Re: FLASH: Flash and Director

[John Dowdell]

At 8:51 PM 5/12/99, Tom Green wrote:

>Is there any place or does anybody have anything that clearly explains,

>with lucid step-by-step examples regarding how to embed Lingo scripts

>into a Flash movie for use in Director.The examples given in the

>Director material  don't exactly explain this in an understandable

>manner and it is something my multimedia students should know.


In addition to John C's link, note that you wouldn't usually put Lingo

scripts into Flash itself anyway. It's easier to have Flash pass a simple

message out to its host. In a simple browser this can be an URL... for

JavaScript it's FSCommand to call a function... in Director you'd pass the

name of a handler out from Flash to the host. Director itself would hold

the scripts.


Tip: The more general, regular, and documented you make your API between

the two tools, then the more flexible and sustainable each environment can

be.

    For instance, if you decide that Flash can pass three messages out to

Lingo (say, "event: GoNext", "event: GoBack", and "event: GoEnd"), then

your Lingo scripts can perform appropriate tasks when catching these

messages. This is stronger than having the Flash piece say "lingo: go to

frame 483" or whatever... when one object requires intimate knowledge of

another object's innards then the overall architecture is fragile and

brittle.

    Rephrased, please be sure to think of it as the passing of messages

between the two environments, thanks.


jd





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