Marcomedia Learning Lingo / Macromedia

Table of Content
Introduction
Using Lingo
New Lingo features in directors
Using this guide
Learning Lingo with online files
Etc.

Chapter one Script Basics
Introduction to scripting
Types of scripts
Introducing messages and handlers
Describing events
Hoe Lingo responds to messages
Etc.

Chapter two Working with Navigation
Adding navigation
Creating loops
Moving between sequences
Pausing and continuing a movie
Returning to the same location

Chapter three Troubleshooting
Overall strategy
Good scripting habits
Basic debugging
Solving simple problems
Advanced debugging
Etc.

Chapter Four Manipulating the score from Lingo
What puppets offer
Creating a sample puppet
Using puppets

Chapter Five Manipulating sprites
Making sprites dragable
Controlling sprite locations
Switching a cast member assigned to a sprite

Chapter Six Working with and User Input
Modifying fields
Checking keys
Checking fields
Modifying fields
Detecting a rollover
Etc.

Chapter Seven Controlling sound and digital Video
Playing sound in a specific channel
Checking for sound conditions
Turning sound off
Controlling sound volume
Controlling digital video

Chapter Eight Creating interfaces
Creating menus
Creating cursors
Using buttons and checkboxes

Chapter 9 Movies in a windows
Using lists
What a movie in a window is
Creating a sample movies in a window
Controlling windows

Chapter ten Parent scripts and child objects
Reasons to use child objects
Background concepts
Looking at a simple child object
Writing a parent script
Creating child objects
Etc.

Chapter Eleven Authoring from Lingo
Creating cast from lingo
Generating score from Lingo
Changing movie content
Creating a complete movie

Includes Index p. 203-217