User Guide

Chapter 118
Communication between movies
Use the
tell command to send messages between movies.
Movies
The terms in this section are useful for managing movies.
Stopping movies
Use these terms to stop or quit the movie or projector:
Movie information
Use these terms to obtain information about the movie and the movie’s environment:
Source control
Use these terms to manage Director projects being worked on by more than one person:
Saving movies
Use
saveMovie and updateMovieEnabled to save changes to a movie.
Error checking
Use the
alertHook event to post alerts that describe errors in a projector.
Movie events
Use the
on prepareMovie, on startMovie, and on stopMovie event handlers for Lingo that
responds to movie events.
exitLock quit
halt restart
pauseState shutDown
environment moviePath
lastFrame number (system property)
movie runMode
movieFileFreeSize safePlayer
movieFileSize version
movieName movieFileVersion
comments creationDate
modifiedBy modifiedDate
linkAs() seconds