Director in a Nutshell

List of Tables

Table Description Page

1-1 Director's Property Hierarchy 20

2-1 Director Help Functions 34

2-2 Menu Accelerator Key Overview 37

2-3 Standard Selection Modifiers 37

2-4 Context-Sensitive Menus 38

2-5 File Menu Commands and Accelerators 39

2-6 Edit Menu Commands and Accelerators 41

2-7 Window Menu Shortcuts 43

2-8 Cast Member and Sprite Editing Shortcuts 45

2-9 Numeric Keypad Shortcuts 46

2-10 Supplemental Keys 47

2-11 Function Key Shortcuts 48

2-12 Windows OS Shortcuts 51

2-13 Mac OS Key Combinations While Rebooting 53

2-14 Mac OS Shortcuts 54

2-15 Operating System Screen Grab Shortcuts 54

3-1 Animation Technique Comparison 55

3-2 Director 7 Sprite Transformation Properties 58

3-3 Animation Operations in the Cast and Score 60

3-4 Director 5, 6, and 7 Score Comparison 65

3-5 Score Window Appearance 69

3-6 Director 7 Sprite Transformation Properties 70

3-7 Tempo Channel Options 72

3-8 Transition-Related Lingo 73

3-9 Marker Manipulation 75

3-10 Saving Time in the Score 79

3-11 Score Shortcut Pop-up Menus 80

3-12 Stage Shortcut Pop-up Menus 81

3-13 Editing Sprite Paths on the Stage 82

3-14 Other On-Stage Shortcuts 83

3-15 Sprite Channel Manipulation 83

3-16 Commands that Change the Score View 85

3-17 Moving the Playback Head 86

3-18 Copying, Inserting, and Deleting Frames 87

3-19 Lingo for Navigation 89

3-20 Puppeting the Effects and Sprite Channels 94

3-21 Score Recording 95

3-22 The scoreSelection Codes 97

4-1 Shared Cast Versus External CastLibs 107

4-2 Working with CastLibs 108

4-3 Saving and Converting CastLibs and Movies 110

4-4 Supported Import File Formats 113

4-5 Additional Supported Formats 114

4-6 Media Types and Subtypes 115

4-7 Creating and Inserting Media Within Director 122

4-8 Cast Window Shortcuts 125

4-9 CastLib and Cast Member Lingo 131

4-10 Cast Member and Sprite Properties 138

4-11 When and Where to Change Member and Sprite Properties 143

5-1 Member Coordinate Properties 158

5-2 Sprite Coordinate Properties 158

5-3 Mouse and Cursor Coordinates 159

5-4 Rect and Point Lingo Commands 161

5-5 Stage-, Monitor-, and Window-Relative Coordinates 162

5-6 Adjusting Coordinates in the Interface 163

6-1 Stage Size and Location Settings 168

6-2 Stage Size, Position, and Window Commands 168

6-3 Macintosh and Windows windowType Attributes 181

6-4 Commands to Open, Close, Forget, and Stack MIAWs 187

6-5 Movie-Related Event Handlers 189

6-6 Window-Related Event Handlers 189

7-1 Cross-Platform Limitations 200

7-2 Monitor Resolutions 206

7-3 External File Differences 211

8-1 Macintosh and Windows Projector Sizes 224

8-2 Platform-Specific Restart Commands 229

8-3 Analyzing Runtime Environment Properties 231

8-4 The Platform's Return Values 234

8-5 DirMMX Xtra Methods 237

9-1 Macintosh Projector Default Memory Allocation 254

9-2 Size-Related Member Properties 261

9-3 CD-ROM Speeds 262

9-4 CD-ROM Capacities 263

9-5 Program Memory Budget 264

9-6 Media Memory Budget 264

9-7 Lingo Data Structure Memory Requirements 266

9-8 Unload Commands 269

9-9 Memory and Disk Space Analysis Commands 272

9-10 Preloading Commands 277

9-11 Idle Loading 280

10-1 Accessing Installed Xtras 298

10-2 Network Xtras Filenames 308

10-3 Graphic MIX Xtras by Platform 309

10-4 Sprite Asset and Lingo Xtras 312

10-5 New Xtras in Director 7 312

10-6 Supplemental (D5) or Temporary Xtras (D6) Folders 320

11-1 Supported Platforms 331

11-2 Macintosh Browser Memory Requirements 332

11-3 Shocking Movie, castLibs, and Audio 333

11-4 Lingo Differences Between Shockwave and Projectors 351

11-5 NetLingo Commands 354

11-6 Supported Browser Scripting Configurations 357

11-7 Browser Scripting Lingo 357

11-8 Browser Control of Shockwave Movie 358

11-9 Macromedia netError() Codes 360

11-10 Multiuser Xtra Commands 362

11-11 SendNetMessage "System" Commands 363

11-12 SendNetMessage Database Commands 364

11-13 XML Parser Xtra Commands 366

12-1 Choosing the Right Type of Text 370

12-2 Supported Attributes for Each Type of Text 371

12-3 Cross-Platform Font-Mapping 373

12-4 Creating Common Symbols 376

12-5 Text Manipulation Commands 377

12-6 Manipulating Text and Button Sprites on Stage 378

12-7 Field and Rich Text Properties 381

12-8 Text Member Properties in Director 383

12-9 Font Member Properties 388

12-10 Hypertext Commands 389

12-11 Hyperlink Commands in Director 7 392

13-1 Color-Related Lingo 396

13-2 Graphics Formats 398

13-3 Animated GIF Lingo 400

13-4 Vector Shape Properties 402

13-5 Vector Shape Keyboard Commands 404

13-6 The colorDepth Property Values 413

13-7 Palette-Related Interface Options 429

13-8 Palette Property Codes 432

13-9 Color Palette Window Options 434

13-10 Paint-Related Interface Options 435

13-11 Paint ToolRelated Preferences 435

13-12 Paint Window Tools and Shortcuts 438

13-13 Paint Window Selection Modifier Keys 440

13-14 Paint Window Color Chips Shortcuts 442

13-15 Other Paint Window Shortcuts 442

13-16 Paint Window Transformation Options 443

13-17 Director 7 Bitmap Functions and Properties 445

13-18 Paint Window Inks 445

13-19 Sprite Ink Effects 447

13-20 Color Chips 451

13-21 BackColor and ForeColor Properties 453

14-1 Button-Related Lingo Usage 460

14-2 Cursor Resource IDs 462

14-3 Common Cursor Operations 466

14-4 Cursor-Related Lingo Commands 468

14-5 Custom Cursor Xtra Commands 470

14-6 Menu Definition Codes 472

14-7 Cross-Platform Custom Menu Differences 472

14-8 Menu-Related Lingo Commands 477

14-9 Configuring a PopMenu Cast Member 480

15-1 Cross-Platform Audio Comparison 487

15-2 Audio Playback Method Comparison 488

15-3 Audio Playback Method Features 489

15-4 Common Sound Operations 495

15-5 Preferred Sound Mixer Configurations 502

15-6 Sound-Related Interface Options 508

15-7 Cue Point Functions 515

15-8 Shockwave Audio Delivery Rate Comparison 517

15-9 Shockwave Audio Lingo 520

15-10 System-Level Sound-Related Lingo 522

15-11 DIRECTORINI File Sound-Related Settings 523

15-12 Volume-Related Lingo 525

15-13 Xtras Needed for Sound Playback 527

15-14 The Unsupported Din Xtra 529

16-1 Supported QuickTime Versions in D65 542

16-2 The QuickTimePresent and QuickTimeVersion() 546

16-3 QuickTime 3 Xtras 547

16-4 Cross-Platform Digital Video Differences 548

16-5 Digital Video Interface Options 553

16-6 QT2 and QT3 Framing Options 557

16-7 Support for Direct-to-Stage Video 557

16-8 Lingo Equivalents to DV and QT Xtra Property Dialog Box 559

16-9 Digital Video and QuickTime 3 Properties 561

16-10 QTVR-Specific Properties of QT3 Assets 564

16-11 QuickTime 3 Asset Xtra Commands and Functions 565

16-12 Synchronous Playback Speeds 567

16-13 Asynchronous Playback Speeds 567

16-14 Digital Video Timing 568

16-15 Track-Specific Digital Video Commands 569

16-16 Track Sampling and Time Functions 570

16-17 Common Digital Video Operations 571

16-18 QTVR 10 Xtra Commands 581

16-19 QD3D Xtra Member and Sprite Properties 582

Table	Description	Page
1-1	Director's Property Hierarchy	20
2-1	Director Help Functions	34
2-2	Menu Accelerator Key Overview	37
2-3	Standard Selection Modifiers	37
2-4	Context-Sensitive Menus	38
2-5	File Menu Commands and Accelerators	39
2-6	Edit Menu Commands and Accelerators	41
2-7	Window Menu Shortcuts	43
2-8	Cast Member and Sprite Editing Shortcuts	45
2-9	Numeric Keypad Shortcuts	46
2-10	Supplemental Keys	47
2-11	Function Key Shortcuts	48
2-12	Windows OS Shortcuts	51
2-13	Mac OS Key Combinations While Rebooting	53
2-14	Mac OS Shortcuts	54
2-15	Operating System Screen Grab Shortcuts	54
3-1	Animation Technique Comparison	55
3-2	Director 7 Sprite Transformation Properties	58
3-3	Animation Operations in the Cast and Score	60
3-4	Director 5, 6, and 7 Score Comparison	65
3-5	Score Window Appearance	69
3-6	Director 7 Sprite Transformation Properties	70
3-7	Tempo Channel Options	72
3-8	Transition-Related Lingo	73
3-9	Marker Manipulation	75
3-10	Saving Time in the Score	79
3-11	Score Shortcut Pop-up Menus	80
3-12	Stage Shortcut Pop-up Menus	81
3-13	Editing Sprite Paths on the Stage	82
3-14	Other On-Stage Shortcuts	83
3-15	Sprite Channel Manipulation	83
3-16	Commands that Change the Score View	85
3-17	Moving the Playback Head	86
3-18	Copying, Inserting, and Deleting Frames	87
3-19	Lingo for Navigation	89
3-20	Puppeting the Effects and Sprite Channels	94
3-21	Score Recording	95
3-22	The scoreSelection Codes	97
4-1	Shared Cast Versus External CastLibs	107
4-2	Working with CastLibs	108
4-3	Saving and Converting CastLibs and Movies	110
4-4	Supported Import File Formats	113
4-5	Additional Supported Formats	114
4-6	Media Types and Subtypes	115
4-7	Creating and Inserting Media Within Director	122
4-8	Cast Window Shortcuts	125
4-9	CastLib and Cast Member Lingo	131
4-10	Cast Member and Sprite Properties	138
4-11	When and Where to Change Member and Sprite Properties	143
5-1	Member Coordinate Properties	158
5-2	Sprite Coordinate Properties	158
5-3	Mouse and Cursor Coordinates	159
5-4	Rect and Point Lingo Commands	161
5-5	Stage-, Monitor-, and Window-Relative Coordinates	162
5-6	Adjusting Coordinates in the Interface	163
6-1	Stage Size and Location Settings	168
6-2	Stage Size, Position, and Window Commands	168
6-3	Macintosh and Windows windowType Attributes	181
6-4	Commands to Open, Close, Forget, and Stack MIAWs	187
6-5	Movie-Related Event Handlers	189
6-6	Window-Related Event Handlers	189
7-1	Cross-Platform Limitations	200
7-2	Monitor Resolutions	206
7-3	External File Differences	211
8-1	Macintosh and Windows Projector Sizes	224
8-2	Platform-Specific Restart Commands	229
8-3	Analyzing Runtime Environment Properties	231
8-4	The Platform's Return Values	234
8-5	DirMMX Xtra Methods	237
9-1	Macintosh Projector Default Memory Allocation	254
9-2	Size-Related Member Properties	261
9-3	CD-ROM Speeds	262
9-4	CD-ROM Capacities	263
9-5	Program Memory Budget	264
9-6	Media Memory Budget	264
9-7	Lingo Data Structure Memory Requirements	266
9-8	Unload Commands	269
9-9	Memory and Disk Space Analysis Commands	272
9-10	Preloading Commands	277
9-11	Idle Loading	280
10-1	Accessing Installed Xtras	298
10-2	Network Xtras Filenames	308
10-3	Graphic MIX Xtras by Platform	309
10-4	Sprite Asset and Lingo Xtras	312
10-5	New Xtras in Director 7	312
10-6	Supplemental (D5) or Temporary Xtras (D6) Folders	320
11-1	Supported Platforms	331
11-2	Macintosh Browser Memory Requirements	332
11-3	Shocking Movie, castLibs, and Audio	333
11-4	Lingo Differences Between Shockwave and Projectors	351
11-5	NetLingo Commands	354
11-6	Supported Browser Scripting Configurations	357
11-7	Browser Scripting Lingo	357
11-8	Browser Control of Shockwave Movie	358
11-9	Macromedia netError() Codes	360
11-10	Multiuser Xtra Commands	362
11-11	SendNetMessage "System" Commands	363
11-12	SendNetMessage Database Commands	364
11-13	XML Parser Xtra Commands	366
12-1	Choosing the Right Type of Text	370
12-2	Supported Attributes for Each Type of Text	371
12-3	Cross-Platform Font-Mapping	373
12-4	Creating Common Symbols	376
12-5	Text Manipulation Commands	377
12-6	Manipulating Text and Button Sprites on Stage	378
12-7	Field and Rich Text Properties	381
12-8	Text Member Properties in Director	383
12-9	Font Member Properties	388
12-10	Hypertext Commands	389
12-11	Hyperlink Commands in Director 7	392
13-1	Color-Related Lingo	396
13-2	Graphics Formats	398
13-3	Animated GIF Lingo	400
13-4	Vector Shape Properties	402
13-5	Vector Shape Keyboard Commands	404
13-6	The colorDepth Property Values	413
13-7	Palette-Related Interface Options	429
13-8	Palette Property Codes	432
13-9	Color Palette Window Options	434
13-10	Paint-Related Interface Options	435
13-11	Paint ToolRelated Preferences	435
13-12	Paint Window Tools and Shortcuts	438
13-13	Paint Window Selection Modifier Keys	440
13-14	Paint Window Color Chips Shortcuts	442
13-15	Other Paint Window Shortcuts	442
13-16	Paint Window Transformation Options	443
13-17	Director 7 Bitmap Functions and Properties	445
13-18	Paint Window Inks	445
13-19	Sprite Ink Effects	447
13-20	Color Chips	451
13-21	BackColor and ForeColor Properties	453
14-1	Button-Related Lingo Usage	460
14-2	Cursor Resource IDs	462
14-3	Common Cursor Operations	466
14-4	Cursor-Related Lingo Commands	468
14-5	Custom Cursor Xtra Commands	470
14-6	Menu Definition Codes	472
14-7	Cross-Platform Custom Menu Differences	472
14-8	Menu-Related Lingo Commands	477
14-9	Configuring a PopMenu Cast Member	480
15-1	Cross-Platform Audio Comparison	487
15-2	Audio Playback Method Comparison	488
15-3	Audio Playback Method Features	489
15-4	Common Sound Operations	495
15-5	Preferred Sound Mixer Configurations	502
15-6	Sound-Related Interface Options	508
15-7	Cue Point Functions	515
15-8	Shockwave Audio Delivery Rate Comparison	517
15-9	Shockwave Audio Lingo	520
15-10	System-Level Sound-Related Lingo	522
15-11	DIRECTORINI File Sound-Related Settings	523
15-12	Volume-Related Lingo	525
15-13	Xtras Needed for Sound Playback	527
15-14	The Unsupported Din Xtra	529
16-1	Supported QuickTime Versions in D65	542
16-2	The QuickTimePresent and QuickTimeVersion()	546
16-3	QuickTime 3 Xtras	547
16-4	Cross-Platform Digital Video Differences	548
16-5	Digital Video Interface Options	553
16-6	QT2 and QT3 Framing Options	557
16-7	Support for Direct-to-Stage Video	557
16-8	Lingo Equivalents to DV and QT Xtra Property Dialog Box	559
16-9	Digital Video and QuickTime 3 Properties	561
16-10	QTVR-Specific Properties of QT3 Assets	564
16-11	QuickTime 3 Asset Xtra Commands and Functions	565
16-12	Synchronous Playback Speeds	567
16-13	Asynchronous Playback Speeds	567
16-14	Digital Video Timing	568
16-15	Track-Specific Digital Video Commands	569
16-16	Track Sampling and Time Functions	570
16-17	Common Digital Video Operations	571
16-18	QTVR 10 Xtra Commands	581
16-19	QD3D Xtra Member and Sprite Properties	582