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The value of this property is meaningful only when the value of the camera’s projection

property is set to

#perspective. When the projection property is set to #orthographic, use

the camera’s orthoHeight property to define the top and bottom of the projection plane.

The default setting for this property is 30.0.

Example

This statement sets the fieldOfView property of camera 1 to 90:

member("3d world").camera[1].fieldOfView = 90

See also

orthoHeight

fileName (cast property)

Syntax

castLib(whichCast).fileName

the fileName of castLib whichCast

Description

Property; specifies the filename of the specified cast.

• For an external cast, fileName gives the cast’s full pathname and filename.

• For an internal cast, the fileName castLib property depends on which internal cast is

specified. For the first internal cast library, the fileName castLib property specifies the name

of the movie. For remaining internal casts,

fileName is an empty string.

The fileName of castLib property accepts URLs as references. However, to use a cast from the

Internet and minimize download time, use the

downloadNetThing or preloadNetThing

command to download the cast’s file to a local disk first and then set fileName castLib to the

file on the disk.

If a movie sets the filename of an external cast, don’t use the Duplicate Cast Members for Faster

Loading option in the Projector Options dialog box.

This property can be tested and set for external casts. It can be tested only for internal casts.

Note: Director for Java does not support the downloadNetThing command.

Examples

This statement displays the pathname and filename of the Buttons external cast in the

Message window:

put castLib("Buttons").fileName

This statement sets the filename of the Buttons external cast to Content.cst:

castLib("Buttons").fileName = the moviePath & "Content.cst"

The movie then uses the external cast file Content.cst as the Buttons cast.

These statements download an external cast from a URL to the Director application folder and

then make that file the external cast named Cast of Thousands:

downLoadNetThing("http://www.cbDeMille.com Thousands.cst", the \

applicationPath&"Thousands.cst")

castLib("Cast of Thousands").fileName = the applicationPath & "Thousands.cst"