A number of questions!

[Jason Wolfe]

Hello All,

1. I have a script that basically resizes a text field so that it appears to
work like a 'pop-up'. The only problem is that the list within the text
field is too long to fit within the movie's area. I considered limiting the
size of the pop-up (which currently grows to fit the entire list) but then I
don't have the ability to scroll to see the list elements that don't fit
within the smaller field. Does anyone have a good script that would allow
me to operate it just like an HTML pop-up that would not only open, but
scroll to see all of the elements. The main difficulty that I see is just
that there are limited mouse options to control the behavior of the field.
Mousedown currently opens it, while mouse up makes the selection, so even if
I make the field scrollable, I can't grab the scroll bar to move it without
making a selection and the field shrinking back to original size.

2. I am using a db engine (V-12) retrieve property listings based on a
multi-criteria search. If I were doing this with some kind of server side
scripting (Like ASP) I could just use if statements to display graphics that
represent amenities that these hotels may have. How would I use lingo to
display a graphic or not based on an if statement. I haven't run across
that kind of control with lingo. I want to basically say 'if
field(thisamenity) = y then display this amenity graphic.

3. I have a banner rotation script that grabs banners (within the cast) and
displays them at random. I need to put all banners in a folder and then
everytime the movie is loaded, dynamically make a list of the banners in the
directory and display them at random. is it an xtra that I need to
inventory the contents of a folder or can it be done with lingo.

THANKS FOR THE INFO VERY MUCH!



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Jason Wolfe
InfuseLabs
[email]jason@infuselabs.com[/email]
[url]http://www.infuselabs.com[/url]

[JB]

1.
there is a scrolling behavior in the library palette, it's a special
purpose one but a start.

a tailored scroller could set the scrolltop propery of a fixed size
text member, a script could auto-scroll if the mouse is within 20 pixel
of the top or bottom of list


2.
if you have a 'placeholder' image sprite on stage, you can
dynamically change the member with sprite(5).member = viewmember


3.
the free filextra4 xtra can create a list representing a directory
contents.

without an xtra you can build a director list with getnthfileinfolder,
incrementing file num until you are returne empty.

[Jason Wolfe]

Also, for number 4. How do you use the list to load the files into a cast
so that they can be used in the movie.

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Jason Wolfe
InfuseLabs
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"JB" <lingoguy@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> 1.
> there is a scrolling behavior in the library palette, it's a special
> purpose one but a start.
>
> a tailored scroller could set the scrolltop propery of a fixed size
> text member, a script could auto-scroll if the mouse is within 20 pixel
> of the top or bottom of list
>
>
> 2.
> if you have a 'placeholder' image sprite on stage, you can
> dynamically change the member with sprite(5).member = viewmember
>
>
> 3.
> the free filextra4 xtra can create a list representing a directory
> contents.
>
> without an xtra you can build a director list with getnthfileinfolder,
> incrementing file num until you are returne empty.