All purpose status bar

 

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Use this to track the status of any property or variable. Can be used for downloads, energy bars, etc.

--Copyright 1999 Chuck Neal --chuck@mediamacros.com --If you find this code helpful, send me an e-mail and let me know. :-) property spriteNum, monitorValue, maxValue, constant, direction, maxRect on getPropertyDescriptionList me   p_list = [:]   p_list.addProp(#monitorValue, [#format : #string, #comment : "What value to compare:", #default : "the timer / 60"])   p_list.addProp(#maxValue, [#format : #string, #comment : "Max value allowed:", #default : "500"])   p_list.addProp(#constant, [#format : #boolean, #comment : "Run automatically?", #default : true])   p_list.addProp(#direction, [#format : #symbol, #comment : "Direction to grow:", #default : #right, #range : [#right, #left, #up, #down]])   return p_list end on beginSprite me   maxRect = sprite(spriteNum).rect   calcSize() end on exitFrame me   calcSize() end on calcSize me   curValue = value(monitorValue)   topVal = value(maxValue)   if topVal = 0 then topVal = .001   if [#integer, #float].getOne(curValue.ilk) <> 0 and [#integer, #float].getOne(topVal.ilk) <> 0 then     --is a number, continue     if curValue > maxvalue then curValue = topVal     if curValue < 0 then curValue = 0     percentage = float(curValue)/float(topVal)     newRect = duplicate(maxRect)     case direction of       #right :         newRect[3] = maxRect[1] + integer(maxRect.width * percentage)       #left :         newRect[1] = maxRect[3] - integer(maxRect.width * percentage)       #up :         newRect[2] = maxRect[4] - integer(maxRect.height * percentage)       #down :         newRect[4] = maxRect[2] + integer(maxRect.height * percentage)     end case     sprite(spriteNum).rect = newRect   else     --not a number     put "Error, returned value is not a number"   end if end on getBehaviorDescription me   describe = "This is an all purpose bar slider. Drop it on the sprite that will be the indicator and assign it the values it will use to compare the current bar."   describe = describe & return & "For example, to track a sprite 5"s property called life against a max of 500, the first field would be entered as ..." & return   describe = describe & "sprite(5).life and the second field would be 500."   return describe end