Changing Image FileName Based on QT Time...?

[Klaus Major]

Hi John,

> Thanks Klaus!
>
> I'll check out the "currenttime" of player call in the morning. I was 
> not aware of currentTime of player.
> Would this be used on an idle script?

NO!!!!!!!

Never use "on idle" or you will get eternal damnation!!! :-D
(At least as evil as "repeat until the mouse is UP"!)

Instead use "send xyz... in abc..."

> Something like:
>
> If currentTime is > 20000 then
> set fileName of image xyz to "slides/slide1.jpg"
> else
> if currentTime is > 25000 then
> set fileName of image xyz to "slides/slide2.jpg"
> ...

Well almost, but i would rather use a "switch...case..." handler in 
this case
MUCH MORE readable and less harmful, since there are so many 
possibilities
to use "if...then" that
1. most of the time you cannot oversee it with one glance
2. you forget one "end if" almost EVERYTIME ;-)

Like this:

##Start the player:
on mouseup ## or whenever...
   start player xyz
   check_the_time
end mouseup

on check_the_time
   put the currenttime of player xyz into CT
   switch
     case CT < 20000 AND CT > 10000
      set fileName of image xyz to "slides/slide1.jpg"
     break
     case CT < 30000 AND CT > 20000
      set fileName of image xyz to "slides/slide2.jpg"
     break
     ...
    end switch
     if CT < the duration of player xyz then
     ## Sound is not yet finished, so we might have to check again...
      send check_the_time to me in abc millisecs
    end if
end check_the_time

Get the picture?
But see below...

> Am i on the right track?

Yo, but i would suggset to let the player-object do all the work :-)

I mean set and use "the callbacks" of the player to trigger your change 
of images...

I just uploaded a tiny stack "Fun with callbacks" to REV-unline -> 
"klausimausi" ;-)
That will get you started (hopefully) with callbacks, which are a very 
powerful,
yet quite unknown feature of REV.

> Thanks again!

Drop a line (even offlist, if you like) if you need further 
inof/assistance...

> John Patten
> Tech Dept
> SBCUSD

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de