On Wed, 3 May 2000, Sivakatirswami wrote:
> From: Scott Raney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: Lock Messages "Permanently"
>
> > On Tue, 2 May 2000, Sivakatirswami wrote:
> >
> >> There are times when I want "all scripts to shut down" how can you just tell
> your whole stack i.e. all handlers etc to "shut down. . .don't do anything
> right now while I work, I'll tell you when >> we are ready to run the show
> again."
> >
> > Can you be more specific about which messages are causing the problem?
> > Just choosing the pointer tool should shut down most of them...
> > Regards,
> > Scott
> >
> Sure, let's say we are in card number one, and the presentation, when
> opening Card number 2 runs a handler that shows a field and dynamically
> changes a button icon over time (see below). . .well, during development,
> everytime we pass thru card 2 we don't want that to run. . .if I choose the
> pointer tool and use the Navigator dialogue to go to flip through the cards,
> when passing thru card 2, it still runs even though the pointer tool is
> selected. If you have similar handlers in 10 cards in a 20 card presentation
> it really slows your development down if they all have to run every time you
> make a move.
>
> on preopenCard
> set the icon of button "theimage" to 2018
> hide fld "MainText"
> hide button "theImage"
> end preopenCard
> on openCard
> wait 200 milliseconds
> showIt
> end openCard
> on ShowIt
> show fld "MainText" with visual effect iris open slowly
> wait 200 milliseconds
> show button "theImage" with visual effect dissolve fast
> wait 1 seconds
> repeat with x = 1 to 18
> wait 20 ticks
> set the icon of button "theImage" to x+2000
> end repeat
> end showIt
>
>
> Whats neededis a "global static" mode.
The solution is much simpler: just lock messages before you go to the
card. For example running "lock messages; go next" in the message box
will do what you want. Tuv Snyder told me he even put a button in the
Navigator palette that allows selecting this behavior, a modification
I recommend if you do this kind of thing a lot.
Regards,
Scott
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