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newproxycallback question

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 21:10:09 GMT

hello

inside a flash sprite behaviour I initialize my callback

on beginssprite me

pCB = sprite(me.spriteNum).newProxyCallback(#sendToLingo)

sprite(me.spriteNum).stage.getChildAt(0).addEventListener("sendToLingo", pCB)

end

-- this function is called from the flash.

on sendToLingo me, evt

put "Data received from AS3:" && evt.data

end

inside flash I have a class to get some values via tcpip, this works fine...

I add an ondataArravied eventlistener to rhis object.

com_pci.addEventListener("dataArrived",onDataArrived);

that calls the method

function onDataArrived(e:Event){

trace("onDataArrived " + getTimer() );

comInAry = com_pci.data;

var tempPos:String = (comInAry[0]).toString();

if (tempPos != currSlidePos) {

trace("onDataArrived and changed" + getTimer() );

dispatchEvent( new LingoEvent("slidePos:" + currSlidePos) );

}

OK, when I onDataarrived is called one, I get a bunch of events in director, every time the tempPos != currSlidePos I get 20 or 30 times the sendToLingo

event in director. why, the trace inside flash is only fired once...

would be nice to get some help.

regards.

Gestures not working

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:53:58 GMT

I'm using the following script to enable the swipe gestures on iOS...

Movie Script

on startMovie

_touches.registerGesture([#swipeRightGesture:#handleSwipeRight])

_touches.registerGesture([#swipeLeftGesture:#handleSwipeLeft])

end

Frame Script

on handleSwipeRight

go next

end

However this dosen't work - ie nothing happens when I swipe the screen (on either the iphone iOS7 or ipad iOS6. Is this how the code should be implemented?

Formatted text file Into TextMember with Scrolling... Problem.

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 00:07:59 GMT

Hi,

I have this script which works OK but...

member("MyTEXT").importFileInto("mytext.rtf")

It preserves the RTF word format, but the scrolling disappears.

Is there any solution to this? I want to have a external RTF file that when imported into a text member with scrolling, it preserves its formatting

without messing up the text member.

Thanks

How do I hide the top bar of iphone information indicating coverage, time and battery status? When running my application this sige appearing

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:56:53 GMT

How do I hide the top bar of iphone information indicating coverage, time and battery status? When running my application this sige appearing

How can I play full screen on a file ipa iphone 5?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 22:08:30 GMT

Hi:

How can I play full screen on a file ipa iphone 5 made with adobe Director 12?

I have also tested with no dependent files and the screen fills.

Thank you.

Startup problems using NetConnection and NetStream to FMS

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:40:00 GMT

Hi there,

unfortunately I'm a noob at Director and my task is to build a simple 2-people-video chat. I'm using Director 11.5, Windows 7 and Flash Media Server 3 (well, not sure about the version, but an old one).

I found out that I can use a NetConnection-object in Director to connect to the server. But my only information source is the user manual:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Director/11.5/UsingScripting/WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811d50262 762-7f24.html

There only are some single code lines without any details. So my code looks like this until now --- I didn't replace any of the sample code, just copied all I would like to use somehow.

  myNetConObject = sprite(1).newObject("NetConnection")
  myStream = sprite(1).newObject("NetStream", myNetConObject)
  myStream.attachVideo(source)
  myStream.attachAudio(source)
  mystream.publish(whatToPublish)
  mystream.play(whatToPlay)

The manual unfortunately does NOT tell me HOW I can give the parameters, for example the source of a camera video. Has it to be the installation URL of the camera? Has it to be the name of the camera? Do I have to set up an "source" object somehow and attach a camera to that? Same thing with the micro.

Next: what is "whatToPublish" and "whatToPlay"? Shall it be the attached video (and how shall I name that)? Shall it be just "video"? (for publidhing.) Shall it be an url for play?

Also: how do I get logged in with a user name and how can I play a stream of another user?

Somehow I'm very frustrated about the help documents... These example lines didn't help me, because they're not giving any specification what parameters really are needed and such things.

Can someone help me please? I'd also be glad about links to tutorials or other forum questions about that. Didn't find any myself.

Thanks in advance fr your help and hints!

Jana

iOS: Using photos from camera and gallery

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:33:03 GMT

Hi guys,

has anybody experiences using photos (gallery, camera) on iOS device with Lingo?

I wanna load a picture from gallery into my application or start camera, take a picture and load this.

There is an solution by using clipboard but isn't user-friendly.

Same with saving picture into the gallery?

Thank you for your help!

windows 8.1 and touchscreen monitor

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:46:50 GMT

Hi guys, i´ve just acquired a touchscreen monitor, and i´m trying to develop a Windows projector, but the _touchgesture doesn´t work with this, and the mousedown event either, my buttons works just with the mouseup, when i remove the finger from the screen. Any help please??

thanks in advance.

Triggering keyDown while commandDown in OSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 05:55:20 GMT

I use the keyDown event to trigger various conventional keyboard shortcuts such as ctrl-c to copy, ctrl-v to paste. The problem is that in OSX the command key blocks the keyDown event in Director so instead of the OSX convention of command-c I have to instead use control-c. I can test the key events in a frame script and verify the _key.commandDown flag but the normal keyDown event is never triggered while the command key is pressed. Is there some workaround or setting to get this to work as expected? Or perhaps a different event which will work the same as the keyDown?

BuddyAPI baGetFilename not opening in correct location in OSX Mavericks

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:39:58 GMT

I have an application built in Director 11.5 using BuddyAPI xtra file selection dialogue baGetFilename. In OSX Mavericks (10.9.4) the dialogue doesn't seem to open in the specified path any more. It seems to default to the path last accessed in the previous file open dialogue. This has worked reliably in previous versions so I assume something has been changed in 10.9 that is confusing it.

Has anyone else come across this issue? Can anyone suggest a workaround or alternative for the file selection dialogue. I basically need to specify the path for the file selection dialogue so I can open the appropriate folder for the type of file rather than relying on the end user to successfully navigate to the location every time. I also need to filter the dialogue to particular file types. Is there an alternative to the BuddyAPI xtra that is compatible with Director 11.5 and Mavericks? Is there a workaround to get BuddyAPI to work correctly?

Embedded font is not supporting, if the original font is unavailable.

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:47:01 GMT

Dear friends

i am using Macromedia Director MX 2004 version, while i am trying to embed fonts in director through "Insert/MediaElement/Font", it has been embedding and also save the font with the given name and *. while i am runnig this project in other system in wihch the original font is unavailable, embedded font will not support and text shown in a system default font also it is showing that font is missing. Can anybody help me upon this would be greatful.

thanks in advance

Venki@chennai

India

Nested quotes, value(), and string() and other fun "Headaches"

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 05:59:57 GMT

So I have a handlerA in which I do something like this all with local variables:

VariableA = "The Planet" VariableB && "orbit" && VariableB

I need to store stuff in a big list in a separate handlerB , for example, without the VariableD expanding, which is why I have to put it

in quotes:

DB = []

DB.append("This" & QUOTE && "&&" && "VariableD" && "&&" && QUOTE & "ThisToo" & QUOTE & "&&" & QUOTE & "That")

s = string(DB)

s = value(s)

put s

seems to work but I am not sure I am doing this right. Any input would be appreciated.

I need to be able to call tokens/items from the content of DB, much like what is assigned to VariableA

then have it's variables expand like it does in handlerA

Thanks

Client - Server help

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 18:35:25 GMT

Hey there!

i have some few questions maybe that one of you guys could help me.

Since short i have started with director and managed to follow a few tutorials that i found.

I am using OpenSMUS as my server in this "little project" of mine.

Users can connect to my server with their username & passwords.

I have a control movie open of OpenSMUS where i can see who is connected to the movie and their ip.

When i use the command system.user.delete on the specified user i want them to go to frame 1(login menu).

If anyone can help me with this or has an example for me i would be grateful

How can I use the "EvalScript()" function? I am trying to send text to a Director app from the web browser, but the console in the browser just responds "Uncaught ReferenceError: evalScript is not defined ".

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 22:09:30 GMT

I am trying to control a Shockwave app form another machine, using "Pusher" service (websockets), and everything is ok so far; but when I try to send the shockwave app the text recieved from another machine, using the "EvalScript()" function (as documented), I only get the message "Uncaught ReferenceError: evalScript is not defined" in the browser's console. What am I doing wrong?

'm using the following script in the webpage where the shockwave object is located:

// Enable pusher logging - don't include this in production

Pusher.log = function(message) {

if (window.console && window.console.log) {

window.console.log(message);

}

};

var pusher = new Pusher('abc963cf3e6g678879e');

var channel = pusher.subscribe('Galileo_channel');

channel.bind('Galileo_event', function(data) {

evalScript(data.message);

alert(data.message);

});

</script>

The "alert" is working fine, but I can't get JavaScript to recognize the EvalScript (I even tried calling the shockwave object, ie: "extev01.evalScript()", since the object's ID is extev01, but it doesn't work, either).

Help!

Make simultaneously or sequentially moveable and editable fields or text sprites in movie.

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 30 May 2014 14:29:58 GMT

I am having a bit of a problem with creating field or text sprites that are both editable and moveable. I want a user to be able to enter text into the sprites and move them around on the stage to serve as labels for schematics they are making. I can easily make them moveable or editable, but when trying to do both one property interferes with the other. I have been using various combinations of the properties on the mouseenter, mouseleave, and mousedown handlers. One version of my non-workable efforts are below. Seems I can move a sprite but once editable gets focus can't move it anymore. Any ideas?

rod

___________________________________________________________

property spritenum

on mouseenter me
sprite(spritenum).moveablesprite = true

sprite(spritenum).editable = false
end
on mouseleave me
sprite(spritenum).editable = false
sprite(spritenum).moveablesprite = false

end

on mousedown me
sprite(spritenum).moveablesprite = true
sprite(spritenum).editable = false
end

on mouseup me
sprite(spritenum).moveablesprite = false
sprite(spritenum).editable = true
end

Calling Flash movieclip inside Director

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 26 May 2014 16:25:20 GMT

Hello:

I have a movieclip inside another movieclip inside another movieclip and flash.
Can I enter the play head of the third movieclip ?

for example:

sprite(1).mc1.mc2.mc3.gotoAndPlay(30)

With this sentence does not work. Do you know hot to do it?

many thanks

member text with line numbers

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 06 May 2014 13:14:05 GMT

Hello:

Do you know how to write or add the line number inside a member text?

I have some different word documents and I have to add the line number. I was trying with member("mytext").text.line, but when is a paragraph does not count, only detect RETURN between lines.

Can you help me or guide me?

many thanks

Use Excel to send commands from PowerPoint to open specific screens in a movie in a window

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 23 May 2014 00:34:58 GMT

Hello All,

Excel allows a user to create a Drop Down menu that can be embedded into a PowerPoint presentation. The links in the Drop Down menu can contain hyperlinks. My question is, can the hyperlink contain the information needed to launch a MIAW that, for example, used the following criteria:

gCommercial = window().new("RooferManual_Fall_Protection2.dxr")

gCommercial.movie.go(190)
gCommercial.open()

I can do this out of a director projector, added to the PowerPoint, but they perform inconsistently. Clearly, if the .dxr launch could be linked to a hyperlink in an Excel drop down menu, I'd be in clover.

There are about 80 frame based links in two movies that we would like to be able to access from within the PowerPoint through a drop down menu at anytime an instructor using the PowerPoint wanted to access them.

Any thoughts about this, including other solutions that can be easily added to PowerPoint?

Rod

Resetting the timeout with no clicks or keyboard input

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:52:05 GMT

Hey all,
SO, I have an RFID reader that is triggering events in a director movie. My timeout is set for 2 minutes, but it is possible for the user to never touch the keyboard or touchscreen, and still be interacting with the program via the RFID interface. How can I reset the timeout timer so that the program doesn't timeout in the middle of the user's activity. I can't seem to find anything in the documentation that mentions it, although it seems there should be some property that I could just reset to 0. Like countDownTime or something like that. Any ideas?

- Bruce

iOS Director bug list

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 14 May 2014 00:27:48 GMT

I can't find the list we had of incompatibilities between Director and iOS. They must have been deleted in the discussions update. Sheesh.

Fonts don't look the same and can be VERY thin on iOS. Also they look a mess if Matte inked.

Inks other than Copy and Matte don't seem to work though I haven't tried them all. Background Transparent, NotCopy, the important ones don't.

Primitives are thinner on iOS. Try 2 rounded rectangles with sides just touching in Director. On IOS they'll be a good 4 pixels apart.

Director 12.0.9r149 update to app - anyone?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 04:43:05 GMT

I just updated to Director 12.0.9r149 (OS X) and now my iPad app crashes.

It's not iOS 7.1.1 as an older version of the app works fine.

I put an alert into a prepareMovie handler and it doesn't get to it so it can't be my code which was working perfectly (cough) before the update.

Anyone else having problems since the update? Also: please tell me if YOU'RE NOT!

How to delete objects created with new

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 08 May 2014 01:20:29 GMT

Hello,

I am having a problem creating a behavior or script to delete new sprites created in channels. I have a behavior script that creates new sprites using the following (simplified) script:

First, a Beginsprite creates a gChannel_list and assigns a beginning gChannel value. pSprite is used to establish the sprite that in the mousedown is clickon.

on Beginsprite me
gChannel_List =[]
gChannel = 70
pSprite = sprite(Spritenum)
end

In the mousedown the gChannel is incremented and the newly created channel is added to the gChannel_list.

on Mousedown me

gChannel = gChannel + 1
theChannel = addat(gChannel_List,gChannel)
themember = pSprite.member

........

channel(gChannel).makeScriptedSprite(themember, point(80,160))
sprite(gChannel).width = thememberW
sprite(gChannel).height = thememberH
sprite(gChannel).rotation = theMemberR
sprite(gChannel).moveablesprite = 1
sprite(gChannel).ink = 36
........

etc

After creation of several sprites based on the the gChannel, the following globals, for example, are returned.

-- Global Variables --
gChannel_List = [71,72,73,74]
gChannel = 74

My problem is that I am unable to delete these created gchannel sprites with a lingo command. Deleting them from the list, for example, using deletat(gChannel,1), does nothing to remove them from the stage (they do disappear from the list). And while I can display their attributes such as width [n=getat(gChannel_list, x); put sprite(n).width], nothing seems to relate to deleting these gchannel sprites.

How is it done?

Hope this is enough information. If not, please let me know. I can provide whatever you might need. Please help.

Rod

where are all discussion?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 06 May 2014 13:20:32 GMT

I only see two pages with discussion. How can access to the other 3 thousands?

thank yoiu

Changes to cast won't stay when I switch between .dir files

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 05 May 2014 21:38:43 GMT

Hello, first time on Adobe's forums.

First of all, this is not my original script, I was hired to bring a game from old version of Director (I believe Director 5) into Director 11.5 so it will work on new Windows OSs.

The game is broken into about 4 .dir files, and the Lingo script uses a cast named MathCityNaMu to save the game state when the players moves from one DIR file to the next.

The script creates a cast member inside of the cast file called "MathCityNaMu". At first the cast only contains one member, called "kount". The script duplicates that cast member and inserts the players name and score into the newly created duplicate cast member via this script

member("kount").duplicate()

member("kount").name =string(MainCharacterName)

The script then saves the cast by this line

castLib("mathCityNaMu").save( "@casts\mathCityNaMu.cxt")

And then when the second .dir file opens, it picks up the cast via this line.

castLib("mathCityNaMu").filename = "@casts\mathCityNaMu.cxt"

This process works when I play the game in Adobe Director. However, when I go to publish to an .exe, the functionality is lost. The .exe will hold all the character information until it makes the jump from one .dir file to another, when it loses it. It seems that for some reason the next .dir file will not pick up the right cast, or perhaps the cast is never getting saved properly in the first place. Anyway there is a lot going on in this script and I am willing to try anything. Please lend me some help!

Problem with Script Using New() to Create a #Vectorshape

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:56:03 GMT

Hello,

I am having a problem integrating an existing movie script into a movie I am building and I can't figure out why.

The single movie script, developed by JC in 2004, appears below. It works perfectly in a movie all by itself. But I need to integrate it into an existing movie in which other sprites and behaviors must coexist.

The problem I am seeing is that gMem is created with the new command (can see it in the message window using put gMem), but it will not allow attachment of gMem.regPoint, gMem.centerRegPoint, and so on. These all return errors.

I would also be open to another solution to the problem. What I need to do is create rectangles that represent a plan view of a rooftop on an underlying grid and then be able to drag and place other images on it (it is for training purposes, not a game).

I am using MX2004 on a PC. Any help, deeply appreciated.

Rod Wolford

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --

global gMem, gCount, gNum, gLoc, gCreateVert, gMemNum

on prepareMovie
clearGlobals()
_movie.puppetTempo(60)
gCreateVert = False
gMemNum = 5
end

on mouseDown
if not(gCreateVert) then
    gMem = new (#vectorShape, member gMemNum of castLib 1)
    gMemNum = gMemNum + 1
    gMem.regPoint = point(0,0)
    gMem.centerRegPoint = False
    gMem.closed = False
    gMem.antialias = True
    gMem.strokeWidth = 0.25
    gMem.strokeColor = rgb(0,0,0)
    gNum = getFreeChannel()
    channel(gNum).makeScriptedSprite(gMem, point(0,0))
    sprite(gNum).ink = 36
    gCount = 0
    gCreateVert = True
end if

if gCreateVert then

    if the doubleClick then
      gCreateVert = False
      gCount = gCount - 1
      gMem.deleteVertex(gCount)
      gMem.closed = True
      gMem.fillMode = #solid
      gMem.fillColor = rgb(random(256) - 1,random(256) - 1,random(256) - 1)
      gFinished = True
      exit
    end if

    gCount = gCount + 1
    gMem.addVertex(gCount, the mouseLoc)

    gCount = gCount + 1
    gMem.addVertex(gCount, the mouseLoc)
    gLoc = the mouseLoc

end if

end

on enterFrame

if gCreateVert then

    gMem.moveVertex(gCount, the mouseH - gLoc[1], the mouseV - gLoc[2])
    theLoc = (gMem.vertexList)[gCount][1]

    if not(theLoc = the mouseLoc) then
      gMem.moveVertex(gCount, the mouseH - theLoc[1], the mouseV - theLoc[2])
    end if

    gLoc = the mouseLoc

end if
end

on stopMovie
theCount = castLib(1).member.count
repeat with i = 1 to theCount
if member(i).type = #vectorShape then member(i).erase()
end repeat
end

on getFreeChannel

repeat with i = 1 to the lastChannel
    if sprite(i).member.type = #empty then
      aNum = i
      exit repeat
    end if
end repeat

return aNum

end

Full Screen - can stage proportions be constrained?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:48:20 GMT

Hi everyone;

I made a button that allows the user to make the project go full screen & restore to regular size. Is there anyway way that when the screen goes full, the porportions are contrained? I just want to eliminate the screen being enlarged to left an right when used on a widescreen monitor. Below is what I am using to make the screen go full:

on mouseUp me
(the stage).rect = (the desktopRectList)[1]
(the stage).drawRect = (the desktopRectList)[1]
end

Rafa.

I want you to tell me the Lingo script to compress the text.

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 01 May 2014 03:10:16 GMT

Hello.

I am using the Director8.5.

I want you to tell me the Lingo script to compress the text.

I want to in the URL text being compressed.

Have seen an example of the LZ77 algorithm. It is not known now.

Thanks in advance.

im trying to create a "wobbling" effect with a bitmap

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 11:16:28 GMT

im trying to create a "wobbling" effect with a bitmap

any idea how to go with this with director?

Randomise questions for quiz using Director

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:24:26 GMT

Hi everyone,

I'm currently trying to make a quiz using Director. Fairly simple, linear stuff as it's just a prototype. Basically, it will be multiple choice questions and I have used basic lingo so far such as mousedown, mousewithin, goframe, set the blend etc. I have created 10 questions with their backgrounds in Photoshop and saved them as png files, which I've imported into the Cast on Director along with the buttons, which I also created in Photoshop and imported into the Cast. The user will need to answer 5 questions out of the 10 and I want it that director will pick them randomly. It will be a linear game where the user will answer the first question before going onto the next and so on. But I want Director to pick them randomly because if not then it will just keep displaying the same questions in a row. Does anyone know how I could do this and what lingo I would need. Have Googled it but not found anything that makes sense to me anyway.

Thanks

Mixer content not saving?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 06:40:06 GMT

I create a new movie, create new mixer, import a few sound files, internal or external doesn't matter.

I then add them to the mixer, save movie. Close director, reopen movie, the sounds are gone from the mixer.

I have this consistenly happen. I can't seem to find if this is expected behavior. If not, how can you save the content

of a mixer?

Director 12.0 PC user here.

Anybody who doesn't have this problem?

Thanks for the help

Weird doubles in "on enterFrame"

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 03:22:10 GMT

I have striped my projects in order to nail down a problem to the bare 1 movie script with:

on enterFrame

put _movie.frame

end enterFrame

And for some weird reason, I consistently get doubles like this in the Msg window:

-- 1

-- 2

-- 3

-- 4

I tried doing a new movie from scratch just to check, but it seems fine. Why would that

happen in my old movie? I checked tempo, doesn't change anything, removed xtras,

double checked some preferences that might influence but nothing.

If you have had this problem before and found out the source let me know,

Thank you

I have this with Trace on:

== Frame: 1

--> put _movie.frame

-- 1

--> end enterFrame

--> put _movie.frame

-- 1

--> end enterFrame

== Frame: 2

--> put _movie.frame

-- 2

--> end enterFrame

--> put _movie.frame

-- 2

--> end enterFrame

== Frame: 3

--> put _movie.frame

-- 3

--> end enterFrame

--> put _movie.frame

-- 3

--> end enterFrame

What on earth causes this?

Message was edited by: SunLight

iOS performance

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 08:06:31 GMT

Maybe it's because I am testing on an iPad 2 but there seems to be a huge difference in performance between my newish iMac and the iPad.

I have designed my own scrolling system so I can do some smart list highlighting.

Not only is it WAY slower on the iPad but the speed deteriorates.

Anyone else struck this?

Lingo shooting game

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 21:48:24 GMT

Hello

I'm creating a shooting game in Director. I want to have an object drop from top to bottom of the screen in a straight vertical line. The object will need to keep repeating this before it's shot.

Does anyone know how to do that in Lingo?

Many thanks

iOS keyboard text entry - user must close keyboard

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 01:00:42 GMT

I am trying to enter text in my iOS app. Should be simple - I mean this is basic stuff.

You click in an editable text member, the iOS keyboard pops up, you type, hit a button to save it and your code grabs the text and puts it where it is needed. Right?

WRONG!

If the user doesn't close the keyboard the text entry text is not copied into the text member, so your button code copies the unaltered text.

I've tried to use:

member("new set name").editable = 0

and

_movie.keyboardFocusSprite = 0

and both

but it still doesn't connect the iOS text entry object to the text member.

Has anyone got a solution other than waiting for Adobe to provide another 'hot fix'?

alert() not working

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:46:11 GMT

This seems like a silly question but I'm suddenly having a problem with the alert function. I just upgraded a project from MX to 12. When the user takes a particular action, I use alert() to show a feedback message. The movie works fine, however, the projector does not. When I run the projector and hit the code to show the alert message, the system beeps but no message is shown. The program continues normally. I am running both the movie and the projector on Mac OS10.6. Here's the original line of code:

alert(myTextVariable&" has been added to the rolls -- you may add more students or return to Main Menu")

In attempting to narrow down the problem, I tried:

_player.alert(myTextVariable&" has been added to the rolls -- you may add more students or return to Main Menu")

alert("Test message")

_player.alert("Test message")

None of these work. Anyone else see this?

By the way, I also notice that after every time I run a movie to test a change, the Script window is closed. What is particularly annoying is that, when I reopen it, I have to find my behavior again. Does anyone have a workaround for that or know of an option to set?

Flash variables will not pass on enterFrame

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 22:13:27 GMT

I currently have the following code setup to pass variables to a flash when a button is clicked:

on click

flashSprite = sprite("videoplayer")

rootRef = flashSprite.getVariable("root1", false)

rootRef.setUpDoc(the moviePath&"xml"&dirPath&currentMovie&"_nav.xml", the moviePath&"xml"&dirPath&currentMovie&".xml", the moviePath&"Src"&dirPath&currentMovie&".f4v")

end

The code works perfectly when called with "on click" but if I take this code and put it in the behavior frame and change "on click" to "on enterFrame" it give me the error:

"Script error: Variable used before assigned a value

rootRef.setUpDoc(the moviePath&"xml"&dirPath&currentMovie&"_nav.xml", the moviePath&"xml"&dirPath&currentMovie&".xml",

the moviePath&"Src"&dirPath&currentMovie&".f4v")"

Why does it work with "on click" but on with "on enterFrame"?

Can anyone help me with this?

check if sprite is off screen

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:00:46 GMT

Hi there guys,

I am making a game which has a gun that fires bullets, Id like the gun to fire so long as the previous bullet is off the stage

Whats the easiest way to do this please?

I tried:

if sprite(13).locV = < -100 then

variable 1 = false

end if

but it does not work, it allows me to repeatedly fire and cancels the existing bullet on the screen so does not register a hit....

any ideas what I am doing wrong please?

please help

thanks

p.s. in an ideal world I would like to fire bullets repeatedly irrespective if existing bullets are on the stage or not and to register a hit....

Add New Node - Adobe Director Microsoft Treeview Control 6.0 xtra?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:30:11 GMT

Can some one help me on how to add new node to TreeView Control provided as xtra with Adobe Director. Tried using sprite(1).Nodes.Add but not working.

Please assist

downloadNetThing slow on Mac

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:29:33 GMT

Has anyone else experienced this? I've got the same code calling downloadNetThing on Mac and Windows and the downloads take much longer on the Mac.

Thanks.

Newbie. Can't get rollOver to work

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:05:57 GMT

Hi,

Using Director 12 trial.

I've been off of Director for 12 years. I used to know a little Lingo, but I've forgotten most of it. Came back to Director to do a simple interactive menu that launches different QT movies. All of the limited scripting I've done so far is working, except for rollOver command.

Nothing I do will get a rollOver response. So simple, but can't figure out why it's not working.

simple example...

on exitFrame me

go to frame

if rollOver(12) then beep

else nothing

end if

end

lIke I said, my other scripts work fine. But rollOver isn't working. I'm trying to get buttons to highlight as they're rolled over.

Robert N.

Director Lingo - If Statement Problem

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:43:55 GMT

I am trying to get my code to check on keydown if the "Hand" has moved yet and if so then reset it to the original position, reset the x value, increase the global score and speed. However if it hasn't moved yet, then it jumps to the Game Over screen. The issue I am having is that when it resets the Hand location, it the executes the "if Hand.locH = -720 then go to "Game Over""part of the code and goes to the Game Over screen. Or at least that is my best guess.

Any hints as to what the issue is would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

on KeyDown me
  if Hand.locH = -720 then go to "Game Over"
  else if if Hand.locH > -720 then
    Hand.locH = -720
    global gScore
    gScore = gScore + 1
    x = 0
    if gSpeed > 50 then
      gSpeed = 50 + random(-10, 10)
    else
      gSpeed = gSpeed + random(3)
    end if
  end if
end

Help with this line of lingo please?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 09:09:34 GMT

The following code appears in the FadInOut behaviour, in the on BeginSprite handler.

pFaded = resolve(pFaded)

It relates to a Property variable pFaded.

There is no 3D lingo involved but the only reference I can find to "resolve" relates to 3D lingo.

can anyone help me out and give me a clue to what it is doing please?

Never mind I've worked it out.

Thanks..

Attempts in Making a Turn-Based Combat System like Earthbound

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:44:19 GMT

For a couple days now, I have been trying to figure out how to manipulate LINGO scripts for a counter, random value generator, and other types to create a turn-based combat system that's similar to Earthbound for a project.

So far, I have the if then codes instantaneously moving the player from one marker to the next, but I can't figure out how to do the following:

1. Damage

2. Health Bar

3. Random Crit Generator

4. Healing

5. Player Controlling more than one sprite

6. Counter-Attack Competent AI scripting

Can anyone help me? I sorta have the health and the player controlling more than one sprite, but any help would be appreciated!

Swf overlaps image on Mac

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:13:53 GMT

I have an dcr file with a swf menu on the firsta page, everything works fine except on Mac computer where the image of the first page overlaps with the next pages.

What is the cause? Is there a solution?

Thanks.

How can I draw or remove one image on top of another using Alpha?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:05:05 GMT

I just didn't know how to word this but I cannot get it to work:

I have one image on top of another, the top image is called "Top".

When the mouse is down (or a finger is pressed on the touchscreen) I want to essentially draw "off" the top image revealing the bottom below. The draw line/brush thickness would be a predetermined size.

Adobe Director 12 on Mac OSX

Server version not working

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 23:24:01 GMT

I have uploaded a version of my program that works in the local mode while residing in DSWMedia folder and played on my browser.

But then I uploaded to my website. It loads and goes nowhere after the fist click giving no erros.(Click on the click enevelope, the part is working but it has no sound, could that be a problem?) How do I diagnose this?

Should I not get an error?

The site is Flash compliant (with Earthlink) as far as I know.

http://readinglesson.com/online-game/

http://readinglesson.com/wp-content/uploads/SB/SBdata/story00.htm

Click on the storyBook online.

Charan

SSL and postnettext/getnettext

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:36:21 GMT

It seems as though postnettext and getnettext don't work with SSL.

Are there alternative methods (existing multiplatform xtras) that can get around this?

Thanks!

How can I store the latest member of a random list?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:04:21 GMT

Hi there,

I need some help from you with this behaviour. I need a script to choose a random sound from a list but, each time I click the mouse on member "Speaker" the same audio should be played (only available for 3 times).

Thanks a million. Marta

How can I know the selected sound?

---

global newsoundlist

property thisSprite

property myCounter

on beginSprite me

thisSprite = me.spriteNum

myCounter = 0

end

on mouseUp()

vSound = 0

soundlist = ["sound1", "sound2", "sound3", "sound4", "sound5"]

vRandom = random(5)

if (_mouse.mouseMember = member("speaker")) then

myCounter = myCounter + 1

vPlay = soundlist[vRandom]

newsoundlist = [vPlay]

-- sound available only for 3 times

sound(1). play (member(newsoundlist[1]))

if myCounter = 4 then

sound (1).stop ()

_player.alert ("Sound no longer available")

end if

end mouseUp

GotoNetmovie thing

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:40:03 GMT

I have the command

gotonetmovie("movie1.dcr")

to go from one movie in my DSWMedia folder to another in the same folder.

But when I try to run, it goes no where. None of the other movies wont go to target link either. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for your help, suggestions.

Help to finish a project

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 03:54:45 GMT

Hello everyone , new to this forum. I have a project stated in director eight

Need help to finish it.

Please if you can help send me private message .

Thanks,

Aleme