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32 Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Workspace

Using the Message window

The Message window supports testing and debugging in Director. These features are especially

important as you add script-based interactivity to your movies. Like the Script window, the

Message window offers both Lingo and JavaScript syntax. The Message window offers two

modes—a standard mode and a trace mode:

• In standard mode, you can enter script into the Input pane to test the result before you add it

to the movie. In this mode, the Message window helps you test scripting results immediately,

instead of having to play the whole movie to check the results.

• In trace mode, you can play a movie and watch the Output pane to see script as it runs in the

movie. In this mode, the Message window helps you find the source of bugs in your movie by

showing you what script is running when an error occurs.

To switch between standard and trace modes:

1 If the Message window is not already displayed, select Window > Message.

2 In the Message window, click the Trace button.

When the Trace button is indented, the Message window is in trace mode.

For more information on how to use the Message window for testing and debugging, see the

Scripting Reference topics in the Director Help Panel. To view Help in Director, select Help >

Director Help.

Customizing your workspace

In Director, some windows, or panels, can be grouped together into a tabbed set of panels called

a panel group. Director comes preconfigured with several default panel groups. But you can also

customize panel groups to maximize your productivity. Whether you use the defaults or create

customized panel groups, you can display or hide panel groups, just as you do with standard

windows.

To make the most efficient use of your workspace, Director also supports default and customized

docking of panel groups. You can dock panel groups to each other or to one of the docking

channels. (Docking channels are available only in Windows.) After you customize the panel

groups, you can save the workspace layout as a panel set. With panel sets, you can switch between

different layouts to suit different types of work.

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