RE: miaw- unwanted border

2001-08-24 Thread Gene Fritzinger
-Original Message- hey list, I am trying to seamlessly integrate an miaw into the stage, (for the first time on a major project). I have tried setting the miaw type to 2 and 3, but I still have a pixel wide black border around the edge. I guess I could use an alpha channel just for the

Re: miaw- unwanted border

2001-08-24 Thread Peng Zhang
use Border Xtra to remove it. >From: Logan Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: miaw- unwanted border >Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 09:51:19 -0700 (PDT) > > hey list, > I am trying to seamlessly integrate an miaw i

RE: miaw- unwanted border

2001-08-24 Thread Jorge Pena
Hi Logan, You cannot do this without an xtra... hm, maybe there is one way but I haven't actually tried it yet... There is a method to use a 1 bit cast member as a mask for a MIAW or your projector... Search the archives or DOUG and you will probably find how it may be done. There is one

miaw- unwanted border

2001-08-24 Thread Logan Kane
hey list, I am trying to seamlessly integrate an miaw into the stage, (for the first time on a major project). I have tried setting the miaw type to 2 and 3, but I still have a pixel wide black border around the edge. I guess I could use an alpha channel just for the edge but it seems there is

Re: MIAW that uses "the movie" as the filename

2001-08-21 Thread phillip louderback
i got it... i just needed to lock the file under get info/properties so it would be read only. --- phillip louderback <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > i've got a MIAW that uses "the movie" as the > filename > property. It works fine on the mac but on the pc i

MIAW that uses "the movie" as the filename

2001-08-21 Thread phillip louderback
hi, i've got a MIAW that uses "the movie" as the filename property. It works fine on the mac but on the pc it won't go, tells me "that file is already in use" any ideas or won't it work on the pc. thanks phillip _

Can an MIAW object know it's object address ?

2001-08-19 Thread Brad Hile
Hello all, I am trying to create a "MIAW factory" for want of a better word. I am reasonable with lingo but still grasping the parent/child & oop thing. This is mostly for my own knowledge but I'm trying to make tools for future projects. What I am doing is using a behaviour

Basic MIAW question

2001-08-17 Thread David Tannenbaum
Basic MIAW question: I can't find in the manual how to pause (go the frame ?) and tell the MIAW to continue without using the "pause" and "continue" commands. Are "pause" and "continue" no longer support

Re: Miaw

2001-08-02 Thread adam
on 2/8/01 11:34 AM, holst at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All > > I have a project where i use a miaw, whit about 20 avi´s. I call the miaw from > another miaw. > > I wonder if it´s possible to go to a specific marker in the miaw. > if this is possible how it is don

Re: MIAW kills background sounds (RESOLVED SORTA)

2001-08-02 Thread Roy Crisman
ou wrote: just making sure I'm not doing something boneheaded, here. Sound(5).play(member("whatever")) starts the sound, but     pMIAW = window pMovie   pMIAW.visible = FALSE the pMIAW.visible command kills my sound looping in the background. One option around this is to open the

Re: MIAW kills background sounds

2001-08-02 Thread Buzz Kettles
e. >>>>> >>>>>Sound(5).play(member("whatever")) starts the sound, but >>>>> >>>>> pMIAW = window pMovie >>>>> pMIAW.visible = FALSE >>>>> >>>>>the pMIAW.visible command kills my sou

closing MIAW - fatal error

2001-08-01 Thread John Sproul
Thanks to all who responded to my problem with closing MIAW's. using a bolean value to close the window from the stage was successful. John Sproul Vision Technologies Group [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

MIAW kills background sounds

2001-08-01 Thread Roy Crisman
just making sure I'm not doing something boneheaded, here. Sound(5).play(member("whatever")) starts the sound, but     pMIAW = window pMovie   pMIAW.visible = FALSE the pMIAW.visible command kills my sound looping in the background. One option around this is to open the M

Re: Shape of MIAW

2001-07-31 Thread Darryl Cousins
Hi, There's a article called "Non-rectangular MIAWs" on Director Online. I don't have the URL but just do a search there. Blessings, Darryl > > Hi All, > I would like to know how to make the shape of the MIAW as you want, for > example, I want the Miaw look li

R: Shape of MIAW

2001-07-31 Thread roberto
31 luglio 2001 11.14 A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oggetto: Shape of MIAW Hi All, I would like to know how to make the shape of the MIAW as you want, for example, I want the Miaw look like an Earth, how can I do? I saw someone do that before but I cannot figure it out, please help

Re: Shape of MIAW

2001-07-31 Thread Nicolas MAREY
ge - From: "Eric Choy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:14 AM Subject: Shape of MIAW > Hi All, > I would like to know how to make the shape of the MIAW as you want, for > example, I want the Miaw look like an Earth,

Shape of MIAW

2001-07-31 Thread Eric Choy
Hi All, I would like to know how to make the shape of the MIAW as you want, for example, I want the Miaw look like an Earth, how can I do? I saw someone do that before but I cannot figure it out, please help. Thx all _ Get your

Re: keeping miaw in foreground always

2001-07-30 Thread nik crosina
i am still experimenting with different types, but as i explained in another rplyto the original post: i should have mentioned (sorry) that i am also using the pdf xtra which is a bit of an attention grabber: everytime the pdf on the main stage is clicked on the pop-up disappears... will keep

Re: keeping miaw in foreground always

2001-07-30 Thread nik crosina
withouth the pdf xtra and it works nicely" opening a small pop up miaw in front of a full screen backdrop just means that htat the popupo is greyed out when it looses focus but it stays visible. will keep you posted on this one, but would appreciate any further ideas nik. On Mon, 3

Re: keeping miaw in foreground always

2001-07-30 Thread Slava Paperno
Do you know about the moveToFront command? At 01:21 PM 7/30/2001 -0400, you wrote: >At 05:40 PM 7/30/01 +0100, you wrote: >>No i am using Director v8.5 >>I think it is naturall that a window becomes active when it is clicked >>on, so I can understand that my main stage is becoming the active win

Re: keeping miaw in foreground always

2001-07-30 Thread Roy Crisman
At 05:40 PM 7/30/01 +0100, you wrote: >No i am using Director v8.5 >I think it is naturall that a window becomes active when it is clicked on, >so I can understand that my main stage is becoming the active window when >clicked on. Only this covers up my pop-up which - even though not >momentari

Re: keeping miaw in foreground always

2001-07-30 Thread Irv Kalb
What "windowType" are you using? I am doing this type of thing on a current project using a windowType = 49 (floating) and it working fine in D8.5. Irv At 5:40 PM +0100 7/30/01, nik crosina wrote: >No i am using Director v8.5 >I think it is naturall that a window becomes active when it is >c

Re: RE: keeping miaw in foreground always

2001-07-30 Thread nik crosina
hat > use dozens of xtras, and havent seen any major performance issues. > > Morgan > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > nik crosina > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 9:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

RE: keeping miaw in foreground always

2001-07-30 Thread Morgan Bonar
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of nik crosina Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 9:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: keeping miaw in foreground always Hi ! I am working on a CD-ROM that includes a littl epop-up window showing search results obtinae from a search across multipl

Re: keeping miaw in foreground always

2001-07-30 Thread nik crosina
No i am using Director v8.5 I think it is naturall that a window becomes active when it is clicked on, so I can understand that my main stage is becoming the active window when clicked on. Only this covers up my pop-up which - even though not momentarily active - needs to be visible as it is to

Re: keeping miaw in foreground always

2001-07-30 Thread Colin Holgate
>As the main movie is full screen, after the window pops up and I >click on the main movie, it disappears behind the main movie. > >Is there a way of preventing that and keeping the pop-up in the >foreground until i specifically close it with 'close' or 'forget'? >possibly without an xtra, as I

keeping miaw in foreground always

2001-07-30 Thread nik crosina
Hi ! I am working on a CD-ROM that includes a littl epop-up window showing search results obtinae from a search across multiple pdf file. As the main movie is full screen, after the window pops up and I click on the main movie, it disappears behind the main movie. Is there a way of preventing

Re: Controling sound in a MIAW from the stage(Urgent)

2001-07-11 Thread Mark A. Boyd
At 23:21 10/07/2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I have a audio control in my main movie and i am opening a MIAW. >I want to control the sound playing in the MIAW by using the same audio >control on the stage. >I have tried using the "tell" command it does not work. >It

Controling sound in a MIAW from the stage(Urgent)

2001-07-11 Thread ani21
Hi, I have a audio control in my main movie and i am opening a MIAW. I want to control the sound playing in the MIAW by using the same audio control on the stage. I have tried using the "tell" command it does not work. It gives the message "movie already open" . The code i

Controling sound in a MIAW from the stage(Urgent)

2001-07-11 Thread ani21
Hi, I have a audio control in my main movie and i am opening a MIAW. I want to control the sound playing in the MIAW by using the same audio control on the stage. I have tried using the "tell" command it does not work. It gives the message "movie already open" . The code i

Controling sound in a MIAW from the stage(Urgent)

2001-07-10 Thread ani21
Hi, I have a audio control in my main movie and i am opening a MIAW. I want to control the sound playing in the MIAW by using the same audio control on the stage. I have tried using the "tell" command it does not work. It gives the message "movie already open" . The code i

RE: miaw

2001-07-08 Thread BD fortin
thank's i try it Original Message Follows From: "Al Hospers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: miaw Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 15:20:19 -0400 > how could i make a miaw on web ??? > intro playing over in

RE: miaw

2001-07-08 Thread Jorge Peña
PROTECTED] Subject: miaw how could i make a miaw on web ??? intro playing over index ? i try many way's but ... not work need some help BD . [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

RE: miaw

2001-07-08 Thread Al Hospers
> how could i make a miaw on web ??? > intro playing over index ? > i try many way's but ... not work MIAW's don't work in Shockwave. look into Linked Director Movies or use Film Loops. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A f

miaw

2001-07-08 Thread BD fortin
how could i make a miaw on web ??? intro playing over index ? i try many way's but ... not work need some help BD . _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. [To remove you

Re: Can I program a MIAW to control the cursor?

2001-06-29 Thread Enrique Nivasch
>items, radio buttons, etc. , it seems the easiest way for the MIAW to take >control would be to be able to control the cursor. Move it across the >screen, click on a menu item, click Instead of the talking head taking control of the cursor why don't you reiterate the step t

Re: Can I program a MIAW to control the cursor?

2001-06-28 Thread John Trentini
A possible alternative is to use Snapz Pro 2.0.1 to capture excatly what you describe and save it as QT. You talking head MIAW could then just 'open' this QT when required to show the user how it is done. JohnT Gene Fritzinger wrote: > Hi Folks, > I've created a simulated

Re: resizing a miaw

2001-06-28 Thread jean-louis valero
thank you Andreas for your suggestion. I'm afraid it's more difficult than I was thinking... :-( jena-louis valero > When you resize a miaw by hand is it possible during the mousedown process to freeze the ghosty frame by lingo and so prevent that frame to get smaller or wid

Re: Can I program a MIAW to control the cursor?

2001-06-28 Thread R. Bhakti Klein
control the cursor externally. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Gene Fritzinger > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 3:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Can I program a MIAW to control the cursor? > &g

Re: Can I program a MIAW to control the cursor?

2001-06-28 Thread Luiz Gustavo Castelan Póvoas
have you tried tell (the stage) cursor 280 end tell inside a script on the MIAW? Luiz [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: Can I program a MIAW to control the cursor?

2001-06-28 Thread Chris Aernoudt
a VB proggie or something to control the cursor externally. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gene Fritzinger Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 3:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Can I program a MIAW to control the cursor? Thanks C

AW: resizing a miaw

2001-06-28 Thread Andreas Zeitler
cause while processing the loop no other event can be caught. hope this helps Andreas -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Im Auftrag von jean-louis valero Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. Juni 2001 11:20 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: resizing a miaw hello

RE: Can I program a MIAW to control the cursor?

2001-06-28 Thread Gene Fritzinger
g down the menu items while the various menu items become hilited, then selecting a menu item which in most cases opens another MIAW. Again, if I can just control the cursor, all those functions will occur on their own, as opposed to having to program in all of those functions. Does this

RE: Can I program a MIAW to control the cursor?

2001-06-28 Thread Chris Aernoudt
Just hide the cursor ( set cursor to 0), and move a sprite around. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gene Fritzinger Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 3:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Can I program a MIAW to control the cursor? Hi

Can I program a MIAW to control the cursor?

2001-06-28 Thread Gene Fritzinger
rform different functions as well as involved exercises. My idea is to monitor their progress with a moveable talking head MIAW. This MIAW will try to guide the user through the exercises. But if the user gets stuck, I'd like the talking head MIAW to take control and actually do that part of th

resizing a miaw

2001-06-28 Thread jean-louis valero
hello (again) beloved list So nobody has the response? Or am I incomprehensible with my poor english... It would be so great for me (and others) to resolve this tiny problem which prevents my interface to have a professional appearance: When a user resize a miaw is it possible during the

resizing a miaw

2001-06-27 Thread jean-louis valero
hello again When you resize a miaw by hand is it possible during the mousedown process to freeze the ghosty frame by lingo and so prevent that frame to get smaller or wider? something like this (which does not work): on resizeWindow repeat while the stilldown if the mouseh < 100 or

resizing a miaw

2001-06-26 Thread jean-louis valero
hello When you minimize a miaw is it possible during the mousedown process to freeze the ghosty frame by lingo and prevent the window to get smaller. Currently, I'm obliged, if the square is to small for my needs, to use a handler to make that window bigger after the mouseup.(not very el

AW: AW: urgent MIAW problem

2001-06-24 Thread Michael von Aichberger
Just wanted to tell you that my problem (keyUp handlers in a MIAW not responding anymore after clicking in that MIAW) is partly solved. I got a hint from another mailing list, indicating that this strange behaviour is a known director bug, but that it is in authoring mode only. I checked it out

Re: AW: AW: urgent MIAW problem

2001-06-23 Thread Slava Paperno
At 07:43 PM 6/23/2001 +0200, you wrote: >What I need is a text field in a MIAW that executes a keyUp handler no >matter what the user does with the mouse and no matter what window is >active. You may not have your second and third wishes as thjey are unrealistic, but if your user cli

AW: AW: urgent MIAW problem

2001-06-23 Thread Michael von Aichberger
a Lingo - the activeWindow system property being "unsettable". And why does a click on MIAW A not switch the property "the activewindow" to MIAW A? (I checked that with the watcher, the stage remained the activeWindow). > ... I usually architect around it, but I probably work a

Re: AW: urgent MIAW problem

2001-06-23 Thread Tab Julius
know what the rule is if a MIAW which is not the activeWindow has a text field with focus. It's conceivably possible that Director would attempt to delivery the keyUp event to that field ANYWAY, if it's the only active text field in the system. Unlike a mouseclick, which has a de

AW: urgent MIAW problem

2001-06-23 Thread Michael von Aichberger
Hi Tab, thanks for answering. > particularly since B is supposed to launch A, so how is it that the handlers run in A when you start b? A is in front of B and the keyboardfocussprite is a sprite in A (B calls A with this Lingo: wMain.fileName = A moveToFront wMain tell wMain go t

Re: urgent MIAW problem

2001-06-23 Thread Tab Julius
I lost you in there, particularly the part about starting movie B runs key up handlers in miaw a, particularly since B is supposed to launch A, so how is it that the handlers run in A when you start b? Generally, a keyUp handler on a sprite doesn't mean much unless that sprite is a

urgent MIAW problem

2001-06-23 Thread Michael von Aichberger
Now I create a movie B, which runs movie A as MIAW. When I start movie B, the keyUp handlers are executed in MIAW A. HOWEVER: When I click with the mouse somewhere in MIAW A, and hit a key again, the keyUp handlers in MIAW A are not executed anymore, not that in the movie script and not that in the s

Re: open & close miaw window

2001-06-20 Thread Slava Paperno
Mitesh, If my reading of your note is correct: "if user click outside the window, the window closes itself" then it is possible that the window does not in fact close, but simply hides behind the stage window. Try moving the stage window around, and you'll probably see the M

open & close miaw window

2001-06-20 Thread mitesh
Hi friends, I am opening a window as open window command but i want to open it as miaw window for that if the user click on exit button then only user close the window. in my command if user click out side the window the window is close itself but i want that if user click on the exit window

Closing MIAW... from LDM or from the main movie?

2001-06-20 Thread John Erazo
greetings, lingo-listers. I'm planning to use an LDM for a particular project. This LDM contains a button that opens a MIAW. The name of this MIAW will be in a global variable. My question is, where is the right place to issue the forget command for this MIAW? is it from the main mov

Re: Miaw cast managment

2001-06-18 Thread Michele Gironico
I solve my problem. Sometime rading manuals it's a god thing. With "the tell" command everithing works fine. Thankyou _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. [To remove yourself from

Re: MIAW window options

2001-06-16 Thread Buzz Kettles
check setting the windowtype. if there isn't a standard type that satisfies, you could use the undocumented & unsupported 'irregular shaped MIAW' technique. btw - this technique can also be used to create border-less projectors ... (a recent discussion topic) hth -Buzz

Re: MIAW window options

2001-06-16 Thread Buzz Kettles
check setting the windowtype. if there isn't a type that satisfies, you could use the undocumented & unsupported 'irregular shaped MIAW' technique. -Buzz At 12:10 AM -0700 6/16/01, William Miller wrote: >is there a way to have the window launch without the size bar

RE: MIAW control

2001-06-15 Thread Al Hospers
y stopping the QT movies before you close the MIAW? are you closing the MIAW or forgetting it? you might want to at least set the movietime to 0. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alcambersoftcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a doub

MIAW window options

2001-06-15 Thread William Miller
is there a way to have the window launch without the size bar on the bottom of the windowit gets in the way of my project -- [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]

MIAW control

2001-06-15 Thread William Miller
I am launching other dir files in a window and everything works fine...but the dir files with quicktime movies in them don't stop playing when you close the windowthe image and window are gone but you can still hear the audio track..any Ideas -- [To remove yourself from this list, or

miaw

2001-06-14 Thread JUAN COLON
hi everyone, I did a projector with about 8 MIAW's. when I click on the button that activates the MIAW it gives me an open dialog box and then a director player error. how can I include the MIAWS with the projector JUA

Re: Re: close MIAW

2001-06-12 Thread Christian Wach
Alexandre Cop wrote: > In Director 8+, does it have an impact on memory/stability if you > close&forget your miaw often? not as far as I am aware... but if you need the MIAW often, it would seem to be a better strategy to just close the MIAW (which keeps it in memory and makes it a

RE: Re: close MIAW

2001-06-12 Thread Alexandre Cop
> In the MIAW: > > gCloseMIAW = TRUE > > In the stage (say on exitFrame): > > if gCloseMIAW then > close yourMIAW > forget yourMIAW > end if In Director 8+, does it have an impact on memory/stability if you close&forget your miaw often? ta, ... Alex ...

Re: close MIAW

2001-06-12 Thread Martha Arifin
Thanks for letting me know :) I didnt realize it. I learned it from the book and it never gives me any problems. But really, thanks for the tip. - With respect, this is NOT the way to close a MIAW. It will lead to crashes. A better method is to set a flag which triggers the close and

Re: Re: MIAW stops sound

2001-06-12 Thread Christian Wach
Martha Arifin wrote: > on mouseUp me > tell the stage > go the frame > close (pCloseMiaw) > forget (pCloseMiaw) > updateStage > end tell > end With respect, this is NOT the way to close a MIAW. It will lead to crashes. A better method is to set a

Re: MIAW stops sound

2001-06-12 Thread Martha Arifin
, "yoursoundloop" end Then, on your open MIAW button: on mouseUp me startMiaw me end on startMiaw me myMiaw = window("miawwindowname") myMiaw.filename="file/path/to/movie/to/be/opened" myMiaw.windowType = 5 aRect = rect(390,145,590,525) -- set

MIAW stops sound

2001-06-11 Thread Brian Piper
Searched the archives, and found cases where closing the MIAW stops the sound. I've got a sound playing in the main projector, that I want to keep as a background loop as I open a MIAW, but using the openWindow causes the audio to stop. Any ideas??

Re: exitFrame handler not working after returning froma MIAW

2001-06-05 Thread Buzz Kettles
!!! > > >Did you try setting the activeWindwo back to the main movie? > >At 4:45 PM -0400 6/4/01, Gene Fritzinger wrote: >>Hello List, >>I have a director movie with many MIAWs. One of the MIAW has an > >exitFrame script that checks for the character count of f

Re: exitFrame handler not working after returningfroma MIAW

2001-06-04 Thread Gene Fritzinger
h many MIAWs. One of the MIAW has an >exitFrame script that checks for the character count of four field >members. When the char.count reaches "10" , a custom handler is >called which rounds the date from the field forward to the next >Saturday and another date from a fie

Re: Re: moving an MIAW

2001-06-04 Thread Charlie Fiskeaux II
Ditto! Charlie Fiskeaux II The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054 x29 cell: 859/312-3883 - Original Message - From: "Robert Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 3:31 PM Subject: Re: Re: moving an MIAW

Re: exitFrame handler not working after returning froma MIAW

2001-06-04 Thread Buzz Kettles
Did you try setting the activeWindwo back to the main movie? At 4:45 PM -0400 6/4/01, Gene Fritzinger wrote: >Hello List, >I have a director movie with many MIAWs. One of the MIAW has an >exitFrame script that checks for the character count of four field >members. When th

Re: Re: moving an MIAW

2001-06-04 Thread Buzz Kettles
done http://www.best.com/~kettles/MIAW-tricks.zip enjoy -Buzz At 3:31 PM -0400 6/4/01, Robert Smith wrote: >Excellent. Yes, please do. >-r >-Original Message- >From: Buzz Kettles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: Judy P

exitFrame handler not working after returning from a MIAW

2001-06-04 Thread Gene Fritzinger
Hello List, I have a director movie with many MIAWs. One of the MIAW has an exitFrame script that checks for the character count of four field members. When the char.count reaches "10" , a custom handler is called which rounds the date from the field forward to the next Saturday a

Re: Re: moving an MIAW

2001-06-04 Thread Robert Smith
Excellent. Yes, please do. -r -Original Message- From: Buzz Kettles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Judy Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, June 04, 2001 3:31 PM Subject: Re: Re: moving an MIAW >I don't know who the orig

Re: Re: moving an MIAW

2001-06-04 Thread Buzz Kettles
I don't know who the original poster was on this (I recently lost a few weeks worth of posts), but I've got a small demo movie that's a main movie + MIAW, & the MIAW is irregular shaped, transparent & drag-moveable (& closable). If there's an interest in it, I

Re: moving an MIAW

2001-06-04 Thread Judy Price
> Hello! > If sombody could help me, how to create a transparent MIAW (background), > how to create a dragging window with Lingo (without titlebar). You could do a search on MediaMacros. I think there was some code there that you could modify. You might also try: (Courtesy of Chuck N

MIAW alert mesages not centered

2001-05-29 Thread Gene Fritzinger
Please disregard this question, I was not testing at 1024 X 768, Sorry! 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!]

MIAW alert mesages not centered

2001-05-29 Thread Gene Fritzinger
not centered relative to the main movie or the MIAW. Can someone suggest why this might be or even better, how to make the alert messages centered. As always, with much respect to the entire list, g fritzinger [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http

MIAW

2001-05-29 Thread JUAN COLON
i have a projector which calls many MIAWS depending on the button pressed. It works fine in authoring mode but when i create the projector I get an error. how do you include them with the projector. JUAN-NYC _ Get your FREE downloa

RE: MIAW first appearing in the lower right corner of stage

2001-05-21 Thread Stefan Keller
hi gene, i guess the crux is-- on openDateSelection window ("dateSelection").windowType = 2 -here--- window ("dateSelection").visible = TRUE --because the visible property of a window is pretty much the same as the open/close commands.. runTop = (the stageTop + 180)

RE: MIAW first appearing in the lower right cornerof stage

2001-05-21 Thread John Erazo
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gene Fritzinger Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 12:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MIAW first appearing in the lower right cornerof stage try moving your window("dateSelection").visible =

RE: MIAW first appearing in the lower right cornerof stage

2001-05-21 Thread Gene Fritzinger
ion in the center of stage. My first > instinct is to set their position off stage while first > opening them and then after the MIAW is visible, move it to > the center of stage. I was hoping I could get some feedback > on this approach or possibly a better approach. This is how I was o

RE: MIAW first appearing in the lower right corner of stage

2001-05-21 Thread Al Hospers
ion in the center of stage. My first > instinct is to set their position off stage while first > opening them and then after the MIAW is visible, move it to > the center of stage. I was hoping I could get some feedback > on this approach or possibly a better approach. this works for

MIAW first appearing in the lower right corner of stage

2001-05-21 Thread Gene Fritzinger
er of stage. My first instinct is to set their position off stage while first opening them and then after the MIAW is visible, move it to the center of stage. I was hoping I could get some feedback on this approach or possibly a better approach. Thanx in advance, g fritzinger [To remove you

Re: Re: MIAW (Invalid Page Fault Error)

2001-05-17 Thread Tab Julius
With all due respect, absolutely DON'T do it this way. You're on the right track, but you haven't fixed the problem. It all comes down to the question of: from what context is the kill command issued? In your fix here, it is still being called from the context of the MIAW,

Re: MIAW (Invalid Page Fault Error)

2001-05-17 Thread Paul Fletcher
Hi Ravi, I had this problem a while ago. It is nothing to do with your MPEG. It is the way you are closing your MIAW's. Keep the code simple when you close the MIAW A simple way around this is to go to and 'end' frame in the MIAW with the following code on the exitFrame. If y

Re: MIAW (Invalid Page Fault Error)

2001-05-16 Thread Ravi Garimella
Hi All I am playing MPEG video using DirectMedia Xtra and i have some miaw windows opening on top of it. After opening the MIAW windows for a couple of time i keep getting the error message on all computers. Any ideas. Error on closing MIAW- MOCK caused an invalid page fault in module

RE: MIAW in shockwave

2001-05-09 Thread Mark R. Jonkman
Hi Mitch MIAW and Shockwave don't mix.. I believe the usual line is that it would be a security risk to be able to open a MIAW in Shockwave. Therefore they are disabled. Having said that, there are a few things that you can do to imitate them but it all depends on how close to the edge you

RE: MIAW in shockwave

2001-05-09 Thread Al Hospers
> Can MIAW be used in shockwave movies? If so how is the syntax > different. > Right now I'm setting the properties and then using open > "myWindow". It > works in director but not shockwave. MIAW's do not work in SW. it is quite a limitation. you can use Linke

Re: MIAW in shockwave

2001-05-09 Thread Kerry Thompson
>Can MIAW be used in shockwave movies? No, sorry, it can't. I've gotten a similar effect, though, by mocking up a window with sprites. It hangs around offstage until I whistle, then it comes running to the coordinates I give it. You could do it with imaging Lingo, too--compos

MIAW in shockwave

2001-05-09 Thread mitch daigle
Can MIAW be used in shockwave movies? If so how is the syntax different. Right now I'm setting the properties and then using open "myWindow". It works in director but not shockwave. --- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.c

RE: MIAW PROBLEM....

2001-04-26 Thread Al Hospers
> Hi List,Can i create a list which elements will be .mov files? > Should i spend time on it or it's not possible? > Can you give me some advice please. > > What i am trying to do is : > I have some small .mov videos and i want to play them on the > screen one > after the other without stop.I was

MIAW PROBLEM....

2001-04-25 Thread george.gemenetzis
Hi List,Can i create a list which elements will be .mov files? Should i spend time on it or it's not possible? Can you give me some advice please. What i am trying to do is : I have some small .mov videos and i want to play them on the screen one after the other without stop.I was thinking of cr

setting focus back to the main window after closing MIAW

2001-04-24 Thread Ellen C. Largo
Hello lists, Hope you can help me with this problem of bringing back the focus on the main window after closing a MIAW which called another MIAW. There is no problem now with crashes when closing MIAWs and no problem on setting focus if the MIAW to be closed does not call or open another

non-rectangular MIAW lost color

2001-04-20 Thread Slava Paperno
Thanks to Mark Reijnders Director Online article, Non-Rectangular MIAWs, I made a beautiful MIAW with holes (they are even functional), and it worked great. But then I replaced the graphic in the MIAW that serves as the movie's entire background, and that broke something. The MIAW is

Re: sound stops when closing miaw

2001-04-08 Thread Quixadá
hi, folks i've made a mistake in my previous post, so i'll try again: why, when you FORGET (not close) a miaw, all the sounds stop? At 16:02 06/04/01 -0300, you wrote: >hi, lingoists >i'm trying to figure it out for a while now, but with no avail, so... >why, when you cl

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