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Try sprite(sprite channel).movieRate=0 Cheers~Frank

Check out movieTime. :) Cheers~Frank

What does your script look like? Cheers~Frank

Just thought I'd share the "fix". It turns out that it had been updated a few years ago using MX and opening it in MX2004 was causing the conflict. I uninstalled 2004 and installed MX and Bingo. Anyway, just posting to maybe save someone else the grief. Cheers~Frank

Make your graphics .pngs and use Flash for your animations. :) Cheers~Frank

Hi, I've been given the task of translating an old (95 0r 96) poject and when I change the text, no problem but when I change some of the images it works fine in authoring mode but crashes the projector. The original images are 8 bit pct files. I've tried replacing them with pngs, jpgs, and pcts...

Thanks for the tip. Nice way to get started here. :) Cheers~Frank

Thanks Kenneth. :) Cheers~Frank

A very simple graphical solution is to have your bar start Full and then Empty as they progress. Just make your bar and have the sprite run the entire length of your timeline. Add a Key frame at the end. Then click on the keyframe in the last frame and set the width (or height depending on your...

On thinking about this, this option might me a bit processor intensive and there may be a more efficient method for performance sake??? Cheers~Frank

Yes, you can use up to 8 sound channels using Lingo. You could have them all playing simultaneously but only have the selected one unmuted and for the text on the selected language set the visiblity to true and the others false. Cheers~Frank

You can use the preLoad command. Cheers~Frank

Sounds like a compression issue. I have always used Cleaner but have recently started using Sorenson Squeeze and outputting to Flash Video swfs for Director and really like the results. Small file size, good quality and no player required on the endusers machine regardless of platform. Cheers~Frank

You'll need to use an Xtra either Buddy API or File IO etc. Buddy API is free to use up to twice iun any given project and if you need to use more instances than that then it's a nominal registration fee. Here's a code that I used to do something very similar to what your after. I hope it helps...

Good point Kenneth! Tim~Where's Q when you need him? ;) Cheers~Frank