Found it. These are just very simple stage movie screens with many editable text fields on each, and a "go to the frame" frame script.
I just started eliminating things from a screen where this "hyper cursor" was happening. It turns out that the client has done some graphics in Flash, and that is what is causing the cursor to flicker. If I remove the Flash elements, the cursor works fine. I've tried playing with the settings on the Flash member, but nothing seems to fix it. These are not animations, just static things like boxes, color fills etc. Is there some simple setting to stop the Flash member from running? Anything I can simply adjust in the Get Info box for the member(s)?? Irv At 12:25 PM -0400 4/22/02, Tab Julius wrote: >It's possible that the windows are rapidly changing focus and/or >moving. You might not notice it visually but a refresh of the >window in some way could redraw the cursor like you're describing. > >Just something to consider... I don't know your setup. > >- Tab > >At 08:54 AM 4/22/02 -0700, Irv Kalb wrote: >>I've got a large program with literally hundreds of editable >>fields. When running on the PC (using Director 8.5.1), the >>insertion on all these fields cursor does an odd thing. While it >>does blink on and off, during the "on" period, it flashes on and >>off very quickly. My client is calling this a "hyper" cursor. >> >>All of the editable fields are using an embedded font, which is in >>cast member 1 of the internal cast. However, if I build a simple >>demo program with just one field (set to use the embedded font), I >>get a "normal" blinking cursor. >> >>This is not a big deal as the client doesn't really care about it, >>but I would just like to know what could be causing this. Any >>explanations?? >> >>Irv >>-- > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go >to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the >list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with >programming Lingo. Thanks!] -- Lingo / Director / Shockwave development for all occasions. (Home-made Lingo cooked up fresh every day just for you.) [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
