Re: mouse over which sprite?

2001-08-02 Thread clars danvold
if you only need the spriteNum of sprites that contain scripts, you could add mouse handlers to the scripts: on mouseEnter me tSpriteNum = me.spriteNum broadcastNum tSpriteNum end on mouseLeave me broadcastNum #none end then have a movieScript that recieves the handler calls: on broadcastNum aS

Test - please ignore this mail

2001-08-01 Thread clars danvold
test [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: fileIO: line break wierdness

2001-06-12 Thread clars danvold
thanks, all, for the input. Seems I was in the ballpark, but not precise enough. regards, Clars Danvold "Mark A. Boyd" wrote: > CRLF = numToChar(13) &numToChar(10) Tab Julius wrote: > > Do the chars appear at the end? If so, you're probably doing it in the >

fileIO: line break wierdness

2001-06-09 Thread clars danvold
aks in the text with RETURN, numToChar(13), and numToChar(10). Same result. The textfile is written with fileIO's writeString() method. What am I missing? regards, Clars Danvold [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To

Re: Re: Help..Kinda urgent

2001-05-31 Thread clars danvold
estion would be "Problems with titlebar close button in projector in a window". I hope I'm not offending you, it's just a suggestion to help you obtain better help, faster. Regards, Clars Danvold Ravi Garimella wrote: > > Hi List, > > This may sound dumb, but when

Re: finding the highest occupied sprite channel - moviewide

2001-05-17 Thread clars danvold
Thanks for the input! Brennan Young wrote: > on getHighestOccupiedChannel > > f = new(#filmloop) > f.media = the score > s = 1 > > m = sprite(s).member > > sprite(s).member = f > > updatestage -- important!!! > > tell sprite s > highestOccupied = the lastChannel > end te

Re: finding the highest occupied sprite channel -moviewide

2001-05-16 Thread clars danvold
b_douglas wrote: > > you could build some sort of function such as > > on checkChannel lastChannel > repeat with i = 1 to lastChannel > if sprite(i).member = member(0) then >return i - 1 > end if > end repeat > end > > if you check you will see that empty channels return 0 for the mem

Re: finding the highest occupied sprite channel - moviewide

2001-05-16 Thread clars danvold
"R. Bhakti Klein" wrote: > > i suppose you could check every sprite in every frame, but i think a > more organized way of doing it is to create some kind of sprite manager > (global object) that keeps track of which sprite channels are occupied, > and even what's in them. > you can make it store

Re: Don't Need help with a RAM hog on Windows anymore

2001-05-16 Thread clars danvold
Carl West wrote: > unloadMember(member(tMem, tCast)) -- <<< * > * This is essentially what I did to mine and it fixed my problem. > (not pointing it at the 20MB cast that had no textfiles I needed to > adjust the fontsize of helped, improved the load time too) > > I found my problem by

finding the highest occupied sprite channel - moviewide

2001-05-15 Thread clars danvold
rn the EMPTY channel after it emptyChan = i + 1 exit repeat end if end repeat return emptyChan end regards and thanks Clars Danvold [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: Don't Need help with a RAM hog on Windows anymore

2001-05-15 Thread clars danvold
end repeat return tFoundMemList end Q: Should I be specifically unloading EACH member after just looking at it? Or are you doing something I'm not? TIA Clars Danvold [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post mess

Re: Kiosk w/printable Map (was Kiosk Map)

2001-05-14 Thread clars danvold
he user finishes scrolling, or they could be areas defined with Lingo. My 2 cents, Clars Danvold Architect/designer/teacher/programmer [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]

multiuser game - approach?

2001-05-09 Thread clars danvold
e to write a few lines. Advance thanks and Regards, Clars Danvold architect/designer/teacher/programmer [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

Re: BASIC - send string to flash editable text

2001-05-02 Thread clars danvold
Thanks a million, Terry. Took me 5 minutes. Now THAT'S quick & dirty! --Clars "Terry R. Schussler" wrote: > In Flash, create a text field, set it to Dynamic, assign it a unique > variable name, such as "tTextFromDirector". > > Let's assume that you have created this text field in the primary

BASIC - send string to flash editable text

2001-05-01 Thread clars danvold
Hello all- I'm looking for a quick and dirty tutorial on how to set the contents of a Flash editable text with Lingo. Also, I need info on how to set the action/variables up in Flash, as I know next to nothing about Flash action scripting. I skimmed the articles at DOUG, but couldn't seem to fin

Re: color chip in behavior dialog - Karina?

2001-04-18 Thread clars danvold
Thanks Pranav and Karina, The Property Inspector bit was what threw me off. I had hypnotized myself into believing it could be seen in the PDL dialog as well. regards, Clars [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post m

color chip in behavior dialog - Karina?

2001-04-18 Thread clars danvold
hello All- (sheepishly) Someone, might have been Karina Steffens, posted code to put a color chip in the get PDL dialog box. Now I can't find it, and I can't get the #format right. could someone please repost? Many thanks, Clars Danvold [To remove yourself from this list, or to

Re: Xtra missing message

2001-04-11 Thread clars danvold
worth considering: If you're branching to different movies, the movies, not the projector, require that xtras be added. This can be a repetitive task if you have a lot of movies. That's another argument for the "Xtras" folder approach. HTH, regard, Clars Danvold archi

Re: creating a text member on the fly?

2001-04-04 Thread clars danvold
the script was a behavior, not a movie script. works fine now. -Clars grimmwerks wrote: -Do you have a parent script that¹s not set as a movie script? It interfers with the 'new' call. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.

stubborn hilite in editable text

2001-04-03 Thread clars danvold
Thanks for the suggestions, but... the problem persists. regards, Clars Danvold [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

creating a text member on the fly?

2001-04-03 Thread clars danvold
member(mem).editable = FALSE member(mem).boxType = #scroll return mem end regards, Clars Danvold [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

stubborn hilite in editable text

2001-04-02 Thread clars danvold
hello all- I'm sure this must be a repeat post: I have an editable text member. At different times its editable property gets set TRUE and FALSE, depending on the situation. Often after setting editable to FALSE, the entire text is highlighted. No amount of end user clicking can make this go a

Re: #field member.border.color (?)

2001-03-27 Thread clars danvold
Thanks, roy and andreas, for your suggestions. Regards, Clars [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 h

Re: #field member.border.color (?)

2001-03-27 Thread clars danvold
Well, I suppose I should look into it - I was saving it for some thumbnail creation later on in the current project, but this would seem to be nice (hopefully:easy) place to start. I'll check the DOUG primer... any other resources available out there? -Clars (roy pardi) ...or using imaging lin

Re: #field member.border.color (?)

2001-03-26 Thread clars danvold
e or born on the fly- any other ideas? -Clars Roy Pardi wrote: > > At 2:24 PM +0200 3/26/2001, clars danvold wrote: > >hello all- > >is there any way of setting the color of a field member's border? > > > > no- black is the only color you get- but hey, it goes wi

#field member.border.color (?)

2001-03-26 Thread clars danvold
hello all- is there any way of setting the color of a field member's border? I can only make them black. Regards, Clars Danvold [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 PROT

Re: Cursor problems

2001-03-23 Thread clars danvold
I think the first part of your question has to do with event passing. The mouse handlers on other sprites don't react, because your cursor sprite is trapping the mouseUp events. Try looking into "pass" in the Lingo Dictionary. A "pass" just before "end" in your cursor sprite's mouseUp handler sh

Re: zipXtras WAS: OT: using MasterApp xtra to createZip files

2001-03-23 Thread clars danvold
Thanks, but the point is that the zipped files will later be opened *outside* the Director environment - just downloaded with any browser, and unzipped. So any decrypting/security measures must take place in context. That's why we're going for password on the zipped files. -Clars --

zipXtras WAS: OT: using MasterApp xtra to create Zip files

2001-03-23 Thread clars danvold
hello all- ..and thanks for answers, but it seems that the zip Xtra (ships with D8) and budZip and budUnZip Xtras (from www.mods.com.au/) are born without the ability to zip files with a password for unzipping. Anyone... please correct me if I'm wrong. The password is crucial - no password, no

Re: OT: using MasterApp xtra to create Zip files

2001-03-22 Thread clars danvold
...there's a little dcr xtra floating around that's called Xtralist that will give the interface to it Anyone know where it's floating, these days? regards, Clars [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messag

Re: OT: using MasterApp xtra to create Zip files

2001-03-22 Thread clars danvold
... As for passwords, not that I know of, but you could do some password protection inside of director ... Ah, but the files will be opened in a different environment. The unzipper will be downloading the files and unzipping them from his desktop (or wherever). No Director involved at this en

OT: using MasterApp xtra to create Zip files

2001-03-22 Thread clars danvold
sequent comments - a digital photo album. Now, I need to: (roughly) (with MasterApp or similar) -Create/name a Zip archive -Add the image file -Define a password for extracting the image file -Close the archive (with something else?) -Upload the archive. Any pointers would be much appreciated. Re

Re: minimize full-screen projector?

2000-11-23 Thread Clars Danvold
and minimizes the : the projector. : : -- : Ramesh CT : http://www.geocities.com/ramesh_ct/ : : Clars Danvold wrote: : > : > hello All : > : > Does anyone know of lingo or an Xtra that can minimize a project running : > full screen? That is, slap it down to the windows status bar

minimize full-screen projector?

2000-11-23 Thread Clars Danvold
hello All Does anyone know of lingo or an Xtra that can minimize a project running full screen? That is, slap it down to the windows status bar/the Mac Finder. I'm looking for a way of doing it from within the projector to be minimized. Regards, Clars Danvold [EMAIL PROTECTED] [To r

Re: projector slowdown....until

2000-09-14 Thread Clars Danvold
Rich: Thanks for your comments. I'm doing the same thing: Lots of single-frame flash stuff instead of bitmaps, for the same reasons-looks good, scalable, &c. Something that worked for me: Try looking into the member.static (or static of member) property. It seems that single-frame .swf members

Re: projector slowdown....until

2000-09-14 Thread Clars Danvold
Thanks, but I'm using 7.02. I will surely update Flash Asset Xtra, as I have TONS of the stuff. "Mark A. Boyd" wrote: > If you're using D7.0, get D7.02. > > If you're using D7.x and have Flash or vector members, then be sure you > have the updated Flash Asset Xtra from > http://www.macromedia.

projector slowdown....until

2000-09-14 Thread Clars Danvold
hello all- testing an educational CDrom, I find that I'm experiencing program slowdown. The basic idea of the program is that a pupil is taken through 1-16 modules (dir-movies), depending on the teacher's initial set preferences. After running the modules a few times, the program starts to run s

slightly OT- audio Xtra on win NT: no go

2000-09-14 Thread Clars Danvold
hej all- working with the audio Xtra version 4.0 from updateStage, I've encountered problems on win NT. the same "record to RAM" script that works on win98 does nothing on NT. Not that I'm surprised. But the client seems to think that NT is a viable operating system. I'd be happy to post the co

clearing the keyboard buffer in dir7-win

2000-09-14 Thread Clars Danvold
I read the recent "clearing the keyboard buffer" thread with interest- how "flushInputEvents" clears the contents of the keyboard buffer. It made me wonder whether or not there are any ways of doing (or emulating) the same in Director 7.02, windows. regards, C l a r s D a n v o l d arkitekt