Advanced Macromedia Director

Help adding color to gray-scale gradient
Here is what I want to do. I have a 32-bit layer from a photoshop file imported into my Director movie. The layer is merely a rectangle which is a gradient from black to light, in otherwords it looks like a gradient alpha channel. When I place this on my Director MX 2004 stage, it properly uses the alpha ch... 23 Jun 2006 17:29

Hang man game help
Ok I am pretty new to Director so please excuse if this makes no sense. Is there a way you guys can suggest that if keypressed(letters of the alphabet) then sprite(1).visible=true end if I know that there is keyboard codes for this and I know them. But, basically my question is: Is there a way I c... 11 Jun 2006 23:36

Director projector not loading in Safari 2.0.3
Anyone had any issues w/ OSX 10.4.6 + Safari 2.0.3? I have shockwave projectors that work fine on older browsers (IE + Safari / Mac & PC) but are failing to load or are crashing in OSX 10.4.6 + Safari 2.0.3 ... 7 Jun 2006 17:24

not cloning children
hello; all the clone commands clone all the children; is there a way to clone only the one model without cloning its descendants? thanks dsdsdsdsd ... 26 May 2006 22:05

Best book for Director / Lingo?
Any recommendations? I've got MM Director MX2004 by Schaeffer/Persidsky which is OK, but doesn't really dig into any specifics or advanced technique / tricks. There's an "Advanced Lingo" book, but it's out of print and Amazon doesn't have any used copies. Thanks! ... 26 May 2006 12:40

contain sprite
I have a game and I containd a sprite within a nother with animation contain sprite, then when i whanted more levels i copied all of it and then the contain sprite lingo dident work properly. so, I wounder how I can write lingo so the sprite is not alowed to go more to the left, right, top and botom. how do i... 24 May 2006 14:27

Cursor MisBehavior
I have quite a few scripts that when the cursor enters an object it is suppose to turn to a hand cursor 280 However, on about three objects - so far ---- when I enter the object- the cursor changes to a "text insert" I Any ideas why? ... 19 Apr 2006 17:42

FileIO Extra
Hello to you. Does anyone know if it is possible to download a complete version of the FileIO Extra? Have a glittering day ... 24 Apr 2006 01:23

Freeware icon editor?
I had a program that did this before, but I don't know where it went. (Been years since I needed it.) I need an icon-editor that will change the icon of the projec32.skl file in order to use a custom icon for my projector. (I'm aware that MX 2004 has this feature by default - finally, but I'm still using regular ... 17 Apr 2006 12:28

how would i do this pop up window?
how would i do this..? i want to make it so that when u hover the mouse over a thumbnail image, a larger image of that thumbail will pop up. And once the mouse leaves the thumbnail, the larger image will dissapear. Does anyone know how to do this? much appreciated, thanks. ... 8 Apr 2006 14:34