MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-DIRECTOR SCRIPTING, Reference

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itemDelimiter
Usage
the itemDelimiter
Description
Player property; indicates the special character used to separate items.
You can use the
itemDelimiter
to parse filenames by setting
itemDelimiter
to a backslash (\)
in Windows or a colon (:) on the Macintosh. Restore the
itemDelimiter
character to a comma
(,) for normal operation.
This function can be tested and set.
Example
The following handler finds the last component in a Macintosh pathname. The handler first
records the current delimiter and then changes the delimiter to a colon (:). When a colon is the
delimiter, Lingo can use
the last item of
to determine the last item in the chunk that makes
up a Macintosh pathname. Before exiting, the delimiter is reset to its original value.
on getLastComponent pathName
save = the itemDelimiter
the itemDelimiter = ":"
f = the last item of pathName
the itemDelimiter = save
return f
end
See also
Player
kerning
Usage
-- Lingo syntax
memberObjRef. kerning
// JavaScript syntax
memberObjRef. kerning;
Description
Text cast member property; this property specifies whether the text is automatically kerned when
the contents of the text cast member are changed.
When set to
TRUE
, kerning is automatic; when set to
FALSE
, kerning is not done.
This property defaults to
TRUE
.
See also
kerningThreshold