I have been told to use some kind of content management system, which basically gives the Identificator appended to the

RE: lingo-l Lingo programming position: Syracuse, NY

I hear you! Over here you could get 12$/h with that type of experience Christ! I mean that's TWICE my salary and I have 4 years of experience in doing, among other things, kiddygames... Pekka -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL

lingo-l mission impossible!

hi there! (excuse my english) How hard is Lingo! Is it a dum idea to want to study it and become good at it? I´ve got six mounth to make it. I just want to be sure before i start. Please tell me what you think!! thanks in advanced /pascal [To remove yourself from this list, or to change

RE: lingo-l mission impossible!

Hi Pascal. Depends on what level of expertise you need to attain in the mentioned six months... I personally needed 1 month to get around. Another month to start asking my supervisor annoying questions. The learning curve is not steep, starting out with any real programming language (Java,

lingo-l strange thing in the property window

good morning. I seem to be experiencing a slight problem. I have made a small film loop, that plays alongside a frame based animation in the score which loops continuously until you click something, but I only want the film loop to play once. Now I know that in early versions of director you

Re: lingo-l Lingo programming position: Syracuse, NY

wow pekka! you know now what you got to do! I get myself 30$/h as a graphic designer and lingo progammers have a very hight salary in sweden. They screaming after experienced people!!! /pascal - Original Message - From: Pekka Buttler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday,

Re: lingo-l mission impossible!

well thanks Pekka! In another words , you think it will be very hard for me to make it. Do you mean that it is almost impossible without any programming knowledge? I´ve got to start somewhere! I´ve got six mounth, full time. I won´t need to become world champion after those six mounth but i least

lingo-l Your opinion please

I'd like to receive your opinion about this work. http://tecnovillage.village2000.it/asa343hygu764hgjki980hjhj2001/chat.htm _ Andrea Boratto Operations Manager e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mystique S.p.A. Piazza della Serenissima, 40 31033 Castelfranco

Re: lingo-l mission impossible!

Depends on your pre-knowledge, I guess. If You have experience with basic, c or any other programming language, you can do it in less than 6 months (not all details, also depending how much you have to know). Even on this list everyone is still a lingo-student, we'll always be. But it is

Re: lingo-l Lingo programming position: Syracuse, NY

Would I have to know Swedish then? Or is English enough for the moment? regards, Florian Pascal Deraed wrote: wow pekka! you know now what you got to do! I get myself 30$/h as a graphic designer and lingo progammers have a very hight salary in sweden. They screaming after experienced

RE: lingo-l mission impossible!

No I think you got me wrong there. I myself had no programming experience whatsoever when I started out. Six months later I had three major projects under my belt. How well you cope naturall depends very much on what type of projects you will have. There's no textbook answer for your question.

Re: lingo-l mission impossible!

wow Florian! thanks for your answer. I was starting to loose a lot of my self-confidence about it. Many people say that lingo is almost impossible to learn if you don´t have any pre-experience with programming. I´m a graphic designer and know i can make it! I want to be able to developp simple

RE: lingo-l Lingo programming position: Syracuse, NY

Gosh! How can a small puddle of water make that much a difference? Well hell! I do not even like money! Boss! Lower my salary would you please! Depending on where the job would be in sweden, I might even make it a daily commute... I even happen to speak swedish. Pekka -Original

Re: lingo-l Lingo programming position: Syracuse, NY

no! everybody speak english in sweden. That is a good thing with it. They have problem to find experienced people and search a lot abroad. /pascal - Original Message - From: Florian Bogeschdorfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 11:33 AM Subject: Re:

Re: lingo-l mission impossible!

yeah that is what i thought! i understood you a bit and i´m sorry for it... I hope you not mad at me! /Pascal - Original Message - From: Pekka Buttler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 11:51 AM Subject: RE: lingo-l mission impossible! No I think you

Re: lingo-l mission impossible!

Well then go ahead and do it. I can't recommend a book for beginners, since I did all learning by doing, but I guess other people on the list can. About your project: generally, things can be done in many ways in lingo, so that it should be no problem to realize a quite simple application with

lingo-l book

Hi there! is there anyone who can recommend me a very good beginner lingo book with projects to do in it? I can´t wait to know...:-) Thanks in advance.. /pascal [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

RE: lingo-l mission impossible!

Hi Pascal, well thanks Pekka! In another words , you think it will be very hard for me to make it. Do you mean that it is almost impossible without any programming knowledge? I´ve got to start somewhere! I´ve got six mounth, full time. I won´t need to become world champion after those six

Re: lingo-l Your opinion please

(!) 1.3mb? Could you tell me what it is before I commit? I'm on a 56k modem here... Simon -- {theGlovebox}{DESIGN FOR FILM AND NEW MEDIA}{http://www.theglovebox.com} From: Andrea Boratto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:20:47 +0200 To: Lingo-L [EMAIL

lingo-l Font issue

Hi List, Long time ago :-) I have the following problem: I am making a program in 12 languishes. The problem I encountered was that i had to use a differed font for the Greek languish because it has special characters. The problem is that in this font the EURO-sign is not supported so I want

Re: lingo-l mission impossible!

I'm also a graphic designer and during my last year at college I went to England (I'm from belgium) to study director for about three months. And now I'm a full programmer in director (and graphic design). So you see to learn lingo is not that hard. It's even a very easy language to learn however

Re: lingo-l mission impossible!

Yeah! i start now to beleive it! I´m gone to make it... So you´re from Belgium and want to work in sweden. I´m french and work in sweden as a senior graphic designer/illustrator and 2D animator (cartoon films). I can have a look for you in sweden if you want it... Shockwave has become very

lingo-l hyperlink

Hello all, I have movie that creates text with lingo. I want to assign hyperlinks to some parts of the text. How can I create hyperlinks with lingo? Thank you... Alper K. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post

lingo-l copy files to disk?

Hey all Is there any other way of copying files from the cd-rom to disk (not text files), besides using the Buddy api? In runtime, that is... -Natalia [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,

Re: lingo-l copy files to disk?

Try FileXtra3. Its available at http://www.kblab.net/xtras/ Regards, Pranav --- Samuel Colt - the inventor of the point and click interface. snip Is there any other way of copying files from the cd-rom to disk (not text files), besides

lingo-l find object

Hi friends, i am making one find way puzzle game in that on box is moving if any object is coming across that box then it will stop but how can i find that any object is there or not. if u know about that then replay me.Thanks Mitesh [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest

RE: lingo-l hyperlink

I have movie that creates text with lingo. I want to assign hyperlinks to some parts of the text. How can I create hyperlinks with lingo? well... you may want to peruse P 346 in the Using Director 8 manual for starters. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alatcambersoftdotcom

Re: lingo-l mission impossible!

Me too! Any openings for someone who's been working for about a year and a half with Director and Lingo, knows graphic design and has prior experience working in an animation studio? ...not just in Sweden, ofcourse. :-) Regards, Pranav

Re: lingo-l strange thing in the property window

on no!! I must have a freak version of director 8.5, there is nothing clickable in my property inspector window. Basically I get a thumbnail of the cast member; and like you say there is the drum like icon at the bottom right corner of the thumbnail, but I can't click/select it, If I right click

lingo-l Job openings in sweden

Hi list I work in stockholm and just in the recent month a about 8 multimedia companys of various sizes has gone out of business. So the market for experinced lingodevelopers isn't exactly booming. I would say that a normal salary for an employed lingoprogrammer in sweden is about 10 - 15

Re: lingo-l strange thing in the property window

on no!! I must have a freak version of director 8.5, there is nothing clickable in my property inspector window. Basically I get a thumbnail of the cast member; and like you say there is the drum like icon at the bottom right corner of the thumbnail, but I can't click/select it The drum Nik

Re: lingo-l strange thing in the property window

on 23/7/01 1:55 pm, Colin Holgate at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on no!! I must have a freak version of director 8.5, there is nothing clickable in my property inspector window. Basically I get a thumbnail of the cast member; and like you say there is the drum like icon at the bottom right

Re: lingo-l strange thing in the property window

hello, you seem to confuse the cast window (the one with thumbnails with the property inspector window. the prop. insp. window is opened by clicking on the 'i' button (square button with blue circle and white i in it)! cheers, nik On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 08:55:42 -0400 Colin Holgate [EMAIL

lingo-l South Africa

Aren't there any jobopenings in South-Africa as a lingo programmer and graphic designer? [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])

Re: lingo-l Job openings in sweden

ok! i take that for myself. I´m sorry if i was a bit indistinct in what i said about salary and jobs in sweden as lingo programmers. I´m a senior external graphic designer consultant. I´ve discussing with quite a few lingo consultant who make a very good living in sweden but like i understood

Re: lingo-l strange thing in the property window

yeah but as I say - my property inspector looks nothing like that, there is NOTHING to click on, if there was an option that said Loop of course I would check/uncheck it - but there is nothing available =O Are you sure you have the film loop selected in the cast window at the same time you are

Re: lingo-l South Africa

Uh-ohTabs gonna throw the book at us now... :-P Jus' Lingo here guys. Use Direct-L post job offers. I think I'll follow my own advice from now on. Regards, Pranav --- Samuel Colt - the inventor of the point and click interface.

Re: lingo-l South Africa

what do you mean by that? - Original Message - From: Tom Vandenbossche [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lingo l [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 3:16 PM Subject: lingo-l South Africa Aren't there any jobopenings in South-Africa as a lingo programmer and graphic designer? [To

Re: lingo-l strange thing in the property window

on 23/7/01 2:14 pm, nik crosina at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello, you seem to confuse the cast window (the one with thumbnails with the property inspector window. the prop. insp. window is opened by clicking on the 'i' button (square button with blue circle and white i in it)! yeah i

Re: lingo-l South Africa

Nothing just that I would love to live in south africa and I wonder if there were any jobopenings there. Did I insult you or something?? On 23-07-2003 15:30, Pascal Deraed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what do you mean by that? - Original Message - From: Tom Vandenbossche [EMAIL

Re: lingo-l book

At 06:36 AM 23/07/03, you wrote: Hi there! is there anyone who can recommend me a very good beginner lingo book with projects to do in it? I can´t wait to know...:-) Director Game Development: From Concept to Creation by Epic Software Published by Prima Publishing ISBN: 0761532277 it's a

Re: lingo-l strange thing in the property window

Tried restarting Director? Regards, Pranav --- Samuel Colt - the inventor of the point and click interface. snip any other suggestions? snip [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

Re: lingo-l strange thing in the property window

on 23/7/01 2:43 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tried restarting Director? many times =( [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

Re: lingo-l South Africa

no! you didn´t of course! it is nice from you to ask.. I was just trying to make a conversation from the beginning about something whish i thought was interresting and didn´t know that i was bothering people. That is it!! - Original Message - From: Tom Vandenbossche [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lingo-l book

That is the one... Thanks for telling me! - Original Message - From: B Elisabeth Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 3:41 PM Subject: Re: lingo-l book At 06:36 AM 23/07/03, you wrote: Hi there! is there anyone who can recommend me a very good

lingo-l child object

hi! How do i duplicate a child object? thanks in advance.. /pas [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

Re: lingo-l South Africa

Uh-ohTabs gonna throw the book at us now... :-P If the book he throws is Gary's game book, make sure to give it to Pascal. -- [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

Re: lingo-l strange thing in the property window

oh dear, my prop inspector looks nothing like that its just a gray window with a thumbnail of the individual cast icon/thumbnail of which I have highlighted in the cast... and really nothing else. h help! I even tried placing all my film loops in an external cast using director 6.5

lingo-l reposition stage assets

hi list, i am working on a cd-rom whereit is required to resize the stage according to the resolution o fthe users monitor. i am doing this by opening a stub projector that then opens a miaw with the size of the stage. then i set all the sprites locs to percentages of the overall height and

lingo-l Saving bitmaps to the server from shockwave

Hi list, I want to make a shockwave movie that allows the user to draw a picture (a bitmap) and then save that picture to the web server as a GIF image. A separate gallery page will then display all the drawings. There are a couple of bitmap export Xtras around, but they are all aimed at use

lingo-l fonts into director

hi list, this is just to confirm: it is only possible to import / embedd truetype fonts into director, isn't it? we got some bitmap versions here which do not show up on the fint embedding list in director and i sugested to my studiomanager to get the truetype version... thnksa nik [To

Re: lingo-l child object

Pascal, Could you set the year on your computer to 2001? I usually view the newsgroup by date and _all_ your messages are crammed together at the end because they're all dated 2003. Thanks -- Carl West[EMAIL PROTECTED] 617.262.8830 x246 Depend upon it, there comes a time when, for

RE: lingo-l South Africa

Uh-ohTabs gonna throw the book at us now... :-P If the book he throws is Gary's game book, make sure to give it to Pascal. Colin, even you wouldn't do that to the poor guy ;) With all due respect to Gary Rosenweig, his book is not for beginners. If Tab is going to throw any books

Re: lingo-l South Africa

Uh-ohTabs gonna throw the book at us now... :-P If the book he throws is Gary's game book, make sure to give it to Pascal. Was it so bad what i said? I´m having the feeling that it is better for me to leave this list. - Original Message - From: Colin Holgate [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

RE: lingo-l South Africa

Um, there might be something in the works. :) Any topics in particular that you think might need a good looking at? - Tab At 04:51 PM 7/23/01 +0100, Karina Steffens wrote: Uh-ohTabs gonna throw the book at us now... :-P If the book he throws is Gary's game book, make sure to give

Re: lingo-l fonts into director

Correct. Only TrueType fonts can be embedded. S. At 04:46 PM 7/23/2001 +0100, you wrote: hi list, this is just to confirm: it is only possible to import / embedd truetype fonts into director, isn't it? we got some bitmap versions here which do not show up on the fint embedding list in

Re: lingo-l strange thing in the property window

didi you try this thing weith the preferences i suggested earlier? nik On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:51:04 +0100 natalie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 23/7/01 2:43 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tried restarting Director? many times =( [To remove yourself from this

Re: lingo-l child object

Sorry! i didn´t think about it.. It is done now.. - Original Message - From: Carl West [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 5:56 PM Subject: Re: lingo-l child object Pascal, Could you set the year on your computer to 2001? I usually view the

lingo-l [X-Post] ANNC: Amplitude Xtra 2.0 Released

Marmalade Multimedia is pleased to announce the release of the Amplitude Xtra 2.0 for Macromedia Director 7, 8 and 8.5. The Amplitude Xtra allows Director movies to receive amplitude values for sound cast members in real time as a sound is playing. These values represent the relative

Re: lingo-l fonts into director

thanks slava nik On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 12:44:28 -0400 Slava Paperno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Correct. Only TrueType fonts can be embedded. S. At 04:46 PM 7/23/2001 +0100, you wrote: hi list, this is just to confirm: it is only possible to import / embedd truetype fonts into director,

Re: lingo-l Font issue

At 04:54 23/07/2001, Nikaj Wiggers wrote: Is it possible to change the font for just one character in a text field? It's definitely possible, but the sytnax depends on what you mean by text field. When dealing with chunks of text in #text members, use dot syntax. For #field members, use

RE: lingo-l Retrieving HTML parameters from URL

At 7:23 PM +0300 7/22/01, Pekka Buttler wrote: Hi and thanks for the tip. Sadly I could not make it work, and have to admit that although I havve been programming CD-ROM's for what seems like ages, all this web-stuff is 'new' to me. Is there anything else I need than a default HTML for the SW?

RE: lingo-l record sound

akumet... If you download the latest version of the updateStage Xtra there is example code which provides everything you need for plotting the waveform. You can plonk that code right into your own and, voila! graphic waveform display. To be cool, you should probably give Gretchen or whoever

RE: lingo-l child object

pascal, if you haven't had a chance to look at the examples presented in the book, Lingo Sorcery; The magic of lists, objects and intelligent agents, i strongly recommend that you do. you can download dir files from the featureing web site, http://www.avatarnets.com/sitejuly2001/dynamicTop.html.

Re: lingo-l child object

thanks! i´m going to order this book now! - Original Message - From: Katagiri, Junichi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 7:09 PM Subject: RE: lingo-l child object pascal, if you haven't had a chance to look at the examples presented in the book,

Re: lingo-l South Africa

Don't worry buddy!!! What would be the fun of living if it wasn't for the jokes?! ;) Nobody is attacking nobody in here... I bet everyone in here was a beginner one day... Actually, I'm still a beginner... but I'm proud of burning brain cells to play around with lingo in my jobs (lingo is

Re: lingo-l Saving bitmaps to the server from shockwave

I want to make a shockwave movie that allows the user to draw a picture (a bitmap) and then save that picture to the web server as a GIF image. A separate gallery page will then display all the drawings. There are a couple of bitmap export Xtras around, but they are all aimed at use with

lingo-l V12 shockwave (File does not exist or is already open)

Hi List, Can anyone suggest why I get a V12 error stating (File does not exist or is already open) when trying to open a v12 database from a shockwave movie? I'm testing locally, and the v12 files are included in the folder and I'm sure they are not already open. I've selected Download if

lingo-l Using a list to change the forecolor of lines in a fieldmember

Can anyone suggest a way of using a linear list to set the forecolor of lines in a field member. I have a field on the left where the user can hilite lines and then copy the contents of those lines to the field on the right. When an item appears on the right, it should appear grayed out on

Re: lingo-l Splash Screen

on 2001.07.19 04.00, Kerry Thompson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all-- Another shoulda-known-this question. There is a way of getting a projector to show a splash screen immediately while the program loads in the background. I thought it was just putting a bitmap in the projector's

RE: lingo-l Using a list to change the forecolor of lines in a field member

Hi Gene May I ask why you are setting the entire contents of the first field to 255 all the time.. wouldn't it be more efficient to set only the line required to 255?? Sincerely Mark R. Jonkman [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to

RE: lingo-l Using a list to change the forecolor of lines ina field member

Mark, I'm restting it to 255 on mouseDown because of the method in which I've created the hiliting function, which includes SHIFTand CONTROL clicking and scrolling hilited lines. I've included the script below which was originally written by Dave Mennenoh (DSelect Parent Script V2.0). I've

Re: lingo-l Problem with floaint points

Hey Jason, go to the archives and read this earlier message at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg10744.html that should answer your question. later, Rob Jason Whiting wrote: Reading about how Director handles floating point calculations it seems like the issues are only when displaying numbers not

Re: lingo-l Problem with floaint points

Since both operands are integers (that is, 1 is an integer, and the duration is an integer), Director will perform integer math on it, and the result will be an integer (in this case, 0). What you want to do is force it to do floating point math on it. Since one of your divisors is a

RE: lingo-l South Africa

not to prolong the off-topic banter... BUT...I would LOVE a newer version of Tab's Lingo. What a great reference and just generally enjoyable read. Josie -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Karina Steffens Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 11:51

RE: lingo-l Problem with floaint points

Thanks for the link. Here's what i did to solve the problem. all works well now and thanks again. -Jason ctime = sprite(2).currenttime -- 8 is the video sprite # floatPrecision = 10 -- allow floating numbers to use 10 decimal places cdur = float(sprite(2).duration)

RE: lingo-l Problem with floaint points

I like that one even better. thanks alot. -Jason -Original Message- From: Tab Julius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 2:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: lingo-l Problem with floaint points Since both operands are integers (that

lingo-l referring to the hard drive on a Mac

Is there a way to refer to the hard drive on a Mac other than by name? I need to read a text file, stored in the applications folder, but I'm wondering how to do so if the user has changed the name of Macintosh HD. thanks! Kelly [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode,

RE: lingo-l referring to the hard drive on a Mac

This will, of course, give you the path to the drive where your movie is installed. If your movie is running on a CD-ROM, or on a different hard drive, the moviePath will not be helpful. An Xtra called Buddy API has a function called DiskList that will return a list of all drives, including

lingo-l Audio tracks question

I have a small problem I hoped someone out there can help. I have an audio player with multiple tracks, that when the song is done playing, it automatically goes to the next frame with the new track. (See code below) The problem is, is that when the song is done, it releases the exitFrame loop

Re: lingo-l Audio tracks question

If your STOP button sets whereto = Go Loop, you could just move this line to the top of the case statement. Basically, since you want your STOP button's condition to rule, it needs to be the first condition of your case statement. - I added a new case I Stopped that will keep you on the same

RE: lingo-l referring to the hard drive on a Mac

can't you use getOSDirectory() and parse it appropriately? the OS is usually on the user's hard drive. grin Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alatcambersoftdotcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative. YEAH, RIGHT

RE: lingo-l referring to the hard drive on a Mac

Would getOSDirectory work? I think that's provided by FileIO. It returns the path to the System Folder. That would give you the HDs name. That would give you one hard drive's name. The app might not be installed on the same hard drive as the system, though. I'm not sure what your objection

Re: lingo-l How to put the QUOTE symbol into a string?

the key is iterating backwards. if you iterate forward 1 char at a time, and you replace one char, the quote, with a multi char string, the repeat loop gets mighty confused about where it is. the same thing can happen when you loop through a list, and change the list in the loop. do it backwards,

Re: lingo-l FILE IO xtra - how to?

How can I accomplish this using File IO? I don't think you can with FileIO, but FileXtra3 will do it (and it's free). There's a method, fx_FileExists, I believe, that will do your check. Or, if you prefer, Buddy API has a similar function, and it's free if you use 2 or less functions.

RE: lingo-l referring to the hard drive on a Mac

Kerry said: That would give you one hard drive's name. The app might not be installed on the same hard drive as the system, though. whether or not the app is installed on the same hard drive is irrelevant. the getOSDireectory() returns the path to the system folder which is on the primary

lingo-l Controlling Flash Buttons?

Dear List, In D8. Cross-platform. I have some .SWF members that are Flash buttons. Can I control them from Lingo? What I'd like to do is make it stick in the 'down' state when clicked. I can play with the buttonsenabled property, and that's a start, but setting the .frame doesn't finish the

RE: lingo-l referring to the hard drive on a Mac

whether or not the app is installed on the same hard drive is irrelevant. the getOSDireectory() returns the path to the system folder which is on the primary hard drive on the user's system. by parsing that you will get the name, or letter if on an Inter system, of that hard drive. Now I don't

lingo-l AVI Sound Problems - deadline friday

I have a question about playing AVI's in side director 7.0.2. I have placed the script. on enterFrame me sound stop 1 set the soundKeepDevice = false end In the frame that each avi is to play and if I click throught the movies all works fine, when I click to go back to the first movie

Re: lingo-l QTVR Display Hotspots?

I was looking for this exact thing last week and could not find a way. If there is a way, I'd like to know also FyI: You can find out about about which hot spot was clicked on like this: property spriteNum on beginSprite me sprite(spriteNum).triggerCallback = #mTrigger end on mTrigger

Re: lingo-l FILE IO xtra - how to?

Oh but you can use FileIO too, Kerry. Just attempt to open a file and if it fails, the open method returns a 0. We use that always to detect the cdrom in our software. Macr has a nice technote on FileIO on their site. Just visit them and hit a search. Regards, Pranav

Re: Re: lingo-l cropping images based on a common background

I want to crop my images based on a common background, I mean I have a series of images with a common background, on which only a few things change, for eg. only the text changes, I want to know whether is there an xtra or a s/w which will crop my images based on the changes alone i.e. the

Re: RE: lingo-l referring to the hard drive on a Mac

whether or not the app is installed on the same hard drive is irrelevant. the getOSDireectory() returns the path to the system folder which is on the primary hard drive on the user's system. by parsing that you will get the name, or letter if on an Inter system, of that hard drive. Now I

Re: Re: lingo-l cropping images based on a common background

I missed this thread because I've been away, but (with a lot of help from Colin, actually - and Werner Sharp as well), I made a Dir utility that does this kind of thing through imaging lingo. It's not fully tested, but should at least get you on the right track. If you still need help with that,