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serialNumber

Syntax

the serialNumber

Description

Movie property; a string containing the serial number entered when Director was installed.

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

This handler would be located in a movie script of a MIAW. It places the user’s name and the

serial number into a display field when the window is opened:

on prepareMovie

displayString = the userName

put RETURN&the organizationName after displayString

put RETURN&the serialNumber after displayString

member("User Info").text = displayString

end

See also

organizationName, userName, window

set...to, set...=

Syntax

set the lingoProperty to expression

the lingoProperty = expression

set variable to expression

variable = expression

Description

Command; evaluates an expression and puts the result in the property specified by lingoProperty

or the variable specified by variable.

Examples

This statement sets the name of member 3 to Sunset:

set member(3).name = "Sunset"

The following statement sets the soundEnabled property to the opposite of its current state. When

soundEnabled is TRUE (the sound is on), this statement turns it off. When soundEnabled is FALSE (the

sound is off), this statement turns it on.

set the soundEnabled = not (the soundEnabled)

This statement sets the variable vowels to the string “aeiou”:

set vowels = "aeiou"