"Clint Little" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: Re: text formatting with Lingo: proprty not found
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> > >if I sue the next message:
> > >member("monitor&
> > >I get an error: ...property not found: #color
Try the old syntaxe: set the forecolor of word x of member("y") to...
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Tuesday, May 01, 2001 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: text formatting with Lingo: proprty not found
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> >if I sue the next message:
> >member("monitor").char[1..12].color = rgb(200, 150, 75)
> >
> >I get an error: ...property not found: #color
>
> Is you
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>if I sue the next message:
>member("monitor").char[1..12].color = rgb(200, 150, 75)
>
>I get an error: ...property not found: #color
Is your member a field by any chance? If so, then you need to use foreColor
HTH,
-- Clint
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Hi all,
I'm a newbie here, so sorry if this subject is a part of the forum's
history...
if I sue the next message:
member("monitor").char[1..12].color = rgb(200, 150, 75)
I get an error: ...property not found: #color
The code is on the manual, on the site, but it doesn't seem to work for me :
(
>I tested this in both D7.02 and D8.0 on Windows 98 and it works fine for
>me on a whole cast member:
>
> member(1).topSpacing = 10
>
>I haven't tested on Mac. Is that where you are seeing it fail?
No, I'm running Win 98, D8, but now I can't reproduce the error either. I
opted for bottomSpac
Kerry Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Just one adjustment in the syntax, James. Since topSpacing and
> bottomSpacing are chunk expressions, it appears they can't be
> applied to the cast as a whole; you have to apply it by paragraph.
Hi Kerry,
I tested this in both D7.02 and D8.0 on Windows 98 an
Thanks, James and Karina--problem solved. Both of your solutions worked
equally well for formatting, but I went with James' solution because the
line numbers are closely tied to the on-screen clues, and the extra RETURNs
I was putting in was messing that up.
Just one adjustment in the syntax,
Hi Kerry,
> I've tried doing it in a loop:
>lHeight =12
>shortLine = 6
>repeat with i = 1 to text.line.count
> member("clues").lineheight = lHeight
> put text.line[i] after member ("clues")
> member("clues").fontsize = shortLine
> put " " & RETURN after member ("cl
Kerry Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I have a text cast member that contains a list of clues for a puzzle.
> The client wants some space between the clues.
...
> Ideally, what I'd like to do is have the clues in 10-point type, with
> line height of 14; and the spacer lines about 6 points and heigh
>I've done the same with fontsize, with the same result--the entire
>cast member (and sprite) ends up the same font and spacing.
The solution is to put hard returns at the end of each visual line.
You can do that by using the charpostoloc() function to work out
where the lines will break. Put
First, thanks, Fumio, Mark, and Daniel for the info on duplicate().
Now I've got something that may be a bit trickier. D8, Win 98.
I have a text cast member that contains a list of clues for a puzzle. The
client wants some space between the clues.
I'd like to just set the line height and be do
> How do I need to format a text file in order to import
> individual lines into a field with FileIO, as I seem to
> get that annoying square box before each line once read in.
Read these:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/ts/documents/tn3133.html
http://www.macromedia.com/support/dire
How do I need to format a text file in order to import individual lines into
a field with FileIO, as I seem to get that annoying square box before each
line once read in. Am I making sense?
Dave.
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