User Guide

Chapter 120
Working with the local computer
Use these terms to work with the user’s computer:
Browsers
Use
on EvalScript, externalEvent, and netStatus to interact with browsers. For additional
information about browser scripting using languages such as JavaScript, see “Shockwave
Publishing” on the Director Support Center at www.macromedia.com/support/director/
internet.html.
Accessing EMBED and OBJECT tag parameters
Use
externalParamCount(), externalParamName(), and externalParamValue() to access
EMBED and OBJECT parameter tags:
Operators
The terms in this section are operators available in Lingo.
Math operators
Use these terms for math statements:
Comparison operators
Use
and, not, and or to compare expressions.
Palettes and color
Use these terms to check and set palettes for movies and for cast members:
browserName() clearCache (For projectors and
authoring only)
cacheDocVerify() (For projectors and
authoring only)
getPref()
cacheSize() (For projectors and
authoring only)
setPref
* (multiplication) <> (not equal)
/ (division) > (greater than)
+ (addition) >= (greater than or equal to)
- (minus) < (less than)
= (equals) <= (less than or equal to)
color() paletteMapping
depth puppetPalette
palette rgb()