Including A Description For The Behavior Inspector - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX Use Manual

For example, this handler creates a property list named Description that contains the definitions
for and
movement
on getPropertyDescriptionList
set description = [:]
addProp description, #Movement, [#default: 5, #format:#integer, #comment: ¬
"Set motion to the right:", #range: [#min:1, #max:10]]
addProp description, #noise, [#default:"", format: #sound, ¬
#comment:"Sound cast member name"]
return description
end
Alternatively, you can use this syntax to do the same as the previous handler:
on getPropertyDescriptionList
return [¬
#Movement: [#default: 5, #format:#integer, #comment: ¬
"Set motion to the right:", #range: [#min:1, #max:10]],
#noise: [#default:"", format: #sound, ¬
#comment:"Sound cast member name"]
]
end

Including a description for the Behavior inspector

An
on getBehaviorDescription
appears in the bottom pane of the Behavior inspector when the behavior is selected. For
example, this handler displays the phrase "This changes sprite color and position" in the
Behavior inspector:
on getBehaviorDescription
return "This changes sprite color and position"
end
368 Chapter 14
:
whichSound
handler in a behavior's script provides a description that