lingo-l taking time from server

hi friends, i have made one electronic attendance register in director. where it registers time in and time out of the staff members .this runs through networking as the original files are on the server and its shortcut is made on the local machine so that each staff can register from

Re: lingo-l how to give mutliuser facilty to a presentation

hi anju, one way is that u can create shortcuts on the other machines while keeping the original file in the server.recently i had made one electronic attendence register for my office in director 8 and i am following the same method. and the other best method in fact is to use the new feature

Re: lingo-l how to give mutliuser facilty to a presentation

hi anju, one way is that u can create shortcuts on the other machines while keeping the original file in the server.recently i had made one electronic attendence register for my office in director 8 and i am following the same method. and the other best method in fact is to use the new feature

Re: lingo-l Best way to connect to a SQL Database?

marc, u can use "daotable" or "datagrip" xtras to connect to databases.which one will exactly solve ur purpose i'm not sure but u can anyway use either of these xtras. regards junaid multimedia programmer india calcutta --- Marc Pidoux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a window

Re: lingo-l Best way to connect to a SQL Database?

marc, u can use "daotable" or "datagrip" xtras to connect to databases.which one will exactly solve ur purpose i'm not sure but u can anyway use either of these xtras. regards junaid multimedia programmer india calcutta --- Marc Pidoux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a window

Re: lingo-l two timers?

jim, it is possible to have two timers the way you want. one way i can tell u is that u can have one timer running from the start, while u can build one pseudo timer that is which actually which virtually seems a timer but it is synchronised with the seconds reading of a clock or the main

Re: lingo-l Help!!!

the best book i think which will lead u from basic to advanced is director 8 lingo bible by john nyquist and robert martin. junaid india --- pnut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How did all of you learn so much about Lingo? I'm beating my head against the wall trying to figure out the best

Re: lingo-l Scripting painfully slow

stewart, does the same thing happens for all other applications if so then check ur startup files. lots of applications may be running at the same time. u can type "msconfig" in the run menu and choose "startup " tab and disable the applications not reqd and then restart ur machine. also defrag

Re: lingo-l Scripting painfully slow

stewart, does the same thing happens for all other applications if so then check ur startup files. lots of applications may be running at the same time. u can type "msconfig" in the run menu and choose "startup " tab and disable the applications not reqd and then restart ur machine. if this is

Re: lingo-l Film loops.EASY QUESTION!!!

hi jon, unfortunately u cannot rotate a film loop and any object created from tool pallete. alternatively u can do i thing ,u can rotate the actual cast members which is refrenced in a film loop. try and see if u get a better result. all the best. junaid multimedia programmer. india calcutta

Re: lingo-l Direcotr and password retrival on ASP

hi paul, paul why dont u check out the net lingo commands and utilize them for ur project. i am sure there lies ur solution. all the best. junaid multimedia programmer india --- Jon Paul Alongi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi people i need to make a pssword system for entry into my

Re: lingo-l Errant SWA playback

hi bertjee, u dont need to have shockwave to play ur .swa sound what u need is the xtras reqd to play this shockwave. what i doubt is some diffrence in the settings of ur systems pls check it out. i will analyse ur problem and get back to u as soon as i find the reason. good luck junaid

Re: lingo-l text file to cast

hi anisha, u can either import external text files as linked. so ur text will get updated everytime u start ur application. second way is to use the setpref and getpref command in which ur text file will be saved in a prefs folder. third and most advanced way is to use file ioxtra. any one of

Re: lingo-l play sound in D8

u convert it to swa formate using xtrasconvert to swa or in d8 u can import it after converting to mp3 format also. and for more smooth playback u can use sound play file command to play it by keeping the sound file external. all the best regards. junaid alam multimedia programmer india calcutta

Re: lingo-l Timer

hi jonathan, i faced the same problem in one of my project but fortunately i had to make a reverse counting timer which is already given in the behaviour library. if ur case is same u can use it freely. actually theres a problem in director if we make it repeat a loop or make it count or

Re: lingo-l put a cast member on stage

jonathan either u can put one sprite say in channel 1 and use the command on mouseup(or any event) sprite(1).membernum=cast member number which u want to put on the stage. or if u want to put it whitout taking the help of any sprite and want the sprite to be generated during run time then

Re: lingo-l Fatal Error

jonathan, even i face the same problem sometimes. i am using widows platform. i dont know the exact cause but what i do is that i reinstall the application removing the previous one and my purpose gets solved faster rather than trying to find out the cause. junaid india. --- Jonathan

lingo-l i got the reason for my problem with the avi files

hi friends, i finally got the reason for my problem with my avi files not playing on every machines. the reason was that i had compressed my avi files using adobe premeire application using microsofts mpeg 4 codec . when i recompressed the avi files using cinepak codec it now works fine

lingo-l external txt file problem

hi friends, i have a problem... i am using the getpref command in one of my presentation to get an external .txt file in my field.it works fine. but when written on a cd it gives a script error though my .txt file is in the prefs folder and this folder is at the same directory level as my

lingo-l increasing flash( swf) movie speed

a mistake. urgent help reqd. thanks in advance. junaid alam multimedia programmer india. Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.in address at http://mail.yahoo.co.in [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http

lingo-l jerky animation due to lots of sound files.

hi, i am using lots of sound files in my project due to which my director file as well as the projector file size has increased rapidly and the animations and interactivity have become jerky. though i am using mp3 sound files and when i tried to import sound as a linked file it doesnt play in

lingo-l updating ext txt file

dear friends, is it possible to work on an external txt file during runtime (in projector mode) and save the changes to that external file...i have tried importing as linked file also but it didnt work.. .give me a solution pls i am stuck in my project. ..junaid alam(india

Re: lingo-l updating ext txt file

--- grimmwerks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look into getPref and setPref. It does exactly what you want to do. thanks grimmwerks my problem is solved ..junaid __ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from

Re: lingo-l keyDown help

--- Michael Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey folks, I left my lingo book at home today. Would someone mind posting an example of code that would stop a user from entering in certain types of text. Specifically, I want only numbers allowed into a field member. I can't remember what