Hollywood Software

[trekiej]

Can anyone give me a comparison of Hollywood script to another language? (Basic,Arexx,etc)
Thanks.

[szimbi]

Hollywood has a high level language which is similar to Basic. Similar in simplicity but much powerful than any basic I have seen.
The source can be very readable thanks to the long instruction names.
You can feel home in minutes if you ever touched any basics.

Feel free the ask any more details!

Bye!

[Spektro]

Hollywood is using Lua as its script language. (Please see http://www.lua.org/ for more information on Lua.)

Actually, there are some minor differences between Lua and Hollywood scripts but the differences are really small.

[wurzel]

Actually, Hollywood is SO much more than just a script!

With Hollywood Designer, it's more like PowerPoint, or Scala from the Amiga days.

It's easy to prgram, either as a script or with a GUI.

Well worth the investment, IMHO  :-)

[hardlink]

wurzel wrote:
Actually, Hollywood is SO much more than just a script!

With Hollywood Designer, it's more like PowerPoint, or Scala from the Amiga days.

From the Amiga days?? My Amiga days are now! What the #@!& is PowerPoint? I have MediaPoint from Activa, is that an upgrade?

Lua seems to be a not-invented-here answer to Rexx; wonder why Hollywood couldn't have used Arexx.

[trekiej]

Thanks for all the replies. I asked about Hollywood in the past and got good replies.

I want to do something for the Amiga and this is probably the best way for me to go, programming wise, for now.

When Natami becomes available, this will be something I can do until I get better at other languages.


Have a great day.

[Rob]

What the #@!& is PowerPoint?

The Diet Coke of presentation software.

[Rob]

With the latest version of Hollywood you can compile your programs to run on Windows and Mac OSX.

Hollywood apps probably run on more different systems than Amiga Anywhere.

[trekiej]

Rob wrote:
With the latest version of Hollywood you can compile your programs to run on Windows and Mac OSX.

Hollywood apps probably run on more different systems than Amiga Anywhere.

That is one I do like about it.
I think its 3D is limited.

[Allanon]

Don't forget the wonderful event handling Hollywood has.
You can bind any event to a custom function to build event driven applications: I love this feature.

[Atheist]

trekiej wrote:
Can anyone give me a comparison of Hollywood script to another language? (Basic,Arexx,etc)
Thanks.

Hi trekiej.

AMOS Professional rulez!

Easiest language I have EVER used!

I wasn't able to program in BlitzBasic, TrueBasic, Pascal, nor C. AmigaBasic by microuseless was MORE than useless. It ran slower as my program got bigger. I've looked at HollyWood code, it's not clear and easy as AMOS. AMOS is probably the easiest language in the world!

I mean, I was using binary and/or if statements, piece of cake.

I could use 90% of the regular commands because it generally just makes sense, but I can't get the hang of AMAL. :-(

It's too bad that it's not 100% AOS system friendly as in it doesn't interface well, but I've rarely had it crash. AMOS Pro is compilable.

It will "rock and rule" on NatAmi60!!!!!!!!

[leirbag28]

@hardlink

Do yourself a Favor as well as everyone here. Get SCALA MM300 or MM400 or InfoChannel 500.

These are the best Multimedia apps for the Amiga............and so far able to do what Powerpoint can do these days and More quickly.  I have MediaPoint........and it does some nice things very smoothly, some that SCALA cant do, but the way to create scripts is too awkward even though I like how the program looks when you first open it. But SCALA has the Best Interface in the world for any Multimedia app.


@Rob
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    What the #@!& is PowerPoint?
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The Diet Coke of presentation software.


By that I hope you mean the most popular, cuz it certainly aint the best.

Scala InfoChannel Designer For Windows is the Cream of the Crop.

Personally I dislike PowerPoint very Much....especailly the interface.

Even Keynote From Apple is much more beautiful though not yet a complete package.

[Hans_]

What makes Hollywood great is not so much its scripting language, but the built in functionality. It really does make multimedia effects easy to do. Plus, you can compile the script into binaries that run on Amiga OS4, Amiga OS3, MorphOS, AROS, Windows, and Mac OS X. I can't think of any other language/run-time library that can do this.

Hans

[trekiej]

Other languages that seem similar to Hollywood(lua) are python and pascal. I found another languge called Euphoria at a site called rapideuphoria. It is a versatile language.

If Amos is Basic, I do not have a problem with it. I do not even know if it is maintained, Matathias maybe?
I have to go back to that Yahoo group and look it up again.

I have used DarkBasic for pc and it has built in primitives such as cube, sphere, etc. How does Amos compare.
I have used a lot C64 basic and got into machine language back in a day. I do miss the C64 way of things.
Maybe Natami could have a compiler and Interpreter built in or just be included. On the other hand the StormC with its collaboration capabilities be a plus.

Too be frank :-D , I am studying Blender3D and python for a possible career. Python is used by Blender as a scripting language.

I hope to do something for the Amiga community, slowly but surely.
 :-)

[hardlink]

leirbag28 wrote:
Do yourself a Favor as well as everyone here. Get SCALA MM300 or MM400 or InfoChannel 500.

Oh, I know! I purchased both MM300 and the MM400 upgrade. I know someone who worked for SCALA when they used to be in Reston, VA, who promised me IF 500 as soon as he finds it in his basement  :-D

BTW, the developers of MediaPoint were upstanding enough to release the source code when they quit developing it.