Macromedia Director Lingo Workshop for Windows [Paperback]

John Thompson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1996

A guide to Macromedia Director scripting language, Lingo, which is aimed at non-programmers.

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This book is the only comprehensive resource available for non-programmers to learn the scripting language of Lingo. - Written by one of the inventors of Lingo

- Extensive use of screen shots and multimedia examples

- CD-ROM includes demo version of Macromedia Director and examples of Lingo scripts

Product Details

• Paperback: 346 pages
• Publisher: Hayden Books (July 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156830269X
• ISBN-13: 978-1568302690
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,389,539 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the earliest versions of Director to the most current., January 19, 2000

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Jerry Branch - See all my reviews

This review is from: Macromedia Director Lingo Workshop for Windows (Paperback)

I use Director 7, and this book is made for Director 5. . . And let me just say it makes no differnce want version of Director you are using, if you want to know about Lingo, then this is the book for you! After just reading 4 of the 18 chapters of the book, I know more about Lingo then I did after reading two other books! This is a must have for any serious Director User!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No frills, all information., February 7, 1999

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Al Wasco ([e-mail] (Cleveland, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Macromedia Director Lingo Workshop for Windows (Paperback)

As someone who both works with Director and teaches it at the university level, I'm always looking for good books for beginning to intermediate users. This is NOT the first book I recommend for beginners (usually that's Director Demystified) because it's pretty dry and technical.

But, for anyone who has a general understanding of how Director works, this book is useful in the way a good cookbook is useful. If you know what you want to do, you can look it up and find clear instructions on HOW to do it. My copy is filled with post-it markers showing the answers to questions students have raised in class ("How do I get Director to... ?) The sample movies are very helpful, and teach a valuable lesson: learn the basic principle using the simplest of movies, then apply it to the real thing.

Since the most recent version of the book covers Director 5, I'm waiting for an updated version. But most of the information in the book is still valid...Lingo doesn't THAT much from version to version.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Want to learn LINGO?? Then this book is for you!, August 4, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Macromedia Director Lingo Workshop for Windows (Paperback)

This Book for Mac or Windows is Outstanding. It covers just about all the commands in Lingo, And no one knows them better than the person who wrote the Lingo language. Sample movies help explain complex commands in an easy straight forward manner.

Jervis Thompson => http://user.aol.com/jervo