Hi Luke,
The funny thing is I'm sure this is the first thing I tried and it
didn't work but now it's fine. Maybe I should try the first thing last
in the future.
But yes I do think it's a bit of an oversight that Macromedia used the
same name. This list is always a good place to hear people emphasise the
use of well-named handlers, objects and globals, and this is one of
those times, I think.
Thanks also to Kerry for your thoughts.
Jon
> Hi John,
>
> I regularly use timeout objects for regular repeating calls, and
> timeoutScripts to handle lack of user interaction. As far as
> I can tell,
> timeout objects coexist happily with timeoutscripts - but only if you
> specify the timeoutscript and not use on the "on timeout" handler.
>
> I've never used the "on timeout" handler in a movie -I've
> always preferred
> to manually set the timeout handler's name via the timeoutscript (I've
> always assumed that "on timeout" was merely the default
> handler name).
>
> I just did a quick test (deleted the 'set timeOutScript
> line', and created
> an 'on timeout' handler in a movie script), and got the same
> error as you
> did.
>
> Conclusion? Not specifying the timeoutScript and relying on
> 'on timeout'
> will generate error, probably because Director sees the
> "timeout("name").new()" line and assumes that 'timeout' is
> referring to the
> handler of the same name (perhaps using the same name was an
> over-sight on
> Macromedia's behalf)
>
> Solution? Set the timeoutscript and do not use "on timeout".
> For example,
> this code works:
>
> -- Parent Script
>
> on new me
> timeout("focusTracker").new(1000, #mTrackfocus, me)
> the timeOutScript = "GeneraltimeOutHandler"
> the timeoutLength = 60
> return me
> end
>
> on mDestroy me
> timeout("focusTracker").forget()
> end
>
> on mTrackfocus me
> put "mTrackfocus"
> --
> end
>
> -- Movie Script
>
> global gFocusMgr
>
> on startMovie
> gFocusMgr = script("FocusMgr").new()
> end
>
> on stopMovie
> gFocusMgr.mDestroy()
> end
>
> on GeneraltimeOutHandler
> put "GeneraltimeOutHandler"
> end
>
> --on timeout <------- must not have this handler in a movie script
> -- put "Time out"
> --end
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