David Burgoyne wrote:
> Phill the answers you got do not relate to your question If i > understand your question. > > Which I think is about repeat loops > > Best way to do this is not to use a repeat loop as nothing will update > while its running (I think) I don't use repeat loops, but sometimes I'd sure like to as it would be so easy. When I saw that response implying that updateStage gave the system enough control to check for command+period, I was hoping that maybe it gave the system enough control to do a few other things. Like move the mouse. It would be just so easy to throw out an updateStage command every 500 loops or so. -Phil > > > put loop stuff in enter/exitframe handler and use some form of counter > to drive it > > Should be stuff in the archives (search; repeat) > > HTH > > Dave > > ------------------------------------------------------ > David Burgoyne > E Proctor & Stevenson Ltd. > Phone: +44 (0)117 944 4466 Fax: +44 (0)117 942 4932 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.eproctors.co.uk > > The contents of this e-mail / post are confidential to the addressee > and are > intended solely for the recipients use. If you are not the addressee, > you > have received this e-mail /post in error. Any disclosure, copying, > distribution > or action taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. > > Please note that any opinions expressed in this e-mail / post are > those of the > author personally and are not necessarily those of E Proctor & > Stevenson > Ltd or its subsidiary companies, none of whom accept responsibility > for > the contents of the message. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil Gross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 2:42 PM > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Basic ? > > > Does anyone know if this is true? If I have a tight repeat loop, and > want to give the system a chance to take care of business without > leaving the loop, can I just insert periodic updateStage commands? Are > there other, maybe better, commands that will do that? > > > > -Phil > > > > Cole Tierney wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that inserting an > updatestage > > > in a repeat loop would allow the loop to be aborted via <command> > "." > > > or escape. > > > > > > -- > > > Cole > > > > [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!] > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > This outbound message has been scanned for all viruses by the > MessageLabs SkyScan AV service. For more information on a higher > level of virus protection please visit > http://www.mcdonagh.com/networks/messagelabs.asp. > > ..................................................................... > This email has been scanned for all known viruses by BT MessageScan, powered by >MessageLabs > Find out more at http://www.btignite.com/uk/products/messagescan/ > [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!]
