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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 software—Japanese, for example—use 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