User Guide

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subPictureCount
Usage
-- Lingo syntax
dvdObjRef.subPictureCount
// JavaScript syntax
dvdObjRef.subPictureCount;
Description
DVD property. Returns the number of available sub pictures. Read-only.
See also
DVD
suspendUpdates
Usage
sprite(which3dSprite).suspendUpdates
Description
3D sprite property; when set to TRUE, causes the sprite not to be updated as part of normal screen
redraw operations. This can improve movie playback performance. Certain kinds of screen
updates will still affect the sprite, such as those due to dragging another window over the sprite.
When the
suspendUpdates property is set to FALSE, the sprite is redrawn normally.
It is important to keep the
suspendUpdates property set to FALSE while any element within the
3D sprite is being animated.
switchColorDepth
Usage
-- Lingo syntax
_player.switchColorDepth
// JavaScript syntax
_player.switchColorDepth;
Description
Player property; determines whether Director switches the monitor that the Stage occupies to the
color depth of the movie being loaded (TRUE) or leaves the color depth of the monitor unchanged
when a movie is loaded (
FALSE, default). Read/write.
When
switchColorDepth is TRUE, nothing happens until a new movie is loaded.
Setting the monitor’s color depth to that of the movie is good practice.
• When the monitor’s color depth is set below that of the movie, resetting it to the color depth of
the movie (assuming that the monitor can provide that color depth) helps maintain the movie’s
original appearance.
• When the monitor’s color depth is higher than that of the movie, reducing the monitor’s color
depth plays the movie using the minimum amount of memory, loads cast members more
efficiently, and causes animation to occur more quickly.