MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-DIRECTOR SCRIPTING Reference page 624

Example
These statements assign the selected cast members in the most recently selected cast to the
variable
selectedMembers
-- Lingo syntax
castLibOfInterest = _player.activeCastLib
selectedMembers = castLib(castLibOfInterest).selection
// JavaScript syntax
var castLibOfInterest = _player.activeCastLib;
var selectedMembers = castLib(castLibOfInterest).selection;
See also
Player, selection
activeWindow
Usage
-- Lingo syntax
_player.activeWindow
// JavaScript syntax
_player.activeWindow;
Description
Player property; indicates which movie window is currently active. Read-only.
For the main movie,
is the movie in the window.
activeWindow
Example
This example places the word Active in the title bar of the clicked window and places the word
Inactive in the title bar of all other open windows:
-- Lingo syntax
on activateWindow
clickedWindow = _player.windowList.getPos(_player.activeWindow)
windowCount = _player.windowList.count
repeat with x = 1 to windowCount
if (x = clickedWindow) then
_player.window[clickedWindow].title = "Active"
else
_player.windowList[x].title = "Inactive"
end if
end repeat
end activateWindow
// JavaScript syntax
function activateWindow() {
var clickedWindow = _player.windowList.getPos(_player.activeWindow);
var windowCount = _player.windowList.count;
for (var x = 1; x <= windowCount; x++) {
if (x == clickedWindow) {
_player.window[clickedWindow].title = "Active"
}
else {
_player.windowList[x].title = "Inactive"
}
624 Chapter 14: Properties
:
is the Stage. For a movie in a window (MIAW),
activeWindow