Lingo in a Nutshell

Bruce Epstein, founder of Zeus Productions, is also the author of Lingo in a Nutshell, released in November 1998 from O'Reilly & Associates. This companion to Director in a Nutshell condenses everything about Lingo (including undocumented Lingo commands) into a concise Desktop Quick Reference. If you are a Lingo developer, you need this book. Check out this list of 20 Great Things in Lingo in a Nutshell.

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Lingo in a Nutshell by Bruce Epstein Lingo in a Nutshell is an indispensable Desktop Quick Reference that teaches you everything about Lingo from the ground up. It covers Lingo syntax, handlers, variables, data types, expressions, repeat loops, if...then statements, events, messages, mouse and keyboard events, timers, lists, File IO, Behaviors, child objects, and more. It includes a Lingo Command Reference of every Lingo element by topic. It includes dozens of undocumented commands and parameters omitted from Macromedia's documentation and alerts you to commandsthat behave differently in Director 6 and 6.5 than in prior versions. For full coverage of Lingo in D7, see the companion volume Director in a Nutshell. This book is a must-have for every Lingo developer, and is priced at only $24.95. You get twice the information of other books at half the price. (Do the math!)

By Bruce A. Epstein 1st Edition November 1998 ISBN # 1-56592-493-2 608 pages, $24.95

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"Lingo in a Nutshell" in a Nutshell:

• Complete Lingo Keyword Dictionary with undocumented Lingo commands.
• Explains how Lingo "thinks", so you can accomplish your goal, not simply follow tutorial examples.
• Includes a table of Director and Lingo error messages and how to solve them!
• Covers the Lingo Debugger, trouble-shooting hints, and common pitfalls to avoid.
• Check out this list of 20 Great Things in Lingo in a Nutshell.
• Check out a brief Table of Contents.

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