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romanLingo
Syntax
the romanLingo
Description
System property; specifies whether Lingo uses a single-byte (TRUE
) or double-byte interpreter (FALSE
).
The Lingo interpreter is faster with single-byte character sets. Some versions of Macintosh system softwareJapanese, for exampleuse a double-byte character set. U.S. system software uses a single-byte character set. Normally, romanLingo
is set when Director is first started and is determined by the local version of the system software.
If you are using a non-Roman script system but don't use any double-byte characters in your script, set this property to TRUE
for faster execution of your Lingo scripts.
Example
This statement sets romanLingo
to TRUE
, which causes Lingo to use a single-byte character set:
set the romanLingo to TRUE
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