Faux Marquee Tool

 

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This behavior simulates a marque tool in Director. Make 2 quick-draw squares and create custom patterns for horizontal and vertical stripes. Make at least 2 frames of each, offset slightly. Place 2 of each quickDraw shapes on the stage and drop the behavior on top. Assign the number of the patters(get it with put member(x).pattern) and then apply it to a background sprite as well. The resulting rectangle is stored in the global variable selectedRect. An example is available in articles section of MediaMacros at www.mediamacros.com/howto.shtml

--Copyright 1999 Chuck Neal --chuck@mediamacros.com --If you find this code helpful, send me an e-mail and let me know. :-) property spriteNum, whatPiece, patternList, whatPattern global selectedRect on getPropertyDescriptionList me   p_list = [:]   p_list.addProp(#whatPiece, [#format : #symbol, #comment : "Which side of the marque:", #default : #top, #range : [#Top, #Left, #Right, #Bottom, #BG]])   p_list.addProp(#patternList, [#format : #string, #comment : "Pattern Numbers:", #default : "57,58"])   return p_list end on mouseDown me   if whatPiece = #bg then     --it is the bg, set a new marque     startPoint = the mouseLoc     repeat while the stillDown       mousePoint = the mouseLoc       if mousePoint.locH > sprite(spriteNum).rect.right then         mousePoint.locH = sprite(spriteNum).rect.right       else if mousePoint.locH < sprite(spriteNum).rect.left then         mousePoint.locH = sprite(spriteNum).rect.left       end if       if mousePoint.locV > sprite(spriteNum).rect.bottom then         mousePoint.locV = sprite(spriteNum).rect.bottom       else if mousePoint.locV < sprite(spriteNum).rect.top then         mousePoint.locV = sprite(spriteNum).rect.top       end if       hList = [startPoint.locH, mousePoint.locH]       vList = [startPoint.locV, mousePoint.locV]       sort(hList)       sort(vList)       theRect = rect(hList[1],vList[1], hList[2], vList[2])       sendAllSprites(#makeMarque, theRect)       updateStage     end repeat     if startPoint = the mouseLoc then       selectedRect = rect(0,0,0,0)       sendAllSprites(#moveOff)     else       mousePoint = the mouseLoc       if mousePoint.locH > sprite(spriteNum).rect.right then         mousePoint.locH = sprite(spriteNum).rect.right       else if mousePoint.locH < sprite(spriteNum).rect.left then         mousePoint.locH = sprite(spriteNum).rect.left       end if       if mousePoint.locV > sprite(spriteNum).rect.bottom then         mousePoint.locV = sprite(spriteNum).rect.bottom       else if mousePoint.locV < sprite(spriteNum).rect.top then         mousePoint.locV = sprite(spriteNum).rect.top       end if       hList = [startPoint.locH, mousePoint.locH]       vList = [startPoint.locV, mousePoint.locV]       sort(hList)       sort(vList)       theRect = rect(hList[1],vList[1], hList[2], vList[2])       sendAllSprites(#makeMarque, theRect)       selectedRect = theRect     end if   end if end on beginSprite me   selectedRect = rect(0,0,0,0)   moveOff()   whatPattern = 1 end on makeMarque me, whatRect   case whatPiece of     #top :       sprite(spriteNum).rect = rect(whatrect[1] - 1, whatRect[2] - 1, whatrect[3] + 1, whatRect[2])     #bottom :       sprite(spriteNum).rect = rect(whatrect[1] - 1, whatRect[4], whatrect[3] + 1, whatRect[4] + 1)     #left :       sprite(spriteNum).rect = rect(whatrect[1] - 1, whatRect[2] , whatrect[1] , whatRect[4])     #right :       sprite(spriteNum).rect = rect(whatrect[3], whatRect[2] , whatrect[3] + 1, whatRect[4])   end case end on moveOff me   if whatPiece <> #bg then     sprite(spriteNum).rect = rect(-1000, -1000, -1000, -1000)   end if end on exitFrame me   if whatPiece <> #BG then     the itemDelimiter = ","     whatPattern = whatPattern + 1     if whatPattern > patternList.item.count then whatPattern = 1     sprite(spriteNum).member.pattern = integer(patternList.item[whatPattern])   end if end on getBehaviorDescription me   describe = "This behavior simulates a marque tool in Director."   describe = describe & return & "Make 2 quick-draw squares and create custom patterns for horizontal and vertical stripes. Make at least 2 frames of each, offset slightly."   describe = describe & return & "Place 2 of each quickDraw shapes on the stage and drop the behavior on top. Assign the number of the patters(get it with put member(x).pattern) and then apply it to a background sprite as well. The resulting rectangle is stored in the global variable selectedRect"   describe = describe & return & return & "An example is available in articles section of MediaMacros at www.mediamacros.com/howto.shtml"   return describe end