28706-0 Learning Lingo--and Lovin' It! If you use Macromedia Director, it's time you learned Lingo, Director's powerful scripting language. Whether you develop for CD-ROM or the Web, Lingo can supercharge your work, and make you dramatically more competitive. Best of all, practically anyone can learn Lingo. You don't have to be a Director expert--and you certainly don't have to be a professional programmer! The Lingo Handbook for Director 6 is the only guide to Lingo designed specifically for beginning Lingo programmers. Nothing's assumed. Nothing's glossed over. Nothing's more complicated than it needs to be. Every step of the way, you'll find simple, meaningful examples based on tasks and projects you'll really care about--and complete scripts you can adapt to your own work. Learn how Lingo fits into the Director environment. Walk carefully through the basics of Lingo syntax, interactivity, decision-making and looping. Learn how to troubleshoot scripts and avoid pitfalls.Then, discover powerful, surprisingly easy Lingo techniques for: *Building slick user interfaces *Making the most of sound, sprites, graphics, color palettes and QuickTime movies *Managing text and fields *Developing Web multimedia with Shockwave Before you know it, you'll master all the Lingo tools you need for sophisticated animation, storytelling, presentations, Web media, and more. You won't just understand advanced Lingo features like parent/child scripts, Xtras and Xobjects, and lists. You'll use them--and get results beyond your wildest dreams. The Lingo Handbook is 100% up-to-date, with full coverage of Director 6 and Shockwave. It's 100% cross-platform, designed for both Mac and Windows multimedia developers. And it's 100% of what you need to know to do breakthrough multimedia with Lingo!
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Learning Lingo—and Lovin' It!
If you use Macromedia Director, it's time you learned Lingo, Director's powerful scripting language. Whether you develop for CD-ROM or the Web, Lingo can supercharge your work, and make you dramatically more competitive. Best of all, practically anyone can learn Lingo. You don't have to be a Director expert—and you certainly don't have to be a professional programmer!
The Lingo Handbook for Director 6 is the only guide to Lingo designed specifically for beginning Lingo programmers. Nothing's assumed. Nothing's glossed over. Nothing's more complicated than it needs to be. Every step of the way, you'll find simple, meaningful examples based on tasks and projects you'll really care about—and complete scripts you can adapt to your own work.
Learn how Lingo fits into the Director environment. Walk carefully through the basics of Lingo syntax, interactivity, decision-making and looping. Learn how to troubleshoot scripts and avoid pitfalls. Then, discover powerful, surprisingly easy Lingo techniques for:
Building slick user interfaces Making the most of sound, sprites, graphics, color palettes and QuickTime movies Managing text and fields
Developing Web multimedia with Shockwave
Before you know it, you'll master all the Lingo tools you need for sophisticated animation, storytelling, presentations, Web media, and more. You won't just understand advanced Lingo features like parent/child scripts, Xtras and Xobjects, and lists. You'll use them—and get results beyond your wildest dreams.
The Lingo Handbook is 100% up-to-date, with full coverage of Director 6 and Shockwave. It's 100% cross-platform, designed for both Mac and Windows multimedia developers. And it's 100% of what you need to know to do breakthrough multimedia with Lingo!
About the Author
RICH GRACE is author of several computing books, including Prentice Hall's The Benchmark Book; as well as Word for Windows Quick Reference, Using PowerPoint for Windows 95, and the best-selling Using PowerPoint 4 for Windows. He's also co-author of Dummies 101: Windows NT with Andy Rathbone, and is a frequent contributor to InfoWorld. A musician for nearly 20 years, Rich also cultivates a longtime interest in multimedia technologies.
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For a novice programmer this book is confusing. The beginning of the book has too many references to topics covered later in the book -- so you end up in a fog. Both I and another student who bought the book returned it. In addition, the accompanying CD prompted errors when using the interactive tutorials.
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