Making Sprites Editable Or Moveable With Lingo - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX Use Manual

To make a text sprite editable:
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Click the Editable button in the Property inspector.

Making sprites editable or moveable with Lingo

Lingo can make sprites editable or moveable regardless of the settings in the Score. You can also
use Lingo to constrain a moveable sprite to a certain region. For example, you can create a
draggable slider with an indicator that moves across a gauge. For more information, see individual
properties and functions in the Lingo Dictionary.
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To make a text sprite editable with Lingo, set the text sprite's
best results, set this property in a script that is attached to the sprite or the frame where the
sprite is located.
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To make a sprite moveable with Lingo, set the
best results, set this property in a script that is attached to the sprite or the frame where the
sprite is located.
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To restrict the registration point of a moveable sprite so it stays within the bounding rectangle
of a second sprite, use the
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To constrain a sprite along a horizontal or vertical path, use the
constrainV()
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Moveable button
Editable button
constraint
function.
editable
moveableSprite
sprite property.
property to
TRUE
sprite property to
TRUE
or
constrainH()
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. For