Course Title: Macromedia Director 7 Lingo



This Virtual Training Company tutorial is perfect for those of you interested in learning the programming language of Macromedia's Director 7. In this tutorial, you will be taken step by step through the learning curve, enabling you to get the most out of Director. You will learn how to make your movie interactive by adding instructions or adding questions that users can respond to, how to track user input, and more. To get started right away, just click one of the topics below.


Course Author/Expert: Beachware

Language: english

Full Online Training Available: Yes

Number of Course Movies: 90

Course Duration: 4 hours



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Lingo Basics


What is Lingo

Script Window

Simple Lingo Commands

Events

Comments for the Novice

Primary Event Handlers

Sprite Behaviors

Cast Member Scripts

Frame Behaviors

Movie Scripts

Lingo Hierarchy Example

Review Time for the Novice


Controlling The Score


Explaining Puppets

Swapping Sprites

Rollover

Changing the Cursor

Custom Cursors

Animated Cursor

Cursor Locations

Sound

Halting Sound

Volume of Sound

Sound Fade

Transitions

Tempo

Reminder for the Novice


Sprite Properties


Checking Sprite Properties

Sprite Coloration: Forecolor

Sprite Location

Comparing Sprite and Cursor Locations

Intersect and Constrain

Dimensions of a Sprite

Visible of a Sprite

Example: A Simple Painting Program


Lingo Terms


Commands

Properties

Functions

Keywords

Events

Constants

Operators


Making Decisions


If / Then Statements

If / Then / Else If Statements

Case Statement

Repeat While

Repeat a Number of Times

Boolean Decisions


Variables


What are Variables?

Global Variables

Arguments and Passed Values

Variable Names

Data Types

Review Time on Variables


Tracking User Input


Tracking Mouse Clicks

Editable Text Fields

Updating and Changing Fields

Dontpassevent

Timeoutscript


Branching


Play and Play Done

Go Commands

Menus

Sending Messages

Messages & Menus


Movies in a Window


Introduction to MIAWS

More Control over MIAWS

Tell

Close / Forget


QuickTime


Checking QuickTime Version

Controlling QuickTime Movies

Translation & Rotation

Using a Mask


Lingo Development Tools


Online Help

Comments

The Message Window

The Trace Window

Debugger

Find Handler


Lists


List Manipulation

More List Commands

Complex List Manipulation

Property Lists

Manipulating Property Lists

Review Time on Lists


The Internet


Embedding Compressed Fonts

Animated GIFs

Vector Shapes

Flash Movies

Thinking Shockwave

Check for User Platform

Loading in Sprites

Comments on XML Parsing

Comments on MultiUser


Other Lingom Improvements


Dot Property Notation

Bracket Access

The Pathname Operator









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