RE: OT: Giving away your lingo

2001-08-22 Thread Pekka Buttler
IMHO, the question is quite a simple one. If you have a written (or oral) agreement which does not explicitly state that you should hand over the source code, you should not need to do so. If you have been hired to do a product, then the Product is what you need to hand over. Nothing else. Some

RE: mouseLoc or?

2001-08-20 Thread Pekka Buttler
You can use BuddyAPI to restrict the movement of the cursor... RestrictCursor Description:baRestrictCursor restricts the cursor to a specified part of the screen. Usage: baRestrictCursor( Left, Top, Right, Bottom ) Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Director and CDDB

2001-08-15 Thread Pekka Buttler
A recent (active) discussion thread started me thinking. The CDPro Xtra returns a cddb compatible ID code for use with CDDB, but how do you really get that information from a cddb? Pekka [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.c

RE: Controlling Audio CD's and Mp3 files?

2001-08-15 Thread Pekka Buttler
---Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Pekka Buttler > Sent: 15. august 2001 11:19 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Controlling Audio CD's and Mp3 files? > > > Mp3's: member("MP3member").fi

RE: Controlling Audio CD's and Mp3 files?

2001-08-15 Thread Pekka Buttler
Mp3's: member("MP3member").filename Audio CD's www.penworks.com look for the CDPro Xtra (free) Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Natalia Tjelum > Sent: 15. elokuuta 2001 10:48 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Controlling Au

RE: corrupted castLib

2001-08-14 Thread Pekka Buttler
ste them into a script window, but you need to be careful of where the script cast member begins and where it ends, as in some cases that is not entirely apparrent. This is as much general info as I have on the topic, if you need more help, please contact me. Preferrably offlist. Pekka Buttler GMT+2

RE: projector runnig slow

2001-08-08 Thread Pekka Buttler
Hi Dominic. Director apps are not really suited for use as background tasks. Basically Director always tries to use every clockcycle available, to be better able to respond to events. Question time: are you running your app with "animate in background" on or off? If it's on, try if setting it

RE: Update-- Still need help.

2001-08-07 Thread Pekka Buttler
Speaking of NT, yes I've seen it happen. It seems most common in corperations with Nazi attitudes "Employees may not use Web/mail for any purposes, employees may not even install Winzip without Exec It damager's permission, users do have only "guest" rights onto their OWN computers!" Anyway, I e

RE: Update-- Still need help.

2001-08-07 Thread Pekka Buttler
0 is infact the parameter for read/write try 1. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Cory Caplan > Sent: 7. elokuuta 2001 0:47 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Update-- Still need help. > > > It's fileIO. I have 2 framescrip

RE: scrollbar problem

2001-08-06 Thread Pekka Buttler
My Experience with that is that it does not work. The ScrollDragger of that behavior reorients itself only at Beginsprite and in case someone uses the arrows or the dragger. Therefore you either have to manually break up the sprite where you intend to swap the contents of that member OR (untested!

D7 or D8.5 advice NEEDED

2001-08-02 Thread Pekka Buttler
ocumented quirks connected to creating CD-ROM-based products with D8.5. TIA Pekka Buttler [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. Thanks!]

RE: ALERT

2001-08-01 Thread Pekka Buttler
Or use BuddyAPI and it's baMsgBox command. BuddyAPI is free to up to two functions. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Kafka's Daytime > Sent: 1. elokuuta 2001 17:37 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: ALERT > > > You can't

RE:

2001-08-01 Thread Pekka Buttler
To answer Your first question about how to create dxr's: You create Dxr's by "protecting" director movies. The resulting movies will not be ediatble, so make sure to make DXR's only of copies. Top protect movies (and find out whether your software will do...) Select, Xtras->Update, tick "protect"

No shockwave progressbar

2001-07-29 Thread Pekka Buttler
Hi. I have a strange problem. We have made a wide range of shockwave movies. Each of them has the same publish settings, i.e. only the "display progress bar" is selected. However, on a wide range of shockwave movies (about 35 of 100) do nevertheless NOT display the requested progress bar. As many

RE: order of handlers execution

2001-07-29 Thread Pekka Buttler
hi Colin. This seems to be becoming a dialogue... I'm not sure what of my comments you are answering, but let me guess: The stuttering which I am referring to is: a# not only at the start of the Clip, but throughout (and gets worse as time passes) b# I also am doing that... c# The stuttering do

RE: order of handlers execution

2001-07-29 Thread Pekka Buttler
Not really. I've had some very freaky problems. Videos start to stutter, (the first video never does it, the third or fourth will...) Director frame rates drop (slightly), sometimes I get the freakiest crashes (Explorer/Finder crashes when running the nth video in Dir...) Allinall. I have nothing

RE: order of handlers execution

2001-07-29 Thread Pekka Buttler
Let me just say some things out of My experience: - QuickTime Is Great - Sorenson is terriffic - Director Rocks Together though, they sadly enough, cock up badly. Don't ask me why, don't ask me how, but I know they do. Either the QT asset xtras have a huge memory leak, or then they just seem to h

RE: list and variable

2001-07-26 Thread Pekka Buttler
People! Ever looked up getPos? Syntax getPos(list, value) Description List function; identifies the position of the value specified by value in the list specified by list. When the specified value is not in the list, the getPos command returns the value 0. For values contained in the list

RE: Type 2 Crash. a cautionary tale

2001-07-26 Thread Pekka Buttler
I've once had an insider explain to me that the reason is that that type of function calling is reserved for built in functions, not custom lingo. Understandable, but an oversight nevertheless... Which brings me to another idea. Would someone second my vote for the following concept. The user w

RE: email from within Director, length of message text

2001-07-26 Thread Pekka Buttler
If my memory serves me correct then I can confirm having heard about that quirk earlier. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Michael von Aichberger > Sent: 26. heinäkuuta 2001 13:10 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: email from

RE: Cookies and Shockwave Milk?

2001-07-25 Thread Pekka Buttler
CTED] > www.ifactory.tv > www.interface-factory.com > > > > > > > > - Original Message - > From: "Pekka Buttler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 12:11 PM > Subject: RE: Cookies and Shockwave

RE: Team collaboration

2001-07-25 Thread Pekka Buttler
I have another Idea for you. First off, Director is probably as unfriendly collaborative environment as it gets. I used to work in teams, where only 1 member of the team had rights to touch the shared casts, which won't work if you want everyone to be able to fully participate. The real option,

RE: Cookies and Shockwave Milk?

2001-07-25 Thread Pekka Buttler
That's true, but be warned that evalscript does not work in IE 5 (neither platform) Macromedia says it's a browser limitation. With IE5 covering about 30% of the WinDos users and 40% of the macusers that is a serious limitation. You can always use a Javascript which structures the HTML for you a

RE: Lingo programming position: Syracuse, NY

2001-07-23 Thread Pekka Buttler
f 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: mission impossible!

2001-07-23 Thread Pekka Buttler
l come along with the time i > think!!!? > I started to read " programming fundamentals variables/ > operators/ list. > > /pascal > > > > > - Original Message - > From: Pekka Buttler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

RE: mission impossible!

2001-07-23 Thread Pekka Buttler
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, C++)

RE: Lingo programming position: Syracuse, NY

2001-07-23 Thread Pekka Buttler
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 [EMAI

RE: Retrieving HTML parameters from URL

2001-07-23 Thread Pekka Buttler
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: Retrieving HTML parameters from URL

2001-07-22 Thread Pekka Buttler
Right on... Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of g r i m m w e r k s > Sent: 22. heinakuuta 2001 19:36 > To: Lingo > Subject: Re: Retrieving HTML parameters from URL > > > But this only works if you set 'swURLString=www.whatever.

RE: Retrieving HTML parameters from URL

2001-07-22 Thread Pekka Buttler
7;t the moviePath in lingo > give you where the .dcr is coming from? > > On 7/22/01 2:17 AM, "Pekka Buttler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed > forth: > > > Yes something like that, only I'd love to get it through Lingo, as I'm a > > crappy Javasripter. &

RE: just started with lingo

2001-07-22 Thread Pekka Buttler
or your answer! > i´ve been working with director for quite some time now as an > animator so i > know some about topic´s handles but > i´m not to sure where to start with the programming. > > /pascal > > - Original Message - > From: Pekka Buttler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

RE: just started with lingo

2001-07-22 Thread Pekka Buttler
Hi. All of those books I am not familiar with, but I'd recommend the order in which you listed them. You should start with a cursory study of the topic's handled and then concentrate on the parts which interest you/where your knowledge is most lacking. Good Luck! Pekka > -Original Message

RE: Retrieving HTML parameters from URL

2001-07-22 Thread Pekka Buttler
lp/manual - i think they will > do what you > want. > > best wishes > > Nick > > > - Original Message - > From: "Pekka Buttler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 8:36 AM > Subject:

RE: Shockwave Error

2001-07-22 Thread Pekka Buttler
Hi Brett. I'd say you have a corrupt castmember. Delete the original member(25,2), then do a save and compact and then reimport the member. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of brett > Sent: 23. heinäkuuta 2001 11:58 > To: [EMAI

RE: Retrieving HTML parameters from URL

2001-07-21 Thread Pekka Buttler
gt; Subject: Re: Retrieving HTML parameters from URL > > > Pekka Buttler wrote: > > > I need the URL, which is in the Browser's adress box when the > SW game is being > > loaded. Something like location.search in Javascript. > > > Something like thi

RE: Retrieving HTML parameters from URL

2001-07-20 Thread Pekka Buttler
Umm. According to the documentation Syntax member(whichCastMember).URL the URL of member whichCastMember Description Cast member property; specifies the URL for Shockwave Audio (SWA) and Flash movie cast members. For Flash movie members, this property is synonymous with the pathName memb

Retrieving HTML parameters from URL

2001-07-20 Thread Pekka Buttler
Sorry people. I might me dumb, blind or tired (probably tired) I have the situation where on starting a shockwave game, the engine gives me a parameter in the URL like http://xxx/numbers1.htm?lmsid=3 Now I need to be able to get the data from the URL, especially the characters which come after t

RE: desktop picture

2001-07-16 Thread Pekka Buttler
I do not think it can be done in shockwave as it definately needs an Xtra which probably would not work in shockwave. In a projector you can use a Xtra like BuddyAPI (www.buddyapi.com), to set the desktoppicture to a file. Remember that you need to copy the file onto the users harddisk first...

RE: Mpg problem.......

2001-07-16 Thread Pekka Buttler
Remeber to check that you have set "animate in background" to True, In the Director Preferences as well as the Projector prefs. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Malcolm Beddows > Sent: 16. heinäkuuta 2001 15:42 > To: '[EMAIL P

RE: Fading sound

2001-07-10 Thread Pekka Buttler
OR if you have neither D8 (soundFadeTo) nor want to do it on an exitframe, you can always write an object to do it for you with a repeat on stepframe... Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Kerry Thompson > Sent: 10. heinakuuta 20

RE: Buddy Api register?

2001-07-05 Thread Pekka Buttler
; > > alright! Thanks. > But then why doesn't it work? > I am using the function baFindApp, > It should work on both platforms, I think? > It gives a script error in runtime, only on the Mac > > -Natalia > > - Original Message - > From: "Pek

RE: Buddy Api register?

2001-07-05 Thread Pekka Buttler
The Mac version's free. Do not register it. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Natalia Tjelum > Sent: 5. heinäkuuta 2001 17:27 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Buddy Api register? > > > Does anyone know how to register the M

RE: Database and File IO

2001-07-04 Thread Pekka Buttler
IMNSHO Lists in Text Files Suck Hard! Reason: in case you need to view it or edit it in another program it is hard to make sense of. Furthemore, converting 3-dimendional lists into CSV or Tab-delimited text files is a piece of cake. (Incidentally, both formats can be read by most spreadsheet app

RE: cd protection

2001-07-02 Thread Pekka Buttler
ant this be done thru lingo > -- > > On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:25:05 > Pekka Buttler wrote: > >You should contact whoever will handle the duplication of the Master disc > >and ask them for what services they have to offer. > > > >Pekka > > > > > >>

RE: cd protection

2001-07-02 Thread Pekka Buttler
You should contact whoever will handle the duplication of the Master disc and ask them for what services they have to offer. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of manisha sinha > Sent: 3. heinakuuta 2001 9:08 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Life span of properties

2001-07-01 Thread Pekka Buttler
Dang. I hate it when it sends prematurely... I'm continuing at the end... > -Original Message- > From: Pekka Buttler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 1. heinäkuuta 2001 17:44 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Life span of properties > > > Interesting

RE: Life span of properties

2001-07-01 Thread Pekka Buttler
Interesting alternatives... Why don't you test it? Attach the following behhavior to a sprite spanning only frame 3: property MyCounter on beginsprite me MyCounter = myCounter + 1 put Mycounter end Then have another script in frame 1, sending the playback head back to frame one. Start th

RE: Save and compact again

2001-07-01 Thread Pekka Buttler
Correct. Save and compact is basically the same as Protect, with the difference that protected files can not be read. Including Files into projectors basically a# protects them b# embeds them into the projector. Personally I do not recommend ambedding movies into the projector, in any case, other

RE: Text file from Net

2001-07-01 Thread Pekka Buttler
Net lingo works asynchronously, which means you have to launch the operation with one command, and retrieve the result with another. Please look into the following lingo: netDone(),netError(),netTextResult() Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Shockwave/Multiuser on OSX?

2001-06-28 Thread Pekka Buttler
Just the mere correction that MacOSX is not Linux-based, but Unix based. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Charlie Fiskeaux II > Sent: 28. kesäkuuta 2001 21:10 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Shockwave/Multiuser on OSX?

RE: problem reading compiled scripts

2001-06-28 Thread Pekka Buttler
Control - Recompile All Scripts (Shift + F8) Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28. kesakuuta 2001 3:46 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: problem reading compiled scripts > > > I am getting an error

RE: macro -

2001-06-28 Thread Pekka Buttler
AH, the city at the bay, that's an idea... Not really, infact I've already twice applied for a job at the mothership. I do not know if it's an american custom not to send a notification of me "not fitting their current needs", but I personally find it questionalble... Pekka > -Original Me

RE: Bitmap Numbers

2001-06-27 Thread Pekka Buttler
So you are supposed to diplay the score as a set of bitmaps... That's no problem. Say you have a maximum score with four digits Create the ten or so castmembers for the bitmaps, name them 0 through 9. Reserve 4 sprites for showing the score, align them properly, and update them with: on Disp

RE: FileIO help...

2001-06-27 Thread Pekka Buttler
Hmm. With FileIO you can only read text. If text is what you want to import then use reading the contents of the text file in conjunction with member(mytextmember).text (alternatively HTML or RTF) If you want to import bitmaps or other stuff, then try creating a new member (look into new (member

Dir8 / SW 8 DirAPI.dll more recent than build 198 ? Anyone

2001-06-27 Thread Pekka Buttler
This in connection with my previous post about sound cracking. I've isolated the bug to DIRAPI.dll If I supplant DIRAPI.dll (b 198) with DIRAPI.DLL from D8.5 (b 321), the sound stops cracking. The problem is that a D8.5 DIRAPI, does not work perfectly together with a D8 IML32 (b 200), and a D8.5

RE: PRO ADVICE NEEDED : Sound crkacks when Directordoing heavy stuff

2001-06-27 Thread Pekka Buttler
Rhanks Jacob! This is the kind of exhaustive answers I am desperately needing. Thanks also to Irv for his tip with D8.5. I used the D8.5 Trial to see, if I could expect to migrate smoothly, but am afraid my tests weren't successful... As I'm in a rush, I'd try to cut the BS, and get right to the

PRO ADVICE NEEDED : Sound crkacks when Director doing heavy stuff

2001-06-26 Thread Pekka Buttler
Hi all... again You can tell I'm nearing the finishing stages of my current project by the fact that I have posted more "help me" messages than usual. D8 W2000, Duron800, 256 ram, Soundplaster 128PCI Anyway, the situation is this. I have a sound (wav, 22, 16, mono, preloaded) playing in channel

RE: Help with modifying this code to "Search Again"

2001-06-26 Thread Pekka Buttler
Hi Gene Well. What you need is to store the number of the line the previous hit was on and on searching the lines below for a possible next hit... Something like repeat with i = PreviousHit + 1 to member("ZoneMastText").line.count should help you along. Pekka > -Original Message- > F

RE: Multi tread with Lingo

2001-06-26 Thread Pekka Buttler
Sure It's possible, It's not TRUE multithreading AND it's a hack. If you create a child object to do the copying, and do the other part with behaviours&stuff, then you'll have some alternatives. I've done that once, (copying files in background while showing animation on front). The main problem

RE: rotating mpeg movie by 90degrees on stage

2001-06-25 Thread Pekka Buttler
Hi. You are implying that you have the capability to make an unknown non-mpeg video asset into an Mpeg video asset. Are you sure, your rendering/compression software can not rotate it for you? Otherwise, I can only ask the next question, what is your playbac technology for MPEG? Pekka > -O

RE: Fatal Error on Director start (OT)

2001-06-25 Thread Pekka Buttler
I personally forgive you, hope everyone else does too. This kind of S**T-bags seem to pest Director from time to time. I personally am running alsmost exactly the same config, so I'm guessing the problem is not generic. Another question I have for you, which produced the same error for my, until

RE: Buddy API Question

2001-06-25 Thread Pekka Buttler
Hmm. I ran across this a few weeks back. Seems Director is somehow unable to register the screendepth change once it has started. he symptoms were exactly the same as yours, BuddyAPI returned OK, the display settings control panel returned the right color depth, but somehow it seemed Director had

RE: URGENT : Problem with Macromedia Splash Screen

2001-06-25 Thread Pekka Buttler
Seemingly, we can expand WinNT to cover W2k as well. Figures. I'm using BuddyAPI, to try to bring the projector to the front, but it won't work, probably because, due to other reasons, I can not use animate in background... BTW, Jacob (HM), Thanks for the link to fastsplash. Would not like to use

RE: detect the CD-Rom device

2001-06-25 Thread Pekka Buttler
Wonder Tab has not answered Look at www.penworks.com for the CD-Pro Xtra. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of gksoon > Sent: 25. kesäkuuta 2001 11:27 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: detect the CD-Rom device > > > hi list

RE: how do i get the params send by autorun.inf

2001-06-25 Thread Pekka Buttler
dline arguments. Remember, that even without registration BuddyAPI offers two free functions. Buddyapi can be found at www.buddyapi.com Pekka UNQUOTE Pekka Buttler > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Jochen Bergdolt > Sent: 25

URGENT : Problem with Macromedia Splash Screen

2001-06-24 Thread Pekka Buttler
Hi everyone. I'm not the typical person to scream HELP, but right now, I'd urgently need some help and advice. Windows, D8: Projector uses eqaully named .bmp file for displaying a Splashscreen. The problem is that whenever I use this splashscreen, once My projector starts up, it is not the activ

RE: passing parameters in autorun.inf

2001-06-24 Thread Pekka Buttler
Hmm. I do not know if Director in itself supports receiving comand line parameters, but you can always use BuddyAPI's "baCommandArgs( )" function to retrieve any commandline arguments. Remember, that even without registration BuddyAPI offers two free functions. Buddyapi can be found at www.buddya

RE: minimize code for dir 7

2001-06-21 Thread Pekka Buttler
BuddyAPI (www.buddyapi.com) has a fuction for that baSetWindowState( WinHandle, State ) If you do not have a licence for BuddyAPI, then you can still use up to 2 functions without registering. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of

RE: Delete item form text field

2001-06-21 Thread Pekka Buttler
If I understood you correctly then what you need is: delete member(fieldmember).item[itemnumber to delete] When dealing with items, also remember to check the itemdelimiter property. Also have a look into: delete item word line paragraph Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTE

RE: Quicktime 5 over Flash Cast Member ?

2001-06-21 Thread Pekka Buttler
Umh, Is the Flash member also set to direct to stage? Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Nicolas S.-Roy > Sent: 21. kesakuuta 2001 17:49 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Quicktime 5 over Flash Cast Member ? > > > Is there a

RE: PrintOMatic problem

2001-06-21 Thread Pekka Buttler
Just a stupid question, but have you contacted the provider of Printomatic with this problem? Oh and By the way, If the print server does not support prostscript, then how is it printing GDI, PCL and if PCL, then what version of PCL? Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Tracing and Trailing

2001-06-21 Thread Pekka Buttler
Naturally you can. You just have to make the spirte which others are to follow, post it's location in a global list... Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21. kesakuuta 2001 16:44 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: using a repeat loop to change fontStyle of lines in a fieldmember

2001-06-21 Thread Pekka Buttler
kka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Pekka Buttler > Sent: 21. kesakuuta 2001 16:16 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: using a repeat loop to change fontStyle of lines > in a fieldmember > > > Do it the

RE: using a repeat loop to change fontStyle of lines in a fieldmember

2001-06-21 Thread Pekka Buttler
Do it the other way around. Set the whole member to "plain", then set the first line to whatever ypu want. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Gene Fritzinger > Sent: 21. kesakuuta 2001 16:06 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: u

RE: How common is 1024 X 768?

2001-06-21 Thread Pekka Buttler
According to www.thecounter.com/stats/ 53% of users still use 800X600 as their screen res. Also if I think about the laptop market, you can be virtually certain, that *ANY* laptop manufactured within the last 2-3 years had atleast a 800X600 display res, whereas 1024 X 768 has necome common only i

RE: puppetSound with no sound card!

2001-06-20 Thread Pekka Buttler
If you are sure about what you are saying I suggest you report your findongs to Gary Smith through the BuddyAPI bug watch site at www.buddyapi.com Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Jason [JZway] > Sent: 20. kesakuuta 2001 12:0

RE: Best way to make an audio intensive slideshow for the web

2001-06-20 Thread Pekka Buttler
If we get onto this line of discussion, there is always Livestage Pro from Totally Hip www.totallyhip.com Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Geoffrey S. Baker > Sent: 20. kesakuuta 2001 17:22 > To: Lingo-l > Subject: Best way t

RE: digital movie playback

2001-06-20 Thread Pekka Buttler
IMHO, It's hard to find a mac without QT. The problem might be, that the verion of QT is not recent enough for MPEG playback (v.4 is needed if memory serves) Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of nik crosina > Sent: 20. kesäkuuta 2

RE: Random Operators >Pekka

2001-06-20 Thread Pekka Buttler
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Dion Nicholas > Sent: 20. kesakuuta 2001 17:35 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Random Operators >Pekka< > > > At 15:25 20/06/01 +0300, you wrote: > > Thanks Pekka, that's exactly what I was tr

RE: Random Operators

2001-06-20 Thread Pekka Buttler
try something like this... on randomcalculation Operatorlist = ["+", "-", "*", "/"] commandString = "put" repeat with a = 1 to 4 commandString = commandString&&(random(10))&".0" commandString = commandString&&Operatorlist[random(4)] end repeat commandString = commandString&&

RE: authorware vs director - training packages

2001-06-20 Thread Pekka Buttler
Honestly, I do not think AW is good for anything. Depending on what you do, I'd rather suggest Director or even flash. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Elvin M. Certeza, Jr. > Sent: 18. kesäkuuta 2001 2:25 > To: [EMAIL PROTECT

RE: puppetSound with no sound card!

2001-06-20 Thread Pekka Buttler
Combine that with Find&Replacing all your Puppetsound commands to a custom handler, which after checking for a soundcard, would in turn launch the puppetsound command... something like: -- in behavior on MouseDown pupSound 1, "downSound" end -- in global movie script on pupSound channel, soun

RE: How to publish with Xtra?

2001-06-19 Thread Pekka Buttler
Dear Sir. AFAIK, the FileIO Xtra is not what they call shockwave safe, and can therefore not be used in ShockWave movies. Pekka Buttler > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ALPER TUNC > Sent: 19. kesäkuuta 2001 11:48

RE: returned value from function

2001-06-15 Thread Pekka Buttler
floatprecision = 10 c = 1.5 put c*c -- 2.25 step 2: 0 floatPrecision the floatprecision = 0 put c*c -- 2 -- Showing only the value before the decimal point put (c*c)*4 -- 9 -- showing that the data after the decimal point has infact not been lost. Pekka Buttler > -Original Message- >

RE: fileIO irregularity

2001-06-15 Thread Pekka Buttler
Try open FullpathnameOfFileToOpen with "explorer.exe" This should open the file in any program associated with the file. You should not even need the full path of explorer as the windows path is most probably included in the path statement. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PR

RE: Projector launching exe, NT error

2001-06-14 Thread Pekka Buttler
If your extras are packaged internally (inside projector) there's a possibility that that might be what's causing the error. In the macromedia Technotes there's a technote about this, which is called error type - 34.. Look it up. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mai

RE: Now it's off topic free upgrade?

2001-06-14 Thread Pekka Buttler
I know. I've withnessed the following !free! updates myself: 4.04 5.01 6.01 6.02 (D6 projector patch) 7.02 What greatly annoys me, is that D7.02 did not fix even half of the known problems, and included support for new media types, making it an features pack, not an upgrade. The bug-ridden D8 did

RE: please help!

2001-06-14 Thread Pekka Buttler
This is what we in finald call a "rautalankaväännelmä", which means it is not exactly elegant, but its should work: Create an object or a moviescript which checks for changes in the members of all soundchannels The code below is untested, but it's purpose would be to check for changes in the stat

RE: free upgrade?

2001-06-14 Thread Pekka Buttler
Nope... If there was, how would macromedia make money? Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Michael Nadel > Sent: 14. kesäkuuta 2001 11:35 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: free upgrade? > > > Does any one know if there's a free

RE: link between director and VB

2001-06-13 Thread Pekka Buttler
Please specify exact meaning of "link" and describe the format of the database? Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Zeggwagh Youssef > Sent: 14. kesakuuta 2001 2:15 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: link between director and VB

RE: Need some info

2001-06-13 Thread Pekka Buttler
There was some good stuff on dropdown lists on Director-online some while a go, maybe you should go browse the archives. Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Fred Westermeyer > Sent: 13. kesakuuta 2001 22:37 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Colordepth persisting...

2001-06-12 Thread Pekka Buttler
Guys... Problem I have a nice multimedia presentation, which has a lot of 'supergreen' alphamaniacs. The problem is that "them darn 'maniacs" look "like a pile uf dung" in anything below 24 bit depth. So no problem (or so I thought), I just have to switch the screen,s Colordepth to 24 or 32. So,

RE: Math problem

2001-06-12 Thread Pekka Buttler
> Thank's Tim and all > > I think the problem is getting bigger :-( > > look this > > put 30*(1+(50/100)) > -- 0 > > How can I make director calculates 50/100 for example??? > > > Rodrigo Peres Hi Rodrigo By default when all values used in a computation are integers, the result will be an integ

RE: RE: oops-here is the subject: DIRECTOR DEMAND (OT)

2001-06-12 Thread Pekka Buttler
> grr. can you tell that i'm bitter? does *anyone* have any information that > can ease the pain of the horrible run-on sentence i've just spewed out? > please tell me that my co-worker isn't right. i'm not interested a nervous > breakdown just now. Hi I do not know whether this will do it for yo

RE: Why would this behavior be getting a Symbol expected scripterror?

2001-06-12 Thread Pekka Buttler
> on showIfInRange, me, startDate, endDate Right here. scrap that comma between the handler and the "me" Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Gene Fritzinger > Sent: 12. kesakuuta 2001 16:19 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Why

OT : RE: Visual inconsistency with sorensonQT onbitmapbackground

2001-06-12 Thread Pekka Buttler
think "Nimble" would be the english equivalent, > if my dictionary serves me right. > > Probably brought here with the many German craftsmen that came here 500 > years ago. > > > > > Från: "Pekka Buttler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Svara till

Language (or the use thereof)

2001-06-12 Thread Pekka Buttler
tion, but I bet once in a while they could also help. To Tab Julius: Sorry for stepping on your toes. Smack me down if you feel the need... Sicerely Pekka Buttler [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: Visual inconsistency with sorensonQT on bitmapbackground

2001-06-12 Thread Pekka Buttler
to change > to #bitmap to get consistent color across the board. > > Bertil Flink > > > Från: "Pekka Buttler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Svara till: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Datum: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:08:20 +0300 > > Till: "Lingo - l" <[E

RE: Property not found

2001-06-12 Thread Pekka Buttler
Well With text members you can use: Lineheight = 0 lineOneV = (CharPosToLoc(member "555" , 1))[2] --get's the "LocV" of first character repeat with a = 2 to length(member("555").text) CharLocV = (CharPosToLoc(member "555" , a))[2] if CharLocV <> lineOneV then -- line has change

RE: One Sprite with Two RegPoints...

2001-06-12 Thread Pekka Buttler
Nope Pekka > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Mahmood Akhtar > Sent: 12. kesakuuta 2001 9:50 > To: Lingo-L > Subject: One Sprite with Two RegPoints... > > > Dear Lingo Masters! > > Can a single sprite has two different registratio

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