Sv: finger cursor over flash buttons?

I always set cursors on beginsprite handlers like: on beginSprite me sprite(me.spriteNum).cursor = 280 end Then I don't have to reset it on mousleave or worry 'bout some global setting of the cursor. This sprite always have this cursor John > >You are going the complicated route. Just use t

Protected code

Sorry for the previous mail. I used a reply instead of writing the adress myself. Lazy. Sorry Here's a quick demo of a way to use protected code. I read an article at mediamacros where some guy talked about using a dxr and a miaw and that's why we couldn't do it in shockwave. My idea is to go

Sv: Sequence XTRA

Here's a quick demo of a way to use protected code. I read an article at mediamacros where some guy talked about using a dxr and a miaw and that's why we couldn't do it in shockwave. My idea is to go from the main movie to another dcr. In that dcr we launch some object and then return to the ma

Dynamic jigsaw puzzle builder, but a ink problem on somemachines, solved...?

Well it seems that it has nothing to do with the jpg's after all. It has something to do with the mask ink. I haven't tested if is my implementation of cutting out the pieces, setting the ink and doing everything via lingo that's the problem or som director f... u. So the solution for now is to te

Sv: SV: Dynamic jigsaw puzzle builder, but a inkproblem on some machines

I'm using mask ink 'cause I'm having 8 bit greyscale mask's for the anti ali'. I import a jpg picture and create the jigsaw pieces using 8 bit greyscale mask's. It's the new pieces created that's has the problem, but only in 32 bit ... I'm going to work on it again tomorrow. I report back to th

SV: Dynamic jigsaw puzzle builder, but a ink problem on some machines

anks John > > > No transparancy .the pieces have a white background > manisha > -- > > On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:23:35 > John Kanding wrote: > > > >I'm working on this dynamic jigsaw puzzle builder where the client just > >uploades

Dynamic jigsaw puzzle builder, but a ink problem on somemachines, solved...?

We are using 16 bit jpgs on a 32 bit resolution screen and that's a problem. I don't know why. I haven't seen it in a browser ever, but then again I never work in 32 bit resolution. So we might redo the jpg's in 32 bit and try again. Thanks to every one who tested it cheers John [To remove yo

Dynamic jigsaw puzzle builder, but a ink problem on some machines

I'm working on this dynamic jigsaw puzzle builder where the client just uploades a jpg and we cut it into pieces, but on some machines the transparency doesn't work. Have a look at the beta at http://test.advertainers.dk/arlagames/pusle/, and if you got the time, report back to me if it looks OK

Sv: Can anybody tell me the key code for "enter" /"return"?

The return and send function could be created using a script like this. It will also prevent more than one line Assuming that the submit script is on sprite 21: on keydown me if the key = RETURN then sendSprite(21, #submit) else pass end if end The number of char you'll have to count like: numC

Sv: comparison list Flash Director functions

I asked for it 'cause I wanted to build one, and everybody said "good luck with it", so I guess there isn't one. ;-) I started one, but meanwhile we got another job at hand which included money, so the study is on hold. John p.s. I have some thing written down, but let's discuss it off the l

Sv: Passing url to shockwave

In my head the scenario is as follows: The evalscript passes somthing like "some_picture.gif" to the shockwave and then you start a preloadnething, checking when it's done and then do a importFileInto to get the picture into shockwave. I saw the other postings who claims that you can't do it,

Sv: Can anybody tell me the key code for "enter" / "return"?

I think it's 13 but try this in the watcher: the keycode then press return in tyhe message window John > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Colin Holgate > Sent: 27 January 2001 09:17 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: The Enter

flash 5(action script) - director(lingo) similarity

Before I dig into it, has anyone already done the work of comparing lingo to actionscript and created a table like: flash 5: Output window director: message window flash 5: trace("hello world") director: put "hello world" flash 5: this.property director: me.property etc If so, where can it b

Sv: Re: Holidays

All the best from all of me to all of you and all in all an allround merry christmas and a happy newyear. To kurt: Your program crashed. Might be because I'm an atheist, I don't know ;-) John > Wishing you all Season's greetings > > and a Very Happy and Prosperous > NEW YEAR > > >

SV: Help with Lists

works, so I might grab the holliday instead ;-) BTW ther'e might have been some confusing to the original message from John and the interuption from me who's name's also john. I'm sorry, I'll check the name next time ... John Kanding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: &g

SV: Help with Lists

BTW has anyone a good method as to change the property of a property list, like in [#john:100, #kurt:200] Now change #john to #Bill John > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]På vegne > af John Erazo > Sendt: 13. december 2000 13:59 > Til: [EMAI

SV: scope of methods in Lingo

> In Lingo, there are three different types of scripts: Movie, Parent, > and Behavior. Any "handlers" put into a Movie script are globally > available. > > Parent scripts and Behavior scripts are the templates used for > creating objects, so the scope of handlers (methods) in Parent > scri

shockwave/projector on a movie DVD

This question seems far out, but is it possible to have shockwave or a projector on a DVD containing a movie which plays in a DVD player? I haven't got a clue as to how it would be executed or triggred. Does anyone know what might be needeed to get a small interative game on a movie DVD? regar

RE: fatal errors

Does anyone know why Director causes a fatal errors sometimes? Sometimes when a fatal error does happen, all I have to do is move a sprite down a level or two. Why is that? What causes it? And Ho wcan I have it stop causing a fatal error? Are you using a wheel mouse? Director sometimes c

streaming audio and performances with many users

Well the headline says it all. Has anyone experienced problems with the delivery of streaming swa's ? We have this huge interactive radioplay with manys scenes(read: swa's) and sometimes the sound stops and don't get any further. We even experience a sound kept playing again and again. It somet

SV: center the shockwave file in html

> > Does anyone know how to center the shockwave movie regardless of > >the screen resolution 640, 800, 1024 in an easy way or do I have to > >write some javascript? > > > If you mean center it in the browser window, you could Publish a D8 > movie and take a look at the html file to see how

center the shockwave file in html

Does anyone know how to center the shockwave movie regardless of the screen resolution 640, 800, 1024 in an easy way or do I have to write some javascript? thanks John [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To p

SV: Timing and Sound

Also check out the cpuHogTicks. Reda more in the online help John > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]På vegne > af James Newton > Sendt: 2. november 2000 10:53 > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emne: Re: Timing and Sound > > > Matt Lester <[EMAIL

SV: A Speed/OOP/Reuse Question

FWIW whenever I have a button which should animate when cliked, I add the behavior to the scriptInstanceList during runtime. This prevents that the button runs an exitframe with a flag saying if pFlag then me.Animate(). The animation behavior deletes itself from the scriptinstancelist when done

bouncing a ball off a curve

hey all ! We're working on a minigolf game and are discussion the best implementation of the ball's bouncing behavior. The retangle objects are easy, but the curves are a different story. Does anyone have any experience the wish to share with us and the rest of the list on this topic. If the b

SV: Fields fixed width

Try this parent script. Call it after you've dragged the field to the stage. -- property pWidth -- the width of the help-text field property pHelptext property pHeight -- the height of the help-text field property pSprite -- the spriteNum property pHelpSprite -- the sprite

Re: Shockwave, how to store?

Take a look at http://www.dr.dk/helle/. Click on "din historie". After that we can discuss any questions you might have. The idea for "din historie" is, that the user can draw 5 drawings like in the windows program paint, and then upload it to the gallery and send the movie in an email to so

SV: swa streaming

Thanks, for some perfect replies. The quality should be good 'cause this is an interactive radioplay (radio-active? ;-) ). Another thing, I've noticed that if you have winamp in the background, director/shockwave won't play the swa at least on a pc, I don't know about mac. Now I have a soundtes

swa streaming

Has anyone any experience with the difference in streaming and performance with 8 bit mono, 16 bit mono and 16 bit stereo. I mean, should one always go for the better quality? John [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi

SV: MORE ONE "Timer"

but remember the timeout("secondHand").forget() when you don't want it any longer, cause it continues until it gets the forget() function... John > You can use the timeout() object in Director 8 to accomplish > this. Read > the documentation for more details. Here's a quick example: > >

SV: Watch window

I created a watcher window application, which also runs in shockwave. You can download it at www.kanding.dk and play around with the code so you don't have to start from scratch. Please send me a copy back if you extend/optimize it. John > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTE

SV: SV: loops in Msg window?

As regarding the originally topic of doing a repeat loop in the message window, my understanding of it was for debugging reasons during runtime, correct me if I'm wrong. My suggestion of using the do command can be used during runtime, so if that doesn't help, could you be more specific about wh

SV: loops in Msg window?

If you really really really want to do a repeat loop in the message window do a: do "repeat with a = 1 to 500" & RETURN & "put a" & RETURN & "end repeat" John > > > No, but you can make a custom handler in a movie script and > then call that > from the message window. Same effect. > >

SV: Do I really need the Direct Email Xtra to send anemail from Director?

> Paul Steven wrote: > > > Can anyone suggest any other methods or confirm that > gotoNetPage is indeed > > unusable. > > It not unusable its just highly unreliable and it is > impossible to predict > if/when it will not work. > > There is a technote at the MM support site that talks about