thanks Beverly and Jason,
Yes, the paused script is the deal.
I believe I'm going to send a request to FM to put a checkbox in
preferences to turn "Keep Sorted" off if one wants.
thanks,
Geoff
On Nov 22, 2009, at 1:39 PM, Beverly Voth wrote:
Yes! Good alternative, Jason. :)
On 11/22/09 1:17 PM, "Jason L DeLooze" <[email protected]> wrote
in
whole or in part:
If Geoff executed the "Suspend Auto-Sort" directly, the "Allow User
Abort" is
automatically "On", so he can manually "Cancel" the script. But
you are
correct that, to be safe, he should take steps to prevent entry
into an
endless loop that cannot be stopped. [Of course, if he is using
FMP Advanced,
he could enter the Script Debugger while the loop is running and
exit that
way.]
Since I don't like using Modifier Keys in this way, I would suggest
a small
change to my original script.
Create the script "Suspend Auto-Sort" as follows:
Loop
Allow User Abort [On]
Pause/Result Script [Indefinitely]
End Loop
I placed the AUA [On] within the Loop so that, if Geoff calls
another script
while Paused, as he might do if he forgets to cancel the loop after
he is done
editing the Address Line 1 records, and that other script has a
Allow User
Abort [Off] within it, then he can still escape the endless loop
thus created.
Thanks for seeing this hidden pothole, Bev.
Jason
On 11/22/09 at 10:53 AM -0500, Beverly Voth wrote:
Geoff, you may wish to add a "halt process" to the script or have
another
script to halt this endless loop!
Loop
If [ Get( Active ModifierKeys ) = 4 // ctrl key down ]
Halt Script
End If
Pause/Resume Script [ Indefinitely ]
End Loop
While technically you *can* cancel the script running at anytime,
because
you haven't added "Allow User Abort [Off]". I know I can get
myself into
trouble if I don't make sure I have a built-in halt process for a
loop... :)
Beverly
