Lingo: Lingo Behaviors
Tutorials and Articles
Director Developer Center
Learn about using Lingo and programming techniques in the Director Developer Center.
Extruding 3D text with Lingo
Learn how to convert 2D text to 3D and create 3D text from scratch with Lingo. This article includes an example file that illustrates both techniques.
Property lists
Use the power of property lists to create data-base-like interactions.
Troubleshooting Lingo
Learn how to use the debugging features in Director to help you find and fix Lingo code that isn't doing what you want.
Using an ancestor's UI in a behavior
Learn how to include the properties of an ancestor in a behavior dialog box.
Why and how to use linear lists
Learn the difference between linear lists and property lists and see how to use linear lists to store and track information.
Director property lists by object
This reference lists each Lingo property categorized by object and indicates if each property is settable.
Multimedia
- Case statement
- Scriptable authoring
- Working with lists
- Complex lists
- Behaviors
- Simple child object
- Multiple child objects
TechNotes
- 19155—Window masks have their white space trimmed on Macintosh
- 19141—Documentation correction for DVDeventNotification
- 19119—Timeout objects are not cleared from memory
- 19024—Retrieving information about Xtras using Lingo
- 18855—MIAWs with video crash on Macintosh machines
- 16805—XML Xtra parser memory leak issue
- 16800—Documentation correction for importFileInto
- 16744—Accessing a Sprite in a linked movie crashes Director MX
- 16741—Debugger appears to hang with long strings
- 16715—Slash does not work as directory separator on Macintosh OS X
- 16703—Why does the Property Inspector text fields freeze?
- 16691—Global Flash command for creating an ActionScript object
- 15452—Using the Director.ini file to troubleshoot script errors
- 15400—Using the continuation symbol in Director 8.5
- 14990—Attempts to manipulate a list in a repeat loop are unsuccessful
- 14795—Using a global variable
- 14607—How to use the FileIO Xtra
- 14606—How to make a mouse click counter
- 14350—Director sample movies
- 14225—Global variables
- 14109—Scripting examples for working with lists in Director
- 12814—How to save text to disk and read it back again
- 12554—How to force editable text to either uppercase or lowercase
- 12265—Launching or opening an application with Lingo
- 3192—FileIO Xtra examples
