On Wed, 17 May 2000, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> On 5/16/00 12:55 AM, Hugh Senior at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >> Is there any way to trap for global mouse clicks, those clicks which may
> >> occur outside of MC windows, on Win OS?
> >> --
> >> Richard Gaskin
> >> Fourth World
> >
> > Are the suspendStack or focusOut messages sent during a repeat loop?
> > Infinite repeat loops always worry me!
>
> It wouldn't be infinite if we could catch mouse clicks outside of the
> window.
>
> Any way to do that, anyone?
Not that I can think of, because the OS doesn't provide this feature.
I.e., what business is it of yours if the user clicks in another
application?
And I also agree with Hugh: any design that relies on events to break
out of a repeat loop deserves to be rethought because there is almost
always a better way.
Regards,
Scott
> --
> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World
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