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No, I see that its in the same line.

But when I read out the result array it only gives me the "position" variable values. So "var2" and "var3" are not stored in the array.

This is what I trace

=== num_pattern
0 sensor-update "position" -5.0
1 position
2 -5.0

And this something what I would expect:

=== num_pattern
0 sensor-update
1 position
2 -5.0
3 var2
4 -4.0
5 var3
6 -3.0

I now only can get -5.0 from the array, but where are -4.0 and -3.0 ?

The problem that its not my parser and the Regular Expression stuff to parse everything is kind of hard to understand. Maybe the developer is active on this forum? Also to notify that it doesn't seem to work completely (or I can be wrong of course).

Maybe a dumb question. But how can I contact someone? Because there don't seem any link to email, messagebox or something on the userpage. Or do I have to add a person as a friend.

kka02 wrote:

Maybe a dumb question. But how can I contact someone? Because there don't seem any link to email, messagebox or something on the userpage. Or do I have to add a person as a friend.

Not a dumb question at all!
Scratch's policy doesn't allow emails to be shared, and the Team will categorically refuse to host any chat rooms (If you like some reading, the reason's number 6 here).

So, either you arrange a chat on another site, or share Skype/Hamachi accounts (preferably not publicly) and chat there. Otherwise, for short stuff, you can use comments as JD1 pointed out.

I see the problem...and it's a little trickier to solve than you might expect. Initially I thought I could solve the problem by eliminating regexes altogether and using a statement like this:

if( data.indexOf('sensor-update') == 0 )
{
  var bits:Array = data.slice('sensor-update'.length + 1).split(" ")
}

This would produce an array containing each bit of the sensor-update statement that is separated by a space. However, it would also catch any spaces inside of string literals that Scratch sends, so that's out. It appears I'll have to break out the AS3 syntax parsing library I wrote a while back...give me a little bit and I should be able to come up with a solution.

After some experimenting with Python ( only other language I can program in    ) When you first connect to Scratch, it send the variables all on a single line. So, if you set it up, so when you click the green flag, it resets all the variables one by one, it should send the messages one by one. So you can get the correct results. 

I'll see what I can do tonight! Sorry, I was gone most of yesterday.

Another thins that you can try (I did this) is to put a wait block that has a value of like a billionth of a second in between changing variables. It worked for me.

Hi All,

I've created a Scratch-OSC (Open Sound Control) bridge in Processing. You can run it as a standalone application as well. See http://code.google.com/p/osc-tools/

I'll make a tutorial later.

@Fullmoon: I'll test your changed Flash application later.

comix6 wrote:

Hi,

Can I ask a question? How do I get started understanding these posts?  What sort of compiler or whatever are you all talking about?

I got Flash CS4 and tried putting PlayerOnly.swf on the 'stage' so I could communicate with it by actionscript but this doesn't work (error 1009 stage is null, it starts running before added to stage but does not fire INIT or COMPLETE events).

So I presume you are not talking about using Flash CS4 to communicate with the .swf file

Are you communicating with the .swf file at all? Do you have an actionscript player for .sb files?

I just do not understand, and the wiki about it just says get something that can compile actionscript. It does not say how to interact with an .sb file.

Do I use PlayerOnly.swf to read the .sb file? If not, what is the first thing to do to get actionscript or Javascript to interact with the .sb file?

The aim is to be able to answer my kid's question, he wants his games to be levels in one game.

They're talking about communicating with the standalone (downloaded) Scratch program using remote sensor connections. I think they're trying to write Actionscript code that can connect to Scratch in this way. 

I don't think you can do what you're trying to do. 

Also, if you're trying to do it the other way around: i.e. put Scratch games together into a big Flash project, then there are two ways. The "easy" way is to embed the Flash player in an HTML page with the projects plying in succession. I can do that for you. The "hard" way is to read the project's contents, then recreate it in Flash. You should ask blob8108 (the above poster) for help there, he's a file format whiz. Good luck!

comix6 wrote:

I am feeling like Victor and his friends including dylly500 are in some sense 'trapped' on the Scratch website. I encouraged them to unhide file extensions, to use cmd and command line, and ftp, generally to get out from under Microsoft control and become members of the online community.

Solution: use Ubuntu! 

What would be ideal would be if a kid could have two scratch projects on a website and when a sprite on one is clicked, a character on another says 'Hello World.'

So they are not so isolated one from the other.

Interesting idea. What advantage does it have, though? Why not just import one project into the other, and merge them that way?