Writing Lingo Scripts for Macromedia Director MX - Aug 8, 2003
In This Chapter - What Is Lingo? - Creating Scripts -
Understanding Lingo Elements - Navigation with Lingo -
Understanding Messages and Behaviors - Writing Lingo Code - Did
You Know? What Is Lingo? Lingo is the programming language used
in Director movies. Unless you stick to bare bones, PowerPoint-
like presentations or linear animations, you need to learn Lingo
to use Director to its full capabilities. Lingo code is stored
in cast members called scripts. There are three different types
of script members: movie scripts, behavior scripts, and parent
scripts. In addition, other cast members, such as bitmaps, can
have scripts embedded inside them. These are usually referred to
as cast scripts. The difference between script types is not in
what they look like or how they behave, but in when they act.
Here is a summary: Movie scriptContains handlers that can be
accessed by any other script. Cannot be assigned to specific
sprites or frames. Behavior scr