Advanced Macromedia Director

Retrieve "date created" & "date modified" of a local file throughlingo
BuddyAPI has functions to fins that out. www.mods.com.au/budapi There is baFileDateEx() which will let you see the created, modified, or accessed time of a file. And it can return the date/time is a custom formatted manner so you can define how it returns the info. ... 16 Apr 2008 07:23

Retrieve "date created" & "date modified" of a localfile through lingo
Dear All, Is it possible through director and/or through an xtra to use lingo and get the "date created" and "date modified" of a local file? Thank you ... 17 Apr 2008 08:33

Director Mile High Table and D11 Xtras List
Hi all, Sorry for the multiple messages posted recently. Just want to get out some information on the Mile High Table. It is continually being updated as I get info on Xtras and products that work with D11 or have changed in another way. I have now added a 'SW' to the version column to show which Xtras are Shock... 16 Apr 2008 05:01

Director Podcast # 40 Posted - A Job, An AdobeExplanation and a Boycott?
Hey Director Podcast Fans! Just to let you know our newest show is ready to download! That's right, a JOB ANNOUNCEMENT and opportunity, an ADOBE EXPLANATION from someone within our Director community and a call for a BOYCOTT? All that and lots of material in-between. You can listen to the show on our we... 15 Apr 2008 22:41

File IO
Hey everyone, iv really been having trouble working with File IO, im 99% complete on my project, everything works but it doesnt save to file like i need it to, iv got a test file off deansdirectortutorials.com or something like that, which just has a simple interface allowing u to write to, append, and open a f... 20 Apr 2008 10:49

AS3 vs Lingo
This question is directed to those of you who program in Flash and Director. Is Flash CS3 any good? Hmm, kind of a loaded open-ended question, let me be a bit more specific. I like that the Flash player has such a broad user base and I'm currently in the planning stage for a ongoing series of online educational gam... 16 Apr 2008 12:25

pasteClipboardInto() renames cast member
I have a text cast member named "Clipboard." If I try to paste the text on the clipboard into the cast member using the following: on startMovie member("Clipboard").pasteClipboardInto() end the cast member changes from "Clipboard" to "1." This this a bug? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks! ... 16 Apr 2008 16:26

Calling custom handlers from movie script
For custom handlers created in behavior scripts, can I call these in the movie script? I am having a problem where it doesn't seem to be able to detect the handler. I recon it's something to do with scope? Cheers ... 15 Apr 2008 17:06

Save Bitmap as JPEG?
Is there any ability to save (export) bitmap member as a JPEG file using Lingo? Thanks! ... 15 Apr 2008 17:06

Sorting property lists
Okay, I know that you can use the sort() function to automatically sort a property list - damn handy at that. The trick is, this function sorts the list in order of the properties. So i fI want a list of records sorted by Name, then Date, then Amount, I simply have to make sure that the properties for each re... 16 Apr 2008 02:39