OT question

[Ken Ray]

Simon,

I've used Director from version 4 to 8.5, and I have MX on order. I used
HyperTalk first, and the transition to Lingo was pretty easy - very similar
handler and command language structure, although the concepts of
manipulating sprites (instances of objects) versus castmembers (the objects
themselves) takes some getting used to. In Director 7 they went to allowing
for both HyperTalk-like syntax as well as dot notation for referencing
properties ("set the visible of sprite 1 to true" vs. "sprite1.visible =
true"), and they support both "put x into y" and "y = x" concepts. Since you
say you've used Flash, you are already familiar with dot notation so that
should make it easier to switch gears.

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Lord" <slord at marelina.com>
To: "MetaCard" <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 11:42 PM
Subject: OT question


> Anyone here use MM Director MX?  How easy was it for you to learn the
> Lingo language (assuming you knew MetaTalk first)?
>
> I have some clients that need some online projects and I'm using Flash
> but - well, it's hell.  And Lingo looks much more familiar.
>
> If only we could export to SVG from metacard - solve almost all my
> problems with regards to online/offline projects.
>
> Sincerely,
> Simon
>
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