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Macromedia Director 7 Lingo Tutorials

Macromedia Director 7 Lingo Tutorials
Author Name   Beachware
Total Movies   90
Duration   4 Hours
 

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For those of you wanting to learn the programming language of director, this cd takes you through the learning curve step by step, enabling you to get the most out of Macromedia director. Create online games, learning applications, e-learning, server side applications that play on any platform, these Macromedia Director Lingo tutorials we guide you. Designed for beginners but taught by experts.

This training course is designed for fast learning and covers all the fundamental points of the application, all cds work on a mac or pc and no application is needed.


The links below are free Macromedia Director Lingo tutorials. The entire contents may be purchased either on CD or watched via the Online University


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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