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[ what is visPI? | How does it work? | How to install it? | Download ]

release notes :
     6th dec 02 : creation by sebastien.portebois@free.fr
     9th dec 02 : v1.1 : bugfix : the palette now appears centered on screen, and no longer outside the visible area on 1 monitor computers
     21st may 03 : v1.2 : bugfix : corrected the automatic frame advance, and fix the not-always-working close button.
                            v1.2.1 : enhancement : the window now remember its position between authoring sessions.

What is visPI?

visibleProperty Inspector (visPI) is a Macromedia Director Xtra that enables you to set the visibility of multiple selected sprite at once while authoring.

How does it work?

To open it, juste select it from the Xtra menu of Director. Then you'll have a little (see preview on top of this page) floating palette with one single button. This button acts as the visible of sprite button of the score. But visPI acts on ALL the currently selected sprites, enabling you to set visible (or not) a bunch of sprite at once.
This is useful when designing groups of overlapping sprites, like if you're using the excellent 'Window for Shockwave' xtra from Jim Andrews.

How to install it?

• download the .zip archive.
• extract the contents of the archive into a visPI folder in your Director's Xtra folder
• restart Director

That's it, you should be able to launch visPI from your Director's Xtra menu.

Download

You can download a .zip archive of the .dcr xtra with this link : [ download (6kb) ]

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