Yep, saw it yesterday.... thanks again

fabrice
Kerry Thompson heeft op donderdag 19 september 2002 om 15:49 het 
volgende geschreven:

>
>> hi all,
>> got a script than stays looping in a repeat.
>> in some case, the loop takes several seconds to end. But i want to be 
>> able to let him stop during the repeat.
>>
>> tried something like this via a button, but its ignored.
>>
>> global stop
>>
>> on somehandler
>>    repeat with x = 1 to Myvar
>>           if Stop = true
>>                 Stop = false
>>                 exit repeat
>>          else
>>                 do your job
>>    end repeat
>> end
>>
>> on a button got a stop = true, global stop
>
> The repeat loop is hogging the CPU. If you're using a keyDown handler, 
> it will wait until the repeat finishes.
>
> I would either change the repeat loop to a frame event, or use "on 
> keyPressed." keyPressed will interrupt a loop.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Kerry Thompson
>
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