User Guide

1074 Chapter 14: Properties

To modify the elements of this list you must use the addProp and deleteProp commands

documented in the main Lingo Dictionary.

Example

This statement displays the userData property of the model named New Body:

put member("Car").model("New Body").userData

-- [#driver: "Bob", #damage: 34]

This statement adds the property #health with the value 100 to the userData property list for

the model named Player:

member(“scene”).model(“Player”).userData.addProp(#health,100)

userName

Usage

-- Lingo syntax

_player.userName

// JavaScript syntax

_player.userName;

Description

Player property; a string containing the user name entered when Director was installed.

Read-only.

This property is available in the authoring environment only. It could be used in a movie in a

window (MIAW) tool that is personalized to show the user’s information.

Example

The following handler places the user’s name and serial number in a display field when the

window is opened. (A movie script in the MIAW is a good location for this handler.)

-- Lingo syntax

on prepareMovie

displayString = _player.userName & RETURN & _player.organizationName \

& RETURN & _player.serialNumber

member("User Info").text = displayString

end

// JavaScript syntax

function prepareMovie() {

var displayString = _player.userName + "\n" + _player.organizationName

+ "\n" + _player.serialNumber;

member("User Info").text = displayString;

}