MACROMEDIA Director MX, Use Manual

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To make a text sprite editable:
•
Click the Editable button in the Property inspector.
Making sprites editable or moveable with Lingo
Lingo can make sprites editable or moveable regardless of the settings in the Score. You can also
use Lingo to constrain a moveable sprite to a certain region. For example, you can create a
draggable slider with an indicator that moves across a gauge. For more information, see individual
properties and functions in the Lingo Dictionary.
•
To make a text sprite editable with Lingo, set the text sprite’s
editable
property to
TRUE
. For
best results, set this property in a script that is attached to the sprite or the frame where the
sprite is located.
•
To make a sprite moveable with Lingo, set the
moveableSprite
sprite property to
TRUE
. For
best results, set this property in a script that is attached to the sprite or the frame where the
sprite is located.
•
To restrict the registration point of a moveable sprite so it stays within the bounding rectangle
of a second sprite, use the
constraint
sprite property.
•
To constrain a sprite along a horizontal or vertical path, use the
constrainH()
or
constrainV()
function.
Editable button
Moveable button