United States Macromedia Director 7 Lingo Tutorials
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Course Description
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.
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Lingo Basics
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| What is Lingo | (00:47) | ||
| Script Window | (01:43) | ||
| Simple Lingo Commands | (00:57) | ||
| Events | (03:52) | ||
| Comments for the Novice | (03:42) | ||
| Primary Event Handlers | (01:24) | ||
| Sprite Behaviors | (02:12) | ||
| Cast Member Scripts | (01:52) | ||
| Frame Behaviors | (03:13) | ||
| Movie Scripts | (01:41) | ||
| Lingo Hierarchy Example | (03:03) | ||
| Review Time for the Novice | (09:11) | ||
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Controlling The Score
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| Explaining Puppets | (03:37) | ||
| Swapping Sprites | (02:19) | ||
| Rollover | (04:32) | ||
| Changing the Cursor | (03:46) | ||
| Custom Cursors | (02:08) | ||
| Animated Cursor | (03:15) | ||
| Cursor Locations | (02:34) | ||
| Sound | (01:49) | ||
| Halting Sound | (02:35) | ||
| Volume of Sound | (02:10) | ||
| Sound Fade | (01:23) | ||
| Transitions | (03:21) | ||
| Tempo | (02:04) | ||
| Reminder for the Novice | (02:01) | ||
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Sprite Properties
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| Checking Sprite Properties | (04:54) | ||
| Sprite Coloration: Forecolor | (02:11) | ||
| Sprite Location | (04:24) | ||
| Comparing Sprite and Cursor Locations | (02:55) | ||
| Intersect and Constrain | (04:40) | ||
| Dimensions of a Sprite | (02:37) | ||
| Visible of a Sprite | (06:01) | ||
| Example: A Simple Painting Program | (03:32) | ||
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Lingo Terms
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| Commands | (03:02) | ||
| Properties | (01:39) | ||
| Functions | (03:10) | ||
| Keywords | (02:41) | ||
| Events | (05:30) | ||
| Constants | (01:52) | ||
| Operators | (04:21) | ||
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Making Decisions
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| If / Then Statements | (04:35) | ||
| If / Then / Else If Statements | (03:09) | ||
| Case Statement | (03:19) | ||
| Repeat While | (03:04) | ||
| Repeat a Number of Times | (02:44) | ||
| Boolean Decisions | (04:01) | ||
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Variables
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| What are Variables? | (02:39) | ||
| Global Variables | (04:00) | ||
| Arguments and Passed Values | (05:10) | ||
| Variable Names | (01:14) | ||
| Data Types | (03:10) | ||
| Review Time on Variables | (06:56) | ||
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Tracking User Input
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| Tracking Mouse Clicks | (07:14) | ||
| Editable Text Fields | (03:25) | ||
| Updating and Changing Fields | (03:04) | ||
| Dontpassevent | (04:11) | ||
| Timeoutscript | (04:55) | ||
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Branching
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| Play and Play Done | (05:08) | ||
| Go Commands | (01:26) | ||
| Menus | (05:39) | ||
| Sending Messages | (02:33) | ||
| Messages & Menus | (03:41) | ||
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Movies in a Window
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| Introduction to MIAWS | (02:20) | ||
| More Control over MIAWS | (04:09) | ||
| Tell | (02:55) | ||
| Close / Forget | (02:00) | ||
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QuickTime
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| Checking QuickTime Version | (03:41) | ||
| Controlling QuickTime Movies | (05:15) | ||
| Translation & Rotation | (05:55) | ||
| Using a Mask | (02:54) | ||
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Lingo Development Tools
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| Online Help | (01:17) | ||
| Comments | (02:28) | ||
| The Message Window | (01:22) | ||
| The Trace Window | (02:53) | ||
| Debugger | (03:50) | ||
| Find Handler | (01:29) | ||
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Lists
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| List Manipulation | (03:22) | ||
| More List Commands | (02:59) | ||
| Complex List Manipulation | (03:46) | ||
| Property Lists | (03:43) | ||
| Manipulating Property Lists | (03:52) | ||
| Review Time on Lists | (06:47) | ||
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The Internet
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| Embedding Compressed Fonts | (03:19) | ||
| Animated GIFs | (02:49) | ||
| Vector Shapes | (04:56) | ||
| Flash Movies | (07:47) | ||
| Thinking Shockwave | (07:07) | ||
| Check for User Platform | (04:15) | ||
| Loading in Sprites | (03:54) | ||
| Comments on XML Parsing | (04:14) | ||
| Comments on MultiUser | (04:46) | ||
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Other Lingom Improvements
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| Dot Property Notation | (05:02) | ||
| Bracket Access | (03:33) | ||
| The Pathname Operator | (03:40) | ||
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| Course: | Macromedia Director 7 Lingo |
| Author: | Beachware |
| SKU: | 33076 |
| ISBN: | 1889347728 |
| Release Date: | 1999-04-12 |
| Duration: | 4 hrs / 90 tutorials |
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| Captions: | No |
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