Where are Cast Members Used?

Date:    Fri, 8 Dec 1995 13:07:38 -0800
From:    West <eisen@WORLD.STD.COM>
Subject: one for the toolbox

Have you ever had to work on someone else's Lingo?
Have you ever wondered, "OK, which sprites are using _this_ script?"

Well, wonder no more! 'whereUsed' is here!

(don't mind my enthusiasm, I'm just pleased with myself for finally getting off my butt and making a tool I've wanted instead of grumping about the lack of it in Director)

The ability to set the scoreColor would make this _much_ better, <sigh>.

To use:
in the message window type:

  whereUsed x

where x is the castnumber of the script in question.

--8<------------------------------------------------
on whereUsed scriptnumber
  put the frame into whereIwas

  -- make it go faster by hiding everything

  repeat with x= 1 to 48
    set the visible of sprite x to False
  end repeat

  put "Script" && scriptNumber && "is the script for:"

  -- check every sprite in every frame (brutish but thorough)
  -- and put a list of hits to the message window

  repeat with f = 1 to the lastFrame
    go frame f
    if the framescript = scriptnumber then
      put "The frame script of frame" && f
    end if
    repeat with c = 1 to 48
      if the scriptnum of sprite c = scriptnumber then
        put "Frame" && f &&", Channel " && c
      end if
    end repeat
  end repeat
  put "Done"

  -- restore full visibility and return 'home'

  repeat with x= 1 to 48
    set the visible of sprite x to True
  end repeat
  go whereIwas
  -- by Carl West eisen@world.std.com
end

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