Adobe Community: Message List - Director Lingo

Re: newproxycallback question

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 20:30:17 GMT

You should wait until your flash sprite has initialised before setting up communications. Something like the following typed as a #parent script and named "init" in your castLib:

-- parent script "init"
on enterFrame me
  sendSprite(me.spriteNum, #init)
end

and attached to the Flash sprite:

property spriteNum
property my
property ancestor

on beginSprite me
  my = sprite(spriteNum)
  ancestor = script("init").new()
end

on init me
  ancestor = VOID
  cb = my.newProxyCallback(#sendToLingo)
  my.stage.getChildAt(0).addEventListener("sendToLingo", cb)
end

-- etc.

This will force the Flash sprite to wait for one frame cycle before setting up.

Re: Gestures not working

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 23:51:25 GMT

First, Director (12) is started and the following script is described.

Movie script

on startMovie

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

--It recognizes also by "on prepareMovi" or "on startMovie".

end

on handleSwipeRight

member("momo").text = the long time & "start"

--code to handle Right Swipe

end

"on startMovie" is recommended although recognized also by "on prepareMovie" or "on startMovie". Those with a possibility of stopping moving by "on prepareMovie" when another Handler is put in.

And use a movie script by a property inspector. This is important. Unless it comes out, the Handler written in here does not move.

If it moves by Director in order to move by ios, an error will come out.It is published and used for ios.

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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.

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

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 15:02:40 GMT

Or what about just using pointToLine?

Adobe Director * pointToLine()

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

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

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 07:43:43 GMT

Try the following, or some snippet or re-working of it, attached to your #text sprite:

property spriteNum
property my
property myMember

on beginSprite me
  my = sprite(spriteNum)
  myMember = my.member
end

on mouseUp me
  if ( myMember.text = EMPTY ) then exit
  tLoc = _mouse.mouseLoc - my.loc
  tPos = myMember.locVToLinePos(tLoc[2])
  nChars = 0
  repeat with l = 1 to tPos
    nChars = nChars + myMember.line[l].char.count
    -- account for RETURN at line end
    if l < tPos then nChars = nChars + 1
  end repeat
  
  if tLoc[2] < myMember.charPosToLoc(nChars)[2] then
    tClickedLine = tPos + myMember.scrollTop/myMember.fixedLineSpace
  end if
  
  PUT tPos, tClickedLine
end

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

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 23:28:10 GMT

Then how can I select theMouseLine in a text member? So I can use the content of the mouseline as a var.

I have an old Behavior to hilite and select the mouseLine, but it only works on "Field" members.

Any way to do this in a text member?

Thanks

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

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 20:08:29 GMT

You can't import formatted text into a #field - that's not the way the field member type works, it doesn't support any formatting. Please explain why you say:

and It has to be a field … when the RTF is imported

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

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 17:15:50 GMT

Hi Sean, It's been a while.

Yes, now I have the scroll, BUT...

Look at this:

My member is a field... and It has to be a field and when the RTF is imported, it becomes a text member. I tried THIS, but it doesn't work.

member("MyTEXT").importFileInto(_movie.path & "mytext.rtf")

member("MyTEXT").boxType = #scroll

member("MyTEXT").type = #field

It there any way to solve this?

Thanks

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

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 02:42:59 GMT

member("MyTEXT").importFileInto(_movie.path & "mytext.rtf")

member("MyTEXT").boxType = #scroll

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 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

Re: iOS: Using photos from camera and gallery

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 13:37:49 GMT

Sounds good Milky_au,

we will check this and give feedback. - Thank you!

At the moment we fight with a lot of mysterious things in Director 12 on Mac OS X and iOS.

It's unbelievable!!!

Re: iOS: Using photos from camera and gallery

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:46:24 GMT

Hi Schnell,

I have no direct answer to your questions, regarding lingo commands to access the iOS camera or gallery…

But you could try playing around with Director's 'flash xtra'

Try building a simple Flash ActionScript file, which uses the ‘CameraRoll class’ to import a photo (Camera, CameraRoll & CameraUI class)

You never know - might get lucky

If you can get anything working, please let us all know.

(on the other hand, it could all be a big waste of time??)

good luck.

milky

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!

Re: windows 8.1 and touchscreen monitor

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:59:24 GMT

Whether or not the mouseDowns are activated is sometimes a function of the settings for your touchscreen driver e.g. se if there is some kind of click-and-drag mode and see if that works better.

I agree that the touchgestures ought to be designed to work in desktop apps (they don't). Send your request to Adobe - Feature Request/Bug Report Form

Re: windows 8.1 and touchscreen monitor

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:55:17 GMT

I belive the _touchgesture only works with ios. OnMouseDown event should work. Press/hold simulates RMB. Not tried on win8

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.

Re: Triggering keyDown while commandDown in OSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 01:53:18 GMT

Oh, that's interesting. I wonder if the "keydownscript" would work any different. It's worth a try if you haven't already. (the keydownscript = "myNewScript")

Or the next thing to try would be to see if the stage was still getting those keys. I know the MIAW normally would get the keydowns sent to it, but maybe the command keys are for some reason bypassing the MIAW. And if it is, then you have to figure out a way to get the stage to tell the MIAW what's going on.

I haven't had time to test any of this myself yet.

Re: Triggering keyDown while commandDown in OSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 02:51:20 GMT

Well, it seems it is only an issue for MIAW. When I run the test movie in a window (opened in a window from a stub movie) I get the same issue.

Re: Triggering keyDown while commandDown in OSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 01:46:13 GMT

Strange, I tried a new movie using your script and it all works fine. I tried setting editShortCutsEnabled in my application and it still doesn't work. I added an alert to the top of my keyDown script and it's not even triggered so whatever is interfering with it is stopping the event before it even gets there, but only with the commandDown.

This is in OSX 10.5.8 and in 10.9.2

Re: Triggering keyDown while commandDown in OSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 01:02:09 GMT

I am on Mavericks 10.9.2 but it has been an issue on previous versions.

I wasn't aware of the editShortCutsEnabled property. I will give that a try and see if that is the problem. Thanks for the suggestion rduane.

Re: Triggering keyDown while commandDown in OSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:38:42 GMT

Hmm. I just created a new movie with nothing in it except for the following script, and it worked as expected. I am using OSX version 10.7.5 and Director 11.5, what about you? Also, are you familiar with the _movie.editShortCutsEnabled? Are you sure that the script you are writing is necessary?

My test script:

on exitFrame me

go to the frame

end

on keyDown

if _key.commandDown then

case _key.key of

"c": alert "command-c"

"x": alert "command-x"

end case

end if

end keydown

Re: BuddyAPI baGetFilename not opening in correct location in OSX Mavericks

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 03:08:37 GMT

Yes I tried the first method using baUnixName to get the posix path. I will try the second method and see if that helps.

Thankyou.

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

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 08:16:26 GMT

I can see a #text cast member named "Back", but not one named "myMember". That might be your first problem. Next: I don't see a font cast member named "Sassoon Primary *". Perhaps both of these elements are in a prior cast ("Internal" or "Images"), or perhaps your script error relates to one or both of these elements being missing or misnamed.

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

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 07:37:22 GMT

Hello,

I have a problem. Look my picture.

Re: BuddyAPI baGetFilename not opening in correct location in OSX Mavericks

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 04:33:29 GMT

So, just to be clear, you tried something like:

tPath = baSysFolder( "personal" )

tPath = baUnixName(tPath)

fi = baGetFilename( "open", tPath, EMPTY, ".txt", 0, "Select a file...", 0, -1, 0 )

Or perhaps:

OK = baReturnUnixNames(TRUE)

fi = baGetFilename( "open", baSysFolder( "personal" ), EMPTY, ".txt", 0, "Select a file...", 0, -1, 0 )

Re: Triggering keyDown while commandDown in OSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 07:17:30 GMT

Yes the issue came to light in a projector. In Director itself the command key shortcuts trigger the preset Director shortcuts.

Re: BuddyAPI baGetFilename not opening in correct location in OSX Mavericks

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 07:15:02 GMT

Hi Sean, nice to see you're still active.

Dialogue is something like this

fi = baGetFilename( "open", baSysFolder( "personal" ), EMPTY, ".txt", 0, "Select a file...", 0, -1, 0 )

I tried the posix path you suggested but it didn't work unfortunately.

Re: Triggering keyDown while commandDown in OSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 07:00:02 GMT

Have you tested in a projector?

Re: BuddyAPI baGetFilename not opening in correct location in OSX Mavericks

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:56:20 GMT

Post the Lingo for the file-select dialogue.

Have you tried passing it a POSIX path?

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?

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

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 22:55:50 GMT

What the??? Since you already had this working even before your first post, and then figured out another way to make it work too, I should just leave this alone … but I couldn't.

It seems like you went about it backwards. This will create the same result for the variable s as your first example:

myString = "This" && VariableD && "ThisToo" && "That"

s = []

s.append(myString)

although I suspect you really wanted DB to end up being the list and not s, and that would have just been like so:

s = "This" && VariableD && "ThisToo" && "That"

DB = []

DB.append(s)

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

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:59:22 GMT

Look my website www.ionio.gr/~aleksgeor.

OK, but I have no idea what the word "MAIN" should look like.

When you execute the change in the message window did you also save and re-publish the movie file? When you make this change, close and re-open the .dir authoring file do you see your text in the embedded font?

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

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:48:03 GMT

System message and event handler; contains statements that run just before the playhead enters the first frame of the movie.

on startMovie()

member("myMember").font = "Blackadder ITC *"

end

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

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 09:11:08 GMT

I inserted font (Blackadder ITC *) and I see that be my cast member. Also, I called "myMember". I open Message Window (CTRL+M) and I write command member("myMember").font = "Blackadder ITC *" and after I saved my file but the word (MAIN) doesn't change.

Look my website www.ionio.gr/~aleksgeor.

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

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 06:33:22 GMT

I think Adam was suggesting that this be done in the Message Window and that the file should then be saved, thereby including this change

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

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 05:47:07 GMT

Can you please tell me what is the script I do not know why? Namely I do not know how to put this command member("myMember").font = "Arial *"

Re: Client - Server help

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 01:05:47 GMT

Thank you for all your help!

Re: Client - Server help

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 22:58:37 GMT

Sorry, I had understood that you already had a movie wherein users connected, along with a control movie that allowed you to manage users and that this was working. I don't have a tutorial or example at my fingertips. You have some learning to do. Here are some articles that might help:

Director Online Article: Making the Connection: Multiuser Syntax

Director Online Article: Multiuser Presentations in Director

Director Online Article: No Fuss, No MUS

Director Online Article: Some Fuss, Some MUS

Director Online Article: Multiuser - Asynchronous Coding\

WARNING: most (all) of the links in the above articles are dead and I don't have the files they point to and it's unlikely anyone else here does.

This link might be a good place to start - it's a primer written by James Newton: OS NonLinear

Re: Client - Server help

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:11:39 GMT

Thanks for your fast response.

I am really just starting to learn to use director.

If you could post a example or a little piece that should get me going i would be very

grateful

Thank you

Re: Client - Server help

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:54:51 GMT

It has been years since I used the MUS so forgive my poor memory, but in general I would expect a message to be sent to the client movie if the system issues user.delete - perhaps a 'disconnect' or similar, you could and should test this. In which case you could catch this message in a callback created with SetNetMessageHandler (or polled via GetNetMessage/CheckNetMessages) that sends the client movie back to frame 1.

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

Re: 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 — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 17:59:32 GMT

I've got it working now. I used the console in Chrome to check the shockwave object and its methods; the script is exactly the same as above with one difference: the call to EvalScript was made using the name (ID) of the shockwave object, and the function name is "EvalScript()" (not "evalScript()").

document.EE02.EvalScript(data.message);

(EE02 is the ID of the shockwave object).

Re: 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 — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 16:03:27 GMT

Thanks Sean.

I tried your suggestion first, using getNetText to poll the server and read a text file. The drawbak is that I had to poll the server constantly, since I could not know in advance when the text file was going to change (and it's not practical to stump the server and connection).

I've kept trying the EvalScript, asigning the Shockwave object to a variable first, then calling the EvalScript() in the object, but it doesn't work, either. I think I will simply use JavaScript and forget about shockwave altogether, since everything is working fine up to that point (although it would be nice to be able to use Lingo for the rest of the app).

Re: 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 — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 01:34:21 GMT

EvalScript is known to be flaky and should be avoided.

Can you not poll your other machine using getNetText or similar? If you really need to have the browser communicate with an embedded Shockwave movie (and it sounds like there might be a better option), take a look at this demo by Valentin Schmidt (which doesn't seem to be working for me with the current version of SW in Firefox/Windows)

He also has a SOAP example, socket example and http server push example available.

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!

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

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 31 May 2014 16:49:23 GMT

Thank you for the solution. I like how you worked around the dilemma I faced by allowing the editability of the sprite to be controlled by the property manager leaving only the draggable issue for the mousedown handler. It works 99% well. Only problem is that while dragging some of the text becomes highlighted some of the time and it looks a bit cludgy. But certainly much better than where I started! Thanks again.

Rod