[directmusic] Re: Script Weirdness II
- From: "Paul Stroud" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:33:54 -0000
There was something I was working on (can't remember what) and, at the time
wish I could concertina. Again, to avoid lots of IFs
"Segment" & intLevel & .play
OK, so this ain't gonna work, but I hope you can see how this avoids asking
the question:
If intLevel = whatEver then
Segment1.play
ElseIf intLevel = blahblah
Could also be useful in the Trace command
Paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Scott Morgan
> Sent: 27 January 2003 13:02
> To: directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [directmusic] Re: Script Weirdness II
>
>
>
> I typically use AudioVB just cause its smaller.
>
> There are a ton of fancy things you can do with VB that the Audio VB can't
> do, but mostly you can get by without.
>
> The things I miss most from VB is the laxer syntax, for next, switch
> statements, and exit sub statements.
>
> In VB you can get away with:
>
> sub VBExample
> if x=4 then segment1.play: segment2.play issecondary
> 'commands are on
> the same line as the if seperated by a colon
> end if
> if x=5 then exit sub 'exit sub leaves the
> sub...can't do that in AudioVB
> Segment10.play
> end sub
>
> For next is kind of rare to use in music routines, but there are
> times when
> I've wished I've had it. I've always been able to get by with a crazy set
> of 'ifs' though.
> Oh that reminds, I don't think Audio VB supports arrays. Arrays can hold
> lots of good info if you need complex data.
> Switch statements are cleaner sometimes than 'if' but aren't necessary.
>
> Ice_Planet (VB) uses the 'abs' function for some calculations. I can't
> remember why I did that though.
>
> Ice_Planet and GlobalConflict were both VB since the old
> Audioscripts sample
> required VB for the passing of the text to the app's main window (variant
> data or something).
>
> There are lots of other things, but they get more and more less useful for
> music scripts.
>
> -Scott Morgan
> http://Morganstudios.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ciaran Walsh" <ciaran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 4:31 AM
> Subject: [directmusic] Re: Script Weirdness II
>
>
> >
> > I'm glad I could be of some help, even if it was in the most oblique
> fashion
> > ;)
> >
> > your point about VB vs. AudioVB raises something I've often wondered but
> > never found the time to investigate properly...
> >
> > What is it that you can do with VB script that you can't do
> with AudioVB?
> (I
> > have never done any VB programming so forgive my ignorance) As I
> understand
> > it, AudioVB is a stripped down version of VB so presumably there is some
> > trade off in terms of functionality.
> >
> > What is the difference in performance between the two?
> > Any points of view on the pros and cons of each would be most welcome,
> > Cheers,
> > Ciaran
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Kenneth Young
> > Sent: 27 January 2003 12:31
> > To: directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [directmusic] Re: Script Weirdness II
> >
> >
> > Thanks Ciaran,
> >
> > I created a simple demo with which to prove you wrong (or so I thought),
> but
> > everything worked as expected!
> >
> > Then I realised what I had done wrong; I had a VB Script passing a
> variable
> > to an AudioVB script (doh!). The two of them don't seem to communicate
> > properly.
> >
> > Changing all my scripts to VBScript solves the problem.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Kenny
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ciaran Walsh" <ciaran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 11:30 AM
> > Subject: [directmusic] Re: Script Weirdness II
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I had to break up my scripts into about 5 components in my
> last project,
> > one
> > > master script and various sub scripts dedicated to specific areas of
> > > functionality. I was able to set a variable in one script
> from a routine
> > in
> > > another, prefixing the target script name to the variable name, as you
> > would
> > > to call a routine, thus:
> > >
> > >
> > > sub Init
> > > Def = 0
> > > PLevel = 0
> > > SLevel = 0
> > > Stopped = 1
> > > Internal.X = 0
> > > Internal.FT = 0
> > > Internal.PTrans = 0
> > > DScript.DStatus = 0
> > > DScript.DFuse = 0
> > > DScript.Seen = 0
> > > SScript.SStatus = 0
> > > Internal.CMode = 0
> > > Grooves.GL = 0
> > > SetMasterGrooveLevel Grooves.GL
> > > SetMasterVolume 0
> > > end sub
> > >
> > > was an initialisation routine in my main script that set the initial
> > values
> > > of variables in 4 other scripts.
> > >
> > > I hope that's helpful,
> > > Ciaran
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Kenneth Young
> > > Sent: 25 January 2003 23:37
> > > To: directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [directmusic] Script Weirdness II
> > >
> > >
> > > Hey folks,
> > >
> > > Things have been quiet around here recently; I hope everyone is doing
> > ok?!!
> > >
> > > My script has been getting rather obese recently, and I found
> that I had
> > > reached a limit on its size.
> > > So, I've begun converting my project into multiple scripts (oh joy
> > unbound).
> > >
> > > I've found that passing a variable to another script, where that
> variable
> > is
> > > then being checked by an if statement, results in this error:
> > >
> > > <0001> Script error in script.spp, line 244
> > > <0001> Microsoft AudioVBScript Runtime Error: Type Mismatch: the
> condition
> > > of an if statement did not evaluate to a numeric True/False value
> > > <0001> Error Code: 0x88781224
> > >
> > > My solution to this is to call a subroutine in the destination script
> > which
> > > "manually" changes the variable.
> > > Whilst this solves the problem, and I have everything working, I was
> > > wondering if I was missing something fundamental?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > >
> > > Kenny
> > >
> >
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