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no2

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Mar 28, 1999
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I am trying to create a pop-up window for a glossary. The only way that I know how to do this is with a Movie in a window. However, I would like the glossary terms to be embedded rather than linked....any thoughts.<br>
thanks.
 
Don't fully understand what your asking. What do you want embedded?
 
When you create a MIAW enabling the use of the &quot;open window&quot; which can be used on a &quot;mouseUp&quot;, director will bypass the internal cast and automatically prompt you to look for an external file (.dir, .mov, .avi, etc.) to link. I don't want to link a hundred or so little movies...i want them embedded. In short, I want to create a pop up window by using the internal cast.
 
A MIAW is a totally separate movie with its own internal cast. Can you put the cast members in the MIAW movie. You can't link from one movie to anothers internal cast. <br>
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or<br>
make the cast of your main movie an external cast and link both of them to it. <br>

 
I know that an MIAW is a link file....that is what I am trying to avoid.....I don't want 100 MIAWs linked to my projector....that's very cumbersum not to mention a hassel come burning time. Anyway, I think that I have figured out how to do it by turning on and off the visibility of the sprite....however, now I have to group sprites....but they have that code at Macromedia......So I guess, the bottom line is that I am making some head way but if you have any information on grouping sprites (in particular, about how the script us the &quot;me&quot; keyword to identify sprtes.....how does it know whih sprite to talk to? Thanks for your help<br>
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noah
 
Related question with potential for being a solution:
can an imported dcr (basically a film loop) with
enabled Lingo send messages to the movie containing
it, eg., to change a text member?
 
answer to you problem :
while you are designing the movie, design the separate window (within the movie's dimensions) and put a sample text/cast member is it. and create a &quot;close window&quot; button in it too.
now set the visible of the three members to false.
when you want it to show up, simply change the text/member then make the window , the member inside and the close window button visible. When you press that button, it will make them all invisible again ,
If you need further help, don't hesitate to ask me :)
 
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