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If I want to change the font color of a field During The Movie, how can I do this. I think it should be possible. Looking in the help gives me a way to edit the ForeColor, but that doesn't change the Font Color..... Ayla Asperger

Hi, I have some problem with property FIXED of a text cast member . This is the lingo command that I use, where I error? tell window "temp" to set the rect of member(gNomeText) to rect (0, 0, 280,300) tell window "temp" to set the scrolltop of member() to 0 tell window "temp" to set the...

Hi, I have some problem with property FIXED of a text cast member . This is the lingo command that I use, where I error? tell window "temp" to set the rect of member(gNomeText) to rect (0, 0, 280,300) tell window "temp" to set the scrolltop of member() to 0 tell window "temp" to set the...

Dear all, I'm using Macromedia Director MX, I couldn't export the whole bitmaps in the director file. Each time I tried to export the bitmap (sprite), only a part of it was exported. The bitmap is very big, exceeds the paper size. How do we export the whole bitmap? Thanks in advance. ...

Dear all, I'm using Macromedia Director MX, I couldn't export the whole bitmaps in the director file. Each time I tried to export the bitmap (sprite), only a part of it was exported. The bitmap is very big, exceeds the paper size. How do we export the whole bitmap? Thanks in advance. ...

Hi all - I have a project that loads Shockwave files into my cast, then puts them onto the stage. Within these Shockwave files are Movie scripts containing some handlers. My question is simple - how do I call these handlers from the host movie? Thanks.

Hey, I'm making my movie accessible. I use the same "focus ring" (and/or "group") through out the entire movie, so the user doesn't have to turn on/off the text-to-speech every time the scene (group) changes. Anyway, since there are a different number of items in different scenes, the group...

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Hi, I've create a director movie in a standard 4:3 resolution. Now I want to show this movie on a 16:9 bigscreen. The problem is that everything is strechted out. Is there a way to squeze everthing along the x-axis, so when I display my movie on a bigscreen everything is strechted out and...

Hi dose anyone know how to make a draggable magnifing glass as im trying to make an image zoom 100% as the magnifing glass draggs over it it would be a big help ps looking at a book that shows me how to do it to the t in flash (sods law ah) Thanx all luz kez

Hello, The lingo function CURSOR sometimes it's out of order... Exist an solution for it? Thanks, Gabriel

Hi! I have a property list structured like this: , "CC": ] ] A selection list shows the first layer: "A"

Hi All, I'm usin the custom quicktime control slider behaviour at the moment. The problem i'm having is that to work out the rate that the slider moves a handler called mInitialise is called from the beginSprite handler. This works fine at first,but the client wanted the possibility to...

I'd like to get the image of an MIAW's stage, not "the" stage. I'm assuming that if from the MIAW I put the image of the stage into a variable it will be the actual stage, not an image of the MIAW's stage. Is there a stage property of the activeWindow or do I need to grab the portion of the...

I am considering purchasing Director MX and would like to know how well it works with the new features of Flash Pro 04. I am especially concerned about the FLV format as external files using the new media component to call FLV files remotely. One question is if i develop content in flash pro that...

I am considering purchasing Director MX and would like to know how well it works with the new features of Flash Pro 04. I am especially concerned about the FLV format as external files using the new media component to call FLV files remotely. One question is if i develop content in flash pro that...

Hey everyone. I'm new to the forum and I thought I'd try this question out. It'd be easier to give you the web link (it has my problem). www.verge.ca/directorquestion I hope you can help me out.

Hey everyone. I'm new to the forum and I thought I'd try this question out. It'd be easier to give you the web link (it has my problem). www.verge.ca/directorquestion I hope you can help me out.

I'm setting up a system made of wheels which have to rotate at variable speeds. I'm planning to control this using the angle of the sprite, but havent found a suitable command yet. Any help will be greatly apreciated. Thanks. Hausser.

what's the best way to do a button rollover sound (like a click)? I'm doing a sound(1).play(member("click")), but it REALLY lags... is there a better way to do it? thnx

hi! i tried to change the havok-tutorial "car-tutorial" from the havok-website (http://oldsite.havok.com/xtra/) to get used to the physics-plugin. on analizing the file, i noticed that the car is moving sideward, even if no key is pressed yet. i use another camera as in the sample, so it...

hi nodes in qtvr? I want to be able to add a script in director that does something like on mouse down // sprite(qtvr) hotspot id go to "london" end any ideas? thanks j

Can we use a 3DS Max file saved as .avi when publishing? I have a student who made a short movie in 3DS max and ported it to .avi, and then imported it into Director MX. It plays just fine in Director, but when he published his Director file, there was a gap for the duration of the .avi, and...

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Can we make an alert appear upon selecting quit? I have a student who wishes to be able to use the quit function applied to a button as usual, except she wants an alert box to pop up that asks, "Are you sure?" If the user chooses OK or its equivalent, the app would quit, but if they choose no,...

Hi Guys.and girls of cource. I need a bit of advice. For various reasons im using flash mx to create a presentation to be distributed on CD-ROM. Now the flash files will contain video so it needs to be exported as flash 6 adn then taken into director to build a projector etc and add the...

Hi Guys.and girls of cource. I need a bit of advice. For various reasons im using flash mx to create a presentation to be distributed on CD-ROM. Now the flash files will contain video so it needs to be exported as flash 6 adn then taken into director to build a projector etc and add the...

Hi all, I'm trying to execute various commands based on the time of a QT movie. The owner wants to stay away from cuepoints and I wanted to stay away from a massive "if then" mess. The following works, but I see potential problems, especially if other processor intensive items are being...

I am currently working on a multimedia project that encompasses both director and flash. So far I have been successful with communicating from flash to director by using the popular getURL("lingo:Function\"variable\""); or the getURL("event:... command however, there are some extreme flaws to the...

Is it posible to have multiple lists make up a list?, or to make an array or matrix of strings? I am making a tetris style game and I need to know where blocks are and what kind they are over a 12x6 area. I gave it a quick look and I don't see anything about arrays or matrixes. There's an easy...