I don't know anything about flash, but it sounds like it's asserting its own window/graphic - is there some sort of direct-to-stage control? I think that every time it gives back to Director, the focus reasserts and the cursor flickers.
At 10:04 AM 4/22/02 -0700, Irv Kalb wrote: >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!] [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!]
