MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-LINGO DICTIONARY User manual

Lingo Dictionary
Macromedia Director MX

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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
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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)