Re: lingo-l Re: autorun/autostart PDF's

You could either use Budapi to launch the correct app, then the pdf, but I'm using the PDF xtra inside of director and it's working quite well... [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

Re: lingo-l f5 and d8.5 - tell target functions?

Hey Terry - thanks for the info - I'm now seeing what you meant in the chat by the director to flash communication... I've got a custom function in frame 1 of a nested/nested clip, ie _root.buttondown.allbuttons, the function being switchThem - it asks for one parameter to be passed, but I

lingo-l copy protection

Hi Roy, I am currently working on an application that does what you are talking about. Here's how we're doing it. 1. User purchases software unlock online, and his info is gathered into a database. User has a unique ID and password (set by him, similar to, say, a Macromedia membership

Re: lingo-l copy protection

Well Andrew, that's exactly the way I want to do it. Most of it is working already, Just that hard disk key was missing. I have looked at BuddyAPi but could not find such a function (probably not included in Macintosh, which is my developer platform) but now I'll look for it again. Thank you

RE: lingo-l Re: autorun/autostart PDF's

Can anyone give me an insight on launching PDF's from Director or Director launching Acrobat Reader then a PDF. Hi Marcus, There are 3 things to consider in opening a PDF: 1 - finding path to the PDF on your CD or hard drive 2 - finding the path to the Acrobat Reader on the target machine 3

No Subject

Hi list I had done a project in director8, which having a lot of flash content, i used frame count in my code to switch from one animation to another ie director will count the frames in the flash animation if the last frame comes it will go to next animation. The problem is--when i opend

lingo-l director8.5 --flash

Hi list I had done a project in director8, which having a lot of flash content, i used frame count in my code to switch from one animation to another ie director will count the frames in the flash animation if the last frame comes it will go to next animation. The problem is--when i opend

Re: lingo-l Re: autorun/autostart PDF's

Hello Marcus, Another approach would be to include a copy of Adobe's Acrobat Reader on your CD-ROM, then you will know the path to your PDFs (if included on CD), as well as the path to Acrobat Reader. Adobe's licencing allows you to do so, check out their website for details. g fritzinger

lingo-l projector runnig slow

hi list i did a projector the idea is for the user to this projector running in the background of their computer all the time. for the professional it is a reference tool that they flip back and for to all day. the rest of the day is spent on their computer doing other applications. The

Re: Re: lingo-l editable text fields

snip characters that can be entered, and i think it's a little weird just to check for correct when they have the right number of letters, as opposed to a submit button. /snip I'd have to agree with Bhakti on that one. What if the user types who when the correct answer is whom? Nothing

Re: lingo-l copy protection

At 11:24 AM 8/8/01 +0300, you wrote: Hi Roy, I am currently working on an application that does what you are talking about. [SNIP] Andrew Not me, not me! I was one of the putz's telling the person not to do it. But that's a neato idea, anyway. roymeo - Roy Crisman Senior Macromedia

lingo-l Sound control slider in different movies

I have a main movie that has a sound control slider and it works fine but one of the main navigation buttons in this movie calls another dirwhen the new dir loads how can I get the slider in the new dir to represent the last setting from the main dir? any Ideas..thanks in advance

RE: lingo-l Sound control slider in different movies

Hi William The quickest and easiest method would be to write the sound control setting into a global variable and then when you reach the new movie, set the sound controllers postion based on the setting from the global variable that you have previously written to. Hope that helps Sincerely

RE: lingo-l Sound control slider in different movies

The quickest and easiest method would be to write the sound control setting into a global variable and then when you reach the new movie, set the sound controllers postion based on the setting from the global variable that you have previously written to. Most of what I was going to say. The

Re: lingo-l movie in a window!

I am trying to control MIAW. I can control it fine if I have a navigation movie open and control the main movie using the tell window command. I am not too happy with the speed and performance that I get when opening the main movie. What I would like to do is import a navigation movie into

lingo-l PDF and PowerPoint in Projector????

I can't seem to find the Xtra to view PDF files or PowerPoint files in my projector. I found a PDF Xtra but if I look at the interface of the Xtra I only get put interface(xtra PDF) -- Xtra PDF * PDF_AcrobatInfo * PDF_Help * PDF_Version Does anybody have any experience with this? T.I.A.

Re: lingo-l projector runnig slow

Well I don't know if this has been answered since the date is yesterday, however it just came. Projectors even running in the backgrounnd slow down especially the windows system extremely. You can make that a little better by increasing the idleHandlerPeriod and experimenting with the

RE: lingo-l f5 and d8.5 - tell target functions?

2) I can't call FUNCTIONS in a flash sprite, ie even something like sprite(x).callframe(_root.buttondown.allbuttons.switchThem) - but that's really doing a telltarget...hmm Any ideas? You can create a controller movieclip called functions or something. Inside it, put all the functions,

lingo-l adding text to an image

i have many images that i can print using printomatic xtra the title is missing the thing is i want to add the name of the image (the member name) on the image just before printing the images are not all the same size and i don't want the text to appear right on the image but on the top or the

lingo-l Detecting a window resize

Hi all, I'm just curious if it's possible to detect when a browser window has been resized from shockwave. I have a shockwave peice that that uses the expand stage size setting and need to reposition some elements after a resize. Thanks, Keith [To remove yourself from this list, or to change

lingo-l MUI Xtra question

Hi all ! I'm looking for some info about the MUI Xtra, it's the first time I use it and I'm not sure if what I want to do Is possible... What I have to do is an alert box with 4 radio buttons in it, when the user choose one of the option it send the result in a variable... Is it possible? If

Re: lingo-l flash 5 / director 8.5

At 10:47 PM 8/7/1, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I see no mention of telltarget in both the pulldown lingo menus nor the director help lingo by feature for flash, yet it's in the 'what's new' area...so what's up? See What's New manual, Appendix. (The D8 docs were not changed, but new material was

RE: lingo-l MUI Xtra question

Hi Simon head on over to Bruce Epstein's site: http://www.zeusProd.com and take a look around for an extra chapter that never made it into his books DiaN and LiaN. He has an excellent reference there that covers the MUI Xtra and its Minimally Understandable Interface ;p actually you'll find it

Re: lingo-l removing a behavior with setScriptList?

Can anyone tell me how to remove a behavior with setScriptList? The easiest may be to just write the behavior so that it can be toggled on and off. That way you wouldn't have to wonder whether the behavior was there, or try to query and set its various properties, or worry about remembering its

lingo-l network behaviors

anyone knows any tutorials or code samples that have to do with network commands from lingo. JUAN-NYC _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp [To remove yourself from this list, or to change

lingo-l Sound control slider in different movies

I have a main movie that has a sound control slider and it works fine but one of the main navigation buttons in this movie calls another dirwhen the new dir loads how can I get the slider in the new dir to represent the last setting from the main dir? any Ideas..thanks in advance

Re: lingo-l Sound control slider in different movies

on 8/8/01 4:10 PM, William Miller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One idea, take it or leave it, is to have your sound controls and/or settings reside in a MIAW set to invisible. When you want to make sound control changes you can make it visible, make your changes and return to your main movie by

RE: lingo-l MUI Xtra question

I'm looking for some info about the MUI Xtra, it's the first time I use it and I'm not sure if what I want to do Is possible... What I have to do is an alert box with 4 radio buttons in it, when the user choose one of the option it send the result in a variable... Is it possible? If anyone

lingo-l Imaging Lingo Question

Hello all. I am trying to use image.fill(rect,parameterlist), BUT if I set the shapeType to either #oval or #roundRect I can see it in the bitmap.image that it is filling but not on stage. any clues? thx, b Brian Douglas (:ub)

lingo-l Archives

I know this has been asked and answered, but where are the archives for this list? I could have sworn I bookmarked them. 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 messages to the list,

RE: lingo-l MUI Xtra question

On 8/8/01 at 4:08 PM, Al Hospers shared the following: MUI Maker enables you to visually design a dialog and then generates the Lingo code for the dialog you create. You can place, resize and position your choice of buttons, dropdown menus, sliders, checkboxes, text fields and labels. One click

RE: lingo-l Archives

where are the archives for this list? I could have sworn I bookmarked them. asked answered: http://www.mail-archive.com/lingo-l@penworks.com/ enjoy Kerry Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alatcambersoftdotcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: There is no language wherein a

lingo-l best mpg player: directMedia or mpegXtra?

For a consumer title...? [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 Lingo.

RE: lingo-l best mpg player: directMedia or mpegXtra?

I'd go with the big guns, DirectMedia. why not? just build the cost into the project. 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 [To remove yourself

Re: lingo-l best mpg player: directMedia or mpegXtra?

For a consumer title...? I have had good experiences with Direct Media Xtra. I have used it without incident. Leif [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]

RE: lingo-l best mpg player: directMedia or mpegXtra?

Yeah, I'm not worried about the cost (hell it's $50 dif anyway) - just more about compatibility. Personally I'd go for quicktime (it's only mpg1) but it was the client's call: no quicktime. On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Al Hospers wrote: I'd go with the big guns, DirectMedia. why not? just build the

RE: lingo-l best mpg player: directMedia or mpegXtra?

...d'oh. And thanks Al for the assist...I say sheepishly. [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 Detecting a window resize

At 3:43 PM -0400 8/8/01, Keith Nitsch wrote: Hi all, I'm just curious if it's possible to detect when a browser window has been resized from shockwave. I have a shockwave peice that that uses the expand stage size setting and need to reposition some elements after a resize. Excellent question!

lingo-l Media Keys

I am trying to compress QT movies with Media Cleaner and want to use media keys then use the QTregisteraccesskey method from Director. My question is do I also need Sorenson Developer Edition to do this or does anyone know of another codec that will do this. Thanks [To remove yourself from

RE: lingo-l Updating Projectors with new Cast Content

Is it possible to build a projector that can load in new cast members from an external file...say another Director movie...load these cast members into its own cast and save them for future use? In other words, I am trying to see if I can update the cast content of a movie with an updater

Re: lingo-l Media Keys

At 11:02 PM -0500 8/8/01, Andy wrote: I am trying to compress QT movies with Media Cleaner and want to use media keys then use the QTregisteraccesskey method from Director. My question is do I also need Sorenson Developer Edition to do this or does anyone know of another codec that will do this.

Re: lingo-l copy protection

Since so much has ben said about copy protection in the past day or so I would like to add a little bit. When I copy protect I usualy want cover two posibilities: one is the copying of the software to another machine and the second one is the use of the software after the user has decided he