About this manual
This manual assumes that You can handle Your computer and that You are familiar with the terminology and functions needed to handle files, folders, dialogs etc.
We also assume that You are familiar with Macromedia Director and that You have some experience of Lingo programming. You should have knowledge of the different types of Lingo scripts (frameScripts, movieScripts, spriteScrips, behaviors) and You need to know how to create and use a handler. If You want to make use of all of sequenceXtras functions for real time recording and editing, You need to be comfortable with the concepts of Conditions, Variables and Lists in Lingo.

The manual does not assume, however, that You are a professional programmer. If You have very deep experience of programming, You may find this text a little "over explaining" sometimes. We hope that You can bear with us in favor of the less experienced.

Conventions in this text
In this manual there are three different types of text

• Explanatory text
• Names of Xtra commands and functions
• Programming examples

Explanatory text
Explanatory text is printed with the typeface you see in this paragraph.

Names of Xtra commands and functions
These are printed with a special typeface and with italic style where the programmer is supposed to substitute his/her own code:

sxPlay(mySong)

Programming examples
These are printed as seen below. Italics show where the programmer is supposed to substitute his/her own code:

on mouseUp
 global mySong
 sxPlay(mySong {,startPos {,endPos}})
end mouseUp

Arguments enclosed in { } are optional.

Since the introduction of Director 7.0, Lingo supports the "dot syntax". SequenceXtra will fully support the use of this syntax, but this manual will use the older way of expression.