list populating in authoring but not run-time mode

2001-08-20 Thread Kelly Fischbach
I have a piece of software that scores (using a parent script) a series of question screens, and keeps the scores in a property list. the very last screen (the last property in the list) is not being scored at runtime (the list is not being populated). However, during runtime(stepping through in

how to "halt" when another program is opened?

2001-08-15 Thread Kelly Fischbach
I'm trying to open another program, and have my projector quit as soon as I do so. How do I do that? I have: installerFile = the moviePath & "QuickTime:QuickTime Installer" open installerFile halt But the projector keeps going. What am I doing wrong? thanks! [To remove yourself from this li

Re: referring to the hard drive on a Mac

2001-07-23 Thread Kelly Fischbach
on 2001.07.23 04.29, Watson, Christopher at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fisch, are you trying to access a text file that is within the same > directory/folder as your projector? Or are you trying to access a file > within the "Applications" folder found on the root volume of the boot drive? > I gu

referring to the hard drive on a Mac

2001-07-23 Thread Kelly Fischbach
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: Splash Screen

2001-07-23 Thread Kelly Fischbach
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 proje

searching for a folder on the hard drive

2001-07-11 Thread Kelly Fischbach
I'm hoping this is an easy question: >From a projector on a cd, is there a way to search for the pathname of a folder on the hard drive. Say the folder is called "einstein_data", but I don't know where on the hard drive it is located. I need a cross platform solution! t