#trexx pro
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I am a new Trexx user, and I already have some questions. Maybe you
can answer them for me. When I am using the sequencer and I start
one of the animated loops like the the swinging bells for instance.
How do I get them to stop. Is there and arexx command which
substitutes for the right mouse button. Also is there a way to run
dpaint animations within a toaster script. And, if there isn't can
you tell me the procedure to use the serial port to communicate with
another Amiga? I want to start animations remotely and then feed them
back into the toaster. What kind of cable do I use, etc. Also,
finally, although I refer to Dpaint, what is the best animation
program to use.
Just to let you know what I'm doing. I own the Cafe Wha? in
Greenwich Village. We use a Toaster and 2 cameras to do live video
distribution of the show on stage. I also want to start
incorporating promotions for upcomming events using animations which
would automatically start periodically through the evening.
I appreciate your help – in advance.
Unfortunately there are no Toaster Arexx equivalents for stopping the animated
effects. The only way is to use the mouse buttons.
You can play dpaint anims from with the script but you will need a anim format
compatible animation player that preferably has an ARexx port. There is a
viewing program called MainView (comes with MainActor) that has an ARexx port.
MainView is shareware and is available from Aminet. You could also use TRexx's
command editor to create your own command buttons for MainView so it can be
accessed easier in the future.
It possible to have an animation startup remotely via the serial port but if
you have the above mentioned player it will make it that much easier. Basically
all you would need to do is have a script running on the remote end that would
send serial and you could use a scripte with wait serial on the live end and
when it gets the remotely sent serial command it could launch another script
that would play the the anims.
Chris Edgin ASDG tech.
Because I am new at this, I don't completely understand. Can this all
be done on one computer. How does the animation get out over the
toaster's program output?
Also, if there is no way to stop the animated effects, is there a way I can
change the effect so they do not loop indefinately – this would accomplish the
same thing.