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Using URLs with Lingo
In addition to the Lingo explicitly intended for use with network operations, some Lingo elements can use URLs as references to external files.
These Lingo elements can use URLs as file references in all circumstances:
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The following Lingo supports URLs as references to external files. If you use this Lingo in projectors or during authoring, you can avoid pauses while the file is being downloaded by first using preloadNetThing
to download the file. After the file has been downloaded, you can use these Lingo elements with the file's URL without a delay.
When the following Lingo is used in a browser, however, you must first download the file by using the preloadNetThing
command. If you do not, the Lingo fails.
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These Lingo elements can use URLs to SWA sound files as file references:
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These Lingo elements can use URLs as file references only during authoring or in projectors:
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These elements don't work in Shockwave movies because Shockwave doesn't support movies in windows (MIAWs):
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