MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-LINGO DICTIONARY Manuale utente

Lingo Dictionary

Macromedia Director MX

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Part Number ZDR90M200

Acknowledgments

Writing: Jay Armstrong, George Brown, Stephanie Gowin, and, Tim Statler

Editing: Rosana Francescato, Mary Ferguson, Mary Kraemer, and Noreen Maher

Project Management: Stuart Manning

Production: Chris Basmajian, Caroline Branch, John Francis, and Patrice O’Neill

Multimedia: Aaron Begley and Benjamin Salles

First Edition: December 2002

Macromedia, Inc.

600 Townsend St.

San Francisco, CA 94103

CHAPTER 1

Lingo by Feature

This chapter lists various Macromedia Director MX features and the corresponding Lingo

elements that you can use to implement those features.

Accessibility

These terms are useful for making movies accessible to the disabled:

Text-to-speech

Keyboard navigation

voiceCount() voiceSet()

voiceGet() voiceSetPitch()

voiceGetPitch() voiceSetRate()

voiceGetRate() voiceSetVolume()

voiceGetVolume() voiceSpeak()

voiceInitialize() voiceState()

voicePause() voiceStop()

voiceResume() voiceWordPos()

autoTab selection (cast property)

hilite (command) selectedText

keyboardFocusSprite selEnd

selection (text cast member property) selStart

selection() (function)

Chapter 14

Animated GIFs

These terms are useful for working with animated GIFs:

Animation

These terms are useful for creating animation with Lingo:

Behaviors

The terms in this section are useful for authoring behaviors and using behaviors while the

movie plays.

Authoring behaviors

Use these terms to set up behaviors and the behavior’s Parameters dialog box:

Sending messages to behaviors

Use these commands to send messages to behaviors attached to sprites:

Identifying behaviors

Use these terms to identify the behaviors attached to sprites:

directToStage pause (movie playback)

frameRate playBackMode

linked resume sprite

moviePath rewind sprite

blend locV

ink member (sprite property)

loc regPoint

locH tweened

ancestor on getBehaviorDescription

on runPropertyDialog on getPropertyDescriptionList

on getBehaviorTooltip property

on isOKToAttach

call sendSprite

callAncestor sendAllSprites

currentSpriteNum scriptInstanceList

me spriteNum

Lingo by Feature 5

Bitmaps

The terms in this section are useful for working with bitmaps.

Bitmap properties

Use these terms to check and set bitmap properties:

Alpha channel

Use these terms to control alpha channel effects:

Image objects

Use these terms to create and control image objects:

Buttons

See Buttons and check boxes in the Interface Elements section.

alphaThreshold foreColor

backColor palette

blend picture (cast member property)

depth pictureP()

dither rect (member)

trimWhiteSpace (property) imageCompression

imageQuality movieImageCompression

movieImageQuality

alphaThreshold dither

depth useAlpha

createMask() createMatte()

extractAlpha() setAlpha()

copyPixels() fill()

crop() (image object command) image

draw() image()

duplicate() (image function) rect (image)

getPixel() setPixel()

Chapter 16

Cast members

The terms in this section are useful for working with cast members.

Creating cast members

Use importFileInto and new() to create cast members.

Authoring

Use duplicate member, erase member, and pasteClipBoardInto to work with cast members

during authoring.

Graphic cast members

Use these terms to check and set the images assigned to graphic cast members:

General cast member properties

Use these terms to check and set cast member properties:

Graphic cast member dimensions

Use height, rect (member), and width to check and set dimensions for graphic cast members.

Casts

The terms in this section are useful for working with casts.

Loading casts

Use preLoadMode to check and set when Director preloads a cast.

Cast properties

Use these terms to specify cast properties:

center palette

crop (cast member property) picture (cast member property)

depth pictureP()

media regPoint

fileName (cast member property) number (cast member property)

media preLoadMode

modified type (cast member property)

name (cast member property) URL

castLib number (cast property)

fileName (cast property) number (system property)

name (cast property)

Lingo by Feature 7

Cast management

Use these terms to manage casts:

Computer and operating system

Use these terms to check and control the computer:

Operating system control

Use restart and shutDown to control the operating system.

Data types

These terms are useful for specifying data types:

Digital video

These terms are useful for working with AVI and QuickTime digital video:

activeCastLib number of members

duplicate member pasteClipBoardInto

erase member save castLib

findEmpty() selection (cast property)

move member

beep freeBlock()

beepOn freeBytes()

cpuHogTicks maxInteger

emulateMultiButtonMouse multiSound

floatPrecision romanLingo

# (symbol) string()

float() stringP()

floatP() symbol()

integer() symbolP()

integerP() VOID

objectP() voidP()

controller trackNextSampleTime

digitalVideoTimeScale trackPreviousKeyTime

digitalVideoType trackPreviousSampleTime

directToStage trackStartTime (sprite property)

duration trackStartTime (cast member property)

frameRate trackStopTime (sprite property)

loop (cast member property) trackStopTime (cast member property)

movieRate trackText

Chapter 18

QuickTime

Use these terms to work with QuickTime:

RealMedia video

Use these terms to with RealMedia video:

movieTime trackType (cast member property)

pausedAtStart (Flash, digital video) trackType (sprite property)

quickTimeVersion() trackCount (cast member property)

timeScale trackCount (sprite property)

trackEnabled video (QuickTime, AVI)

trackNextKeyTime videoForWindowsPresent

enableHotSpot nodeType

fieldOfView nudge

getHotSpotRect() pan (QTVR property)

hotSpotExitCallback ptToHotSpotID()

hotSpotEnterCallback quickTimeVersion()

invertMask rotation

isVRMovie scale

loopBounds swing()

mask staticQuality

motionQuality tilt

mouseLevel translation

node triggerCallback

nodeEnterCallback warpMode

nodeExitCallback

audio (RealMedia) play

currentTime (RealMedia) realPlayerNativeAudio()

displayRealLogo realPlayerPromptToInstall()

duration (RealMedia) realPlayerVersion()

image (RealMedia) seek

lastError soundChannel (RealMedia)

mediaStatus state (RealMedia)

password stop (RealMedia)

pause (RealMedia) userName (RealMedia)

pausedAtStart (RealMedia) video (RealMedia)

percentBuffered

Lingo by Feature 9

Events

Use these event handlers for Lingo that runs when a specific event occurs:

Use the pass and stopEvent commands to override the way that Director passes messages along

the message hierarchy.

External files

The terms in this section are useful for working with external files.

Path names and filenames

Use these terms to check and set path names and filenames:

Obtaining external media

Use these terms to obtain external media:

activeCastLib on moveWindow

close window on mouseWithin

on cuePassed open window

on deactivateWindow on prepareFrame

on enterFrame on prepareMovie

on EvalScript on resizeWindow

on exitFrame on mouseUpOutside

on idle on rightMouseDown (event handler)

on keyDown on rightMouseUp (event handler)

on keyUp on startMovie

on mouseDown (event handler) on stepFrame

on mouseEnter on streamStatus

on mouseLeave on timeOut

on mouseUp (event handler) on zoomWindow

on stopMovie on beginSprite

on endSprite on hyperlinkClicked

@ (pathname) getNthFileNameInFolder()

applicationPath moviePath

fileName (cast property) searchCurrentFolder

fileName (cast member property) URL

downloadNetThing preloadNetThing()

importFileInto

Chapter 110

Managing external files

Use these terms to manage external files:

Flash

These terms are useful for working with Flash cast members:

closeXlib showXlib

open sound playFile

openXlib

actionsEnabled originV

broadcastProps pathName (movie property)

bufferSize pausedAtStart (Flash, digital video)

buttonsEnabled percentStreamed

bytesStreamed play

callFrame() playBackMode

centerRegPoint playing

clearError posterFrame

clickMode print()

defaultRect printAsBitmap()

defaultRectMode quality

directToStage rewind sprite

endTellTarget() See tellTarget() rotation

eventPassMode scale

findLabel() scaleMode

fixedRate on sendXML

flashRect setCallback()

flashToStage() settingsPanel()

frame() (function) setFlashProperty()

frame (sprite property) setVariable()

frameCount showProps()

frameRate sound

frameReady() the soundMixMedia

getError() sourceFileName

getFlashProperty() stageToFlash()

getFrameLabel() state (Flash, SWA)

getVariable() static

goToFrame stop (Flash)

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